What is unique about this program at the U of M? 4th year Field Placement is an internship that gives students real-world experience in the field and enables them to make useful contacts with practitioners and develop career skills by working alongside labour professionals in unions, government offices, NGOs , community organizations, human resource departments and businesses. Labour Studies offers a number of scholarships and awards: the Charles Biesick Memorial Scholarship, the People's Co-op Award, the Paul Phillips Memorial Award (jointly with Global Political Economy and Economics) and, as of 2014-15, the William Robert Kernaghan Memorial Scholarship in Labour Studies and the William Robert Kernaghan Memorial Bursary in Labour Studies.

Common International Curricula (GCE and IB): General Certificate of Education (GCE): Minimum 2 courses at Advanced (A) level and 3 courses at Ordinary (O) level: no grades below a ‘D’ (GCE). International Baccalaureate (IB): An IB diploma with 3 courses at the higher level (HL) and 3 courses at the standard level (SL): no grades below a ‘3’ (IB). English language proficiency.