WGS 333L - Sociology of Migration

3 Credit(s) | Lecture |
Course can be counted for credit once

Description:
The number of migrants worldwide has increased dramatically in the past forty years. This course will begin by asking why people migrate and locate the US migration regime in global context with a focus on the United States, Europe, and Asia. We will use migration theory to explore “hot topics” in migration, paying close attention to the intersections of gender, race, class, and nation. Some of these hot topics include the debate about undocumented migrants, children and migration, and student activism in the immigrant rights movement. We will also look at the transnational social and economic fields that connect migrant sending and receiving states as we interrogate the categories of “First” and “Third” worlds. This course will draw on documentary films as well as readings that raise difficult and interesting moral, political, and academic questions.

Course Attribute(s):
Distribution Area: World Cultures | Diversity Area: International

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