SPRING 2010 LEARNING OUTCOMES:

• Understand relationship between globalization and inter/national migration since 1970s

• Grasp migration as a patterned process embedded in a transnational field

• Acquire familiarity with key approaches to migration in social sciences at macrostructural, intermediate, institutional, and individual subject levels of analysis

• Explain reasons why specific peoples from different world regions have been displaced from their homelands (whether as “economic migrants” or refugees)

• Explain what historical connections lead migrants to cross “bridges” linking them to specific destinations

• Explain the economic and social impact of migration on home and host communities

• Intelligently interpret and engage in contemporary migration issues

• “Unpack” the meaning behind the favorite American phrase, “in search of a better life”

Source:  SBS 450 Migration & Culture Spring 2010 Syllabus

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