BAIS 335 - Global Migration

Unit(s): 4

Adopting a comparative transnational perspective, this course provides students with the theoretical instruments and empirical grounding to understand contemporary global migration. We analyze the main causes of human displacement and of differentiated rights to mobility, addressing similarities and differences between migrants and refugees; study the role of migrant labor in the global economy, examining how social differentiation along lines of race, class and gender affects both experiences of migration and debates about migration; and investigate the relationship between migration, race and nation building, paying attention to the role of migrants in forging social and economic connections across nation-state borders and new understandings of citizenship.

College of Arts and Sciences