Spring 2018  |  SOC 8090 Section 002: Topics in Sociology -- Migration and Migrants in Demographic Perspective (66999)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F or Audit
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
Topics Course
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018
Tue 04:00PM - 06:30PM
UMTC, West Bank
Social Sciences Building 1183
Enrollment Status:
Open (10 of 15 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Topics specified in Class Schedule. prereq: instr consent
Class Notes:
Click on this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jdewaard+SOC8090+Spring2018
Class Description:
This course provides a graduate-level treatment of major theoretical and empirical debates in demographic research on migration and migrants, and considers questions such as: i) why people migrate (or not) and how migration decisions are made; ii) the effects of migration in sending and receiving societies, iii) the role of the state, including migration and integration policies, iv) the effects of migration on migrants themselves, including linking to debates on assimilation, integration and social exclusion, and v) measuring and modeling migration in empirical research. Although this course comes with "demographic" in the title and fulfills one of the seminar requirements for graduate trainees and the population studies minor at the Minnesota Population Center, as the above questions make clear, it is necessarily much broader in scope, and draws from quantitative and qualitative research in economics, demography, human geography, history, political science, population health, public policy, and sociology.
Grading:
Attendance/Participation; Final paper and presentation
Exam Format:
N/A
Class Format:
25% lecture; 75% student-led discussion
Workload:
Weekly readings and student-led discussions; Final Paper and presentation
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66999/1183
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
27 September 2017

ClassInfo Links - Spring 2018 Sociology Classes Taught by Jack DeWaard

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