Sociology of Migration

Undergraduate

The course introduces students to the social, political, and cultural dynamics of human mobility through a sociological lens, examining how migration intersects with larger social processes of globalization, colonialism, imperialism, capitalism, and racialization. It provides key themes, concepts, and theories of migration from various perspectives, including labour migration, forced migration, return migration, and environmental migration. Prerequisite(s): 3h of 1000-level SOCI or permission of the instructor. Antirequisite(s): Credit can be obtained for only one of SOCI 2473 or SOCI 3473.