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GEOG 307

INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION, HEALTH, AND HUMAN RIGHTS

3 credits.

Provides an introduction to health and human mobility in a global context. Mobility is part of the human condition and international law enshrines freedom of movement, yet nation-states reserve the right to exclude. Examines the development of laws and institutions governing people on the move; how these solidify or reshape existing global, racial-ethnic, class, and gender hierarchies; and how they contribute to individual and population-level health.

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Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Breadth - Social Science Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain the principal economic, political, and social forces and government policies fueling international migration and attitudes toward it. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Explain the principal economic, political, and social forces and government policies that create the conditions for protracted population displacements. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Explain the principles of the structural determinants of health and life course frameworks. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Apply the structural determinants of health framework to explain how governmental policies and practices shape international migrants’ health Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain the principal economic, political, and social forces and government policies fueling international migration and attitudes toward it. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Explain the principal economic, political, and social forces and government policies that create the conditions for protracted population displacements. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Explain the principles of the structural determinants of health and life course frameworks. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Apply the structural determinants of health framework to explain how governmental policies and practices shape international migrants’ health Audience: Undergraduate

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