SEX TRAFFICKING AND SEX TRADING

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Junior standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Breadth - Social Science Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe all known forms of the sex trade(s) nationally and globally, including sex work and sex trafficking, and distinguish their commonalities and differences. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Identify how social oppressions increase risks of harm among people who are involved in the sex trades. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Evaluate sex trafficking and sex work political and feminist theoretical frameworks. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Identify practice and policy strategies that support people who are involved or may become involved in the sex trades. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Examine the influence that political and feminist theoretical frameworks relating to sex trafficking and sex work have on social work practice and policy. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe all known forms of the sex trade(s) nationally and globally, including sex work and sex trafficking, and distinguish their commonalities and differences. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Identify how social oppressions increase risks of harm among people who are involved in the sex trades. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Evaluate sex trafficking and sex work political and feminist theoretical frameworks. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Identify practice and policy strategies that support people who are involved or may become involved in the sex trades. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Examine the influence that political and feminist theoretical frameworks relating to sex trafficking and sex work have on social work practice and policy. Audience: Graduate