Immigration

Undergraduate

This course provides an introduction to the politics of immigration focusing mostly on the challenges of integrating migrants in “host” countries, but also exploring causes of immigration as well as open questions in current immigration policy debates. We define “immigrants” and “migrants” to include people who travel across borders to resettle in other countries temporarily or permanently regardless of motive–so our definition includes both economic migrants and refugees and asylum seekers. In considering barriers to immigrant integration and ways to overcome those barriers, the course connects with theoretical perspectives across the social sciences, as well as real-life examples and experiences of immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers as well as with the perspectives of “native” populations who must confront the challenges of accommodating migrant inflows in their countries. The course synthesizes knowledge across the fields of political science, economics, and sociology and exposes students to an inter-disciplinary perspective on immigration politics. Students are exposed to methods used to study immigration-related topics in cutting-edge research. SO 0 Course cr HTBA