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SWK 307: World In Motion: Immigrants,
Migrants & Other Populations
3 credits
This course is designed to introduce students to the world of migration and to provide basic knowledge on the well-being of relocated populations including migrants, immigrants, internally displaced, and stateless peoples. Students will explore the social, economic, and political reasons for relocations across the globe.
Learning Goals
1. Be able to describe the different categories of foreign-born populations;2. Understand the major international and national organizations providing services to foreign-born populations;3. Know the reasons attributed to global relocations;4. Be able to articulate various migration theories and contextualize them to current migration experiences; 5. Understand some of the historical antecedents of modern day U.S immigration policies; and6. Understand U.S. policies that inform service provision to the foreign born.
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