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Semester:	Spring 2025
Number:	0404-307-098
Instructor:	Beverly Araujo Dawson
Days:	TBA
Note:	Online, Asynchronous
Location:	Online
Credits:	3
Status:	This Course is Filled to Capacity
Course Materials:	View Text Books
Description:	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. *The learning goals displayed here are those for one section of this course as offered in a recent semester, and are provided for the purpose of information only. The exact learning goals for each course section in a specific semester will be stated on the syllabus distributed at the start of the semester, and may differ in wording and emphasis from those shown here.