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ANTH 635 - Anthropology of Global Migration

(3 units)
Examines migration at a local and global scale with a focus on its causes and consequences.

Grading Basis: Graded
Units of Lecture: 3
Offered: Every Fall - Odd Years
Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course:
1. Students will be able to articulate and evaluate different theoretical approaches to the study of the anthropology of global migration, and explain their foundations in social theory.
2. Students will be able to define and criticize key concepts in the anthropology of global migration, such as push and pull factors, return migration, pendular movement.
3. Students will be able to evaluate and apply different methodological approaches to studying the anthropology of global migration, and demonstrate how anthropological methods enhance the study of migration in global contexts.
4. Students will be able to demonstrate how migration changes in light of historical and contemporary local and global processes.
5. Students at the graduate level will be able to apply, orally, in writing, and in practice, the theoretical, empirical, and/or methodical issues covered by the course to research questions in the Anthropology of Global Migration.


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