Program Overview

Certificate in Migration and Refugee Studies

Overview

The Migration and Refugee Studies Certificate provides a foundational and interdisciplinary framework for understanding the economic, political, and environmental displacement of people within countries and across borders. The goal of the certificate is to provide professionally-relevant coursework about the global impact of migration and refugee movements as well as an understanding of immigrant and refugee integration.

Admissions Requirements

• Upper-division standing
• GPA of 2.7

Program Learning Outcomes

1. Gaining knowledge about dynamics of global migration and international and domestic policies on immigration and refugees.
2. Acquiring a framework for understanding migrant and refugee experiences.

Certificate Requirements

The certificate requires a minimum of 14 units.

Foundations: International Migration and Refugees (3-4 units)

Select one of the following courses:

• I R/PLSI 459: Refugees in Global Perspective (4 units)
• I R 734: International Migration (3 units)
• SOC 482: Transnational Filipino Families, Migration, and Community (3 units)

Culminating Internship Experience (2 units)

• I R 605: Get Ready for a Career in International Relations (2 units)

Electives (9-11 units)

Select one course from each area. An additional Foundations course may be substituted for an elective.

Politics of Migration in the US

• C J 490: Immigration, Criminalization, and Justice (3 units)
• HIST 461: The United States and the World after 1913 (3 units)
• I R/C J 306: Crisis in Central America: U.S. Policy and the Root Causes of Chaos (4 units)
• LTNS 470: Latina/o Immigration to the U.S. (3 units)
• PLSI 463: The Politics of Immigration in the United States (4 units)
• RRS/SOC 330: Comparative Race and Ethnicity in the U.S.: Class, Gender, and Nation (3 units)

Immigrant Experiences: Equity, Dignity, Community

• AA S 301: Asian Americans of Mixed Heritages (3 units)
• C J/LTNS 485: Latina/o Youth, Crime, and Justice (3 units)
• I R 259: Children and Youth in International Relations (4 units)
• I R/PLSI 544: Women in the World (4 units)
• LTNS 415: Latina/o Economic Empowerment (3 units)
• SOC 645: Sociology of Latin America (3 units)
• WGS 554: Gender and Global Migration (3 units)

Cultures of Migration and Diaspora

• CINE 309/LTNS 409: Latina/o/x Cinema (3 units)
• CWL 450: Literary Crossings (3 units)
• CWL 820: Topics in Comparative Literature (3 units)
• HIST/JS 317: The Holocaust and Genocide (3 units)
• I R 335: Muslim Societies in Transnational Perspective (4 units)
• JS/HIST/HUM 441: American Jews and Popular Culture (3 units)
• GER 600: Mobility, Travel, and Identity in English (3 units)