Migration & CultureÊÊÊÊ Spring 2005 ÊÊ Prof KoptiuchÊÊÊ Arizona State
University WestÊÊÊ Phoenix, Arizona
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Describe migration as a patterned
process for migrants and refugees
- Explain how migration is embedded in a transnational field
- Familiarity with key approaches
to migration current in social sciences (at macrostructural, intermediate
institutional, and individual subject levels)
- Explain why people migrate,
and why they go to specific destinations
- Explain impact of migration
on home and host communities (contributions and problems)
- Intelligently interpret and intervene in contemporary
im/migration debates
- Be able to ÒunpackÓ the meaning behind the phrase,
Òin search of a better lifeÓ
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