The UCLA International Institute is launching a new undergraduate minor in international migration studies in fall quarter 2017. The program aims to give students an appreciation of international migration, drawing on a broad array of disciplines and methodological approaches to study this vast social and intellectual phenomenon.
Prospective students must apply to the program no later than spring quarter of their junior year. That is, current UCLA juniors who wish to pursue the minor in their senior year should apply to the program next quarter.
One required course will expose students to the latest scholarship on international migration studies through the colloquia and speaker series of the Center for the Study of International Migration, which features scholars from across the United States and the world. Distinguished Professor of Sociology Roger Waldinger, director of the center, is also the academic chair of the minor program.
“The responses to migration and the worldwide refugee crisis that we are witnessing in the United States and Europe directly affect people’s everyday lives and plans, including those of our students,” said Waldinger. “We are thrilled to be able to offer undergraduates a rigorous minor in this field, designed to equip them with the analytical skills they need to understand the multiple dimensions of migration patterns and policy."
To learn more, go to the International Institute website.