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Topic |
Required Reading and BS Quizzes |
Perusall and other Assignments |
Jan 30 |
1 |
Intro to Migration |
Look at Slides for Intro to Migration |
Start reading/annotating Chapter 1, Introduction of Zeke Hernandez, The Truth About Immigration in Perusall
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Feb 5 |
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Quiz 0 |
Introduction to Migration Assignment due |
Feb 6 |
2 |
Intro to the Financial System |
Look at Slides for Intro to Financial System; read and discuss
Bodie, Zvi; Robert Merton and David L. Cleeton. 2009. Financial Markets and Institutions, in Financial Economics, 2nd edition, Chap. 2, Pearson Prentice-Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. |
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Feb 12 |
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Quizzes 1 and 2 |
Finish annotating Chapters 1 and 2 of Hernandez book |
Feb 13 |
3 |
The Roots of Migration:
Central America and the US |
Look at Slides for Roots of Migration: Central America; read and discuss
Orozco, Manuel. 2019. Latin American and Caribbean Migration from Weak and Failing States, The Dialogue: Leadership for the Americas.
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Start annotating Chapter 3 of Hernandez book |
Feb 19 |
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Quiz 3 |
Watch Io Capitano!
Watch Videos |
Feb 20 |
4 |
Journeys |
Look at slides for Journeys: Migrants in Transit; and Smuggler Viewpoint
read and discuss Jason De Leon, "The Land of Open Graves," University of California Press, 2015, chapters 4-7
Discuss the Movie: Io Capitano! |
Assignment: An Interactive Look at a Syrian Migrant's Journey
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Feb 26 |
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Quiz 4 |
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Feb 27 |
6 |
Transit Finance |
Look at slides; read and discuss
Campana, P., Gelsthorpe, L. Choosing a Smuggler: Decision-making Amongst Migrants Smuggled to Europe. Eur J Crim Policy Res 27, 5–21 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10610-020-09459-y |
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Mar 5 |
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Quiz 6 |
Journeys Report Due
Finish annotating Chapter 3 of Hernandez book |
Mar 6 |
7 |
Home Country Impacts: Remittances |
Look at slides; read and discuss Adhikari, Jagannath. 2020. “Restructuring of Nepal’s economy, agrarian change, and livelihood outcomes: the role of migration and remittances,” in S. Irudaya Rajan(ed.) South Asia Migration Report 2020: Exploitation, Entrepreneurship and Engagement, Chapter 9, Routledge Press, 2020, p. 230-260. |
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Mar 12 |
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Quiz 7 |
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Mar 13 |
8 |
Home Country Impacts: Debt |
Look at slides; read and discuss
Alowais, Abdelaziz Abdalla and Abubakr Suliman. 2025. “Debt Before Departure: The Role of Informal Credit in Trapping Migrant Workers,” Soc. Sci. 2025, 14(8), p. 465; https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci14080465 |
Civic Engagement Project Outline Due |
Mar 20 |
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Eid-ul-Fitr, no classes |
Finish annotating Chapter 5 of Hernandez book |
Mar 26 |
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Quiz 8 |
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Mar 27 |
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Exam 1 |
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Apr 3 |
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Good Friday, no classes |
First Draft of Civic Engagement Project Report Due
Finish annotating Chapter 8 of Hernandez book |
Apr 10 |
9 |
Roots of Migration:
West Africa to Europe |
Look at slides; read and discuss
Maher, S. (2017). Historicising ‘Irregular’ Migration from Senegal to Europe. Anti-Trafficking Review, (9), 77–91. https://doi.org/10.14197/atr.20121796
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Apr 16 |
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Quiz 9 |
Finish annotating Chapter 10 of Hernandez book |
Apr 17 |
10 |
The Roots of Migration:
South Asia to West Asia |
Look at slides; read and discuss
Asis, Maruja M.B. 2017. “The Philippines: Beyond Labor Migration, Toward Development and (Possibly) Return,” Migration Policy Institute Article https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/philippines-beyond-labor-migration-toward-development-and-possibly-return |
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Apr 23 |
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Quiz 10 |
Backyard Bankers Report Due |
Apr 24 |
11 |
Financial Lives in Host Countries |
Look at slides; read and discuss
Mohammad Mizanur Rahman. 2020. “Migrant businesses in Saudi Arabia: towards an economic sociology of Gulf migration,” in S. Irudaya Rajan(ed.) South Asia Migration Report 2020: Exploitation, Entrepreneurship and Engagement, Chapter 6, Routledge Press, 2020, pp. 160-186.
Backyard Bankers Presentations |
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Apr 30 |
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Quiz 11 |
Finish annotating Chapter 11 of Hernandez book |
May 1 |
12 |
The Migration Industry and its Political Economy |
Look at slides; read and discuss
Mayda, Anna Maria; Giovanni Peri. 2018. ”The Political Impact of Immigration: Evidence from the United States,” Research Briefs in Economic Policy, no. 130, Cato Institute, Sept. 12 |
Civic Engagement Project: Final Report and Powerpoints Due |
May 7 |
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Quiz 12 |
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May 8 |
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Presentations |
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May 15 |
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Final Exam |
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