Center for Forced Migration Studies (CFMS)
Curriculum
Find a list of Northwestern University course offerings related to forced migration studies. This is a suggested course of study; Northwestern does not currently have a specific program for refugee and forced migration studies.
Core Courses
- POLI_SCI 380-0: Refugee Crises & Human Rights (Galya Ruffer)
- LEGAL_ST 394: Human Rights and US Refugee Law (William Schiller)
- Research Seminar Project
Practicum
- CFS 293: Field Studies in Social Justice: Topics vary each quarter (immigration)
- Intern at the clinic
- Geneva Internship Program
- Intern at an NGO
Methods
- POLI_SCI: Mixed Methods in Poli Sci
- STAT 370: Human Rights Statistics (Bruce Spencer)
Causes and Consequences of Global Migration
- ANTHRO 212: Global Cultures, Global Inequalities
- ANTHRO 347: Political Anthropology: Cross-cultural study of political organization in stateless and state societies.
- ECON 322: Evolution of the Global Economy: Global integration and growth in the 19th and 20th centuries: historical perspectives and current controversies. Topics include mass migration.
- ECON 326: The Economics of Developing Countries: Structure, performance, and problems of developing economies.
- POLI_SCI 376: Internal Wars and the State: Includes causes and consequences of internal wars, and theory of conflict. Examines cases of civil wars such as Yugoslavia, Congo, and Iraq.
- SOCIOL 305-0-20: Demography and Populations Problems (Christine Percheski)