HUSV 378: Refugees, Migration and Human Services

Course Description

This course focuses on social situational analysis of migration including the causes, the ethical and legal issues involved, the impact upon individuals and refugee communities, and the implications for human services. The course offers a comprehensive introduction to migration and human services, together with the option to focus broadly on related areas including human rights, refugee law, settlement and citizenship, gender matters, psychological and psycho-social issues, language, community and welfare concerns, theories of ethnicity, Diaspora and exile. The course places emphasis on the lived experience of refugees and of refugee communities. Drawing on students’ personal contacts with refugees and refugee communities, the course aims to develop a fuller appreciation of refugee experiences, needs, and achievements within a human services context.