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LS 342Migration and Legality

Units
0.50
Faculty
Arts
Subject
Legal Studies
Cross-listed
SOC 342

When it runs

  1. F24
  2. W25
  3. S25
  4. F25
  5. W26
  6. S26
  7. F26
  8. W27
  9. S27

Ran in 3 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

The course employs a multidisciplinary lens to examine the international legal systems concerned with regulating forced human migration. The course is organized around several key thematic issues such as border securitization, citizenship, intimate migrations, the criminalization of migration, detention, deportation, and resistance efforts. In addition to gaining familiarity with debates in these scholarly literatures, students will enhance their research and critical thinking skills by participating in activities such as group discussion questions or analyses of contemporaneous world events. Upon completion of this course, students should be able to understand, critically assess, and convey key debates relating to patterns of global mobility and strategies of migration control as well as apply course learnings to contemporary examples of migration governance and the struggle for mobility rights.

Prerequisites

None listed.

Antirequisites

  • Not completed nor concurrently enrolled in any of the following:
    • PSCI375 - Transnational Migration (0.50)

Leads to

No course lists it as a requisite.

Fall 2026 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
SectionClassEnrolledMeets
LEC 001864150 / 50TTh 11:30–12:50

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  • I took this course online/in-person in W22 with Sarah Turnbull. Course breakdown was: 4 group discussion posts (5% each = 20% total), midterm essay (30%), group project: policy brief (10% outline + 40% final product = 50% total). During the online portion of the course, lecture videos + ppt slides were posted every week. The format was pretty much the same during the in-person portion, except... lectures were in-person lol. There were required readings each week. Marking was a bit harder (at least compared to LS 326 which I also took with Dr. Turnbull in F21), but I think that's because of the TA, not the prof. Still an easy and informative course overall; just keep up with lectures and…

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