Certificate in Research on International Migration

Illustrated world map showing global migration routes and people traveling across continents

Image created by Homa Sadri, UCI Sociology Graduate Student

Overview

The Certificate in Research on International Migration takes an interdisciplinary approach to studying international migration, a field of study that involves faculty across disciplines at UCI. Courses selected for the certificate foreground immigration as a sustained focus of inquiry and examine immigration as an analytical concept and a process that affects individuals, families, communities, the nation and the world. These courses examine many dimensions of immigration, including the causes of immigration and its consequences. UCI is a national leader in immigration studies. Its departments and faculty offer an exceptionally wide variety of courses in immigration.

Students completing the Certificate in Research on International Migration will develop foundational knowledge applicable to careers and fields such as education, public policy, physical and mental health, community-based work, labor and unions, security and police, housing, international development, global health, and human rights advocacy.

Course Requirements for Certificate

A total of 16 units:
- Two courses from the international immigration course list
- Two courses from the electives
Students must earn a B- or better in all required courses
No substitute courses will count toward the certificate

Learning Outcomes

Demonstrate an understanding of immigration as a demographic, social, cultural, historically, and political process and concept.
Analyze how immigration both reflects and reveals broader structures of inequality and power, including racism, sexism and undocumented status.
Understand how immigration is related to politics generally and to state institutions and policies at the local, federal and international level, including in healthcare and housing.
Apply interdisciplinary perspectives to examine issues of education, health, rights, representation, justice, and solidarity within local, institutional, transnational, and global contexts.
Critically engage with immigration-related issues across diverse fields and settings, including healthcare, education, public policy, justice and community-based work.

Certificate in Research on International Migration- 16 units minimum

Required Course (8 units)

International Immigration – General (Select two):

Code	Title	Units	Quarter
SOC 68A	Ethnic and Immigrant America	4	Spring
SOC 166/SCI 168B	Immigration and Inequality	4	Fall / Winter
SOC 169	Crimmigration	4	Winter
SOC 169	Immigration and Detention	4	Fall
SOC 169	Ethnic and Immigrant World	4	Winter
SOC 177C/CHC/LAT 164A, ASIANAM 130, CRM/LAW C187	Undocumented Immigrant Experiences	4	Fall / Spring
SOC 177W	Immigration and Social Policy	4	Fall / Winter
SOC 179	Sociology of Refugees	4	Winter / Spring

Electives (8 Units)

Select one course from each area. An additional Foundations course may be substituted for an elective.

Politics and Immigration

Code	Title	Units	Quarter
POL SCI 126C	U.S. Immigration Policy	4	Winter
POL SCI 152K	Immigration Politics	4	Winter / Spring

Immigrant Experiences and Criminology/Law and Society

Code	Title	Units	Quarter
CRM/LAW C174	Immigration and Crime	4	Spring
CRM/LAW C187	Undocumented Immigrant Experiences	4	Fall / Spring
CRM/LAW C100	Immigrant and YTH/FAM	4	Spring