Immigration and the Inner City
Urban and Inner City Studies · 3 hrs Lecture
Offered: Winter Only, Every Year
One shot a year. Offered winter term only, so a clash costs a full year.
No prerequisites listed, you can take this course without prior coursework.
Where UIC-3050 counts
Counts toward 12 more as one option among several, not as a course you must take:
- CJ 3-YEAR BA IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE
- CJ 4 YEAR BA IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE
- ENV 3-YEAR BA (SUSTAINABLE URBAN ENVIRONMENTS)
- ENV 4-YEAR BA (SUSTAINABLE URBAN ENVIRONMENTS)
- ENV HONOURS BA (SUSTAINABLE URBAN ENVIRONMENTS)
- HR 3-YEAR BA IN HUMAN RIGHTS
- HR 4-YEAR BA IN HUMAN RIGHTS
- IDS 3-YEAR BA IN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
- IDS 4-YEAR BA IN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
- UIC 3-YEAR BA IN URBAN AND INNER-CITY STUDIES
- UIC 4-YEAR BA IN URBAN AND INNER-CITY STUDIES
- UIC HONOURS BA IN URBAN AND INNER-CITY STUDIES
Read from the departments' own calendar pages, where 50 of 208 programs are only partly machine-readable, so treat these as a minimum rather than the full list. Confirm with an academic advisor.
Description
Migration and human mobility shape our relationships with places and with each other. Students examine and discuss global population movements from a critical perspective, exploring intersections between migration, citizenship and belonging, and the city. Topics include borders and immigration control; historical and recent trends in migration-related state policies; forced migration and refugee experiences; newcomer integration and place-making; labour mobility and precarity; and migrant justice activism. Students develop skills in researching, analyzing, and communicating information relevant to contemporary migration debates, and gain a theoretical and practical understanding of the processes shaping migration and settlement, with a focus on inner-city contexts.
From the 2026-27 undergraduate calendar. Always verify details on WebAdvisor or with an academic advisor before registering.