Minor in Interdisciplinary Refugee Studies
Open to students of all disciplines, the minor fills a need to raise awareness and understanding of the growing refugee population in the United States in general and in Idaho in particular. For those who want to work with the refugee community, the minor provides essential and practical tools to accomplish that goal.
Minor in Interdisciplinary Refuge Studies Courses| Course Number | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| HIST 310 | World-Wide Diaspora: Causes and Consequences of the Modern Refugee Crisis | 3 |
| SOCWRK 407 | Principles of Refugee Resettlement | 3 |
| ... 493 | Internship Working with Refugees * | 3 |
| Electives in at least four different disciplines chosen from: | ||
| ANTH 306 | Kinship, Social Organization and Networks | 12 |
| ANTH 425 | Medical Anthropology: Disease, Culture and Healing | |
| COMM 351 | Intercultural Communication | |
| CJ 103 | Introduction to Law and Justice | |
| DISPUT 402 | Culture and Conflict ‡ | |
| ECON 315 | Global Economic Development ‡ | |
| ED-BLESL 200 | Cultural Diversity in the School | |
| ED-BLESL 201 | Foundations of Teaching Bilingual Education/ESL | |
| ENGL 216 | Cultural Exchange in Transnational Literatures | |
| ENGL 396 | Postcolonial Literature | |
| ENVHLTH 102 (HLTHST 102) | Global Environmental Health | |
| GENDER 300 | Introduction to Gender Studies | |
| GEOG 200 | The Global Neighborhood | |
| HIST 366 | History of Modern Africa | |
| HIST 369 | History of the Modern Middle East | |
| HIST 372 | The History of Modern Southeast Asia | |
| HLTHST 304 | Public Health | |
| LING 305 | Introduction to Language Studies | |
| LING 310 | First and Second Language Acquisition | |
| LING 321 | Introduction to Sociolinguistics ‡ | |
| LING 327 | Applied Linguistics in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages | |
| POLS 306 | Introduction to International Relations | |
| POLS 421 | International Law and Organization ‡ | |
| PSYC 219 | Cross-Cultural Psychology ‡ | |
| PSYC 419 | Children and Families: Multicultural Perspectives ‡ | |
| SOC 230 | Introduction to Multi-Ethnic Studies | |
| SOC 305 | Racial and Cultural Minorities ‡ | |
| SOCWRK 408 | Working with Refugees Across Cultures | |
| SOCWRK 409 | Case Management with Refugees | |
| *Each participating department will coordinate its interns and use its own prefix Eg. SOC 493, etc. | ||
| ‡ Students not meeting the prerequisites must obtain permission of the instructor. Students who have already taken some of the above courses as part of their completed curriculum may apply those courses to the minor so long as they were taken within the last four years and have the approval of their advisor. | ||
| Total: | 21 | |
For more information contact your advisor or the history department chair at 426-1255