Apr 25, 2024  
2020-2021 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
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GS 108 - (CC, IS) Globalization and Human Trafficking

Semester Hours: 3
Periodically
This course will expose students to the phenomenon of human trafficking in the context of an increasingly globalized world. Human trafficking includes the sex trade and exploitation of women and children, trafficking in babies and children for purposes of adoption, and international trade of human organs, as well as trafficking for the purpose of labor exploitation. The course includes an examination of the definitions, history, and development of trafficking in human beings in the context of economic and political globalization. It will also assess the major international agreements and legal mechanisms that are employed to address human trafficking around the world. Interdisciplinary in nature, the course will include lectures, readings, debate, and guest speakers from international organizations dealing with human trafficking.
 





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