Programs

Migration and Border Studies

The Minor in Migration and Border Studies (MBS) examines the causes, consequences and experiences of borders and the people who cross them. We also consider how borders make mobility impossible, often leading to precarious circumstances, and even death. The program prepares students to understand the impact of frontiers and borders locally, globally, aesthetically and intellectually, and their effects on nation states, cultures, Indigenous Peoples, languages, gender, the class system, and growing digital divides.

MBS draws on a range of interdisciplinary perspectives, and investigates geographically diverse examples. It integrates experiential learning and research for you to engage with the material, and will provide opportunities for collaboration on faculty research projects.

An exciting part of MBS is the experiential learning course American Borders and Borderlands, which includes a 7-day visit to Tucson, Arizona and Nogales, Sonora.

For more information about the program, contact Dr. Benjamin Muller: bmuller@uwo.ca.

Admission Requirements

Completion of first-year requirements and a minimum grade of 60% in one 1.0 course numbered 1000-1999 from each of these groups:

  • Group A 1.0 course: English 1027F/G, English 1028F/G, Philosophy 1050F/G, Philosophy 1120F/G, Social Justice and Peace Studies 1025F/G, Social Justice and Peace Studies 1026F/G
  • Group B 1.0 course: Political Science 1021F/G, Political Science 1022F/G, Sociology 1020E/W/X or Sociology 1021E

Other courses may be considered by the Department.

Module

4.0 courses

0.5 course: Interdisciplinary Studies 2277F/G

1.5 courses from: Childhood and Youth Studies 2221A/B, English 2071F/G, English 2072F/G, English 2262F/G, English 3679F/G, English 3680F/G, English 3698F/G, English 2699F/G, History 4502F/G, Political Science 2218F/G, Political Science 3311F/G, Political Science 4407F/G, Social Justice and Peace Studies 2303A/B, Social Justice and Peace Studies 2304F/G, Social Justice and Peace Studies 3211F/G, Sociology 2270A/B, Sociology 2271A/B, Sociology 2281 F/G, Sociology 3341F/G, Sociology 3344F/G, Sociology 3382F/G, Sociology 3371F/G, Sociology 3378F/G, Sociology 3387F/G, Sociology 4441A/B

2.0 courses from: Childhood and Youth Studies 3366F/G, Childhood and Youth Studies 3367F/G, Political Science 3301F/G, Political Science 3307F/G, Political Science 3302F/G, Social Justice and Peace Studies 2290F/G, Social Justice and Peace Studies 2302A/B, Social Justice and Peace Studies 3210F/G, Social Justice and Peace Studies 3367F/G, Social Justice and Peace Studies 3375F/G, Sociology 2281A/B, Sociology 3318F/G, Sociology 3342F/G, Sociology 3354F/G, Sociology 3351F/G, Sociology 4416 F/G

Other courses may be considered by the Department.

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