Immigration Studies

[lebezej]

What is the best discipline to study immigration issues? Any advice on specific programs?

Thanks!

Edited August 24, 2010 by lebezej

[rachaelski]

Any type of immigration in particular? New Mexico State University is starting a Master's in Latin American Studies with a special focus on border studies, which will be absolutely fascinating, since the school is right on the US/Mexico border. Plus, they have created a couple relationships with schools just over the border in Mexico. Note: this program was just approved by the state, so there might not be information about it at the NMSU website yet.

[lebezej]

Any type of immigration in particular? New Mexico State University is starting a Master's in Latin American Studies with a special focus on border studies, which will be absolutely fascinating, since the school is right on the US/Mexico border. Plus, they have created a couple relationships with schools just over the border in Mexico. Note: this program was just approved by the state, so there might not be information about it at the NMSU website yet.

Thanks Rachaelski.

I was hoping to concentrate on borders, security, remittances, or transnationalism. I'm not too interested in Latin American Studies, but I will look into the program. Geography seems to be the most encompassing discipline that I have found so far, but I wanted to see if there were any other programs that I was overlooking.

[balderdash]

Thanks Rachaelski.

I was hoping to concentrate on borders, security, remittances, or transnationalism. I'm not too interested in Latin American Studies, but I will look into the program. Geography seems to be the most encompassing discipline that I have found so far, but I wanted to see if there were any other programs that I was overlooking.

I would look at programs in straight political science with a focus on those issues. Also, if you're open to degrees in the UK, there are quite a lot of degrees that would be relevant. I'm about to do an MPhil in Development Studies, and some of the courses are on migration. LSE and Oxford both (to my knowledge) offer MSc Forced Migration degrees. So there's always that (and those degrees are cheaper than similar master's in the US).