DEV 4003 - Human Trafficking & Child Exploitation

3 Credit Hour(s)

This is a course in the Social Sciences which studies Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation. Topics include the nature of human trafficking, issue specific to child welfare, trafficking entry and exit points, data gathering, policy debates, and the ethics of intervention. This course begins with a 2-week intensive on-the-ground class followed by an international trip to perform research while embedded within a community of trafficked and exploited children. In addition to traditional classroom assignments, students are to keep a fieldwork journal which contains qualitative and quantitative data observed in the field. The final product of this observational period will be a summative report. Students enrolled must be capable of undertaking international travel including any immunizations required for visa. Students are strongly encouraged to contact the professor to assess their level of emotional preparedness to take this course. And students will be required to sign and obey a confidentiality agreement and engage in a training session so as to protect the identities of the children with whom they interact.

Availability: WPB: Summer

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