IAST 290 Sophomore Seminar Spring 2026: According to the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, one has a fundamental right to leave one's country of origin (1948, Article 13), yet there is no corresponding right to enter another.  Our seminar considers the consequences of this tension by focusing on how and why states encourage some immigrants while preventing and discouraging others.  We will thus explore some of the empirical data, ethical challenges, gendered dimensions and political movements that both inform and result from the decisions of states and other actors.  We will conclude with normative reflections about who should be allowed entry to and citizenship within (other) states.  Upon the course's completion, students will be able to engage with key concepts and competing claims concerning broad patterns of global migration from the twentieth century to the present with attention to their intended study abroad sites. Open to Sophomore IAST majors only.

IAST 290 Immigration Politics According to the UN Charter of Fundamental Rights, one has a fundamental right to leave one's country of origin (1948, Article 13), yet there is no corresponding right to enter another country. This seminar considers the consequence of this tension with attention to normative questions of who should be allowed entry to and citizenship within (other) states and explores the empirical complexities that inform and result from these judgments. This course does NOT satisfy the Shared Passages Sophomore Seminar requirement. Open to Sophomore IAST majors only.

IAST 490 Senior Seminar Consideration of issues and problems affecting the global whole and the various geographical areas of the world through focusing on a broad topic or theme; emphasis on discussion of the topic and problems from a broadly interdisciplinary perspective. Specific topics will change from year to year. Open to Senior IAST majors only.

IAST 593 Senior Integrated Project Each program or department sets its own requirements for Senior Integrated Projects done in that department, including the range of acceptable projects, the required background of students doing projects, the format of the SIP, and the expected scope and depth of projects. See the Kalamazoo Curriculum -> Senior Integrated Project section of the Academic Catalog for more details. Permission of department and SIP supervisor required.

IAST 600 Teaching Assistantship