This is an umbrella course listing in comparative law for specialty topics of current interest. May be repeated if different underlying section.

Advanced study of a current research topic in social geography. Topic varies from term to term; prepares students for dissertation and thesis research through study of advanced literature and the completion of a research paper. Prerequisite: GEOG 470 and GEOG 471, or equivalent; graduate coursework in social geography or in one of the social sciences.

Advanced study of a current research topic in social geography. Topic varies from term to term; prepares students for dissertation and thesis research through study of advanced literature and the completion of a research paper. Prerequisite: GEOG 470 and GEOG 471, or equivalent; graduate coursework in social geography or in one of the social sciences.

Immigration: History and Policy. This is an interdisciplinary seminar focusing on the history and current policy issues involving transnational migration. Much of the reading and discussion will deal with immigration to the United States from the nineteenth century to present, but we intend to consider migration as a global phenomenon and to study other societies as well. Offered under the auspices of the Center for Advanced Study Campus-wide Initiative on Immigration, the seminar will integrate a series of visitors dealing with Asian, Latin American, and European immigration and will be augmented with a speaker series, forums, and other events. Meets with HIST 502, section C.

Is globalization good for working people in the United States and around the world? Globalization is the driving force in the world economy but it is also provoking tremendous debate and popular resistance. Students will learn the basics about globalization and its institutions from the perspective of workers' right in the U.S. and the Third World. Analyzes the debate over free trade and sweatshops, trade agreements such as the North American Free Trade Agreement, and institutions such as the World Trade Organization and the International Monetary Fund. Closely examines working conditions in several Third World countries, and explores the role of the global justice movement.

Focuses on problems and challenges facing American workers and the U.S. labor movement. Topics include the deterioration of the labor-management "social contract" in recent decades; a review of labor and employment law; the health care crisis; globalization and cross-border union alliances; and union democracy.

Explores the role of labor unions in American society. Discusses the role of labor unions in initiating actions on social issues that impact the U.S. working class, the economy, public policy, and politics. Analyzes the labor movement's interaction with the civil rights, women's, student, global justice, and living wage movements.

Provides an overview of workers and unions in American society. Looks at economic, political, and workplace issues facing working people, why and how workers join unions, how unions are structured and function, and how unions and management bargain a contract. Provides a historical overview of the American labor movement, and discusses the contemporary struggles workers and unions face in a rapidly changing global economy.

Topic: "Europe and the Propaganda of Recovery: The Marshall Plan Films 1948-1953" This class will meet Wednesdays 5:30-7:00pm in 40 Allen Hall only on Sept. 9, 16, 23, 30, Oct. 7 and then all events for Selling Democracy on Sept. 24-26: http://www.euc.illinois.edu/sellingdemocracy/