Faculty First Year Seminars 197LGL1 - Human Trafficking and Modern D

The phenomenon of human trafficking has gained widespread attention over the past decade . At its heart, human trafficking is about exploitation of people who are unable to refuse or to leave a situation, whether they have been transported across borders or are exploited within their own country. Exploitation comes in many forms and in many industries?sex, factories, fishing, domestic labor, begging to name a few?and affects men, women and children alike. This course will explore, among other things, the different types of trafficking prevalent in the world today, the debates surrounding how to solve the problem and how it is represented in the mass media.

Freshmen Only