All course credit will be issued by Western Kentucky University. The WKU Registrar will transfer your grades to your home institution approximately 6-8 weeks after the completion of the program.

The Kentucky Institute for International Studies (KIIS) is a non-profit consortium of colleges and universities. KIIS welcomes students from any academic institution in the United States and Canada to participate in its study abroad programs.

July 2012
Human Trafficking (3 hours):
Instructor Theresa C. Hayden, PhD.
The course will present the multiple forms utilized to buy and sell humans for labor, sex, and ultimately profit. This approach recognizes there are a great many contributing factors to the global crime. The course provides an introduction to ways of critically thinking about this problem in the United States and Mexico.
The central questions of this course are: What is the importance of defining human trafficking? Why it is this crime a violation of human rights? What are the differences between trafficking and smuggling? Who are most likely the victims of human trafficking? Who benefits from human trafficking? What legislation is relevant to reduce the growing incidence of this crime?
Summer Application Deadline: February 15
Contact KIIS at 270-745-4416 or kiis@wku.edu. Fax 270-228-4496.