This summer and fall, two advanced online courses on human trafficking and slavery will be offered at the University of Rhode Island. The courses will be taught entirely online, so you can enroll and complete these courses from anywhere in the world.

These courses are appropriate for advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and professionals working in the field.


Summer 2006 (May 22 to July 28, 2006)
WMS 490 "Human Trafficking and Contemporary Slavery"
This course focuses on contemporary human trafficking and slavery, including sex trafficking, bonded labor, forced labor, child soldiers, and domestic servant slavery.
Go to http://www.uri.edu/summer/ for information on how to register. During the Summer session, URI offers a substantial reduction in the tuition rate.

Fall 2006 (Sept 6 to Dec 11, 2006)
WMS 490 "Campaigns and Services for Victims of Trafficking and Slavery"
This course focuses on historical and contemporary campaigns for ending human trafficking and slavery and on providing services to contemporary victims of human trafficking and slavery.

(These advanced level courses on human trafficking and slavery are intended to become part of a Graduate Certificate in "Human Trafficking and Human Rights." The course and certificate proposals have been approved by the Women's Studies Program at the University of Rhode Island. Final approval by the URI Board of Governors is expected by the end of the next academic year.)