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POLS 5485 - Politics of Migration and Refugees

This course explores the politics of migration and refugees, with a particular focus on state responses to migration and refugee flows. We discuss how and why states restrict or allow access to migrants and refugees, whether and to what extent states attempt to integrate and accommodate migrants and refugees living in their territory, the barriers to migrant integration and refugee resettlement, and how states and migrants act to expand and use transnational networks created by migration.

Requisites:
Credit Hours: 4
Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 4.0 seminar
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Students will be able to explain political and policy developments relating to migration, using evidence and theories from the social science disciplines and recognizing the underlying assumptions in theory.
  • Students will be able to draw conclusions about the impact of migration-related policies and political discourses on migrants and their sending and receiving states, while recognizing the context of these issues.
  • Students will be able to assess and formulate positions and conclusions about the ethical, political, and policy implications of developments relating to the management of migration and refugee flows around the world.
  • Students will be able to adapt and apply skills from one subject area to another as they analyze migration politics, and they will be able to build on prior experience, reflect and self-assess as they develop and present positions.
  • Students will be able to relate their own experiences of mobility, uncertainty, and navigating new and challenging situations to those of migrants and refugees by drawing on theories and case studies discussed in class.
  • Students will be able to discuss, debate, and advocate for policies that can effectively address the challenges of migration, resettlement, and integration in a complex global environment.
  • Students will be able to evaluate and critically assess a case of migration and refugee politics by applying theories discussed in the course to their own research.
  • Students will be able to orally present a case of migration and refugee politics and its applicability to theories discussed in the course.


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