Information Package / Course Catalogue
| Political Science and International Relations | |||||
| Bachelor | Length of the Programme: 4 | Number of Credits: 240 | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF: Level 6 |
Ders Genel Tanıtım Bilgileri
| School/Faculty/Institute | Faculty of Econ., Admin. and Social Sciences | ||||
| Course Code | IR 328 | ||||
| Course Title in English | International Migration | ||||
| Course Title in Turkish | International Migration | ||||
| Language of Instruction | |||||
| Type of Course | Flipped Classroom | ||||
| Level of Course | Select | ||||
| Semester | Spring | ||||
| Contact Hours per Week |
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| Estimated Student Workload | 136 hours per semester | ||||
| Number of Credits | 5 ECTS | ||||
| Grading Mode | Standard Letter Grade | ||||
| Pre-requisites | None | ||||
| Expected Prior Knowledge | None | ||||
| Co-requisites | None | ||||
| Registration Restrictions | Only undergraduate students | ||||
| Overall Educational Objective | To gain substantial knowledge on migration and develop critical perspectives on national identity, citizenship and global inequalities. | ||||
| Course Description | Migration has been a key element in shaping human history. Today the growing impact of global migration on our political and social institutions, economy and culture makes an interdisciplinary perspective crucial in order to appreciate the opportunities it creates and address the challenges it brings. This course aims to explore migration from an interdisciplinary perspective and seeks answers to the following questions: who migrates and for what purposes; why are there more people migrating from and to specific regions; what is new about contemporary migration experience; what is the nation-states’ role in regulating migration; how is human mobility connected to the key concepts in social sciences such as class, gender, nation, human rights and identity; how migrants use media in their transnational identity building? The course material includes examples from European and American literature on the various aspects of migration such as assimilation, transnationalism, social mobilisation, gender and media but also enriched with selected readings on the Turkish migration context. | ||||
| Course Description in Turkish |
Course Learning Outcomes and CompetencesUpon successful completion of the course, the learner is expected to be able to:1) understand theoretical approaches to migration and patterns of contempoarary migration 2) examine the role of nation-states in regalating migration 3) understand various aspects of migration such as assimilation, transnationalism, social mobilisation, 4) examine the migration concept specifically in the Turkish context |
| Program Learning Outcomes/Course Learning Outcomes | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1) Adequate knowledge of political history necessary to comprehend and effectively evaluate contemporary Political Science and International Relations issues. | ||||
| 2) Understanding of the fundamental concepts that exist in the fields of social and behavioral sciences as well as the correlation between these concepts | ||||
| 3) Ability to analyze the fundamental theories in the field Political Science and International Relations and to assess their reflections into practice | ||||
| 4) Ability to critically discuss different aspects of theories and developments in Political Science and International Relations both individually and in the course of group work during classroom discussions. | ||||
| 5) Ability to conduct research independently, or with a team, about the developments taking place in the international arena, make foreign policy analyses, develop research-based conflict resolution models, and prepare comprehensive reports using computers and relevant software | ||||
| 6) Ability to take decisions as well as to implement these decisions by using the knowledge about the field and the skills that have been acquired during the undergraduate studies | ||||
| 7) Ability to recognize the relations between scientific thought and ethical behavior; pay attention to being tolerant and properly defend different ideas, ideologies and belief systems | ||||
| 8) Ability to work in international institutions and multicultural environments, with the help of the knowledge on different cultures, societies, political systems as well as linguistic skills acquired during the undergraduate studies | ||||
| 9) Ability to display language skills in English at minimum B2 level enough for debating with colleagues on issues of Political Science and International Relations, and also display language skills in a second foreign language at minimum A2 level enough for communicating in daily life | ||||
| 10) Ability to pursue lifelong learning as well as perform advanced/graduate studies in the field Political Science and International Relations and other social sciences disciplines in academic institutions at home and abroad |
Relation to Program Outcomes and Competences
| N None | S Supportive | H Highly Related |
| Program Outcomes and Competences | Level | Assessed by | |
| 1) | Adequate knowledge of political history necessary to comprehend and effectively evaluate contemporary Political Science and International Relations issues. | N | |
| 2) | Understanding of the fundamental concepts that exist in the fields of social and behavioral sciences as well as the correlation between these concepts | N | |
| 3) | Ability to analyze the fundamental theories in the field Political Science and International Relations and to assess their reflections into practice | N | |
| 4) | Ability to critically discuss different aspects of theories and developments in Political Science and International Relations both individually and in the course of group work during classroom discussions. | N | |
| 5) | Ability to conduct research independently, or with a team, about the developments taking place in the international arena, make foreign policy analyses, develop research-based conflict resolution models, and prepare comprehensive reports using computers and relevant software | N | |
| 6) | Ability to take decisions as well as to implement these decisions by using the knowledge about the field and the skills that have been acquired during the undergraduate studies | N | |
| 7) | Ability to recognize the relations between scientific thought and ethical behavior; pay attention to being tolerant and properly defend different ideas, ideologies and belief systems | N | |
| 8) | Ability to work in international institutions and multicultural environments, with the help of the knowledge on different cultures, societies, political systems as well as linguistic skills acquired during the undergraduate studies | N | |
| 9) | Ability to display language skills in English at minimum B2 level enough for debating with colleagues on issues of Political Science and International Relations, and also display language skills in a second foreign language at minimum A2 level enough for communicating in daily life | N | |
| 10) | Ability to pursue lifelong learning as well as perform advanced/graduate studies in the field Political Science and International Relations and other social sciences disciplines in academic institutions at home and abroad | N |
| Prepared by and Date | BEGÜM UZUN TAŞKIN , January 2024 |
| Course Coordinator | BEGÜM UZUN TAŞKIN |
| Semester | Spring |
| Name of Instructor |
Course Contents
| Week | Subject |
| 1) | Introduction |
| 2) | Understanding Migration |
| 3) | Colonialism and Post-colonial experiences |
| 4) | Integration, Assimilation and Multiculturalism Debates |
| 5) | Transnationalism |
| 6) | Transnationalism continued |
| 7) | Migration, Identities and Social Mobilisation |
| 8) | Turkish Migration Experience |
| 9) | Turkish Migration Experience Continued |
| 10) | Refugees and Human Rights |
| 11) | Refugees and Human Rights continued |
| 12) | Gender and Migration |
| 13) | Migrants’ Media |
| 14) | Review |
| 15) | Final assesment period |
| 16) | Final assesment period |
| Required/Recommended Readings | Massey, D. S. (1999) “Why Does Immigration Occur? A Theoretical Synthesis." in C. Hirschman, P. Kasinitz and J. DeWind, eds. The Handbook of International Migration: The American Experience . New York: Russell Sage Foundation. Ch. 2, p: 34-52 Castles, S. (2007). Twenty-first-century migration as a challenge to sociology. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 33(3), 351-371 A. L. Stoler 1989: “Rethinking Colonial Categories: European Communities and the Boundaries of Rule”, Comparative Studies in Society and History 31(1): 134-161. É. Balibar, 1991: “Is there a Neo-Racism?”, in: E. Balibar /I. Wallerstein, Race, Nation and Class: Ambiguous Identities, 17-28. Portes, A., & Zhou, M. (1993). The new second generation: Segmented assimilation and its variants. The annals of the American academy of political and social science, 530(1), 74-96. Modood, T. (2003). Muslims and the Politics of Difference. The Political Quarterly, 74(s 1),100-115. Žižek, S. (2008). Tolerance as an ideological category. Critical Inquiry, 34(4), 660-682. Amelina, A., & Faist, T. (2012). De-naturalizing the national in research methodologies: Key concepts of transnational studies in migration. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 35(10), 1707-1724. Schiller, N. G., Basch, L., & Blanc‐Szanton, C. (1992). Transnationalism: A new analytic framework for understanding migration. Annals of the New York academy of sciences, 645(1), 1-24. P. Kivisto 2001: Theorizing transnational immigration: a critical review of current efforts, Ethnic and Racial Studies, 24:4, 549-577, Şahin, Ş. (2005). The rise of Alevism as a public religion. Current Sociology,53(3), 465-485. Sökefeld, M. (2006). Mobilizing in transnational space: a social movement approach to the formation of diaspora. Global networks, 6(3), 265-284. Kirişçi, K. (2000). Disaggregating Turkish citizenship and immigration practices. Middle Eastern Studies, 36(3), 1-22. C. Saraçoğlu 2008: Exclusive Recognition. The new Dimension of the Question of Ethnicity and Nationalism in Turkey, Ethnic and Racial Studies, 1-19. Pamuk, O. (2014) Kafamda Bir Tuhaflık Yapı Kredi Yayınları 93-110. Çelik, A. B. (2005). " I miss my village" forced Kurdish migrants in Istanbul and their representation in associations. New perspectives on Turkey, 32, 137. Kaya, A. & Kentel, F. (2005) Euro-Turks A Bridge or a Breach between Turkey and the European Union? A Comparative Study of German-Turks and French-Turks. Centre for European Policy Studies. G. Agamben 1993: We Refugees Biehl, K. (2009). Migration ‘Securitization’and its Everyday Implications: an examination of Turkish asylum policy and practice. Kirişçi, K. 2014 Syrian refugees and Turkey's challenges: Going beyond hospitality- Washington, DC: Brookings Institution (pg: 18-46). İçduygu, A. (2015) Syrian Refugees and the long road ahead. Transatlantic Council on Migration. Mahler, S. J., & Pessar, P. R. (2006). Gender matters: Ethnographers bring gender from the periphery toward the core of migration studies. International migration review, 40(1), 27-63. Kalaycıoğlu, S., Çelik, K., & Beşpınar, F. U. (2010). " Gitmek mi zor kalmak mı?": Avrupa'ya erkek göçü ve geride kalan kadının gözünden göç deneyimi. Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, 27(1). Dekker, R., & Engbersen, G. (2014). How social media transform migrant networks and facilitate migration. Global Networks, 14(4), 401-418. Aksoy, A., & Robins, K. (2000). Thinking across spaces Transnational television from Turkey. European Journal of Cultural Studies, 3(3), 343-365. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Teaching Methods | Flipped classrom methods such as pre-class videos, group discussions, presentations, and reflection essays. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Homework and Projects | Reflection essays | ||||||||||||||||||
| Laboratory Work | None | ||||||||||||||||||
| Computer Use | None | ||||||||||||||||||
| Other Activities | None | ||||||||||||||||||
| Assessment Methods |
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| Course Administration |
aysegul.akdemir@bau.edu.tr Any improper behavior, academic dishonesty or plagiarism is subject to the YÖK Disciplinary Regulation. |
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ECTS Student Workload Estimation
| Activity | No/Weeks | Hours | Calculation | ||||
| No/Weeks per Semester | Preparing for the Activity | Spent in the Activity Itself | Completing the Activity Requirements | ||||
| Course Hours | 14 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 98 | ||
| Presentations / Seminar | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Homework Assignments | 2 | 7 | 14 | ||||
| Final Examination | 1 | 16 | 2 | 18 | |||
| Total Workload | 136 | ||||||
| Total Workload/25 | 5.4 | ||||||
| ECTS | 5 | ||||||