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Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code	Course Name	Semester	Theoretical	Practical	Credit	ECTS
POL3612	International Migration	Spring	3	0	3	6

This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

Basic information

Language of instruction:	English
Type of course:	Non-Departmental Elective
Course Level:	Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery:	Hybrid
Course Coordinator :	Instructor DAMLA BAYRAKTAR AKSEL
Recommended Optional Program Components:	None.
Course Objectives:	The aim of this course is to offer students the opportunity to familiarize and engage with the debates, theories and research on the political aspect of different migratory movements and post-migratory processes. To be able to grasp different types of movements and their political repercussions, the course is divided under three main subsections of migrants, refugees and diasporas. The course also aims at improving the written and oral communication skills of the students, as well as analytical reasoning and creativity.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
Students who successfully complete this course:
1. Evaluate the political dimensions of international migration;
2. Gain knowledge about migration and asylum movements in history and in the current period;
3. Make sense of the relationship between social processes that cause and are created by migration;
4. Comprehend legal and institutional processes of different types of migration;
5. Evaluate the migration processes in Turkey in the context of its global position, together with its causes and consequences.

Course Content

Migration theories and trends; the emergence of migration states; citizenship, rights and identities; incorporation policies; border policies; irregular migration, securitization and politicization of migration; national and international asylum regime; the rise of diasporas and transnational identity politics; diaspora inclusion policies; Turkey’s position as a migrant receiving and sending country.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Introduction	International Organization for Migration, Key Migration Terms: http://www.iom.int/key-migration-terms International Organization for Migration, World Migration Report, https://worldmigrationreport.iom.int UN 1951 Refugee Convention: http://www.unhcr.org/3b66c2aa10 Migrant Integration Policy Index: http://www.mipex.eu/
2)	Migration theories and trends	De Haas, H., Czaika, M., Flahaux, M. L., Mahendra, E., Natter, K., Vezzoli, S., & Villares‐Varela, M. (2019). International migration: Trends, determinants, and policy effects. Population and Development Review, 45(4), 885-922. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/CZ57SJDKDJZRAU2EPDHP?target=10.1111/padr.12291 Önerilen okumalar Read: Massey, D. S., Arango, J., Hugo, G., Kouaouci, A., Pellegrino, A., & Taylor, J. E. (1993). Theories of international migration: A review and appraisal. Population and development review, 431-466.
3)	Emergence of migration states	Hollifield, J. F. (2004). The emerging migration state. International migration review, 38(3), 885-912. Önerilen okumalar Torpey, J. (1998) “Coming and Going: On the State Monopolization of the Legitimate ‘Means of Movement’,” Sociological Theory Vol. 16, No. 3: pp. 239-259.
4)	Citizenship, rights and identities	Bloemraad, I., & Sheares, A. (2017). Understanding membership in a world of global migration:(How) does citizenship matter? International Migration Review, 51(4), 823-867.
5)	Incorporation policies	Ager, A., & Strang, A. (2008). Understanding integration: A conceptual framework. Journal of refugee studies, 21(2), 166-191. Önerilen okumalar A. Favell (2010) Integration and nations: the nation-state and research on immigrants in Western Europe, In M. Martinello and J. Rath, Selected Studies in International Migration and Immigrant Incorporation
6)	Borders and border policies	D. Fassin (2011) Policing Borders, Producing Boundaries. The Governmentality of Immigration in Dark Times, Annual Review of Anthropology, 40: 213-226. Frontex https://frontex.europa.eu/ Önerilen okumalar W. Walters (2015) Migration, vehicles and politics: Three theses on viapolitics, European Journal of Social Theory, 18(4): 469-488.
7)	MIDTERM EXAM
8)	Irregular migration, securitization and politicization of migration	Read: D. Bigo (2002) ‘Security and Immigration: Toward a Critique of the Governmentality of Unease’, Alternatives 27, p. 63-92. Önerilen okumalar M. Collyer (2006) Migrants, Migration and the Security Paradigm: Constraints and Opportunities, Mediterranean Politics, 11:2, 255-270.
9)	National and international refugee regime	S. Martin (2010), Forced Migration, the Refugee Regime and the Responsibility to Protect, Global Responsibility to Protect 2: 38-59. Convention and Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees, available at https://www.unhcr.org/3b66c2aa10 UN General Assembly, New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants, available at https://www.unhcr.org/57e39d987 Önerilen okumalar Aleinikoff, T. A. (2017). Toward a Global System of Human Mobility: Three Thoughts. AJIL Unbound, 111, 24-28.
10)	Rise of diasporas and transnational identity politics	R. Bauböck, & Faist, T. (2010) Diaspora and transnationalism: Concepts, theories and methods (p. 360). Amsterdam University Press, p. 9-34. Önerilen okumalar E. Østergaard-Nielsen (2003) The politics of migrants’ transnational political practices. International migration review, 37(3), 760-786. Basch, Linda; Glick Schiller, Nina & Szanton Blanc, Cristina (1994) Nations unbound: transnational projects, postcolonial predicaments and deterritorialized nation-states, Amsterdam: Gordon and Breach, p. 1-21.
11)	Diaspora engagement policies	A. Gamlen (2014) Diaspora Institutions and Diaspora Governance, International Migration Review, p. 180-217. Önerilen okumalar Delano & A. Gamlen (2014) Comparing and theorizing state-diaspora relations, Political Geography, 41, p. 43-53.
12)	Turkey as a country of migration	A. İçduygu & D. Aksel (2013), ‘Turkish migration policies: A critical historical retrospective’, Perceptions. Directorate General for Migration Management, https://www.goc.gov.tr/ F. Adamson (2019), ‘Sending States and the Making of Intra-Diasporic Politics: Turkey and Its Diaspora(s), International Migration Review, 53(1), p. 210-236. D. Aksel, D. B. (2014). Kins, distant workers, diasporas: constructing Turkey’s transnational members abroad. Turkish Studies, 15(2), 195-219. Presidency on Turks Abroad and Related Communities, https://www.ytb.gov.tr/
13)	Group presentations
14)	REVISION & Q/A SESSION

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:

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Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Presentation	1	% 10
Project	1	% 35
Midterms	1	% 15
Final	1	% 40
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 25
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 75
Total		% 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Workload
Course Hours	12	36
Study Hours Out of Class	12	80
Presentations / Seminar	1	4
Project	5	20
Midterms	1	2
Final	1	2
Total Workload		144

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Low	3 Average	4 High	5 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	To be able to apply theoretical concepts related to mass communication, consumer behavior, psychology, persuasion,sociology, marketing, and other related fields to understand how advertising and brand communication works in a free-market economy.	2
2)	To be able to critically discuss and interpret theories, concepts, methods, tools and ideas in the field of advertising.	2
3)	To be able to research, create, design, write, and present an advertising campaign and brand strategies of their own creation and compete for an account as they would at an advertising agency.	2
4)	To be able to analyze primary and secondary research data for a variety of products and services.	2
5)	To be able to develop an understanding of the history of advertising as it relates to the emergence of mass media outlets and the importance of advertising in the marketplace.	2
6)	To be able to follow developments, techniques, methods, as well as research in advertising field; and to be able to communicate with international colleagues in a foreign language. (“European Language Portfolio Global Scale”, Level B1)	2
7)	To be able to take responsibility in an individual capacity or as a team in generating solutions to unexpected problems that arise during implementation process in the Advertising field.	3
8)	To be able to understand how advertising works in a global economy, taking into account cultural, societal, political, and economic differences that exist across countries and cultures.	2
9)	To be able to approach the dynamics of the field with an integrated perspective, with creative and critical thinking, develop original and creative strategies.	2
10)	To be able to to create strategic advertisements for print, broadcast, online and other media, as well as how to integrate a campaign idea across several media categories in a culturally diverse marketplace.	2
11)	To be able to use computer software required by the discipline and to possess advanced-level computing and IT skills. (“European Computer Driving Licence”, Advanced Level)	2
12)	To be able to identify and meet the demands of learning requirements.	2
13)	To be able to develop an understanding and appreciation of the core ethical principles of the advertising profession.	2