International Migration - JSB702

• Title: International Migration
• Guaranteed by: Department of Public and Social Policy (23-KVSP)
• Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences
• Actual: from 2024 to 2024
• Semester: winter
• E-Credits: 6
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:1/1, Ex [HT]
• Capacity: unlimited / unlimited (5)
• Min. number of students: 8
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment; priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
• Guarantor: PhDr. Marie Jelínková, Ph.D.
• Teacher(s): PhDr. Marie Jelínková, Ph.D.
• Class: Courses not for incoming students

Annotation

This course, International Migration, is primarily intended to introduce participants into core migration issues. Therefore it is concerned with questions like why people migrate, how migrants become incorporated into receiving societies and what social and economic impact migrants have on both sending and receiving countries. Furthermore, the course is aimed at introducing several migration topics such as forced labour and exploitation, undocumented migration and the connection between migration and development. Another focus is on the types of migrants (such as economic migrants, family members, refugees and asylum seekers, undocumented migrants, etc.) and selected EU and Czech policies towards various groups of migrants. In some lectures, the course will focus on migration experience viewed through the perspective of migrants themselves.

Last update: Novotný Vilém, PhDr., Ph.D. (19.11.2021)

Aim of the course

The course is designed to engage students in critical dialogue concerning various migration topics. In order to do this, the course will combine both lecture and seminar format. The above-mentioned issues will be explored in weekly lectures and readings. Learning objectives of the course include: (a) a solid understanding of major debates in the study of migration / the major issues addressed in migration studies, (b) understanding and interpreting migration data and key concepts and (c) understanding key theories of migration processes.

Last update: Jelínková Marie, PhDr., Ph.D. (11.09.2021)

Course completion requirements

Course Requirements and Grading 

The course is offered for both highly motivated  BC students (who attend the course together with MA students)

Language: All seminar presentations and discussions will be held in English. Essays may be submitted in English, Czech, Slovak or German.   

Participation: Usually, a high level of quality participation is expected.

Readings: All students must prepare by reading the compulsory texts for every lesson. Without that, participation during lectures (see above), which is graded, is not possible. Presentations will usually require reading several additional texts. All compulsory readings and most optional readings are accessible at the course webpage at: dl1.cuni.cz.

Final test: A short test at the end of the course will test if the basic knowledge of the discussed topics during the lectures has been gained as well as the ability to show a critical view on selected migration issues. The test will be worth 80 % of the total grade.

Grading: The overall grade will be calculated as follows: 20 % Powtoon presentation, 80 % final test. 

All students can receive 100% (points) maximum (in some cases 105 – 110%). Final grades will be given according to the FSV scheme (A:  100 - 91, B: 90 - 81, C: 80 - 71, D: 70 - 61, E: 60 - 51, F  50 and less, not passing the subject) 

Disability policy: Any student with a disability who may require alternative academic arrangements in the subject is encouraged to approach the lecturer after the first or second lecture or via e-mail at the beginning of the course. The lecturer is willing to find alternative solutions in case of special needs.

 

 

Last update: Jelínková Marie, PhDr., Ph.D. (27.09.2021)