Immigration Issues in the United States and (Central) Europe - MZ340P48

• Title: Immigration Issues in the United States and (Central) Europe
• Guaranteed by: Department of Social Geography and Regional Development (31-340)
• Faculty: Faculty of Science
• Actual: from 2014 to 2017
• Semester: summer
• E-Credits: 5
• Examination process: summer s.:
• Hours per week, examination: summer s.:1/2, C+Ex [HT]
• Capacity: 10
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Note: enabled for web enrollment
• Guarantor: Jana Sladkova, Ph.D.; prof. RNDr. Dušan Drbohlav, CSc.
• Teacher(s): prof. RNDr. Dušan Drbohlav, CSc.; Jana Sladkova, Ph.D.

Annotation

Last update: doc. RNDr. Eva Janská, Ph.D. (27.02.2017)

This is an intensive interdisciplinary summer course for social science students interested in current immigration issues in the United States and Europe.

Syllabus

Last update: doc. RNDr. Eva Janská, Ph.D. (27.02.2017)

 The course "Immigration Issues in the United States and (Central) Europe" starts from 30.5.-18.7.2016. The First meeting is in G1 room at 13,00. Attached you find actual syllabus.

 

Students
14 from University of Massachusetts, Lowell

10 from Charles University,Prague

This is an intensive interdisciplinary summer course for social science students interested in current immigration issues in the United States and Europe. The first two weeks of the program will consist of intensive in-class discussions, lectures, viewing of documentaries, etc. This is a highly interactive course and students will need to do readings outside of class on daily basis in order to be able to participate in in-class discussions. Readings will be provided to students online. Topics will include journeys of migrants from their home countries to their destinations; remittances and their impact on sending communities; transnational nature of modern migration; issues of legality and deportations; acculturation; discrimination, etc.
The American students will be conducting a research project as part of this course. Charles University students can choose to do this component. Most time spend on the research part will take place in the third week of the course and subsequent writing of the research paper will take place later in the summer. All students will be required to write several short reflective papers during the first two weeks of the course. In addition, their grade will be based on their contribution to class discussions. There will be no oral exam in the end of the course.
Classes will generally meet 9:00 am - 1:00 pm first two weeks with possible exception to accommodate a guest speaker or a field trip. There will be breaks during the long morning.
All classes will be conducted in English.