COURSE INFORMATION Course Title: BORDER POLITICS AND IMMIGRATION POLICIES

Code	Course Type	Regular Semester	Theory	Practice	Lab	Credits	ECTS
PIR 428	B	2	3	0	0	3	6

Academic staff member responsible for the design of the course syllabus (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature)	NA
Lecturer (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	Niuton Mulleti , Monday, 13:30-14:30
Second Lecturer(s) (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	NA
Teaching Assistant(s) and Office Hours:	NA
Language:	English
Compulsory/Elective:	Elective
Classroom and Meeting Time:	E-312, Monday, 18:00-20:45
Course Description:	-
Course Objectives:	To present to students a history of migration from its beginnings until nowadays and build upon the theoretical foundations of Immigration policies. To be able to compare and contrast different types of migration and learn about causes and outcomes of each. To prepare in-depth analyses of migration issues which evaluate the impact of migration on social and economic spheres. To make students assemble and evaluate evidences from everyday life experiences and integrate the case studies in constructive discussions.

COURSE OUTLINE

Week	Topics
1	Introduction to Course: The concept of the border of the state in contemporary political life
2	Security, Territory, Law
3	The Study of Borders in Global Politics: From Geopolitics to Biopolitics
4	Violence, Territory and the Borders of Juridical–Political Order
5	Reconceptualising the limits of sovereign power
6	Alternative Border Imaginarie
7	Watching the documentary � Border War: The Battle Over Illegal Immigration�
8	The Immigration Process
9	MIDTERM
10	Nations with Large Immigrant Populations
11	Nations with Increasing Immigrant Populations
12	Nations with Low or Declining Immigrant Populations
13	Regional Movements
14	Concluding Remarks

Prerequisite(s):	No
Textbook:	Segal, A.U; Elliott, D; Mayadas, S.N: (2010), Immigration Worldwide: Policies, Practices and Trends, Oxford University Press, New York:USA Williams, N.V: (2009) Border Politics: The limits of Sovereign Power, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh:UK
Other References:	No
Laboratory Work:	No
Computer Usage:	No
Others:	No

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

1	At the end of the course, the student should have gained basic knowledge pertaining to the fields of the humanities and social science with specific competence concerning the migration field of knowledge, as well as knowledge and understanding of the scientific basis of this field.
2	The student must have gained the ability to apply their knowledge: the economy, gender, and ethnicity to issues related to the field of national and international migration.
3	The student must have gained the ability to identify and confine themselves to questions and problems connected to ethnic and migration related phenomena in society, and relations between majority and minority communities.
4	The student must have gained the ability to critically engage, understand the role of knowledge in society, and understand the responsibilities behind its use, and identify their need for further knowledge and competency.

COURSE CONTRIBUTION TO... PROGRAM COMPETENCIES (Blank : no contribution, 1: least contribution ... 5: highest contribution)

No	Program Competencies	Cont.
Master of Science in Economics Program
1	The students are gained the ability to look at the problems of daily life from a broader perspective. They gain the needed skills not only to understand economic problems in economics but also to construct a model and defend in meaningful way.
2	They have knowledge about the microeconomics.
3	They have knowledge about the macroeconomics.
4	They have knowledge about the international economics and finance.
5	They have ability to use mathematical and statistical methods in economics.
6	They know how to use computer programs in both daily office usage and statistical data evaluations in public and private sector.
7	They have necessary economics skills that needed in private and public sector.
8	They are intended to be specialist in one of departmental fields that they choose from the list of general economics, growth and development, labor economics and labor market, environmental economics, agricultural economics, health economics, education economics and human development, political economics, international economics, monetary economics, finance economics, public finance, international financial markets and institutions, banking and central banking, international trade and banking, monetary economics and banking,
9	They have ability to utilize fundamental economic theories and tools to solve economic problems in economics.
10	They are aware of the fact that economics is a social science and they respect the social perspectives and social values of the society’s ethics.

COURSE EVALUATION METHOD

Method	Quantity	Percentage
Midterm Exam(s)	1	20
Term Paper	1	40
Final Exam	1	30
Attendance		10
	Total Percent:	100%

ECTS (ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD)

Activities	Quantity	Duration(Hours)	Total Workload(Hours)
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours)	16	3	48
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	16	2	32
Mid-terms	1	20	20
Assignments	1	27	27
Final examination	1	23	23
Other			0
Total Work Load:			150
Total Work Load/25(h):			6
ECTS Credit of the Course:			6