Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

This course offers a comprehensive overview of the key issues in the study of international migration and integration. The perspective in this course is primarily sociological but it also leans heavily on notions from other disciplines such as economics, geography, political science, psychology and anthropology. The course deals with both the theoretical debates in the field and with empirical data and case studies on which these debates hinge. The course not only focuses on migration and its causes as such, but also with phenomena that develop in the aftermath of migration, such as integration and transnationalism.

Format
Students have read the obligatory literature for each meeting and prepare it in an active and analytical way. The teacher will introduce the main themes and coordinates class discussions. The class discussions will be focused on the main questions that have been handed in by the students the day before the class meeting. The role of the teacher is to give feedback when necessary and to make sure that all important issues and questions are properly covered, so that the learning goals of the course are successfully achieved.

The standard model will be that a class meeting starts with a short lecture of the teacher to place the specific theme into context followed by a general discussion based on the main clarification-type and critical questions of the obligatory readings. Since all students have read and critically reviewed the reading material, a lively discussion is to be expected. Subsequently, there will be student presentations of additional empirical studies. The time limit per student presentation is 20 minutes in which the student should summarise the article, discuss the additional insights of the article to the obligatory readings and give a critical reflection. After the student presentations, the clarification-type and critical questions of the obligatory readings will be discussed. Relevant documentaries will be shown and discussed in part of a few class meetings.