LEARNING OUTCOMES:
1. Understand key policy, legal and geopolitical characteristics that have shaped the politics of displacement in the Middle East
2. Explain the main theories and approaches that are used to understand and analyze refugee politics
3. Apply concepts in politics and IR of the Middle East and relate them to contemporary case studies of displacement
4. Identify and explain variation and similarities in the way states have responded to forced displacement in the Middle East
5. Identify and formulate solutions to a refugee challenge in the international refugee regime
6. Critically engage with methodologies of doing research with refugees
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS:
1. Develop policy-orientated research, presentation, and teamwork skills
2. Engage in role-playing scenarios crucial to understanding diverse situations in the refugee humanitarian field
3. Provide policy recommendations on a refugee challenge
- Online learning activities: 0.5 hours a week / 6 hours a semester
- Reading and Preparation for Class: 4 hours a week / 48 hours a semester
- Research and Preparation for Group Work: 2 hours a week / 24 hours a semester
- Research and Writing for Individual Assessments: 4 hours a week / 48 hours a semester
* Additional language of instruction:
Analysis of original sources in Arabic (upon interest or request)
• Participation and attendance: 5%
• Group project and presentation: 45 %
• Final project: 50%
Breakdown of summative assessment and brief description
Participation (5%)
Policy brief + oral presentation (group work): (45%) 2000 words Final project: analytic essay (40%) 300-3500 words