| Course Name | Year | Term | Period | Faculty / Graduate School | All Instructors | Credits |
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| 13100:[2025 Spring]IR18‐EE332 International Migration (RA) § 13101:RUIR-3516 International Migration(RA) § 13102:IR-ECS302 International Migration (RA) | 2025 | Spring | Wed2 | College Of International Relations | YUSY WIDARAHESTY | 2 |
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Course Outline and Method
International migration is one of the keys to understanding the nature and dynamics of contemporary international society. Human mobility encompasses migratory labor, refugees, transnational elites, family and marriage migrants, foreign students, and many forms of visitors. Migration continues to dominate 21st-century political debates. This course examines the determinants of migration, as well as the social, economic, and political consequences for both sending and receiving countries. This lecture covers fundamental theories, history, and facts on modern international migration. I cover migration theory, migration policies, the formation of ethnic minorities, transnationalism, and current migration challenges. We'll also talk about enormous migration in the late nineteenth century, the rise of "managed" migration in the twentieth century, and modern migration.
This course has three components: a) a lecture (major topics and theoretical framework), and b) student presentations (case studies) and c) group dicsussion
Keywords: theories, ethnicity, minority, labor market, undocumented migration, refugees, climate change, inequality, neoliberalism
Student Attainment Objectives
2. Students can analyze migration phenomena and will develop their knowledge of major theories to analyze historical and contemporary cases.
3. Students can understand global social change which is related to international migration and based on their learning, students will be able to come up with possible solutions to existing problems. This course is also designed to develop student’s analytical skills on migration issues.
Recommended Preparatory Course
Course Schedule
| Lecture/Instructor（When there are multiple instructors) | Theme |
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| Keyword, References and Supplementary Information | |
| 1 | Orientation & Introduction (History of Migration: Who are migrants?) |
Castles, S., Haas, Hein de, & Miller, Mark J. (2013). The age of migration: International population movements in the modern world (Fifth ed.). Chapter 1 |
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| 2 | Theories of migration |
Castles et al. (2013) Chapter 2. |
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| 3 | Consequences for receiving countries/regions: Ethnic minority and society |
Castles et al. (2013)
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| 4 | Consequences of outmigration: Brain drain, remittances, income distribution |
Castles et al. (2013). Chapter 3, pp. 69-81. |
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| 5 | Migrants in the Labor Market 1 |
Castles et al. (2013). Chapter 11, pp. 240-252.
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| 6 | Migrants in the Labor Market 2 |
Castles et al. (2013). Chapter 11, pp. 240-252.
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| 7 | Understanding migration policies |
Castles et al. (2013).
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| 8 | Midterm Student presentation session |
(group presentation and evaluating other teams' presentation) |
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| 9 | Migration in Asia 1 case study of Japan |
Integration issues, country of non-immigration/ Glenda Robert |
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| 10 | Migration as a political agenda 1: The 2020 and 2025 U.S. presidential election and its implications |
Castles et al. (2013).
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| 11 | Forced migration: The recent refugee crisis |
http://www.unhcr.org/ (The United Nations Refugee Agency)
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| 12 | Case study: Migration in Asia 2 case study of Southeast Asia |
Michele Ford, The Politics of Cross-border Mobility in Southeast Asia, Cambridge University Press. |
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| 13 | Case study: Migration in Asia 3 Film viewing and discussion “Homebound” |
Castles et al. (2013). Chapter 6, pp. 148-151, 153-158, 161-163. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-hAAuURALw |
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| 14 | Final Student presentation session |
(final exam individual presentation) |
Class Format
Recommendations for Private Study
Grade Evaluation Method
| Kind | Percentage | Grading Criteria etc. |
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| Final Examination (Written) | ||
| Report Examination (A report to be submitted by the unified deadline) |
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| Exams and/or Reports other than those stated above, and Continuous Assessment (Evaluation of Everyday Performance in Class) |
100 | 40%: Final Presentation on any topic of migration associated with migration theory.
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Grade Evaluation Method （Note）
Advice to Students on Study and Research Methods
Textbooks
| Title | Author | Publisher | ISBN Code | Comment |
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| The age of migration : international population movements in the modern world | Hein de Haas, Stephen Castles, and Mark J. Miller | Red Globe Press : Macmillan International Higher Education | 9781352007121 | |
| The Politics of Cross-Border Mobility in Southeast Asia | Michele Ford | Cambridge University Press | 9781108673914 | |
| Japan and global migration : foreign workers and the advent of a multicultural society | Mike Douglass and Glenda S. Roberts | Routledge | 0415191106 |
Textbooks （Frequency of Use, Note）
Reference Books
Reference Books （Frequency of Use, Note）
Web Pages for Reference
www.nytimes.com (The New York Times)
www.foreignaffairs.com
How to Communicate with the Instructor In and Out of Class(Including Instructor Contact Information)
Other Comments
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