Undergraduate Module Descriptor

POL3088: Forced Migration, Refugees and International Relations

This module descriptor refers to the 2020/1 academic year.

Module Content

Syllabus Plan

Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:

The international refugee regime: emergence and evolution
Refugee status determination: interviews
Refugees and International Relations
The international refugee regime: the role of UNHCR
The international refugee regime: international cooperation problems
International refugee law
The EU dimension: the Common European Asylum System
Durable solutions (1): repatriation
Durable Solutions (2): resettlement and local integration
Biopolitics and refugees
Impact of new technologies of information and communication (NTIC)
The Palestinian refugees and UNRWA
Peacebuilding, state-building, transitional justice and reparations
Internally displaced persons (IDPs)
Environmental displacement
Gender and forced migration
The Syrian refugee crisis in the Middle East
The local dimension of refugee hosting
Protracted refugee situations and historical injustices

Learning and Teaching

This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:

Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	Guided independent study	Placement / study abroad
44	256	0

...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:

Category	Hours of study time	Description
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activity	14	14 hours of lectures (20 x 30 minutes lectures & 2 x 2 hours guest lectures)
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activity	30	30 hours of seminars (20 x 90 minutes seminars) including discussion of set readings, small and large group discussions, individual student presentations, role-playing exercises and audio-visual documentaries
Guided Independent Study	156	Preparing for and completing coursework
Guided Independent Study	100	Reading for seminars

Online Resources

This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).

UNHCR (1997) The State of the World’s Refugees: A Humanitarian Agenda (Oxford University Press). Available online at: http://www.unhcr.org/4a4c72719.html

UNHCR (2000) The State of the World’s Refugees: Fifty Years of Humanitarian Action (Oxford University Press). Available online at: http://www.unhcr.org/4a4c754a9.html

UNHCR (2005) Refugee Status Determination: Identifying Who is a Refugee (UNHCR). Available online at: http://www.unhcr.org/43144dc52.html

UNHCR (2010) Handbook for the Protection of Internally Displaced Persons (UNHCR). Available online at: http://www.unhcr.org/4c2355229.pdf