Simon Fraser University
Engaging the World

Course Outlines

Spring 2019 - IS 355 D100

Refugees and Forced Migration (4)

Class Number: 7969

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Jan 3 – Apr 8, 2019: Tue, 1:30–5:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Exam Times + Location:

    Apr 13, 2019
    Sat, 8:30–11:30 a.m.
    Burnaby

  • Prerequisites:

    45 units.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Examines ideas and practices that affect experiences of forced migration and responses to these situations. What does it mean to live as a refugee? And what needs to change to alleviate the hardships and suffering of so many displaced people? Students who have taken IS 329 with this topic may not take this course for further credit.

COURSE DETAILS:

The number of forcibly-displaced people in the world now exceed 65 million, due primarily to violent conflict, persecution, and natural disasters. This course examines the hardships most refugees face during their journeys, in the process of resettlement and integration, and after return. It introduces students to the policies that govern the protection of and assistance to refugees, and the humanitarian responses by international organizations, nation-states, local governments, NGOs, and others in an effort to alleviate their suffering. The course also discusses the future challenges, such as climateinduced displacement.

COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:

By the end of the course, students will be able to critically assess the factors that lead individuals to flee their homes, and the hardships they face in the afterwards, have gained insights into the emergence of refugee as a concept, and the development of international laws surrounding refugees, have gained an understanding of the major challenges of forced migration, and the involved concerns related to protection, assistance, resettlement, integration, and return, and have developed their own evidencebased study on a critical issue on forced displacement.

Grading

  • Paper proposal 10%
  • Midterm exam 30%
  • Term paper 30%
  • Final exam 20%
  • Participation 10%

NOTES:

Students will be required to submit their written assignments to Turnitin.com in order to receive credit for the assignments and for the course.

The School for International Studies strictly enforces the University's policies regarding plagiarism and other forms of academic dishonesty. Information about these policies can be found at: http://www.sfu.ca/policies/gazette/teaching.html.

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

Fiddian-Qasmiyeh, Elena; Gil Loescher, Katy Long, and Nando Sigona (ed.). 2016. The Oxford Handbook of Refugee and Forced Migration Studies. Oxford University Press. pp. 784.
ISBN: 9780198778509

RECOMMENDED READING:

Koser, Khalid. 2016. International Migration: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press. pp. 160.
ISBN: 9780198753773

Orchard, Phil. 2015. A Right to Flee: Refugees, States, and the Construction of International Cooperation. Cambridge University Press. pp. 312.
ISBN: 9781139923293

Tinti, Peter; and Tuesday Reitano. 2017. Migrant, Refugee, Smuggler, Savior. Oxford University Press. pp. 352.
ISBN: 9780190668594

Registrar Notes:

SFU’s Academic Integrity web site http://www.sfu.ca/students/academicintegrity.html is filled with information on what is meant by academic dishonesty, where you can find resources to help with your studies and the consequences of cheating.  Check out the site for more information and videos that help explain the issues in plain English.

Each student is responsible for his or her conduct as it affects the University community.  Academic dishonesty, in whatever form, is ultimately destructive of the values of the University. Furthermore, it is unfair and discouraging to the majority of students who pursue their studies honestly. Scholarly integrity is required of all members of the University. http://www.sfu.ca/policies/gazette/student/s10-01.html

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS