About the Course

Course Description:

International migration has become a major political issue worldwide. This course presents an overview of the main issues raised by the cross-border movements of people. It will introduce students to current trends in migration flows, to the different types of human mobility and the dynamics behind them, and to governments’ responses to the social, political and legal challenges raised by international migration. The course material is organized to reflect on the social issues such as social mobility, poverty, gender, inequality and citizenship as they relate to different types of international mobility. Particularly, we will look at changing trends in global mobility, at theories explaining international mobility, forced migration, migrant integration; the impact of migration in sending and receiving societies, the basic methods used for analyzing migration related issues. This course will not only seek to learn from, but also to evaluate, critique, and expand existing methods. In addition, students will have the opportunity to develop their own professional thinking in this field.

 

Course Aim:

Taking the recent mass refugee movement as the case study, this course aims to offer participants an understanding of the complex and varied nature of global migration in general and forced migration in specific and their centrality to global, regional and national processes of political, social and economic change and of the needs of displaced people themselves.

 

Syllabus

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On completion participants will:

  • Develop a broad understanding of key concepts and debates in global migration;
  • Gain skills in critical analysis and the ability to plan, organize and carry out research into aspects of global migration as well as forced migration and refugees
  • Develop an ability to contribute new perspectives to the study of migration.
  • Produce an investigative piece for a publication.
  • Gain an understanding of the dilemmas facing policy-makers at both national and international level
  • Gain ability to help transfer theoretical knowledge to policy-oriented research

 

Course structure:

The summer school is structured around three main methodological axes:

  • Learning via lectures, guest lecturers and student presentations (Monday through Thursday)
  • Writing an academic article on global migration and crisis

 

Pre-requisites:

  • A background in social sciences is not required. Koç University invites all interested students to apply, regardless of their background or major.
  • A minimum of 2.5 GPA is required.
  • The language of instruction is English. Students must hold a minimum of TOEFL PBT 550, TOEFL CBT 213, TOEFL IBT 80 or IELTS 6.5 (Not applicable to students applying from institutions whose medium of instruction is English).

 

Credits:

You will earn 6 ECTS credits and be given a certificate of participation at the end of the course.

Program Dates

June 28 – July 16, 2021

Tuition Fee & Payment

The program fee:  590 USD 

 

**Students coming from partner institutions of Koç University will get 15% discount on the tuition.

 

***Study abroad with your peers! Bring two friends with you, get one slot tuition-free!

 

PAYMENT INFO

You can make your payment either via bank transfer or credit card.

 

Account for bank transfer:

USD ACCOUNT

NAME OF THE BANK: YAPI KREDİ BANKASI

NAME OF THE BRANCH: KOÇ UNIVERSITY BRANCH

RECIPIENT’S NAME: KOÇ UNIVERSITY

SWIFT CODE: YAPITRIS

ACCOUNT NO: 00540749

IBAN CODE: TR500006701000000000540749

 

To pay via credit card: 

Please fill out the form below. Once you submit it, it will direct you to the payment page.

 

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Scholarship

The program offers merit-based scholarships.

Cancellation Policy

Full refund of the tuition fee until May 28, 2021

Half refund of the tuition fee between May 28 – June 4, 2021

Cancellations after June 4 will result in no refund.

Application Requirements and Deadline

To apply, students are required to submit:

  • Online application form
  • A 400 word statement describing the student’s motivation for participation (in the last section of the online course)
  • Transcripts describing student’s academic performance
  • A recent photograph
  • TOEFL or IELTS score sheet (unless you apply from an institution whose medium of instruction is English)

If you have any problems with creating an application, please email to summer@ku.edu.tr

 

Application deadline: June 4, 2021

 

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Program Coordinator

Nilüfer Akpınar Şahin

International Projects and Education Programs Team Leader

Cel: +90 549 778 65 82