Postgraduate Module Descriptor

POLM161: Forced Migration in International Relations

This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 academic year.

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
International refugee law and refugee status determination
Forced migration and International Relations
The international refugee regime: UNHCR, international cooperation problems and the politics of humanitarianism
The EU dimension: the Common European Asylum System
Durable solutions: repatriation, resettlement and local integration
Internally displaced persons (IDPs)
Environmental displacement
Gender and forced migration
Peacebuilding, state-building, transitional justice and reparations
Biopolitics and refugees

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
22	278	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	22	11 x 2-hour seminars
Guided independent study	78	Reading for seminars
Guided independent study	200	Completion of coursework

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