Political Science and Public Administration Preview
Bachelor	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code:

SBK026

Course Name:

Immigration and Identity

Semester:

Spring

Course Credits:

ECTS

Language of instruction:

Turkish

Course Condition:

Does the Course Require Work Experience?:

Type of course:

Departmental Elective

Course Level:

Bachelor

TR-NQF-HE:6. Master`s Degree

QF-EHEA:First Cycle

EQF-LLL:6. Master`s Degree

Mode of Delivery:

Face to face

Course Coordinator:

Dr. Öğr. Üy. FATEME AYŞİN ANKA

Course Lecturer(s):

Fatemeh Dehghan

Course Assistants:

Course Objective and Content

Course Objectives:

This course aims to examine the concept of identity and migration in social sciences and to investigate the relationship of the related problem with politics.

Course Content:

In this course, the concepts of identity and migration in politics, the establishment of identity as a political category, and approaches and discussions on identity politics are discussed. In addition, it examines the effects of issues such as religion and climate change, the theories of migration, the causes of international migration, the types of international migration and immigrants, the history of international migrations, the effects of international migrations on the sending and receiving regions of the world, and the impact of globalization on international migration by connecting them with migration issues.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) The concept of migration and its reasons
2) Concepts of identity and belonging
3) Reasons for forced migration
4) International migration policies
5) Globalization, Multiculturalism and Migration

Course Flow Plan

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	The Concept of Migration, its types, reasons: Introduction	Ref1
2)	Identity concept.: Introduction	Ref1
3)	Primitive, constructivist and discursive theories in defining identity	Ref1
4)	Political Behavior and its impact on identity	Ref1
5)	Free Election and its impact on democracy and immigration	Ref2
6)	International Migration Policies/ international migration and types of immigrants	Ref3
7)	The effect of migration on Social Change	Ref4
8)	Political contexts of identity: Ethnic, national and religious identities	Ref2
9)	Midterm
10)	Globalization, Multiculturalism and Migration	Ref4
11)	Globalization, Multiculturalism and Migration	Ref4
12)	Religion and Immigration	Ref3
13)	Climate change and the Migration-Identity relationship	Ref3
14)	Climate change and the Migration-Identity relationship	Ref4

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:

• Göç ve Kimlik-Kargaşa Sağaltım ve Dönüşüm
• Uluslararası Göçler ve Türkiye Kurumsal ve Ampirik Bir Alan Araştırması Denizli/Tavas, Çantay Kitabevi, Istanbul. Toksöz, G. (2006) Uluslararası Emek Göçü, İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları, İstanbul.
• Nermin Abadan-Unat. Bitmeyen Göç. Konuk İşçilikten Ulus Ötesi Yurttaşlığa. (İstanbul: İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi, 2007.)

References:

Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship

Course Learning Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5
Program Outcomes
1) To have knowledge about the basic theoretical debates in Political Science and Public Administration.	2	2	2	2	2
2) To define contemporary developments, approaches and basic concepts in Political Science and Public Administration at national and international level.	3	3	3	3	2
3) Relate the interaction of the Department of Political Science and Public Administration with other social sciences (philosophy, history, sociology, law, economy, business).	3	3	3	3	3
4) Evaluate and discuss the events in interdisciplinary dimension, acquire knowledge and skills, conduct research using social sciences methods and follow the field.	3	3	3	3	3
5) Political and social processes that take place in Turkey and in the world, able to solve problems and the causes of these problems, on the relationship of citizens with political structures reveals scientifically.	2	2	2	2	2
6) To design and to prepare scientific studies such as theoretical or experimental projects, reports, articles and theses, either on their own or with others, and uses qualitative and quantitative research techniques related to their field.
7) To use leadership characteristics in Political Science and Public Administration with the awareness of compliance with team work.	1	1	1	1	1
8) Develops behavior according to ethics and social values and evaluates what they have learned by deciding what they need and critically question the information they have acquired.	2	2	2	2	2
9) Transmits the opinions, thoughts and solutions in Political Science and Public Administration to the related persons and institutions in written and oral form.	1	1	1	1	1
10) According to the level of European Language Portfolio, a foreign language is at least A2 for Pre-Bachelor's degree according to the level of education; At least B1 for the License; To be able to use at least C1 and at least C1 General Level for PhD.
11) To be able to use information and communication technologies together with computer software in at least the European Computer Driving License Basic Level (Associate) or Advanced Level (Associate and Associate) required by the department.

Course - Learning Outcome Relationship

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Average	3 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	To have knowledge about the basic theoretical debates in Political Science and Public Administration.	2
2)	To define contemporary developments, approaches and basic concepts in Political Science and Public Administration at national and international level.	3
3)	Relate the interaction of the Department of Political Science and Public Administration with other social sciences (philosophy, history, sociology, law, economy, business).	3
4)	Evaluate and discuss the events in interdisciplinary dimension, acquire knowledge and skills, conduct research using social sciences methods and follow the field.	3
5)	Political and social processes that take place in Turkey and in the world, able to solve problems and the causes of these problems, on the relationship of citizens with political structures reveals scientifically.	2
6)	To design and to prepare scientific studies such as theoretical or experimental projects, reports, articles and theses, either on their own or with others, and uses qualitative and quantitative research techniques related to their field.	2
7)	To use leadership characteristics in Political Science and Public Administration with the awareness of compliance with team work.	1
8)	Develops behavior according to ethics and social values and evaluates what they have learned by deciding what they need and critically question the information they have acquired.	2
9)	Transmits the opinions, thoughts and solutions in Political Science and Public Administration to the related persons and institutions in written and oral form.	1
10)	According to the level of European Language Portfolio, a foreign language is at least A2 for Pre-Bachelor's degree according to the level of education; At least B1 for the License; To be able to use at least C1 and at least C1 General Level for PhD.	1
11)	To be able to use information and communication technologies together with computer software in at least the European Computer Driving License Basic Level (Associate) or Advanced Level (Associate and Associate) required by the department.	1

Assessment & Grading

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Midterms	1	% 40
Final	1	% 60
total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 40
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 60
total		% 100

Workload and ECTS Credit Calculation

Activities	Number of Activities	Workload
Course Hours	16	48
Study Hours Out of Class	16	48
Presentations / Seminar	4	8
Homework Assignments	3	6
Midterms	1	2
Final	1	2
Total Workload		114