1. CRITICAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE TYPOLOGY OF MIGRATION AND WHY THAT MATTERS.
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
Enquiry

2. CRITICAL UNDERSTANDING OF DEFINITIONS OF SECURITY AND HOW MIGRATION CAN BE SEEN AS A SECURITY THREAT
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
Analysis
Learning

3.APPRECIATION OF THE THREATS POSED BY MIGRATION TO THE SECURITY OF THE STATE, APPLICATION TO CASE STUDIES
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
ANALYSIS
APPLICATION

4. APPRECIATION OF THE THREATS POSED BY MIGRATION TO THE COHESION AND SOCIETAL SECURITY WITHIN A STATE, APPLICATION TO CASE STUDIES.
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
ANALYSIS
APPLICATION

4. EXPRESS IN WRITING SOPHISTICATED AND COHERENT EXPOSITIONS AND ARGUMENTS.
Communication
Problem Solving
Reflection

Reflective Portfolio [50% 2000 words}, Learning Outcomes 1-4]

Essay [50%, 2000 words] Learning Outcomes 1-4 (Final work)

This course will begin by explaining the meaning and magnitude of the phenomenon of migration before examining why and how it has come to be seen as a security issue. It will go on to outline the types of population movements and highlight the way states/international law normally deal with them. Attention will focus on the direct impact population movements can have on security, narrowly and traditionally defined: in the sense of security of the state from war, violence and conflict and terrorism. Next, the effect of population movement on security, more widely defined will be considered. It will include an assessment of the impact of migration and ethnic minority communities on a state’s foreign policy, and its relationship with other states, particularly the countries of origin of its migrant communities. Further the impact of ethnic minority communities on the internal social stability and cohesion of a state will be examined, including the role of the media. It will consider the role of people smugglers and human traffickers. Examples and case studies will be used throughout to illustrate and elucidate the issues.

The learning materials and the reading items we advise for each topic introduce the main themes and arguments of the module content. This helps students to develop definitions, and to compare, contrast and analyse important and influential viewpoints on the central topics. The discussion board forums provide for discussion and analysis of the themes. The independent study element should be used for further reading and preparation of the written assignments.

Cochrane Feargal, Migration and Security in the Global Age: Diaspora Communities and Conflict (Routledge Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution, 2009)

Deliso Christopher, Migration, Terrorism and the Future of a Divided Europe: A Continent Transformed, (Praeger Security International, 2017)

Guild Elspeth, Migration and Security in the 21st Century, (Polity Press, 2009)

University library ebooks, ejournals, students’ own textbooks, and Blackboard accessible material.

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