6 ECTS credits
160 u studietijd

Aanbieding 1 met studiegidsnummer 6021211FNW voor werkstudenten in het 2e semester met een gespecialiseerd master niveau.

Semester
2e semester
Inschrijving onder examencontract
Niet mogelijk
Beoordelingsvoet
Beoordeling (0 tot 20)
2e zittijd mogelijk
Ja
Onderwijstaal
Engels
Faculteit
Faculteit Sociale Wetensch & SolvayBusinessSchool
Verantwoordelijke vakgroep
Institute for European Studies
Onderwijsteam
Florian Trauner
Ilke Adam (titularis)
Onderdelen en contacturen
0 contacturen Exam
26 contacturen Lecture
Inhoud

This course examines EU policy in the field of migration and asylum. The EU policy field of migration is highly salient and sovereignty sensitive. Admission of non-citizens to the state territory used to lie at the heart of national sovereignty. Over the past 25 years, EU integration has changed this relation significantly. Borders were dismantled and free movement for EU citizens was established. Member States started co-operating on admission conditions for third country nationals, migrants as well as asylum seekers. EU member states also created the general Area of Freedom, Security and Justice with the Schengen area as an integral part of this new concept, as well as establishing the Dublin system at the heart of the Common European Asylum System. However, the so-called ‘refugee crisis’ of 2015 has shown that the implementation of the Schengen and Dublin agreements, the Common European Asylum System, the common immigration policies is far from consolidated. The EU and its member states still struggle to balance competencies, functions and effectiveness of those policies. Several EU member states again oppose EU decision-making on migration. The very future of the EU integration project seems to depend on the question whether legitimate and effective cooperation can be established.

Explanations for the why and how of cooperation in this policy area cover essential questions of European studies. The policy field will be approached from a different angles, looking at institutional dynamics of decision making, the legal and policy implications and the impact of EU policies on national policies and politics.

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Leerresultaten

General Competences

Knowledge and Understanding

On successful completion of this module students will be able to:

  1. understand the difficulties that the EU and its member states face in balancing the requirements of openness and restrictive policy pressures;
  2. understand the context and history of EU cooperation regarding migration  and asylum;
  3. acquire in-depth knowledge on the main policy actors in the field of EU migration, their interests and ideas;
  4. acquire in-depth knowledge on the main EU policy instruments on migration and asylum;
  5. understand how and why EU member states cooperate (or not) on migration issues;
  6. understand how and why EU migration policies influence national policies.

Transferable/Key Skills:

Upon completion of this module, students will have had the opportunity to:

  1. learn to manage time pressure, and make concise explanation of their arguments through the essay research and writing process and/or the presentation exercise;
  2. develop their critical capabilities to assess policy documents, and to structure their arguments in a coherent, structured and persuasive way;
  3. develop their critical capabilities to summarise and critique academic writings;
  4. perform their cultivated inter-personal skills and oral and written communication skills through seminar participation, and increase their confidence in making oral arguments. The seminar format will further encourage discussion and debate of different viewpoints.

 

Beoordelingsinformatie

De beoordeling bestaat uit volgende opdrachtcategorieën:
Examen Schriftelijk bepaalt 60% van het eindcijfer

Examen Andere bepaalt 40% van het eindcijfer

Binnen de categorie Examen Schriftelijk dient men volgende opdrachten af te werken:

  • Written Exam met een wegingsfactor 60 en aldus 60% van het totale eindcijfer.

Binnen de categorie Examen Andere dient men volgende opdrachten af te werken:

  • Other Exam met een wegingsfactor 40 en aldus 40% van het totale eindcijfer.

Aanvullende info mbt evaluatie

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:

  1. Written Exam: determines 60 % of the final mark. It will be a closed book exam with a choice from several essay questions.
  2. 10 min. presentation OR 2500-word paper: comprises 20 % of the final mark
  3. Participation in class through active and informed participation in the discussion of the required readings determines 20 % of the final mark.

To obtain a high mark, students are expected to be present in the courses, to have read the required readings and to actively participate in the Q&A.

Each student also once prepares three questions for discussion on the required readings.

Assignments will be attributed during the first lecture .

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Academische context

Deze aanbieding maakt deel uit van de volgende studieplannen:
Master of European Integration: Track 1: European Economy - Migration and Europe (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Master of European Integration: Track 4: Migration and Europe - European Environmental Governance (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Master of European Integration: Track 5: European External Relations and Security Policy - Migration and Europe (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)