Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
MIGRATION AND SPACE 59015011 3 + 0 3.0 8.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Graduate Degree
Course Type Elective
Mode of delivery
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Goals This course aims to provide the knowledge that how does migration take place and discuss the relationships between migration, space and place within the discipline of geography.
Course Content This course contains the major themes in geography of migration. More specifically, firstly, the course deals with the conceptual and historical contrinbutions of migration. Secondly, the course focuses on international migration issues such as return, circular and onward migration decision and labour market conditions of immigrants. Thirdly, the topics of the course focus on migration effects on destination areas and then migration effects on sending areas. Finally, the last topics deal with the migration and policy, depressed regions acrtoss the world and migration in a post-global era.
Learning Outcomes 1) Obtains the further conceptual knowledge about the relationships between migration and space.
2) Uses field specific geographical methodologies for the research design.
3) Plans and manages projects, research goals related to the geographies of migration.

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Introduction: Geography of Migration Lecture
Opinion Pool
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
2. Week The Demography of Migration Lecture
Opinion Pool
Problem Based Learning 		Homework
3. Week Return, Circular, and Onward Migration Decision in a Konowledge Society Lecture; Discussion
Debate
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
4. Week Labour-Market Disadvantages of immigrants Lecture; Case Study
Debate
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
5. Week Discourses in International Migration Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
6. Week The Role of Subjective Wellbeing in Cross-Border Migration Lecture; Question Answer
Opinion Pool
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
7. Week Effects of Immigration on Local Housing Market Discussion

Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
8. Week The Urban Geography of Segregation: Part 1 Question Answer; Discussion
Station
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
9. Week The Urban Geography of Segregation: Part 2 Question Answer; Case Study
Opinion Pool
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
10. Week Human Capital of Migrants: Host Country Perspective Question Answer; Discussion; Case Study
Debate
Problem Based Learning; Case Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
11. Week The Impact of Emigration on Source Countries Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion

Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
12. Week Unskilled Migration with Remittance and Welfare Analysis Lecture; Question Answer
Speech Loop
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
13. Week Migration, Depressed Regions, and Place-Based Policy Question Answer; Discussion; Case Study

Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
14. Week Evaluation of the Course: Migration in a Post-global Era Question Answer; Discussion; Case Study

Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Bullock, M. ve Paik, P. Y. (2008). Aftermaths: Exile, Migration and Diaspora Reconsidired. London: Rutgers University Press.
Castles, S. Dee Haas, H. ve Miller, M. (2014). The Age of Migration: International Population Movements in the Modern World. New York: Palgrave Macmillian.
Conway, D. ve Leonard, P. (2014). Migration, Space and Transnational Identities: The British in South Africa. New York: Palgrave Macmillian.
Erdentug, A. ve Colombijn, F. (2003). Urban Ethnic Encounters: The Spatial Consequences. London: Routledge.
Kourtit, K., Newbold, B., Nijkamp, P. ve Partridge, M. (2021). The Economic Geography of Cross-Border Migration. Cham: Springer.
Maciocco, G. ve Tagliagambe, S. (2009). People and Space: New Forms of Interaction in the City Project. London: Springer.
Price, M. ve Benton-Short, L. (2008). Migrants to the Metropolis: The Rise of Immigrant Gateway Cities. Washington, D.C.: Syracuse University Press.
Yüceşahin, M.M. ve Yazgan, P. (2017). Revisiting Gender and Migration. London: Transnational Press London.

Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program RequirementsContribution LevelDK1DK2DK3
PY15555
PY25000
PY35000
PY45555
PY55555

*DK = Course's Contrubution.
0 1 2 3 4 5
Level of contribution None Very Low Low Fair High Very High
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ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 3
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 12 12
Homework 6 2
Presentation (Including Preparation Time) 3 3
Report (Including Preparation and presentation Time) 1 8
Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice , Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice) 8 3
Final Exam 1 2
Time to prepare for Final Exam 1 6
Total Workload
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  • Weekly Topics (Content)
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  • Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
  • ECTS credits and course workload