SHZ 530 - Social Policy for Immigrants and Refugees

Graduate Education Institute · Social Work · Master

ECTS: 7.5 T+P+L: 3+0+0 Departmental Elective
Coordinator: Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Sena ÖKSÜZ POPLATA

Course Objective

This course will cover social policies and programs that will influence immigrants and refugees; social work practices related to different migration experiences, situations of international refugees, processes of cultural and family dynamics; international migrants; tensions between ethnic groups and between ethnic groups; the competence of social work interventions, and the specific issues of repression and social justice that immigrants and immigrants face.

Course Content

This focuses on social work practice related to immigrant and refugee populations who show differences in race, ethnicity, culture, class, gender, sexual orientation, religion, physical and mental ability, age, national origin.

Course Learning Outcomes

  1. Acquiring the ability to access and analyze national and international migration data and transform it into a presentation
  2. Can define the differences between assimilation, integration, and segregation.
  3. Students can explain the key sociological and political factors influencing migration and migration processes.
  4. Students can assess migrants’ experiences of integration, discrimination, and social exclusion and develop a critical perspective.
  5. Can discuss the services and policies provided to migrants.

Core Area Distribution

(76) Social Services%100