After successfully completing the course, students will be able to:

• describe political processes through the history of migration in the Mediterranean,

• state the basic causes of Migration in the Mediterranean,

• assess the role of the migration process in the recent period,

• explain the cause-and-effect relationships of migration,

• argue the problems of relations in the EU and beyond due to migration from the Mediterranean,

• analyze different relations on migrant-recipient relations,

• illustrate the way migration policies work in the EU and beyond

Cresswell, T. On The Move, Mobility in the Modern Western Union, Routledge, New York, London, 2006.

Baldwin-Edvards, Martin. Migration in the Middle East and Mediterranean, Mediterranean Migration Observatory University, Research Institute for Urban Environment and Human Resources Panteion University Aristotelous, Athens, 2005.

Plan Bleu: Demography in the Mediterranean Region. (Blue plan: Demography of the Mediterranean area. Status and forecasts). Isabelle Attane i Youssef Courbage, english version from 2004.

Ravenstein, F. G. The Laws of Migration. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, vol. 48, London, 1885.

1. Regular class attendance - attendance at at least 70% of classes according to the study program and executive curriculum;

2. Properly performed seminar obligations - prepared presentation and submitted and accepted written version of the seminar paper;

3. Acquisition of a minimum grade of 35% during classes within the given teaching activities - cumulatively achieved through seminar obligations and two colloquia.

Teaching activities - seminar obligations; 1st colloquium (written exam) and 2nd colloquium (written exam), final exam (oral exam)

The numerical scale of student work evaluation is:

insufficient (1) - 0-49.9%

sufficient (2) - 50-64.9%

good (3) - 65–79.9%

very good (4) - 80–89.9%

excellent (5) - 90% and more

Method of obtaining the grade:

a) Teaching activities - 70% of the grade

     1.) seminar obligations - 20% (prepared presentation - 8%; submitted and accepted written version of the seminar paper - 12%)

     2.) 1st colloquium - 25%

     3.) 2nd colloquium - 25%

     4.) Final exam - 30% of the grade oral exam - 30% (it is necessary to solve 50% of the exam to pass)