Syllabus
IAS119 -ASEAN AND SOUTHEAST ASIA
(2:00 – 4:45 PM on Friday @ Classroom: Room 217, IS Hall)
Instructor:JEEHUN, KIM
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Course objective
ASEAN Area Studies: Migration and Southeast Asia: (Syllabus may be revised during Week 1/2). This course is designed to introduce students to research on the issues of migration in/across Southeast Asia. Both migration studies and area studies (Southeast Asian studies) are inter-disciplinary subject. The course will concentrate on sociological contributions to the study of migrants & their families and origin communities in the context of globalization. We focus on six major topics and/or migrant groups. 1) Theoretical and Regional overview, 2) Issues of Labor Migration in/across Southeast Asia, 3) Elite Migrants (Professional Migrants and Educational Migrants) from East Asia and the West in Southeast Asia, 4) Left-behind families and origin communities of Migrants, 5) Cross-border Marriage Migrants from Southeast Asia in East Asia, and 6) Southeast Asian Immigrants in the Western countries.
Course material
Information on course package will be announced at the first class meeting.
GRADEING
The course will consist of brief introduction on the topic by the lecturer, students’ oral presentations assigned reading materials and discussion. There are TWO readings each week.
1. Weekly Questions and Memos (30 %): In order to facilitate participation, each student is expected to submit discussion questions for the assigned reading materials (for SIX weeks of their choice: preferably three each before/after the mid-term). The questions must be substantive, that is, it must contribute to the course discussion by providing not only your opinion but also supporting evidence from the assigned reading materials. You will be graded based upon the content of your discussion questions. Grades are based on the thoughtfulness of your question. There is a limit of two questions per article and a single page per class. Please upload your memo at the course website (deadline: by 9 pm Thursday).
2. Lead Discussion (40 % or *10%): Each week a pair of students serves as co-facilitators for the class (and discussion). During the class co-facilitator work with Dr. Kim to introduce key concepts and share key findings in the readings with particular regard to any theoretical or methodological contributions.
For each class, I encourage you to bring film, videos, music or other materials to better illustrate the topic of week.
3. * Final Project Presentation (and Term Paper) Option (*30%)
Final Project Presentation (on Week 15) and Term Paper Option (Deadline by Week 16): If student’s topic for final project (and term paper) involves in any issue of either migration or Southeast Asia, you may choose this option, having only ONE weekly presentation and leading discussion. You will be required to give a short presentation and write a paper on a topic of your choice. You may choose to write about topics relevant to this course. The paper should be 12-15 double-spaced pages in length (3000 words maximum).
4. Attendance and Participation (30%)
Class Schedule
1 / Course Introduction and Orientation2 / Theoretical Background: Sociology of (Im-)migration and Transnational Migration (1)
3 / Theoretical Background: Sociology of (Im-)migration and Transnational Migration (2)
4 / Regional Background: Migration in Southeast Asia, An Overview
5 / Issues of Labor Migration in Southeast Asia (1)
6 / Public Holiday(09.Oct.)
7 / Issues of Labor Migration in Southeast Asia (2)
8 / Mid-term week (no class*)
*subject to change
9 / Elite Migrants in Southeast Asia (1)
10 / Elite Migrants in Southeast Asia (2)
11 / Cross-border Marriage Migrants between Southeast Asia and East Asia (1)
12 / Cross-border Marriage Migrants between Southeast Asia and East Asia (2)
13 / Families and Communities of Migrants **
**Topic May be changed
14 / Southeast Asian Immigrants in the Western countries**
**Topic May be changed
15 / Case Studies: Student Final Project
16 / Wrap-up
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