In addition to taking the above courses, students will also need to enroll in one of the following two courses:
Independent Study Project
Independent Study Project – syllabus
(ISPR3000 / 4 credits)
Conducted in Rabat or another approved location in Morocco appropriate to the project. Students work closely with their academic director and a local advisor to design and build their Independent Study Project (ISP). Field-based ISPs on migration include the study of socioeconomic conditions of migrants, healthcare and social protection, informal and formal education, migrants rights, migrant women, local perceptions of migration, intercultural communication, identity and resilience among migrant communities.
Sample ISP topic areas:
- The relationship between the Kingdom of Morocco and its residents abroad
- Consequences of irregular migration on racial perceptions
- African migrants in Morocco
- LGBT refugees in Morocco
- Migrant images in Moroccan media
- Youth and emigration
- Causes and consequences of clandestine migration
- Sub-Saharan immigrants and their integration in Moroccan society
- European immigration laws and their impact on migration trends in Morocco
- Migrant remittances and local development
- Life narratives of migrants
- Sub-Saharan migration and access to healthcare
- NGOs and the informal education of migrants in Morocco
- Migrant women’s activism in Morocco
- Intercultural mediation and migration
- European ‘expatriate’ community in Morocco
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OR
Internship and Seminar
Internship and Seminar – syllabus
(ITRN3000 / 4 credits)
This seminar consists of a four-week internship with a local community organization, research organization, business, or international NGO. The aim of the internship is to enable the student to gain valuable work experience and to enhance their skills in an international work environment. Students will complete an internship and submit a paper in which they process their learning experience on the job, analyze an issue important to the organization, and/or design a socially responsible solution to a problem identified by the organization. A focus will be on linking internship learning with the program’s critical global issue focus and overall program theme.
Sample internships:
- Working within a local NGO advocating migrants’ rights
- Teaching English to adult migrants at a local NGO
- Participating in the evaluation of migrant startups
- Cultural animation with a local NGO
- Defending women’s rights within a local NGO
- Advocacy and fundraising for a migration NGO