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Freedom and Equality Across Borders (PHIL20045)
Undergraduate level 2Points: 12.5Not available in 2024
Overview
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“We should have a world without borders, so no one is forced to suffer because of where they happen to have been born!” “No—citizens have the right to preserve their national culture and way of life, and this means having borders and controlling them!” “Family is the most important relationship, so immigration programmes should allow for family reunification!” “No—the state is supposed to be neutral about the kinds of relationships that matter, so it’s wrong to privilege family!” “Trading refugee quotas violates human dignity, it’s trading in persons!” “Trading refugee quotas is fine, all that matters is that everyone ends up being protected!” There are a huge number of value disagreements underpinning current debates about immigration policy and refugee protection. It can be hard to see them clearly through all the politics; our aim in this course is to set the politics aside and think carefully through the philosophical issues. In this course we’ll work through obligations to co-nationals, states’ right to exclude, the relationship of global poverty and migration, refugee status and refugee markets, whether the poor may secure their rights to subsistence by force, temporary migration, family reunification, offshore processing, and denaturalization.
Intended learning outcomes
Students that successfully complete this subject should:
- Gain a sound general comprehension of the major recent advances in political and ethical theorizing about immigration
- Demonstrate an ability to evaluate key texts on which these advances are based
- Learn to analyse arguments, distinguish between key concepts, critique existing work, deploy reasons to greatest effect, and create new and compelling arguments
- Gain experience in deploying the methods of critical analysis and argument employed in political philosophy; receive feedback and understand how to apply it to improve writing; both leading to improved general reasoning and the building of strong transferrable analytical skills.
Last updated: 15 February 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 15 February 2024
Assessment
| Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Essay
| Day 10 | 25% |
Essay
| At the end of the assessment period | 75% |
| Hurdle requirement: 1. All pieces of written work must be submitted to pass this subject. | Throughout the semester | N/A |
| Hurdle requirement: 2. Attendance hurdle requirement: This subject has a minimum requirement of 80% attendance at tutorials, seminars, or workshops. There is an expectation that students attend lectures. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
| Hurdle requirement: 3. Late Penalty and Assessment hurdle requirement: Assessment submitted late without an approved extension will be penalised at five per cent (5%) of the possible marks available for the assessment task per day or part thereof. All pieces of assessment must be submitted to pass the subject. Each submitted assessment must be complete, constitute a genuine attempt to address the requirements of the task and will not be accepted after 20 University business days from the original assessment due date without written approval. | Throughout the semester | N/A |
Last updated: 15 February 2024
Dates & times
Not available in 2024
What do these dates mean
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- Your tuition fees, academic transcript and statements.
- And for Commonwealth Supported students, your:
- Student Learning Entitlement. This applies to all students enrolled in a Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP).
Subjects withdrawn after the census date (including up to the ‘last day to withdraw without fail’) count toward the Student Learning Entitlement.
Last updated: 15 February 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Breadth options
This subject is available as breadth in the following courses:
- Bachelor of Biomedicine
- Bachelor of Commerce
- Bachelor of Design
- Bachelor of Environments
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Animation)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Film and Television)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Music Theatre)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Production)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Screenwriting)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Theatre)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Art)
- Bachelor of Music
- Bachelor of Science
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 15 February 2024