Forced Migration and Refugee Studies (Graduate Diploma)

Course Requirements

The Graduate Diploma requires the successful completion of 6 courses (18 credit hours). These include four required core courses plus two elective courses.

All students must take:

• MRS 507 - Introduction to Forced Migration and Refugee Studies (3 cr.)
• MRS 518 - International Refugee Law (3 cr.)
• MRS 576 - Methods of Research with Forced Migrants & Refugees: Issues in Forced Migration (3 cr.)
• MRS 512 - Psychosocial Issues in Forced Migrants (3 cr.)

• One elective must be chosen from the CMRS list of electives offered each semester. One elective can be chosen from the LAW department from among the following International Human Rights courses:

• LAW 514 - Human Rights in the Middle East (3 cr.)
• LAW 516 - Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (3 cr.)
• LAW 519 - Human Rights in Africa (3 cr.)

Time Line

Completion of the Graduate Diploma in Forced Migration and Refugee Studies will normally take 1 year. It does not require the completion of a thesis.  Students who finish the diploma can develop it into an MA by taking the two extra required courses of the MA program and complete a thesis.