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Few things will affect our future more than migration.  Worldwide international migration is a large and growing phenomenon, with some 200 million people now living outside of their home countries for extended periods. Migration significantly affects source, transit, and receiving countries throughout the world. The United States is the largest recipient of international migrants, followed by the Russian Federation, Germany, Ukraine, India, France, and Saudi Arabia. Major source countries of emigration include Mexico, China, India, the Philippines, and the countries of North Africa and the eastern Mediterranean.

Government authorities, NGO professionals, and academics responsible for developing, implementing, and analyzing migration policies face exceptional challenges in dealing with unauthorized migration, legal immigration, and forced migration. Understanding the complex dynamics behind international migration is essential to improved policies and programs to address the multiple causes and consequences of these movements of people. Doing so requires a multi-disciplinary approach that focuses on the economic, social, cultural, ethical, security, and policy ramifications of international movements of people.

This rigorous, flexible, and comprehensive program addresses global migration trends, national and local security conditions, and social issues driving contemporary immigration policy and enforcement. Taught by distinguished faculty from the Institute for the Study of International Migration at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service and the Georgetown University Law Center, core competencies developed in the program include:

Recent Program Highlight:
Susan Martin, associate professor of international migration and executive director of the Institute for the Study of International Migration, has co-edited a book that studies the estimated 35 million people -- mostly women and children -- worldwide who are displaced by conflict. Women, Migration and Conflict: Breaking a Deadly Cycle (Springer, 2009) includes a collection of scholarly essays, based on extensive field research, to address the challenges and potential solutions.

Designed For:
Local, federal, and international policy-makers and enforcement officials (GS-12 and above), NGO professionals who focus on international migration and refugee issues, and academics with an immigration research agenda.

Program Objectives:
Program participants will:

• Analyze how government laws and policies influence migration patterns
• Develop solutions to problems concerning unauthorized migration, legal immigration and forced migration 
• Find the best information available to understand international migration challenges 
• Apply such critical information to create lasting policies and practices 
• Prepare in advance for change by understanding trends in international migration

Structure:
To earn the Certificate in International Migration Studies, participants must complete four required courses and two elective courses within two years. Each course is three to four days in duration.  Courses may be taken in any order. Participants are strongly encouraged to take Global Trends in International Migration as the first course.

Certificate Requirements:
Participants must complete the four required courses and any two electives totaling 152 contact hours (15.2 CEUs). Upon completion of the program, participants receive a Certificate in International Migration Studies from Georgetown University.

Registration:
This is an open enrollment program; no application is required.  Register for courses by clicking the links below.

Tuition:
Tuition is $895.00 per course for all courses except Global Trends, which is $995.00.  Total certificate tuition including all six courses and course materials is $5,470.00.  Participants pay per course and payment is due at the time of registration.  

Prerequisites:
Participants in the certificate program must have a four-year degree and at least two years of professional experience or an advanced degree.  A TOEFL examination for non-native speakers of English is not required but students are expected to read, write and comprehend English at the graduate level to fully participate in and gain from the program.  Any requests for exceptions to these requirements must be made in writing to the program director at CCPE.

More Information:
For more information or to speak with a program advisor, please complete the Request More Information Form, send an email to ccpeglobalstudies@georgetown.edu, or call (202) 687-7000.