# Diaspora studies 101

_Course · Iranian Diaspora Cooperation & Development Council · https://iranians.global/learn/courses/diaspora-studies-101/_

What a diaspora is, how scholars study it, and how to read the numbers.

## Record

- **Code**: IDCDC-DIA-06
- **School**: Diaspora studies
- **Levels**: F
- **Hours**: 6 · estimated hours
- **Format**: Self-paced online, in plain language, with maps, figures, short quizzes and a discussion.
- **State**: outlined
- **Run**: built
- **Modules**: What is a diaspora? · Counting people who move · Living in two places · Studying diasporas well
- **Outcomes**: Explain what the word diaspora means and why scholars debate it. · Tell an international migrant, a refugee and a diaspora apart. · Read a migration figure with its measure, year and source. · Describe the ties diasporas keep with places of origin.

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