NGEK11006U International Migration - Flows, Networks and Diasporas
MSc Programme in Geography and Geoinformatics
The overall aim of the course is to provide an overview of contemporary research on international migration and development from a human geographical perspective. In doing so, the course will engage with conceptual debates and empirical case studies with a particular focus on how migration connects people and places across and within national borders. The course shall also provide a critical insight into the migration-development nexus debate, thus link up to contemporary research into globalization and development.
.Knowledge:
Transnationalism, diaspora, translocal connections, remittances,
mobility/immobility, migration and development, and translocal
methodologies.
Skills:
Review and discuss relevant academic texts. Present and communicate
texts and thematic overviews orally and in writing. Critically
assess the applications of theories and methods in case study
analyses.
Competences:
From a human geographical perspective to analyse, assess and apply
methods, theory and data in connection with international
migration, globalization and development.
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- Category
- Hours
- Preparation
- 171
- Theory exercises
- 35
- Total
- 206
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- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- Written assignmentOral examination, 20 minuttesThe written assignment is prepared during the course and must be handed in prior to the exam week. The oral exam uses the written assignment as its point of departure. It includes the titles listed in the officially approved reading list.
- Aid
- All aids allowed
- Marking scale
- 7-point grading scale
- Censorship form
- No external censorship
Several internal examiners.
Criteria for exam assesment
Please see learning outcome.
Course information
- Language
- English
- Course code
- NGEK11006U
- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Level
- Full Degree Master
- Duration
- 1 block
- Placement
- Block 2
- Schedule
- C
- Course capacity
- 25 students (1 class of 25).
- Continuing and further education
- Study board
- Study Board of Geosciences and Management
Contracting department
- Department of Geoscience and Natural Resource Management
Course responsibles
- Ditte Rasmussen Brøgger (4-686d6676446d6b72326f7932686f)