HMGK03311U AMIS: Migration and Societies - Practices and Arenas

Volume 2026/2027
Education

Advanced Migration Studies

Content

This course examines the practices through which migration and societies shape each other and the arenas in which those processes play out. Drawing on empirical research and theoretical perspectives from across the humanities and social sciences, we explore processes of settlement and categorization, the politics of recognition and membership, and the contested uses of concepts like multiculturalism and integration. The course emphasizes active engagement with social realities beyond the classroom: students will plan and carry out an original field study on a topic related to the course themes involving hands-on data generation and analysis. This fieldwork forms the basis of a written take-home assignment, which constitutes the final assessment and may be completed individually or in groups of up to five students.

 

Exam code: HMGK03311E

Pærregaard & Olwig: The Question of Integration

Schierup et.al: Migration, Citizenship, and the European Welfare State

 

This course is only available to Full Degree Students at Advanced Migration Studies and Erasmus Students visiting through an agreement with Advanced Migration Studies (EuMIGS Partners)
Lectures, seminars requiring active participation in discussions, mandatory student presentations, group assignments, and excursions. Supervised fieldwork in one of the three arenas.
  • Category
  • Hours
  • Class Instruction
  • 56
  • Preparation
  • 203
  • Exam Preparation
  • 130
  • Total
  • 389
Oral
Credit
15 ECTS
Type of assessment
Written assignment
Type of assessment details
The examination consists of a written take-home assignment of 21-25 standard pages, optional subject.

Take-home assignments for group exams are: 32-38 standard pages (2 students), 42-50 standard pages (3 students), 53-63 standard pages (4 students) or 63-75 standard pages (5 students).
Aid
All aids allowed
Marking scale
7-point grading scale
Censorship form
No external censorship
Exam period

June

Re-exam

Conducted in the same manner as the original examination.

Criteria for exam assesment