Module overview
The material covers ideas from many disciplines. Migration represents movement across space, influencing and changing the environments of both the origin and destination locations (geography). It is both affected by and affects population structures and compositions (demography). Migration is often caused by individual or household decisions for gains in economic welfare (economics), whilst being encouraged, controlled, or restricted by states (political science). Migration involves motives for leaving and adaptation to new societies (social psychology), and affects social and cultural systems (sociology). These issues (and more) are included in the topics and discussions contained in this course.
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Learning Outcomes
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Identify historical and more recent migration patterns between various parts of the world, with particular emphasis on the UK and Europe
- Describe and explain theories put forward for the initiation and perpetuation of migration
- Compare and contrast spatial, demographic, economic, social and political aspects of migration in different contexts and in different population sub-groups.
- Evaluate polices that might encourage or limit migration flows, as well as various possible scenarios of future migration
- Read critically the results of previous research
- Present and evaluate arguments, explanations and theoretical perspectives, and discuss alternative viewpoints through written work.
- Self-manage by combining your learning in lectures, seminar discussions and independent study
- Understand the strengths and limitations of different sources of information about internal and international migrants and migration.
- Analyse the impact of migration on both origin and destination countries especially in relation to economic, social, health, education and security.
- Understand the definitions and interpretations of different measures of migration and migrants widely used in national and international statistics and research studies.
Syllabus
The material covers ideas from many disciplines. Migration represents movement across space, influencing and changing the environments of both the origin and destination locations (geography). It is both affected by and affects population structures and compositions (demography). Migration is often caused by individual or household decisions for gains in economic welfare (economics), whilst being encouraged, controlled, or restricted by states (political science). Migration involves motives for leaving and adaptation to new societies (social psychology), and affects social and cultural systems (sociology). These issues (and more) are included in the topics and discussions contained in this
course. In particular, we will be looking at the causes and consequences of migration, major population movements in history, current trends, data and measurement, migration and the labour
market, brain drain and remittances, life course motivations, social networks and ethnic population change, migration analyses, refugees and asylum seekers, and migration policies.
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
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| Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Teaching | 28 |
| Independent Study | 122 |
| Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
Journal Articles
Raymer J and A Rogers (2007). Using Age and Spatial Flow Structures in the Indirect Estimation of Migration Streams. Demography, 44(2), pp. 199-223.
Zlotnik H (1987). The concept of international migration as reflected in data collection systems. International Migration Review, 21(4), pp. 925-946.
King, R (2002). Towards a New Map of European Migration. International Journal of Population Geography, 8(2), pp. 89-106.
Massey DS, J Arango, G Hugo, A Kouaouci, A Pellegrino and JE Taylor. (1993). Theories of international migration: A review and appraisal.. Population and Development Review, 19(3), pp. 431-466.
Bell M, Blake M, Boyle P, Duke-Williams O, Rees P, Stillwell J and Hugo G (2002). Cross-national comparison of internal migration: Issues and measures. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A, 165(3), pp. 435-464.
Arango J (2000). Explaining migration: a critical view. International Social Science Journal, 52(165), pp. 283-296.
Geist C and McManus PA (2008). Geographical mobility over the life course: Motivations and implications. Population, Space and Place, 14, pp. 283-303.
Textbooks
Castles S and Miller MJ (2009). The age of migration: International population movements in the modern world. Basingstoke.
Winder R (2004). Bloody foreigners: The story of immigration to Britain. London.
UNHCR (2006). The state of the world's refugees: Human displacement in the new millennium. Oxford.
King R, Black R, Collyer M, Fielding A and Skeldon R (2010). The Atlas of Human Migration. London.
Assessment
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Coursework | 40% |
| Exam | 60% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Exam | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External