Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Learning Outcomes
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Understand the strengths and limitations of different sources of information about internal and international migrants and migration.
- Self-manage by combining your learning in lectures, seminar discussions and independent study
- Evaluate polices that might encourage or limit migration flows, as well as various possible scenarios of future migration
- Present and evaluate arguments, explanations and theoretical perspectives, and discuss alternative viewpoints through written work.
- Identify historical and more recent migration patterns between various parts of the world, with particular emphasis on the UK and Europe
- Read critically the results of previous research
- Analyse the impact of migration on both origin and destination countries especially in relation to economic, social, health, education and security.
- 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.
- Understand the definitions and interpretations of different measures of migration and migrants widely used in national and international statistics and research studies.
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
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Teaching | 28 |
Independent Study | 122 |
Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
Journal Articles
Arango J (2000). Explaining migration: a critical view. International Social Science Journal, 52(165), pp. 283-296.
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.
Zlotnik H (1987). The concept of international migration as reflected in data collection systems. International Migration Review, 21(4), pp. 925-946.
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.
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.
Geist C and McManus PA (2008). Geographical mobility over the life course: Motivations and implications. Population, Space and Place, 14, pp. 283-303.
Textbooks
King R, Black R, Collyer M, Fielding A and Skeldon R (2010). The Atlas of Human Migration. London.
UNHCR (2006). The state of the world's refugees: Human displacement in the new millennium. Oxford.
Winder R (2004). Bloody foreigners: The story of immigration to Britain. London.
Castles S and Miller MJ (2009). The age of migration: International population movements in the modern world. Basingstoke.
Assessment
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Exam | 60% |
Coursework | 40% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Exam | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External