Entry requirements

Admission to the course requires a minimum of 60 approved credits with a certain progression in one of the following Major Subjects: History with a Focus on European Studies, Human Rights, International Migration and Ethnic Relations, International Relations or Peace and Conflict Studies.

Progression level in relation to degree requirements

The course can normally be included as a part of a general degree at undergraduate level.

Course contents

The aim of the course is that the students independently acquire knowledge about central concepts in the field of human rights with a focus on issues concerning global justice and the possibilities of securing economic and social rights in all countries.

The course’s central themes concern the global division of resources together with the institutional framework and how these affect the state capacities of countries, as well as the possible moral and political responsibility that affluent countries or their citizens might have in relation to the non-affluent – whether there is any such responsibility and what form it might take. The course covers different positions within the contemporary discussion about these issues.

Learning outcomes

Upon completion of the course the student shall be able to;

• demonstrate knowledge and understanding of different theoretical positions within the political and philosophical discussion about global justice;
• demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the tension that exists between national self-determination and global responsibility in the world today;
• demonstrate an ability toargue about and present the theoretical debate on global justice;
• demonstrate ability to, within given time frames, identify, formulate and solve questions and problematizations based on applying theories of global justice on issues concerning national self-determination and global responsibility.

Learning activities

The course consists of lectures, seminars and independent study.

Assessment

The course contents and learning outcomes are assessed by written assignments. There are two re-exams available for students who have not completed the course at the ordinary time period and re-exams have the same structure as the ordinary exam.

Course literature

• Tan, Kok-Chor (2017) What is this Thing Called Global Justice? London: Routledge.

• Up to 500 pages of additional material (see the course guide)

Course evaluation

Malmö University provides students who participate in, or who have completed a course, with the opportunity to express their opinions and describe their experiences of the course by completing a course evaluation administered by the University. The University will compile and summarise the results of course evaluations. The University will also inform participants of the results and any decisions relating to measures taken in response to the course evaluations. The results will be made available to the students (HF 1:14).

Interim rules

If a course is no longer offered, or has undergone significant changes, the students must be offered two opportunities for re-examination based on the syllabus that applied at the time of registration, for a period of one year after the changes have been implemented.

Additional information

The syllabus is a translation of a Swedish source text.