IMER I (30 credits), at least 25 credits completed

Together with IMER II: Europe and International Migration (IM258L, 15 credits), IMER II: The Challenges of Ethnic Diversity, the course constitutes the 31-60 level within the main field of International Migration and Ethnic Relations.

The course will first deal with ethnic diversity, perspectives such as religion and cultural identity, minorities, post-colonialism, gender and everyday practices etc. The questions in focus will be discussed from both a minority and a majority perspective. The major part of the course will be devoted to project work in which the students, supported by supervisors, will apply theoretical perspectives on phenomena in our contemporary world.

The student should be able to:

• Identify and describe the use of the concept of ethnic diversity within and outside academia.
• Identify, analyze and critically reflect on the challenges of ethnic diversity on various levels of society.
• Apply the earlier acquired knowledge from IMER I on societal phenomena in the contemporary world and; both orally and in writing, make presentations based on in-depth knowledge of ethnic diversity and its challenges.
• Critically approach contemporary research questions within the field of IMER.

Teaching is principally in the form of lectures and seminars, and requires individual work. Students are expected to be well prepared during lectures and seminars.

The course assessment consists of two exams, one 5 credit exam graded pass/fail and one 10 credit exam graded A-U.

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).

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.

If a student has an individual decision on pedagogical support, the examiner has the right to offer adjusted pr alternative assessment methods.

The syllabus is a translation of a Swedish source text.