Entry requirements

Bachelor degree in social sciences or humanities + the equivalent of English course B.

Progression level in relation to degree requirements

The course is part of the main field International Migration and Ethnic Relations (IMER) on advanced level and can be included in a Master's Degree with the main field IMER.

Course contents

The course explores the relation between migration and citizenship, and the multiple ways in which they affect and shape one another: on the one hand, how human mobility affects citizenship policy and practice in countries of immigration and emigration; on the other hand, how citizenship legislation influences human mobility. The course is developed in close connection with existing research at the department as well as current issues and debates in the research field. The course offers both a general introduction to the field and the opportunity for the student to develop in-depth knowledge of a specific sub-field within the course theme.

Learning outcomes

After completing the course, the student shall demonstrate:

1. Good knowledge and understanding of current issues within the field of international migration and citizenship in both receiving and sending societies.
2. Ability to critically compare and review different ways of defining and theorizing the relation between migration and citizenship.
3. Ability to summarize and critically reflect on the research field migration and citizenship.
4. Ability to formulate and develop an original research aim in the field of migration and citizenship on the basis of secondary sources.
5. Ability to carry out an independent analysis on the basis of a selected relevant material of secondary sources.
6. Ability to present research in good academic English.
7. Ability to critically assess one’s own and others’ research.

Learning activities

The course is based on active and informed participation of the student. The course blends lecture-oriented elements with student-led presentations and discussions. It also includes supervision seminars in group. Seminars have compulsory attendance. The student will spend most of the time working on their own and is expected to come well prepared to each class.

Assessment

Learning goals 1-3 are assessed via an individual portfolio of oral and written assignments (7.5 credits) that is graded pass or fail (G or U).

Learning goals 1-7 are assessed via an individually written course paper (7.5 credits) that is graded A-U.

Course literature

• Cooper, F. (2018) Citizenship, Inequality and Difference: Historical Perspectives. Princeton: Princeton University.
• Shachar, A., Bauböck, R., Bloemraad, I. and Vink, M. (eds.) (2017) The Oxford Handbook of Citizenship. Oxford: Oxford University Press – Selected chapters.
• Journal articles (ca 700 pp).

Additional books, articles and electronic sources will be selected by the individual student for the paper assignment.

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.

If a student has a Learning support decision, the examiner has the right to provide the student with an adapted test, or to allow the student to take the exam in a different format.