Course syllabus autumn 2008
Course syllabus autumn 2008
Title
Theoretical Orientation for IMER Master Level
Swedish title
Theoretical Orientation for IMER Master Level
Course code
IM611E
Credits
15 credits
Grading scale
UV / Fail (U), Pass (G) or Pass with Distinction (VG)
Language of instruction
English
Decision-making body
Board of Studies at Faculty of Culture and Society
Syllabus approval date
2008-06-18
Syllabus valid from
2008-06-18
Entry requirements
Student enrolled within the programmes SAIMA or SAIME.
Level
Advanced level
Main field
International Migration and Ethnic Relations
Progression level
A1N
Progression level in relation to degree requirements
The course can normally be included as part of a general degree at advanced level.
Course contents
In this course, different central fields of IMER research are presented. Further, the students are introduced to various ways of giving oral and written presentations of research results.
Learning outcomes
Knowledge and understanding
After finishing the course, the student:
- can, by focusing on the field of study encompassed by IMER, show knowledge relating to social processes, and specialised knowledge and understanding of the causes of international migration, as well as of the effects of migration in the form of refugee status and resultant issues of integration and segregation;
- can show specialised knowledge of different forms of group identification and of how this process is affected by notions of religion, culture, language and ethnicity, all of which have a bearing on mechanisms of inclusion and exclusion within society;
- can show specialised understanding of processes of ethnic and social identity occurring at both an overall level and a micro-level within society;
- can show in-depth knowledge of key issues in the field of study encompassed by IMER, as well as knowledge of current research and development work within this same field and
- can show knowledge of Malmö University’s perspectives: environment, gender, and migration and ethnicity.
Applying knowledge and understanding
After finishing the course, the student:
- can show a well-developed ability to analyse and evaluate information on a scientific basis and can show the same ability in conveying, both orally and in writing, the results of his or her own work, or of the work of others, in dialogue with different interested parties;
- can show the requisite skills for participating in research and development work, or in other activities where special aptitude is needed and
- can apply knowledge of Malmö University’s perspectives to issues pertaining to the social sciences.
Making judgments and communication skills
After finishing the course, the student:
- can show an in-depth ability to view issues from a multidisciplinary perspective, and therewith to embrace a scientific and critical approach to their work and
- can show an in-depth ability to identify and analyse issues and problems connected with matters of ethnicity and migration within society, as well as with relations between majority and minority populations, or between various minority groups.
Learning activities
Learning activities comprise lectures, group work and group exercises, seminar assignments, and independent revision of the course literature in the light of specific questions for study. Students also have access to the university’s computer rooms and library.
Assessment
Evaluation is by means of a test to be completed at home, oral presentations, and other written assignments to be handed in.
Re-sit examinations
Students who do not pass the regular course exams have the minimum of two re-sit opportunities. Re-sits follow the same form as the original exams, apart from re-sits for group work, which take the form of individual written and oral assignments.
Course literature and other study material
Brah, Avtar, 1996, Cartographies of Diaspora: Contesting Identities. London: Routledge. 276pp.
Massey, Douglas S. et al., 2005, Worlds in Motion. Understanding international migration at the end of the millennium. Clarendon Press, Oxford (Paperback edition), 300pp.
Portes, Alejandro (ed.) 1998, The Economic Sociology of Immigration: Essays on Networks, Ethnicity, and Entrepreneurship. New York: Russell sage Foundation, 310pp.
+Compendium.
Course evaluation
All students are offered an opportunity to give oral and written feedback at the end of the course. A summary of the results will be made available on the school’s web-pages. The students are also given a possibility to offer feedback for each module.
Student participation takes place through the course council.