Course syllabus autumn 2008
Course syllabus autumn 2008
Title
Profile Course for IMER Master Programme
Swedish title
Profile Course for IMER Master Programme
Course code
IM621E
Credits
30 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
2008-08-27
Syllabus valid from
2008-08-27
Entry requirements
Obligatory course within the third term of the Two-year Master’s Programmes in International Migration and Ethnic Relations (IMER).
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
The course comprises of a profile course within the master programme. The course is divided into two modules of 15 credits, Literature studies and Migration and the labour market.
Learning outcomes
Knowledge and understanding
After finishing the course, the student:
- can show in-depth knowledge of a specific area within the field of IMER;
- have sufficient insight of current research in this area
- can show knowledge of Malmö University’s perspectives: environment, gender, migration and ethnicity.
Applying knowledge and understanding
After finishing the course, the student:
- can show the specialised ability to analyse and evaluate information on a scientific basis, and, both orally and in writing, communicate the results of his/her own work, and those of others, in dialogues with various groups;
- can show the abilities necessary to participate in research activities and
- can apply knowledge of Malmö University’s perspectives to issues pertaining to international relations.
Making judgments and communication skills
After finishing the course, the student:
- can show the specialised ability to adopt a multi-disciplinary stance and a scientific and critical perspective and
- can show the specialised ability to identify, and adopt a point of view towards questions and problems concerning social phenomena related to ethnicity and migration as well as questions and issues regarding relations between minority and majority populations, or between minority groups.
Learning activities
Learning activities seminar assignments and essays.
Assessment
Examination is in the form of take-home tests, written assignments and seminars.
Students who do not pass the regular course examinations have the minimum of two re-sit opportunities. Re-sits take 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
Literature Studies
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.
Migration and the Labour Market
Zimmermann, Klaus F. (editor) (2005) European Migration - What Do We Know? Oxford: Oxford University Press (500p)
Articles:
Bevelander, P. (2005) “The Employment Status of Immigrant Women: the Case of Sweden” in International Migration Review, Vol. 39 (1) spring.
Bevelander, P. & Groeneveld, S. (2006) “Patterns of Transition, Female Native and Ethnic Minority Employment Patterns in the Dutch Labour Market, 1991 and 2002”. In Journal of Migration and Ethnic Studies (juli 2006).
Borjas, G. (1994) “The Economics of Immigration” in Journal of Economic Literature, Vol.
XXXII, pp 1667–1717. (JStor)
Schoeni, R. F. (1996) “Labor Market Outcomes of Immigrant Women in the United States: 1970 to 1990” in International Migration Review, 30 (1). (JStor)
Baker, M. & Benjamin, D. (1997) “The role of the Family in Immigrants’ Labor Market Activity: An evaluation of alternative explanations” in American Economic Review, vol. 87 (4)
Dustmann, Christian & Schmidt, Christoph M., (2000) "The Wage Performance of Immigrant Women: Full-Time Jobs, Part-Time Jobs, and the Role of Selection," IZA Discussion Papers 233, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
Pieter Bevelander & Sandra Groeneveld (2007) ” How Many Hours Do You Have to Work to Be Integrated? Full Time and Part Time Employment of Native and Ethnic Minority Women in the Netherlands, IZA Discussion paper 2684, Institute for the Study of Labour.
Course evaluation
All students are offered an opportunity to give oral or 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.