GY331 Half Unit
Geographies of Global Migration
This information is for the 2024/25 session.
Teacher responsible
Prof Claire Mercer CKK.3.20
Professor Claire Mercer and Dr Romola Sanyal
Availability
This course is available on the BA in Geography, BSc in Economic History and Geography, BSc in Environment and Development, BSc in Environment and Sustainable Development, BSc in Environment and Sustainable Development with Economics, BSc in Environmental Policy with Economics and BSc in Geography with Economics. This course is not available as an outside option nor to General Course students.
Course content
Section 1: Understanding global migration
Section 2: Migration and development
Section 3: Migration and security
Teaching
In the Department of Geography and Environment, teaching will be delivered through a combination of classes/seminars, pre-recorded lectures, live online lectures, in-person lectures and other supplementary interactive live activities.
This course is delivered through a combination of classes and lectures across Winter Term.
This course includes a reading week in Week 6 of Winter Term.
Formative coursework
Students will be expected to produce one piece of formative work in the Winter Term
Indicative reading
Andersson, R (2014) Illegality Inc: Clandestine migration and the business of bordering Europe Berkeley, University of California Press
Knott, K. and S. McLoughlin (eds) (2010) Diasporas: concepts, intersections, identities, Zed, London
Samers, M. (2010) Migration, Routledge, Oxford
Mercer, C., B. Page and M Evans (2008) Development and the African diaspora: place and the politics of home, Zed, London
Van Naerssen, T., E. Spaan and A. Zoomers (eds) (2011) Global migration and development, London, Routledge
Assessment
Exam (75%, duration: 2 hours) in the spring exam period.
Coursework (25%, 750 words) in the WT.
Key facts
Department: Geography and Environment
Total students 2023/24: 34
Average class size 2023/24: 12
Capped 2023/24: Yes (50)
Value: Half Unit
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