Unit name | Mobility and Migration |
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Unit code | GEOGM1414 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | M/7 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
Unit director | Dr. Winnie Wang |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None, |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | School of Geographical Sciences |
Faculty | Faculty of Science |
Human mobility and migration are key dynamics within globalization and play an essential part in economic and social transformation. In recent decades, human mobility and migration have developed new dynamics and present new social, economic and political challenges. This unit introduces students to a range of scholarly debates concerning both theoretical elaborations and empirical studies within the broad field of migration. It explores human mobility and migration and their consequences for societies in a historical and global perspective. It will enable students to understand the widespread and diverse nature of both internal and international migration and their roles in global social and economic change.
Expose students to a range of interlocking theoretical approaches in the field of migration and enhance their understanding of migratory processes, their effects at global, national and local scales and their relationship with the environment.
On completion of this unit students should be able to:
The following transferable skills:
A combination of lectures and seminars
80% research essay & 20% presentation.
Stephen Castles and Mark J. Miller. 2009. The Age of Migration: International Population Movements in the Modern World 4th Edition. The Guilford Press
Cornelius, Wayne A. et al. (eds.) .2004. Controlling Immigration: A Global Perspective, 2nd Edition, Stanford: Stanford University Press. Massey, Douglas S., Joaquin Arango, Graeme Hugo, Ali Kouaouci, Adela Pellegrino, and J. Edward Taylor. 1994. An evaluation of international migration theory: The North American case. Population and Development Review 19 (3): 699-751. Laczko, Frank and Christine Aghazarm. 2009. Migration, Environment and Climate Change: Accessing the Evidence. International Organization for Migration