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MLMIMS: Introduction to Migration Studies
Module code: MLMIMS
Module provider: Languages and Cultures; School of Humanities
Credits: 40
Level: Postgraduate Masters
When you'll be taught: Semester 1 / 2
Module convenor: Professor Federico Faloppa, email: f.faloppa@reading.ac.uk
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Placement information: NA
Academic year: 2024/5
Available to visiting students: Yes
Talis reading list: Yes
Last updated: 21 May 2024
Overview
Module aims and purpose
Students will be introduced to Migration Studies from an interdisciplinary perspective and through a wide range of topics, such as historical, cultural and political contexts of countries of origins and destinations, post-colonial studies, migration trajectories to Europe, internal migrations in Europe, push and pull factors to human mobility, migration policies and human rights, social change and globalisation, climate change and mobility, representation of migrants in the news, etc.
This module will allow students new to the field of Migration Studies to situate and relate their specialism (education, development, social or health policy, environment studies, languages and linguistics, cultural representation) to the broader issues that characterise the global migration experience and our understanding of it. It will also introduce them to key migration and mobility-related terminology and concepts and will enable them not only to better understand human mobility and the role of internal and international migration in economic and political processes, but also to gain an understanding of the cultural dilemmas and challenges facing host countries of origin, transit, and destination. It will also offer an overview of the major debates and literature on contemporary migration from different disciplinary perspectives in humanities and social sciences.
Module learning outcomes
By the end of the module, it is expected that students will be able to:
- Discuss key-terms and key-literature in the field of migration studies worldwide
- Appraise current debates on migration in the UK, Europe, and worldwide
- Compare socio-historical backgrounds of countries of origins, transit and destinations of migrants on the move to Europe and the UK
- Research the representation of migrants and migration in the media
- Produce a clear contextualisation and definition of migrations phenomena
- Develop their research skills by identifying research questions, collecting and analysing original data, developing interdisciplinary research perspectives
Module content
The module will include history of migration in Europe and the UK, history and social context of some countries of origins, migration trajectories and their dynamics worldwide, push and pull factors to human mobility, human rights and migration policy, literary and media representation of migration, migrant voices in literature and society in the UK, Europe and worldwide.聽聽
Structure
Teaching and learning methods
The module will be taught through a combination of formal lectures, seminars, and research project supervision, for which students will carry out preparatory reading or small-scale analyses of primary material. Seminars will be delivered in structured group discussions based on preparatory reading of secondary literature or preparation of primary material. Students may also undertake an academic placement, through which they will learn how to apply the knowledge and skills gained during the module in a professional context outside the University.聽
Study hours
At least 25 hours of scheduled teaching and learning activities will be delivered in person, with the remaining hours for scheduled and self-scheduled teaching and learning activities delivered either in person or online. You will receive further details about how these hours will be delivered before the start of the module.
聽Scheduled teaching and learning activities | 聽Semester 1 | 聽Semester 2 | 听厂耻尘尘别谤 |
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Lectures | 5 | 10 | |
Seminars | 5 | 5 | |
Tutorials | |||
Project Supervision | 5 | ||
Demonstrations | |||
Practical classes and workshops | 3 | ||
Supervised time in studio / workshop | |||
Scheduled revision sessions | |||
Feedback meetings with staff | |||
Fieldwork | |||
External visits | 2 | ||
Work-based learning | |||
聽Self-scheduled teaching and learning activities | 聽Semester 1 | 聽Semester 2 | 听厂耻尘尘别谤 |
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Directed viewing of video materials/screencasts | |||
Participation in discussion boards/other discussions | |||
Feedback meetings with staff | |||
Other | |||
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聽Placement and study abroad | 聽Semester 1 | 聽Semester 2 | 听厂耻尘尘别谤 |
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聽Independent study hours | 聽Semester 1 | 聽Semester 2 | 听厂耻尘尘别谤 |
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Independent study hours | 135 | 230 |
Please note the independent study hours above are notional numbers of hours; each student will approach studying in different ways. We would advise you to reflect on your learning and the number of hours you are allocating to these tasks.
Semester 1 The hours in this column may include hours during the Christmas holiday period.
Semester 2 The hours in this column may include hours during the Easter holiday period.
Summer The hours in this column will take place during the summer holidays and may be at the start and/or end of the module.
Assessment
Requirements for a pass
Students need to achieve an overall module mark of 50% to pass this module.
Summative assessment
Type of assessment | Detail of assessment | % contribution towards module mark | Size of assessment | Submission date | Additional information |
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Portfolio or Journal | Portfolio | 50 | 3,000 words | Semester 2, Assessment Week 1 | |
Written coursework assignment | Essay | 50 | 3,000 words | Semester 1, Assessment Week 1 |
Penalties for late submission of summative assessment
The Support Centres will apply the following penalties for work submitted late:
Assessments with numerical marks
- where the piece of work is submitted after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline): 10% of the total marks available for that piece of work will be deducted from the mark for each working day (or part thereof) following the deadline up to a total of three working days;
- the mark awarded due to the imposition of the penalty shall not fall below the threshold pass mark, namely 40% in the case of modules at Levels 4-6 (i.e. undergraduate modules for Parts 1-3) and 50% in the case of Level 7 modules offered as part of an Integrated Masters or taught postgraduate degree programme;
- where the piece of work is awarded a mark below the threshold pass mark prior to any penalty being imposed, and is submitted up to three working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline), no penalty shall be imposed;
- where the piece of work is submitted more than three working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline): a mark of zero will be recorded.
Assessments marked Pass/Fail
- where the piece of work is submitted within three working days of the deadline (or any formally agreed extension of the deadline): no penalty will be applied;
- where the piece of work is submitted more than three working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension of the deadline): a grade of Fail will be awarded.
The University policy statement on penalties for late submission can be found at: /cqsd/-/media/project/functions/cqsd/documents/qap/penaltiesforlatesubmission.pdf
You are strongly advised to ensure that coursework is submitted by the relevant deadline. You should note that it is advisable to submit work in an unfinished state rather than to fail to submit any work.
Formative assessment
Formative assessment is any task or activity which creates feedback (or feedforward) for you about your learning, but which does not contribute towards your overall module mark.
Students will have the opportunity to contribute to participate in group discussions/seminars and departmental research seminars, and to give and receive feedback about other formative activities.
Reassessment
Type of reassessment | Detail of reassessment | % contribution towards module mark | Size of reassessment | Submission date | Additional information |
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Portfolio or Journal | Portfolio | 50 | 3,000 words | During the University resit period | |
Written coursework assignment | Essay | 50 | 3,000 words | During the University resit period |
Additional costs
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THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS MODULE DESCRIPTION DOES NOT FORM ANY PART OF A STUDENT'S CONTRACT.