GY331 Half Unit
Geographies of Global Migration
This information is for the 2019/20 session.
Teacher responsible
Prof Claire Mercer STC 4.18 and Dr Romola Sanyal STC 3.05
Availability
This course is available on the BA in Geography, BSc in Economic History and Geography, BSc in Environment and Development, BSc in Environmental Policy with Economics and BSc in Geography with Economics. This course is available with permission as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit and to General Course students.
Course content
Section 1: Migration, governance, politics
Section 2: Migration and development
Section 3: Security and migration
Teaching
10 hours of lectures and 10 hours of classes in the LT.
Students on this course will have a reading week in Week 6.
Formative coursework
Students will be expected to produce two pieces of formative work in the Lent Term
Indicative reading
Cohen, R. (2008) Global diasporas: an introduction, second edition, Routledge, London.
Harris, T. (2013) Geographical diversions: Tibetan trade, global transactions, Univerity of Georgia Press, Athens
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 summer exam period.
Coursework (25%, 1500 words) in the LT.
Key facts
Department: Geography & Environment
Total students 2018/19: 22
Average class size 2018/19: 11
Capped 2018/19: No
Value: Half Unit
Personal development skills
- Self-management
- Problem solving
- Application of information skills
- Communication
- Specialist skills
