Undergraduate Course: The Mobile World: Geographies of Migration and Movement (GEGR10036)
Course Outline
| School | School of Geosciences |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Geography |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This subject examines a number of examples of human mobility in the contemporary world, including: refugee movements, asylum seekers and 'illegal immigrants', temporary worker migration, internal migrations, transnational migrations, diasporic and 'nomadic' communities and modern pilgrimages.
The course introduces students to a number of theoretical issues relevant to contemporary thinking about mobility in the modern world, including: mobility and the international labour market (including racialised and gender differentiated labour); regulation and mobility (national and transnational responses); mobility, citizenship and senses of belonging. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Students who complete this subject should:
- understand the range of circumstances which produce human mobility in the modern world;
- learn about the different forms that human mobility takes;
- comprehend the implications of movement for citizen rights;
- understand the relationship between migration and labour markets;
- relate different kinds of human mobility to the relevant cultural, social, political and economic circumstances;
- understand the link between globalisation and human mobility;
- relate human mobility to racialised, gendered and sexual differences;
- understand how mobility shapes contemporary senses of belonging and home. |
Assessment Information
Class assessment: As specified in course handbook
Degree assessment: One two-hour examination (2 questions) AND one essay (2000 words) |
Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Jane Jacobs
Tel: (0131 6)50 2515
Email: Jane.Jacobs@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Catherine Campbell
Tel: (0131 6)50 9847
Email: cathy.campbell@ed.ac.uk |
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