Undergraduate Course: Migration: social origins and social consequences (SCIL10068)
Course Outline
| School | School of Social and Political Science |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 0 |
ECTS Credits | 0 |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Visiting students should have at least 3 Sociology or closely related courses at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this). We will only consider University/College level courses.
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Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
- Compare/contrast contemporary migration with previous periods in terms of its character, effects and intensity, and assess to what degree it is a global phenomenon and to what degree it is focused on specific geographical areas.
- Relate sociological perspectives on the origins of migration to other key perspectives (e.g. economic, political, demographic).
- Evaluate the utility and limitations of assimilation theory as a means of understanding migrant incorporation within receiving societies.
- Understand the concept of multiculturalism as a means of describing the consequences of migration; the degree to which a multicultural perspective offers an alternative to assimilation as a means of understanding migrant incorporation; and the kinds of issues and controversies that arise in multicultural societies.
- Understand the significance of the concept of transnationalism to the social study of migration, most specifically through migrants' maintenance of social relationships with others in their countries of origin and the effects that migration has on these countries.
- Understand and critically assess what is meant by the concept of diaspora as a means of understanding migration and migrant identities.
- Appreciate the degree to which the propensity to migrate and migrant incorporation may be gendered and how gender relations in the countries of origin and destination may be influenced by migration.
- Be aware of the ways in which religious identities, practices and institutions facilitate integration into the 'host' society and/or the maintenance of identities and traditions associated with migrants' countries of origin.
- Understand the consequences of migration for the national cultures and identities of migrants, their descendants, and the 'host' society.
- Understand the social origins and consequences of other forms of migration that transcend the dominant focus on one-way international labour migration, such as intra-state migration and return migration
- Be able to relate the various concepts and themes discussed in the course to specific examples of migration and migrant communities
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Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Ross Bond
Tel: (0131 6)50 3919
Email: R.J.Bond@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Sue Renton
Tel: (0131 6)50 6958
Email: Sue.Renton@ed.ac.uk |
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