Emner: GEO231 Theories about Development and Migration - Høst 2018

Studienivå (studiesyklus)

Bachelor

Undervisningsspråk

English

Undervisningssemester

Spring

Mål og innhald

Objectives

This course addresses present migration processes in a global development perspective. The course aims at providing insight into theoretical perspectives on the interconnection between uneven development and migration in a globalized world.

Content

The course examines how global flows of capital, resources, ideas and people shape uneven development in the world. The course gives an introduction to classic and modern development theories, including post-development, and central migration theories. There is a special emphasis on theoretical approaches which aim at explaining the geographically uneven distribution of development and the processes which reinforce or alter such inequalities. Migration may well be regarded as micro-adaptation to global development processes and transformations, while at the same time it contributes to shaping the global world. The course emphasises theories which do not focus one-sidedly on integration in the host society or on effects in the sender community, but which look upon migration as an integrated process.

Læringsutbyte

On completion of the course the student should have the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The student

can provide a basic overview of some central development theories and be able to critically assess their contribution to the understanding of processes that reinforce or change development patterns.
can explain and critically asses central theories of migration and has a thorough insight into how migration is caused by both local and global conditions.
can discuss current issues as poverty, ethnic conflicts, lack of resources, migration, transnational networks and remittance investments in a theoretical framework, and analyse relations among such phenomena.

Skills

The student

can participate in a group discussion.
can write a short essay referring to relevant literature.
is capable of using relevant theory to analyse an empirical case.

General knowledge

The student

has acquired theoretical knowledge and insight on development and migration issues that are relevant when discussing current global problems in society and as a foundation for further studies.

Krav til forkunnskapar

Basic knowledge about migration and modern development theory.

Tilrådde forkunnskapar

GEO115, GEO121 and GEO131

Arbeids- og undervisningsformer

1 lecture á 2 hours pr. week.

Total: 12 lectures

1 seminar á 2 hours pr. week.

Total: 1 seminar

Obligatorisk undervisningsaktivitet

Approved semester paper, about 4 pages.

Vurderingsformer

5 hour written exam

Karakterskala

Grading A-F

Fagleg overlapp

Taken together with GEO338 will result in 5 ects credit reduction.

Vurderingssemester

Assessment in teaching semester. New exam the following semester only for students who have a https://www.uib.no/en/svf/39413/legitimate-absence-examvalid document of absence.

Kontaktinformasjon

Department of Geography

Studieveileder@geog.uib.no