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MSc in International Migration and Public Policy

Programme Code: TMIMPP

Department: European Institute

For students starting this programme of study in 2023/24

Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations

Classification scheme for the award of a taught master's degree (four units)
Exam sub-board local rules

Students must take courses to the value of three units and a dissertation as shown below, plus SO476 Researching Migration: Research Questions and Research Methods. Students must also select EU450 Engaging with Europe: Professional Skills during course choice.  Places on EU450 workshops are on a first come first served basis.

Please note that places are limited on some optional courses. Admission onto any particular course is not guaranteed and may be subject to timetabling constraints and/or students meeting specific prerequisite requirements.

Paper

Course number, title (unit value)

Professional development course

EU450 Engaging with Europe: Professional Skills (0.0)

Paper 1

Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following:

 

EU494 International Migration and Immigration Management (0.5)

 

EU4A8 Migration From Below: Theories and Lived Experiences of Borders (0.5)

 

SO468 International Migration and Migrant Integration (0.5)

 

Students without some background in European politics and policy-making or economics are strongly encouraged to take one or both of the following to support their studies:

 

EU409 Basic Economic Concepts for European Political Economy (0.0)

 

EU4V9 Concepts in Political Science and Public Policy (0.0)

Paper 2

Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following:

 

International Migration

 

DV462 Forced Migration and Refugees (0.5)

 

EU458 Narrating Migration in a Global Europe (0.5)

 

EU464 International Migration: EU Policies and Politics (0.5) #

 

EU468 The Political Economy of Migration in Europe (0.5) #

 

EU475 Religion and Secularism, Diversity and Conflict in Europe: Identities, Religion, and Culture (0.5)

 

EU484 Europe's Role in Global Migration Governance (0.5)

 

EU494 International Migration and Immigration Management (0.5)

 

EU4A8 Migration From Below: Theories and Lived Experiences of Borders (0.5)

 

SO468 International Migration and Migrant Integration (0.5)

 

SO489 Family and International Migration (0.5)

 

SO4C4 Global Mobilities: International Migration (0.5)

 

SP410 Migration: Current Research, Critical Approaches (0.5)

Paper 3

Courses to the value of 1.0 unit(s) from the following:

 

Politics and Policy

 

DV465 Global Health Work: Expertise and Labour (0.5)

 

EU421 Policy-Making in the European Union (0.5) #

 

EU457 Culture and Security in Global Politics (0.5)

 

EU487 European Integration from a Global Governance Perspective (0.5) #

 

EU488 European Policy-Making and International Cooperation (0.5) #

 

EU4A5 People and Politics in Europe (0.5)

 

EU4A6 Reconciliation and Crisis: Politics in Southern Europe (0.5)

 

EU4B1 Political Elites, Leadership, and Decision-Making (0.5)

 

GV4F4 Policy Advice in Theory and Practice (0.5)

 

Law and Justice

 

DV420 Complex Emergencies (0.5)

 

DV434 Human Security (0.5)  (not available 2023/24)

 

EU485 Post-Conflict Justice and Reconciliation in Europe and Beyond (0.5)

 

EU4A2 Globalisation, Conflict and Post-Conflict Reconstruction (0.5)

 

LL4BA International Law and the Movement of Persons within States (0.5)

 

LL4BB International Law and the Movement of Persons Between States (0.5)

 

SO424 Approaches to Human Rights (1.0)

 

SO457 Political Reconciliation (0.5)

 

SO479 Human Rights and Postcolonial Theory (0.5)

 

Society

 

EU475 Religion and Secularism, Diversity and Conflict in Europe: Identities, Religion, and Culture (0.5)

 

EU478 The Culture of European Politics (0.5)

 

EU4A3 The Americas and Europe (0.5)

 

GI422 Transnational Sexual Politics (1.0)

 

GV498 Multiculturalism (0.5)

 

GY403 Contemporary Debates in Human Geography (0.5)

 

HY436 Race, Violence and Colonial Rule in Africa (1.0)

 

SO454 Families and Inequalities (0.5)

 

SO477 Urban Social Theory (0.5)

 

SP414 Ethnicity, Race and Social Policy (0.5)  (not available 2023/24)

 

Political Economy

 

DV435 African Political Economy (0.5)

 

EU467 The Political Economy of the Neoliberal State (0.5)

 

EU477 Labour Markets and the Political Economy of Employment in Europe (0.5) #  (not available 2023/24)

 

EU4A4 The Politics of Inequality and Redistribution (0.5)

 

EU4A7 Political Economy of the Green Transition in Europe (0.5)

 

SO4C2 Racial Capitalism (0.5)  (not available 2023/24)

 

Methodology

 

EU490 Evidence and Analysis in Policy-Making (0.5)  (not available 2023/24)

 

MY400 Fundamentals of Social Science Research Design (0.5)

 

MY421A Qualitative Research Methods (0.5)

 

MY421W Qualitative Research Methods (0.5)

 

MY425 Case Studies and Comparative Methods for Qualitative Research (0.5)

 

MY428 Qualitative Text and Discourse Analysis (0.5) #  (not available 2023/24)

 

MY451A Introduction to Quantitative Analysis (0.5)

 

MY451W Introduction to Quantitative Analysis (0.5)

 

MY452A Applied Regression Analysis (0.5) #

 

MY452W Applied Regression Analysis (0.5) #

 

Any course(s) not taken previously from the Paper 2 options list below; or exceptionally: 0.5 units maximum of either an EU-coded course not listed above, or 0.5 units maximum of any course from outside the department, with the approval of the Programme Director and relevant course convenor. Students must refer to the European Institutes approval policy (available via Moodle) when applying for permission to take courses not listed within these programme regulations.

Paper 2 options list

Paper 4

EU499 Dissertation (1.0) and SO476 Researching Migration: research questions and research methods (0.0)

Optional

EU410 Interdisciplinary Research Methods and Design (0.0)

 

EU470 How do we know? An introduction to research design and methods in political economy (0.0)

Paper 2 options list

DV462 Forced Migration and Refugees (0.5)

EU458 Narrating Migration in a Global Europe (0.5)

EU464 International Migration: EU Policies and Politics (0.5) #

EU468 The Political Economy of Migration in Europe (0.5) #

EU475 Religion and Secularism, Diversity and Conflict in Europe: Identities, Religion, and Culture (0.5)

EU484 Europe's Role in Global Migration Governance (0.5)

EU494 International Migration and Immigration Management (0.5)

EU4A8 Migration From Below: Theories and Lived Experiences of Borders (0.5)

SO468 International Migration and Migrant Integration (0.5)

SO489 Family and International Migration (0.5)

SO4C4 Global Mobilities: International Migration (0.5)

SP410 Migration: Current Research, Critical Approaches (0.5)


Prerequisite Requirements and Mutually Exclusive Options

# means there may be prerequisites for this course. Please view the course guide for more information.

Note for prospective students:
For changes to graduate course and programme information for the next academic session, please see the graduate summary page for prospective students. Changes to course and programme information for future academic sessions can be found on the graduate summary page for future students.