GY331 Half Unit
Geographies of Global Migration
This information is for the 2025/26 session.
Course Convenor
Prof Claire Mercer
Availability
This course is available on the BA in Geography, BSc in Economic History and Geography, BSc in Environment and Sustainable Development, BSc in Environment and Sustainable Development with Economics, BSc in Environmental Policy with Economics and BSc in Geography with Economics. This course is not available as an outside option to students on other programmes. This course is not available to General Course students.
This course is capped. Places will be assigned on a first come first served basis
Course content
Section 1: Understanding global migration
Section 2: Migration and development
Section 3: Migration and security
Teaching
10 hours of lectures and 10 hours of classes in the Autumn Term.
This course has a reading week in Week 6 of Autumn Term.
In the Department of Geography and Environment, teaching will be delivered through a combination of classes/seminars, pre-recorded lectures, live online lectures and other supplementary interactive live activities.
Formative assessment
Students will be expected to produce one piece of formative work in the Winter Term
Indicative reading
Andersson, R (2014) Illegality Inc: Clandestine migration and the business of bordering Europe Berkeley, University of California Press
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: 120 Minutes in the Spring exam period
Practical test (25%)
Key facts
Department: Geography and Environment
Course Study Period: Autumn Term
Unit value: Half unit
FHEQ Level: Level 6
CEFR Level: Null
Total students 2024/25: 33
Average class size 2024/25: 11
Capped 2024/25: Yes(50)Course selection videos
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Personal development skills
- Self-management
- Problem solving
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- Specialist skills