Migration Studies, M.A.

University of Kent, Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research

Disciplines:

Sociology

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Country:	United Kingdom	Duration:	12 Months
City:	Canterbury	Start Date:	January, September
Educational Form:	Taught	Languages:	English
Education Variants:	Part Time Full Time

Programme Description

The MA in Migration Studies is a one-year full-time or two-year part-time course, taught at the Brussels campus. It is intended both for those with field or other practical experience working with migrants as well as recent university graduates or those with other experience who have an interest in migration.

The MA in Migration Studies educates students in the core issues of migration, both theoretical and typological, while enabling them to augment their programme with elective modules in another field, including post-conflict peace building, politics of development, law, international relations.

The MA in Migration Studies educates students in the core issues of migration, both theoretical and typological, while enabling them to augment their programme with elective modules in another field, including post-conflict peace building, politics of development, sociology and law. All students take Fundamentals, Dissertation and Research, which provides the necessary foundation and tools to enable students to conduct independent research and scholarship at the postgraduate level.

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The programme is divided into three parts. The first part consists of compulsory modules that introduce students to key theoretical, methodological and philosophical foundations of the discipline; in the case of Migration Studies, these are: International Migration: Historical and Contemporary Perspective and Migration Studies: Theory and Research. The second part covers optional modules (electives), comprising specialist migration modules and elective modules from other disciplines, while the third part of the programme consists of the dissertation.

In keeping with the aims and objectives outlined above, the programme is designed so that students develop a knowledge of the theoretical and philosophical debates in the discipline, have access to their application in specialised modules, and develop a capacity to utilise these in their research project, the dissertation.

Term 1

* Migration: Conflict, The State and Human Rights
* Fundamentals, Dissertation and Research (Part 1)

Choice of two elective modules from:

* Theories of Conflict
* Histories of International Conflict
* Negotiation and Mediation
* Politics of International Development
* Legal Aspects of Contemporary International Problems
* Forced Migration, Health and Social Care
* European Social Policy and the Role of Organised Civil Society

Term 2

* Theories of Migration, Integration and Citizenship
* Fundamentals, Dissertation and Research (Part 2)

Choice of two elective modules from:

* International Conflict Management
* Islam, Conflict and the State
* International Human Rights Law
* International Migration Law
* Identity, the State and Belonging
* Development Economics
* Key Challenges for European Social Policy

Term 3

* Examinations (where required)
* Dissertation on a topic in Migration Studies

Summer Period

* Submission of Dissertation