SC985-7-SP-CO:
The Context of Integration: Origin, Destination and the Children of Immigrants
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2023/24
Sociology and Criminology
Colchester Campus
Spring
Postgraduate: Level 7
Inactive
Monday 15 January 2024
Friday 22 March 2024
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13 November 2023
Requisites for this module
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In this course we will engage with controversial academic and policy debates about immigrants, their children and their integration. We will start by examining classical theories of immigrant integration and their worldwide application. We will then challenge the concept of integration and its assumptions by questioning who is the target of integration, into what immigrants and their children are expected to integrate and to whose benefit. Finally, we will engage with how membership and belonging are constructed and experienced, and with how immigrant status, race and ethnicity interact with other inequalities.
The aims of this module are:
- To provide students with knowledge of the social position and intergenerational mobility patterns of major immigrant groups in the USA and Western Europe.
- To familiarise students with the major theoretical perspectives on immigrant integration.
- To enable students to practice discussing and evaluating theoretical perspectives with empirical data on socioeconomic, social, and political outcomes of the children of immigrants.
- To familiarise students with emerging trends in the discipline, notably attention to sending country context and the role of selection on immigrant intra- and inter-generational mobility
By the end of this course, students will be expected to be to:
1. Discuss and evaluate theoretical perspectives on immigrant integration.
2. Apply theoretical concepts to the study of immigrant-native and ethnic inequality.
3. Critically evaluate the possibilities and limitations of nation-state centred models of immigrant intra- and intergenerational change.
4. Communicate their ideas about the causes and consequences of immigrant-native and ethnic inequality.
5. Appraise and develop practical and creative policy responses to the challenges and opportunities of international migration and ethnic diversity.
No additional information available.
There will be a two-hour seminar every week which will combine a lecture followed by discussion immediately afterward. During the reading week we will screen a migration related film and discuss its message in relation to the module material.
This module does not appear to have a published bibliography for this year.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
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Additional coursework information
1 essay or critical literature review (3,000 words) worth 70%
1 class presentation (20 minutes) worth 30%.
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Prof Renee Luthra, email: rrluthra@essex.ac.uk.
socpgtad@essex.ac.uk
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Dr Umut Erel
Open University
Senior Lecturer
Prof Benjamin Bradford
University College London
Professor
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Of 18 hours, 18 (100%) hours available to students:
0 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s).
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