Duration
60h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
English language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The course is an introduction to sociology of migration and ethnicity through the study of some of the main texts of the discipline drawn both from American and European sociology.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The aim of the course is to provide the students with a theoretical basis as well as with a global picture of the classical American and European literature in the field of sociology of migration and ethnicity.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
A passive and active knowledge of written and spoken English is indispensable.
THIS IS NOT AN ENGLISH CLASS BUT ALL THE COURSE (INCLUDING THE EXAMS, ORAL PRESENTATIONS AND WRITTEN PAPERS), IS IN ENGLISH
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The students will be required to write one or several short indvidual or collective papers discussing articles (4-5 pages) allocated by the teacher .
In principle, the students will also make oral presentations in class
PRESENCE IN CLASS IS REQUIRED: unjustified absence will be sanctioned: 1 point out of 20 per absence
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
The course could use 5 pedagogical tools:
- Lectures by the teacher
- Seminars based on the reading and discussion of texts as well as on oral presentations made by students
-Lectures given by external guests
-Personal or collective written papers
-Field visit(s)
The course will start the 18th september 2018
Recommended or required readings
Required Readings:
Martiniello Marco and Rath, Jan (Eds) (2010), Selected Studies in International Migration and Immigrant Incorporation, Amsterdam: IMISCOE Textbooks, Amsterdam University Press. OPEN INTERNET ACCESS
Martiniello Marco and Rath, Jan (Eds) (2012), An Introduction to Interntrional Migration Studies, Amsterdam: IMISCOE Textbooks, Amsterdam University Press.
Martiniello Marco and Rath, Jan (Eds) (2014), An Introduction to Immigrant Incorptation Studies, Amsterdam: IMISCOE Textbooks, Amsterdam University Press.
The final list of the chapters of these three books to be read obligatoriywill be specified during the first courses
Assessment methods and criteria
First session: written papers (30%), oral presentations (20%) and a written examination (50%)
Second session: a written examination
Subject to change depending on the number of students taking the course
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
The detailed timetable will be communicated during the first class
Contacts
Marco Martiniello (M.Martiniello@ulg.ac.be; 30.40)
Assisant:
Alissia Raziano (alissia.raziano@uliege.be)
VERY USEFUL:
www.cedem/ulg.ac.be