Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
English language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
This course seeks to deepen the study of the concepts of integration, ethnic and cultural diversity and multiculturalism
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
This course should allow you to :
- learn the history of academic thinking on integration, ethno-cultural diversity and multiculturalism;
- deconstruct the public debate on these questions and argument your own position within it;
- develop cross-cutting knowlege and increase your capacity to pu into perspective the different aspects of integration, ethno-cultural diversity and multiculturalism, but also to put into practice a dialectic and pluridiscriplinary analysis;
- Critically analyse public policies of integration, diversity and multiculturalism and be capable to conduct personal reflexion.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
The course "Migrations, diversité culturelle et citoyenneté" is a prerquisite. For those students who have not followed this course, the CEDEM MOOC on the Jobs@skills Platform is highly recommended (Click here ).
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The course consist of a series of 7 lectures. 4 group work seminars will complement the programme and will be devoted to practical exercises and to discussing the students' written assignments.
- Introduction and getting to know each other
- Theories of Integration 1
- Theories of Integration 2
- James Baldwin « I am not your negroe» exercise
- Theories of Diversity and Multiculturalism 1
- Theories of Diversity and Multiculturalism 2
- Case-study sur l'Islam et les Musulmans de Belgique
- Group work
- Group work
- Conclusion
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
The course is given online during the red code and the orange code periods. A return to presential teaching will be proposed as soon as it is officially allowed. Attendance at all sessions (being online or latter in presence) is highly recommended.
Recommended or required readings
Recommended readings will be delivered on eCampus
Assessment methods and criteria
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
oral exam
Written work / report
Additional information:
The evaluation is based on the quality of the written assignment.
For those following the 3ECTS track: the essay should be comprised between a minimum of 4 pages and a maximum of 7 pages (without appendixes and references)
For those following the 5 ECTS track: the essay should be comprises between a minimum of 7 pages and a maximum of 10 pages (without appendixes and references)
The essay will either focus on a the a theoretical discussion (E.g. the explanatory value of the segmented assimilation model) or on the analysis of a a public controversy (E.g. The headscarfe issue). The student will demonstrate her ability to provide an in-depth critical assesment of the arguments involved in public debates.
The theme of the written assignment should be submit by email no latter than 27th February 2022. A 1 to 2 pages summary will be submitted by the 13th March 2022. The final paper will submitted by the 1st of May 2022.
The evaluation in second session evaluation will work on the same principle. The subject of the work and a note of 1 to 2 A4 pages must be submitted by July 10th 2022 at the latest. The final work must be submitted by August 15th 2022.
Work placement(s)
No internship is foreseen
Organizational remarks
The course is taught during the second quarter each Friday from 11am to 1pm. Kick off: Friday 11th February 2022 at 11am
Contacts
Hassan Bousetta
FNRS - CEDEM
Faculty of Social Sciences
Hassan.bousetta@uliege.be
+32.4.366.30.17
+32 488 23 23 79