Module ANT2109 for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
ANT2109: Anthropology of Forced Migration
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.
Module Aims
- Understand how anthropology and other disciplines approach the study of forced migration.
- Gain a foundational knowledge of anthropological concepts and approaches to forced migration.
- Critically analyse scholarly debates about forced migration, belonging, displacement, and refugees.
- Develop a critical understanding of forced migration and the experience of displacement by drawing on different ethnographic examples.
| On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
|---|---|
| Module-Specific Skills | 1. Show understanding and knowledge of the diversity and variety of experiences and cases of forced migration. 2. develop arguments regarding the methodological and substantive issues associated with the anthropological study of forced migration. |
| Discipline-Specific Skills | 3. evaluate contemporary anthropological literature and related texts. 4. Display, in written and oral form, an understanding of the discipline's relation to, and difference from, other social sciences approaches and explanations of mobility and forced migration. 5. Appreciate key issues relevant to the contemporary world, and develop critical, comparative, and cross-cultural insight. |
| Personal and Key Skills | 6. Demonstrate transferrable skills in formulating, researching and addressing focused questions 7. Prepare focused and comprehensive written presentations. 8. work independently and in collaboration with others. 9. demonstrate cross-cultural understanding, translation and comparison, which will be of advantage in many professional settings. 10. prepare and deliver considered oral arguments. |
How this Module is Assessed
In the tables below, you will see reference to 'ILO's. An ILO is an Intended Learning Outcome - see Aims and Learning Outcomes for details of the ILOs for this module.
Formative Assessment
A formative assessment is designed to give you feedback on your understanding of the module content but it will not count towards your mark for the module.
| Form of assessment | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual class presentations | 10 minutes | 1-6, 8-10 | Oral |
Summative Assessment
A summative assessment counts towards your mark for the module. The table below tells you what percentage of your mark will come from which type of assessment.
| Coursework | Written exams | Practical exams |
|---|---|---|
| 100 | 0 | 0 |
...and this table provides further details on the summative assessments for this module.
| Form of assessment | % of credit | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portfolio of seminar responses | 30 | 9 responses (200 words each) | 1-9 | Oral and written |
| Essay | 70 | 2,250 words | 1-9 | Written |
Re-assessment
Re-assessment takes place when the summative assessment has not been completed by the original deadline, and the student has been allowed to refer or defer it to a later date (this only happens following certain criteria and is always subject to exam board approval). For obvious reasons, re-assessments cannot be the same as the original assessment and so these alternatives are set. In cases where the form of assessment is the same, the content will nevertheless be different.
| Original form of assessment | Form of re-assessment | ILOs re-assessed | Timescale for re-assessment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portfolio of seminar responses | Portfolio of seminar responses | 1-9 | August/September re-assessment period |
| Essay | Essay (2,250 words) | 1-9 | August/September re-assessment period |
