Undergraduate Module Descriptor

ANT2109: Anthropology of Forced Migration

This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.

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.

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)
This module's assessment will evaluate your achievement of the ILOs listed here – you will see reference to these ILO numbers in the details of the assessment for this module.
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.

Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:

This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:

Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	Guided independent study	Placement / study abroad
26	124	0

...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:

Category	Hours of study time	Description
Scheduled Learning and Teaching	22	Eleven 2 hour seminars
Scheduled Learning and Teaching	4	Film and documentary screenings
Guided Independent Study	20	Preparing seminar presentations individually and in groups
Guided Independent Study	74	Reading and research
Guided Independent Study	30	Web-based activities

This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).

Journal of Refugee Studies

Refugee Survey Quarterly

Forced Migration Review

American Anthropologist

Cultural Anthropology

American Ethnologist