Courses
The master is composed by three course types. All students must take all modules. Module I (Concepts and Theories) is compulsory with three core subjects (15 ECTS); then two optional Modules are offered. Module II (Methodologies and Approaches) comprises 6 optional and instrumental courses, and Module III (Specialization) comprises 10 sectorial and thematic courses.
Course Type |
Credits ECTS |
Compulsory |
20 |
Optional |
25 |
Final master Thesis, Seminar and workshops* |
20 |
TOTAL |
60 |
- Include international seminars and workshops about methodological approaches in migration research (5 ECTS). These seminars and workshops are also part of a series of international conferences of GRITIM-UPF
(*) Courses that are also offered in other Masters of the Department.
Module |
Course |
ECTS |
Module I Compulsory CONCEPTS AND THEORIES 15 ECTS |
The foundations of immigration: politics and public policies(*) |
5 |
Theories of International Mobility and the incorporation of immigrants (*) |
5 |
|
Immigration Law in Europe |
5 |
|
Module II Optional METHODOLOGIES AND APPROACHES Profile researcher: 15 ECTS (three subjects) Profile expert: 10 ECTS (two subjects) |
Methods of qualitative research in the study of immigration (*) |
5 |
Analysis of quantitative research: statistics techniques in migratory studies (*) |
5 |
|
Qualitative research analysis: contents, frames and discourses |
5 |
|
Social-psychology approaches to society and the individual (*) |
5 |
|
Comparative research on migrations |
5 |
|
Fundamentals of political and social research (*) |
5 |
|
Module III Optional SPECIALIZATION Profile researcher: 10 ECTS (two subjects) Profile expert: 15 ECTS (three subjects) |
Immigration governance |
5 |
Diversity, discrimination and citizenship |
5 |
|
Geopolitics of human mobility in the Mediterranean |
5 |
|
Forced migration and asylum (*) |
5 |
|
The challenges of Interculturalism |
5 |
|
Management of religious diversity (*) |
5 |
|
Citizenship and democracy in the EU: public opinion and immigration (*) |
5 |
|
Labour Market, employment policies and immigration (*) |
5 |
|
Health and inequality in the study of immigration (*) |
5 |
|
Education and immigration Not currently offered |
5 |
|
Module IV Compulsory Methodological Seminars and Workshops |
A series of seminars and workshops are offered to discuss methodological aspects for the study of migrations |
5 |
Module V FINAL MASTER THESIS |
Includes the Final Master Thesis complexion (5 ECTS) |
15 |
You can find the complete SYLLABUS list of the courses in the following link.