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By the end of this course students will be able to:
- Apply migration theory to the Irish migration experience since 1945
- Explain how emigration and immigration have shaped modern-day Ireland
- Compare and contrast Ireland’s migration experiences with other countries
- Critically engage with a variety of primary and secondary material
- Contribute regularly and in a meaningful way to class discussion
- Write scholarly essays to the standard of a level 3 student of history
The module addresses such topics as:
- Why do people migrate?
- What impact does immigration have on a destination society?
- The ‘vanishing Irish’, 1945-1960
- The Irish experience abroad in the 1950s
- Return migrants, 1960s-1970s
- Banana republic? The 1980s exodus
- Return migration and the Irish diaspora
- Seeking asylum in Ireland
- Labour immigration and Ireland
- Ireland compared
- Migration nation
Student Effort Type | Hours |
---|---|
Lectures | 10 |
Seminar (or Webinar) | 20 |
Specified Learning Activities | 95 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 95 |
Total | 220 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Essay: c4000 word essay | Week 12 | n/a | Graded | No | 40 |
Continuous Assessment: assignment | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 60 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Spring | No |
• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
Feedback on continuous assessment is given individually and to the class, verbally and in writing, throughout the semester. Feedback on end-of-semester essays is given individually and to the class on drafts and essays plans before final submission, and by appointment after submission and grading.