Main Field of Study and progress level:
Human Geography: Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
Grading scale: AF
Responsible department: Department of Geography
Established by: Head of Department of Geography and Economic History, 2014-03-14
Revised by: Head of Department of Geography and Economic History, 2014-04-08
Required Knowledge
Univ: 120 ECTS, 60 ECTS of which in human geography or equivalently.
Proficiency in English equivalent to Swedish upper secondary course English A (IELTS (Academic) with a minimum overall score of 5.5 and no individual score below 5.0. TOEFL PBT (Paper-based Test) with a minimum total score of 530 and a minimum TWE score of 4. TOEFL IBT (Internet-based Test) with a minimum total score of 72 and a minimum score of 17 on the Writing Section).
Form of instruction
The teaching consists of lectures, individual supervision and seminars. The seminars are compulsory. Relevant gender issues related to the contents are continuously integrated in the course. The teaching is in English.
Examination modes
The course is examined by two individual, compulsory assignments to be presented at seminars and in written reports. The assignments and the whole course are graded according to the scale A – FX.
Examination based on the same syllabus as at the ordinary examination is guaranteed during two years after the first registration to the course.
It is not possible to appeal against a received grade, i.e. to get it examined by a higher authority, but a student can always criticize the grading or ask another examiner to reconsider the examination.
When a student has failed an examination on two occasions, he or she has a right to have another grading teacher. A written request for an alternative examiner should be handed in to the director of studies.
ACADEMIC CREDIT TRANSFER Credit transfer is always examined individually.
Literature
Valid from:
2014 week 17
Moment 1
Mobility and place : enacting Northern European peripheries Bærenholdt Jørgen Ole, Granås Brynhild Aldershot : Ashgate : 2008 : 255 s. : ISBN: 9780754671411 (hbk.) : Mandatory Search the University Library catalogue
Hubbard Phil The City Hoboken : Taylor & Francis Ltd : 2006 : Mandatory
Remaking the global economy : economic-geographical perspectives Peck Jamie, Yeung Henry Wai-Chung London : SAGE : 2003 : 256 s. : ISBN: 0-7619-4897-X Mandatory Search the University Library catalogue
Samers Michael. Migration London : Routledge : 2010. : xvii, 374 s. : ISBN: 978-0-415-77666-0 (pbk.) : ¹21.99 Mandatory Search the University Library catalogue
Tourism and innovation Hall Colin Michael, Williams Allan M. London : Routledge : 2008 : xvi, 263 s. : ISBN: 9780415414043 Mandatory Search the University Library catalogue
