Migration and Population Movements (BSc)

• PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAMME

The programme is designed to give students an interdisciplinary, international perspective on issues related to international affairs, particularly in topics related to the political economy of migration from a historical perspective, major trends in migration theories, different forms of and approaches to the study of migration and displacement. The interdisciplinary program aims to equip students with knowledge and skills in topics such as refugee and asylum law, global migration and policies, racism and nationalism, research methodology and more. It provides a multidisciplinary approach to the understanding of population dynamics focusing on the study of people’s demographic behaviour, such as birth, health, death and issues relating to race, ethnicity and migration. Students take classes to understand the history and current trends of migration, as well as how it shapes the economy, culture, politics, and more.

• ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Normal Entry

At least five (5) Ordinary Level/ National Foundation Certificates including English Language and Mathematics with Grade C or better and at least two (2) Advanced Level passes OR Relevant National Certificate.

Special Entry

A candidate who does not meet normal entry requirements may be admitted into a programme provided the candidate has a qualification in line with Zimbabwe National Qualification Framework (ZNQF).

Mature Entry

Mature entry shall be obtained by applicants who have five (5) ‘O’ levels including English Language and have demonstrable work experience during the last five years before the academic year in which admission is sought and are aged 25 years and above.

• PROGRAMME CHARACTERISTICS

Areas of Study

1. Migration

The programme equips students with an in-depth knowledge and analytical skills in migration analysis from global, regional and Zimbabwean perspectives.

2. Population and Development

The overall objective of human activities is to achieve high levels of development. The main objective of this module is thus to link demography to development processes.

3. Population Acts and Policies in Zimbabwe and the SADC region.

The programme equips students with population acts and related policies in Zimbabwe, and countries in the SADC region, focusing on their strengths and weaknesses.

4. Research

Research is key in the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies and programs. The programme aims to impart knowledge on research concepts.

Specialist Focus: Migration, Population, Development, Acts, Policies and Research

Orientation:               Research and innovation oriented. Teaching and learning focus on equipping students with theoretical concepts and methodological approaches to assist students analyse their social world.

Distinctive Features: The programme builds the research-technology-innovation continuum and focuses on knowledge development and application using a student-centred approach.

• CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

The programme is designed for development practitioners, academics, researchers and policy makers in government, non-government organisations and institutions of higher learning, research institutes; diplomatic community, international non-governmental, inter-governmental organisations and UN agencies.

FURTHER EDUCATION

Masters and Doctoral studies Migration, Citizenship and Refugee Protection; Demography and Population Studies; Migration Studies. Further studies in Migration, Citizenship and Refugee Protection provides students with broad theoretical understanding of human mobility and the role of both internal and international migration in economic and political processes, social change and globalisation as well as an overview of the major debates and literature on migration, citizenship and refugee protection from different disciplinary perspectives. Further studies in Demography and Population Studies covers extensive areas that include demographic techniques, population and development, mortality and epidemiology, demography and globalization among other areas.

• PROGRAMME DELIVERY

Teaching and Learning Methods:

Lectures, tutorials, seminars, group work, presentations, public lectures, practicals, dissertation, lecture notes, assisted private studies and field trips, individual independent study.

Assessment Methods:

Written and oral examinations, tests, work related learning, seminar presentations, mini-research dissertations, final year dissertations, continuous assessment, work related learning reports, work related learning supervision and assessment. Virtual quizzes, tests, presentations, work related learning supervision and reports.

• LEARNING OUTCOMES

Upon completion of this programme the graduate should be able to;

1. Gain familiarity with the evolution of migration patterns over time.
2. Gain a strong understanding of the ways in which contemporary international migration shape and are shaped by politics and policies around the world.
3. Familiarise self with the theories and derive testable predictions on issues of migration and population movements at the macro, meso and micro levels of explanation and analysis.
4. Understand and comprehend key concepts, definitions and principles related to the research field of migration and population movements.

• GENERAL PROVISIONS

These are provided under section 2.3 of the University’s General Regulations, which states that:

7.1 All Honours Programmes shall normally contain the following elements:

7.2 One or more ‘major modules’ shall be studied over at least six or ten semesters. Honours degrees shall normally include a period of work related learning during the third level. Modules in the Honours degrees shall be studied intensively and progressively (i.e. studies in the fifth to eighth semester assume prior knowledge of the modules studied from the first to the fourth semester). They shall be taught and examined at the level requiring a greater depth and breadth of knowledge and understanding than expected of modules in ‘general’ degrees programmes. 7.3. A candidate for the Honours degree shall normally be required to complete a project or dissertation within his/ her programme of study and this work may be based on the tasks and research performed during work Related learning.

7.4 The combination of modules within the Honours Programme shall be prescribed so as to focus on specific topics and to disallow a wide choice of disparate options. 2.3.1.4 one or more subsidiary modules may be studied at the ‘General’ level within the Honours Programme but assessment in these modules will not contribute to the final classification of the degree awarded or will be assigned a light weighting in the overall calculations of the final marks. Normally 60% of the modules taken in the Honours degree will be in the major subject(s)

• PROGRAMME ASSESSMENT

Module work:                         40%

Written Examinations:            60%

Other: a) Dissertation is assessed based on a research project (75%) and oral presentation

(25%).

1. b) Work Related Learning is assessed based on the student’s Work-Related Learning report (30%), assessment by Work Supervisor (40%), and assessment by Academic Supervisor (30%).

• PROVISION FOR PROGRESSION

Refer to section 6 of the University’s General Regulations.

• FAILURE TO SATISFY EXAMINERS

Refer to section 9 of the University’s General Regulations.

• GRADING AND DEGREE CLASSIFICATION

Refer to section 10 of the Faculty Regulations.

• DEGREE WEIGHTING

Refer to section 11 of the Faculty Regulations.

• PROGRAMME STRUCTURE

Level 1 Semester 1

Code          Module Description                                                                               Credits

MPM101   Introduction to Migration Studies                                                        12

MPM102   Demography & Population Studies                                                      12

MPM103   Global Migration & Personal Identity                                                 12

CS131        Basic Communication Skills                                                                  12

HCS135     Introduction to Information Technology                                             12

Theories of Migration, Integration and Citizenship

Level 1 Semester 2

MPM104   Migration, Population & Development                                                12       

MPM105   Global Inequality, Globalisation & Migration                        12

MPM106   Population Related Acts & Policies

                   In Zimbabwe and the SADC region                                                                                                                                                                                            12

MPM107   Migration & Families in Transition                                                      12

Elective Modules (choose one)

MPM108   Migration, Drugs & Human Trafficking                                             12

SOSP105   Social Problems                                                                                      12

Level 2 Semester 1

MPM201   Migration and Remittances Effects                                                      12

SOSP201   Qualitative Research Methods                                                  12

ENT205     Entrepreneurship 1                                                                               12

GSSS201   Gender Studies for Social Sciences                                                      12

Elective Modules (choose one)

MPM202   Prejudice and Intergroup Relations                                                     12

SOSP213   Crime and Deviance                                                                              12

Level 2 Semester 2

ANTH205      Transnational Migration and Diaspora Identities                          12

MPM203        Forced Migration and Human Rights                                             12

SOSP206        Quantitative Research Methods                                                       12

MPM205        Population and Gender                                                                    12

MPM207        Theories of Migration, Integration and Citizenship                      12

Elective Modules (choose one)

MPM204  Migration and Sustainable Development                                             12

MPM206   Population and Environment                                                               12

Level 3 Semester 1: Work Related Learning

MPM 330   Work Related Learning Placement Report                                              40

Level 3 Semester 2: Work Related Learning

MPM 331  Work Related Learning Report                                                           30

MPM 332  Academic Supervisor’s Report                                                             20

MPM 333  Employer’s Assessment Report                                                30

Level 4 Semester 1

SOSP415        Policy Analysis                                                                                   12

MPM401        Migration Control, Borders and Citizenship                                  12

MPM402        Comparative Migration Policy                                                         12

MPM403        International Migration &Citizenship in Africa                            12

Elective Modules (choose one)

MPM404        Nation States and Statelessness in Africa                                        12

MPM405        Citizenship, Xenophobia & Identity                                                12

Level 4 Semester 2

SOSP410   Project Planning, Management and

                   Monitoring and Evaluation                                                                   12

MPM406   Dissertation                                                                                             24

MPM407   International Humanitarian Law and

                   Refugee Law                                                                                          12                   

MPM408   Migration Management and Protection                                               12

14.0.        MODULE SYNOPSES

MPM 101 INTRODUCTION TO MIGRATION STUDIES

The module investigates various aspects of population migration with the view to understand the causal push and pull factors of internal and external migration and how this phenomenon has impacted on population patterns. The module covers: important key terms/concepts; theories of migration; causes of internal and external migration: functionalist and structuralist perspectives; impacts of migration; the continuation of migration: networks, migration systems and cumulative causation, and migration as an intrinsic part of development and change. The module finishes up with country case studies from both migrant sending countries and migrant receiving countries.

MPM 102 DEMOGRAPHY & POPULATION STUDIES        

The module introduces the students to various demographic and population processes in both developed and developing countries. The following concepts will be covered in this module: overpopulation, under population, world population growth and distribution, theories of population growth, ageing population, population pyramids, population projection, mortality, fertility and migration analysis.

MPM 103 GLOBAL MIGRATION & PERSONAL IDENTITY

The module examines how migration directly relates to modern concepts of identity and how one’s identity changes and evolves. Individual and national identities are formed and evolve based on how these questions are addressed. This module links the individual human experience of migration to current political and cultural systems; how do migrants view and define themselves and how concepts of identity affected by the process of migration. The module examines migration as a dynamic part of culture and society while discovering how it reflects and shapes our lives. It employs a multidisciplinary approach to look into the concepts of identity and its transformation and to understand migration and how it shapes identity across cultures and contexts.

CS131 BASIC COMMUNICATION SKILLS

Refer to regulations for the department of Communication Skills.

HCS 135 INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Refer to regulations for the department of Information Technology.

MPM 104 MIGRATION, POPULATION & DEVELOPMENT

It should be noted that migration and demography feeds into most of the disciplines whose end beneficiaries are people. And the overall objective of human activities is to achieve high levels of development. The main objective of this module is thus to link migration and demography to development processes. Thus, the module contextualizes migration and demography in the development arena; the population and development debate which articulates the relationship between population and development at different epochs of development. Subsequently, the module links the three components of population growth: fertility; mortality and migration to development. The concept of carrying capacity and population pressure on resources will also be covered. Population and Urbanization and labour force will also be covered. Note that the sustainability of development is the core value in the development processes.

MPM 105 GLOBAL INEQUALITY, GLOBALISATION & MIGRATION

The rise of globalization has been accompanied by the debate of whether it comes at the cost of growing inequality and migration. This module will focus on the contemporary theoretical and methodological debates in the field of global inequality, globalization and migration. The module will highlight an overview of globalization, visions of globalization, and debate on globalization, poverty, inequality and migration. Focus will also be on major theoretical approaches on globalization, including explanatory theories, which range from the Marxist systems approach to the sociological approach that modernity implies globalization, transformational theories and critical theories. Discussions will be on the North-South Divide, measurement of global inequality, and a selection of substantive topics, including income inequality, migration and immigration, and work and labour markets.

MPM 106 POPULATION RELATED ACTS AND POLICIES IN ZIMBABWE AND THE SADC REGION

Zimbabwe is excellent in crafting acts and policies in line with international protocols; however, the biggest weakness is the poor dissemination of such acts. This module aims at making student know all the population related policies in Zimbabwe, their strengths and weaknesses. Such an understanding will empower critically evaluate the Zimbabwean policy scenario and suggest a way forward. Thus, the module will cover the following acts/laws: Legal Age of majority Act; Marriage Laws/Acts; National Population Policy; The National AIDS Policy; Reproductive Health Policy; National Youth Policy; National Gender Policy, Gender Based Violence Strategy; ZNFPC Service delivery Policy; Universal Declaration of Human Rights; The Patients Charter; The Labour Act; The Administration of Estates Act; Zimbabwe Human Rights C omission, The Criminal Law, The Interpretation Act, The Domestic Violence Act, Sexual Offences Act; Policy to promote Equal Access to Pension Benefits. Laws and policies from other countries in the SADC region will also be considered for comparative purposes.

MPM 107 MIGRATION & FAMILIES IN TRANSITION

In as much as migration represents a means for an improved standard of living with significant development potential for migrants and their families, in the form of economic benefits, migration also poses also other serious challenges to families and their members. This module examines the challenges that migration has on families such as separation of members for long periods, difficulties of integration in countries of destination and changes in intra-family gender roles. These challenges are being exacerbated in the worldwide context of increasing labour mobility and restrictive migration policies. Children are increasingly affected by migration of families, by either being separated from their parents and remaining behind, migrating with their families or migrating alone. The youth are a category particularly impacted by migration in all the multiple roles inherent in the migration process: as members of families staying behind, as migrating alone and as migrating with their families.

MPM 108 MIGRATION, DRUGS AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING

The module investigates the drugs and human trafficking nexus in relation to migration. Drug and human trafficking are serious crimes and a grave violation of human rights, and almost every country in the world is affected by trafficking, whether as a country of origin, transit or destination for victims

SOSP 105 SOCIAL PROBLEMS

The module comparatively examines the linkages among social structures, culture and human experiences in the context of globalisation processes. Students examine a variety of topics which may include: the unequal distribution of power and wealth; issues of sex, sexuality, gender, race, ethnicity and social class; hunger; the role of multinational corporations; war and international conflict; oppression of various kinds; crime; poverty; the media; other social institutions; resource/environmental use and depletion and population.

MPM 201 MIGRATION AND REMITTANCES EFFECTS

This module examines how labour migration issues raise complex economic and social concerns, focusing specifically on remittances, which represent important injections to the home economies of overseas workers, providing a significant source of income for recipient families, thus making an important contribution to economic development in receiving countries. Some of the issues that are covered in this module are: Is migration good or bad for the migrant receiving country? What effects does it have on the sending country? What about the money migrants send back to their home countries? Does this have only positive effects? How can we evaluate migration and development? We will look at effects on both ends of migration and on different levels. Special attention is paid to labour market issues in the receiving country and development issues in the sending country.

SOSP 201 QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS

The module exposes students to the qualitative research paradigm. It discusses salient issues of practicality, ethics, and politics in the research process. The module also delivers transferrable skills including critical reflections, the ability to interpret qualitative data and the ability to present ideas coherently. Included in this module is a wide range of qualitative research and data collection methodologies, which are currently used in development research and practice. Teaching methods will include group work, exercises as well as lectures and discussions.

ENT205 ENTREPRENEURSHIP 1

Refer to regulations for the department of Entrepreneurial Studies.

GSSS 201 GENDER STUDIES FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES

This module is an introductory module focused on giving students a broad understanding of the discipline of Gender Studies, its subject matter, key issues and concepts. It is designed to help students develop a critical understanding of basic gender issues as well as prepare them to be agents of change, particularly in Southern Africa and Zimbabwe. In so doing GSSS 201 adopts an interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approach that takes as its subject matter all aspects of the human experience in a gendered world, viewing gender as a field of study, analytical tool and a social phenomenon structuring the social world itself.

MPM 202PREJUDICE & INTERGROUP RELATIONS

The module introduces prejudice, intergroup relations and social discrimination together with explanations of their causes. It looks at the concept of prejudice at the level of the individual, as well as prejudice and social discrimination as intergroup phenomena. Classic and contemporary intergroup explanations of intergroup conflict such as realistic conflict theory and social identity theories are examined, as well as basic psychological processes such a social categorization, identification with a social group, group evaluation and group-based emotions, and consider the intergroup motivations regulating intergroup behaviour.

SOSP 213 CRIME AND DEVIANCE

The module explores contemporary debate surrounding society, crime, juvenile delinquency, deviance, conformity, social control and its relationship to migration and population movements. It also addresses the key issues and relationships between society, crime, deviance and the governmental and judicial responses to them.

ANTH 205 TRANSNATIONAL MIGRATION AND DIASPORA IDENTITIES

This module explores the transnational migration phenomenon by exploring its various facets. It explores the practical experiences of migrants in diaspora, examining their economic and political experiences. Further it examines issues of inclusion and exclusion and the making of the ‘Other’ and how migrants have transcended these dynamics. The module also explores various debates on long distance family connections and love relationships. The ideas of home-making for migrants and their social, economic and political networks of survival are examined. The module explores the significance of migrant remittances, the challenges and fears of migrants such as arrests, detention, crime, death and deportation.

MPM203 FORCED MIGRATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS

The module examines how millions of people in Africa have been forced from their homes by interlinked factors including persecution, armed conflict, natural disasters, development projects and socio-economic deprivation. Resolving large-scale displacement represents a critical challenge for contemporary peacebuilding and development processes. This module provides students with a deeper understanding of the nexus between forced migration and human rights with special attention on Africa.

SOSP206 QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS

The module lays the basis for the development of competencies in quantitative research methods and statistics. Emphasis is placed on the theoretical framework of quantitative research methodology, and acquisition of statistical concepts.

MPM204 MIGRATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

This module looks at the positive correlation between migration and sustainable development, exploring arguments that migration provides fewer job opportunities for nationals in host countries, leading to cultural conflict, and affect urban planning. The module will allow students to engage in debates and analyses of the impact of globalization and how migration provides a driving force for sustainable development which has often been underestimated or misunderstood. The module looks at the notion of sustainable development from a holistic perspective which requires looking at the environmental, economic and social aspects of development rather than limiting migration to the movement of people, goods, capital or services which may not capture very accurate measurements of the impact of migration both on host societies and on countries of origin.

MPM 205 POPULATION &GENDER

Gender is a variable with the most pervasive impact on all demographic and development processes. The module is intended to enable students to understand such impacts with the view of mainstreaming gender in the development and demographic processes. Thus, the module will cover the following: Definitions; Theories of gender; Women and Development Debate; the mediating effects of gender on fertility, mortality and migration; Gender and reproductive health; Gender and social and economic development; Gender relations and household dynamics; Gender and the environment; Population policies and gender.

MPM 206 POPULATION & ENVIRONMENT

The module introduces basic concepts and analysis of ecosystems and key inter-relationships between population and environment within the context of development issues and policies. It deals with resource depletion and management, land use and agricultural systems related to population pressure, population mobility, population policies, urbanisation and the environment, and integrated approaches to population-environment planning.

SOSP 212 SOCIOLOGY OF VIOLENCE

The module examines the nature and causes of violence in the context of contemporary society and how the structure of society itself, as well as various social factors, contribute to violence and how it leads to migration and population movements. This module further explores types of violent behaviour, including interpersonal, collective and organisational and its impact on migration and population movements.

MPM330 Work Related Learning Placement Report

The students will submit a comprehensive work placement report which shows their understanding of the organisation placed.

MPM331 Work Related Learning Report

As part of the examination the students will be required to submit a comprehensive academic report of their work related learning experience to the department and it will be marked and awarded a mark that will be ratified by the departmental examinations board.

MPM332 Work Related Academic Supervisor’s Report

As part of the examination the students will be assessed and awarded a mark by the academic supervisor and this will be presented to the departmental examinations board for processing of final marks.

MPM333 Work Related Learning Supervisor’s Report

The employer will assess the student and award a mark which will be presented to the departmental

examinations board for processing of final marks.

SOSP 415 POLICY ANALYSIS

This module introduces students to the traditions, principles and methods of social policy analysis. Taking as its starting point the concept of Welfare States, it addresses both the concepts and contexts of policy making as a contested process of moral, pragmatic and/or evidence-based decision making. The module orients students to problem-solving methods that access the efficacy of welfare and new and old societies in societies paying particular attention to the context of Zimbabwe. The module assesses the role of different policy actors, policy orientations, policy designs and implementation in the provision of welfare.

MPM 401 MIGRATION CONTROL, BORDERS AND CITIZENSHIP

The module focuses on how migration control has changed contemporary penal systems. Aspiring migrants face a variety of obstacles to international mobility. Actual migrants are subjected to border control but also a range of other policies upon entry, sifted into legal-bureaucratic categories that determine the lawfulness of their stay and deportability. Migrants who find themselves unwelcome by the authorities are not without agency, however, and may seek to resist policing and circumvent the legal obligation to return as non-members of society. This module both explores how Zimbabwe and other destination states construct the influx of migrants and respond to it, and how migrants experience and resist being governed. It looks at the legal, ethical and practical limits of state power to control migration, and the myriad state, supra-state and non-state actors that shape the outcomes of migration control. Key concepts that will be discussed in this module include: migration management/control, policing, detention, assisted return and deportation, border control and citizenship.

MPM 402 COMPARATIVE MIGRATION POLICY

This module explores migration entry policy for different types of migrants across different receiving countries, as well as sending policies of origin countries. The goal of this module is to enlarge knowledge of and insights into the content of the EU regarding the external dimension of asylum and migration, regarding the most important dialogues and the instruments for development with third countries and regions. A special comparative focus is made between Europe and the United States and other major migrant receiving regions regarding integration policy as well as ethnic relations.

MPM 403 INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION & CITIZENSHIP IN AFRICA

The module examines international migration and the concept of citizenship in the African context and investigates why citizenship laws vary cross-nationally and why some immigrants acquire citizenship while others do not. It further considers how citizenship influences rights, identities, and participation and the mechanisms by which citizenship influences lives.

MPM 404 NATION STATES AND STATELESSNESS IN AFRICA

This module provides students with an understanding of the contemporary debates and issues on nationality, statelessness with special reference to the African context. It highlights theoretical debates on the causes and effects of statelessness as well as how these issues are being addressed.

MPM 405 CITIZENSHIP, XENOPHOBIA & IDENTITY

The module examines the nature and causes and effects of xenophobia in the context of contemporary society in relationship to citizenship and identity.

SOSP 410 PROJECT PLANNING, MANAGEMENT, MONITORING AND EVALUATION

The module introduces students to the concepts, procedures, tools and techniques of project planning, management, monitoring and evaluation. It familiarises students with key principles and practices in the management, monitoring and evaluation of humanitarian and development projects and equips students with financial and project management skills appropriate for entry-level employment in a development agency. It describes the management approaches of key players in the development process; the donors, implementing agencies and recipients.

MPM 406 DISSERTATION

This is a double module and students are expected to put into conduct research putting into practice methodological issues they were taught in various research modules. The idea is to enable students to understand and provide practical solutions to social problems bedevilling society at any given time.

MPM 407 INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW AND REFUGEE LAW

International Humanitarian Law seeks to limit the severity of suffering in hostilities. The module will begin with an introduction to the basic principles of international humanitarian law and the historical development of rules developed by civilized nations to protect the victims of armed conflict, people who are not and are no longer directly participating in hostilities and limit the destructive impact of warfare. Special attention will be given to the various case studies from contemporary armed conflicts, such as the situations in Libya, Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. The challenges confronting contemporary international humanitarian law will also be addressed. The general principles of refugee law shall be addressed, looking at the key international instruments and international law principles that provide for the protection of refugees.

MPM 408 MIGRATION MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION

The goal of this module is to familiarize students with general definitions, concepts and statistics of migration while giving them an understanding of the basic international conventions (etc.) on the management and protection of migrants as well as the specific cases of Zimbabwe and Africa at large.