Programme structure: Migration and Mobility Studies (MSc) - what's running in 2018/19

The programme can also be studied part-time over two years.

Unit name	Unit code	Credit points	Status	Teaching Block
Select from:
Research Skills for MSc in Migration and Mobility Studies	AFACM0016	20	Mandatory	TB-1
Approaches to Migration and Mobility Studies	AFACM0015	40	Mandatory	TB-4
Take 60 CP from this list
Dissertation with Placement	AFACM0014	60	Optional	TB-2
Dissertation	AFACM0017	60	Optional	TB-2
Take 60 CP from this list:
Human Challenges	ARCH30034	20	Optional	TB-1
Postcolonial Environments	ENGL30122	20	Optional	TB-2
Migration and Development	GEOG30018	20	Optional	TB-1
Modernism and the 'Black Atlantic'	HART30048	20	Optional	TB-1
Culture and Politics in Luso-Africa and Brazil 18th-19th Centuries	HISP30058	20	Optional	TB-2
Borderlands: People and Places at the Periphery (Reflective History Unit)	HIST30079	20	Optional	TB-2
Themes in the History of Colonialism	HISTM0017	20	Optional	TB-2
Migration Law and Policy - International, European, and Human Rights Dimensions	LAWDM0112	30	Optional	TB-4
Cultural Encounters	MODLM0002	20	Optional	TB-2
The Ethics of Migration and Citizenship	PHIL30118	20	Optional	TB-2
Climate Change and International Security	POLIM0004	20	Optional	TB-2
Modern Slavery: Issues and Debates	SOCI30097	20	Optional	TB-1
Gender, Family and Migration	SOCIM0023	20	Optional	TB-2
Migration, asylum and human rights: EU and global policy perspectives.	SPOLM0042	20	Optional	TB-2
Migration and Work	LAWDM0124	30	Optional	TB-4
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Progression/award requirements

The pass mark set by the University for any level 7(M) unit is 50 out of 100.

For detailed rules on progression please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes and the relevant faculty handbook.

Exit awards

All taught masters programmes, unless exempted by Senate, must allow the opportunity for students to exit from the programme with a postgraduate diploma or certificate.

To be awarded a postgraduate diploma, students must have successfully completed 120 credit points, of which 90 must be at level M/7.

To be awarded a postgraduate certificate, students must have successfully completed 60 credit points, of which 40 must be at level M/7.

Degree classifications:

An award with Merit or Distinction is permitted for postgraduate taught masters, diplomas and certificates, where these are specifically named entry-level qualifications. An award with Merit or Distinction is not permitted for exit awards where students are required to exit the programme on academic grounds. An exit award with Merit or Distinction may be permitted where students are prevented by exceptional circumstances from completing the intended award.

The classification of the award in relation to the final programme mark is as follows:

Award with Distinction*: at least 65 out of 100 for the taught component overall and, for masters awards, at least 70 out of 100 for the dissertation. **Faculties retain discretion to increase these thresholds.

Award with Merit*: at least 60 out of 100 for the taught component overall and, for masters awards, at least 60 out of 100 for the dissertation. Faculties retain discretion to increase these thresholds.

* The MA in Law has separate regulations for awarding distinction and merit.

** For the award of Distinction, the Faculty of Engineering requires at least 70 out of 100 for the taught component overall and, for masters awards, at least 70 out of 100 for the dissertation.

Diploma/certificate stages:

All taught masters programmes, unless exempted by Senate, must allow the opportunity for students to choose, or be required, to leave at the postgraduate diploma or certificate stage.

To be awarded a postgraduate diploma, students must have successfully completed 120 credit points, of which 90 must be at level M/7.

To be awarded a postgraduate certificate, students must have successfully completed 60 credit points, of which 40 must be at level M/7.