Entry requirements

A total of 120 credits in medical and/or public health studies, religious studies, historical-philosophical studies, social sciences, or law, including an independent thesis worth at least 15 credits. All applicants need to verify English language proficiency equivalent to the course English 6 in the Swedish secondary school.

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course students are expected to be able to:

Knowledge and understanding

• identify and critically analyze key issues within the subject area of ​​gender-based violence and migration

Proficiency and skills

• identify and analyze material relevant for theory and issues within the subject
• critically examine connections between gender-based violence and migration
• analyze the relationship between gender-based violence and migration based on relevant theories and present the analysis both orally and in writing

Assessment and approach

• critically evaluate different theories about gender-based violence in relation to migration
• identify and formulate problems that concern the relationship between gender-based violence and migration

Content

This course will focus on different contexts of gender-based violence in connection with migration, including exposure to violence during war and armed conflicts, exposure to violence in connection with flight, human trafficking and prostitution in connection with arrival in the country of destination, multiple exposures to interpersonal and structural violence in the country of destination.

Drawing on different theoretical perspectives, the course will address the complex relationship between migration, gender and violence in relation to different migration contexts. The course will highlight structural factors that influence migration and exposure to violence, such as global inequality, patriarchal structures and racism.

Instruction

The course consists of lectures, mandatory seminars together with individual and group assignments. The course is preferably conducted online. Lectures and seminars will be held via zoom. To participate in the course, you will need a computer with internet access, a web camera and a headset.

Assessment

The Assessment consists of participation in mandatory seminars and completion of individual written analysis and oral presentation of an independently conducted case study (PM).

To pass the course, the student must:

• achieve a passing grade in written and oral presentation of an independently conducted case study
• achieve a passing grade in regards to participation in mandatory seminars

If there are special circumstances, the examiner may make an exception to the method of assignment indicated and allow a student to be assessed in another way. Special reasons may, for example, be a certificate regarding special pedagogical support from the University's coordinator.