Universität Wien
Course Exam

234010 VO Migration, Urbanisation and Spatial Distribution (2024W)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 23 - Soziologie

Monday 03.03.2025 09:45 - 12:00 Seminarraum 5, Kolingasse 14-16, EG00

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Examiners

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Examination topics

The examination material includes all units of the lecture.
- concepts, definitions and types of migration
- spatial distribution of migrants, migrants characteristics and the main migration corridors
- history of European migration
- migration and population change
- migration theories and policies
- measurement and estimation of migration
- environmental migration and climate change
- migration and sustainable development
- internal migration and urbanization
To support learning, the slides and the original texts of the items in the mandatory reading list will be available on the Moodle learning platform. The exam must be in English.

Assessment and permitted materials

At the end of the course there will be one comprehensive written exam of 120 minutes duration.
On-site written exam.
Combination of open and multiple choice questions, including one computational task. The details will be communicated in the course of the lecture. Aids: pocket calculator is allowed. Use of teaching materials and chat GPT is not allowed during the exam.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Grading scale:
Maximum number of points that can be achieved: 100
Minimum requirement for a positive result: 50 points
Scale of marks:
91 - 100.....points Grade 1
78 - 90.......points Grade 2
64 - 77.......points Grade 3
50 - 63.......points Grade 4
Under 50 points Grade 5

Please if possible also add the following into the requirements:
Examination topics
The examination material includes all units of the lecture.
- concepts, definitions, and types of migration
- spatial distribution of migrants, migrants’ characteristics and the main migration corridors
- history of European migration
- migration and population change
- migration theories and policies
- measurement and estimation of migration
- environmental migration and climate change
- migration and sustainable development
- internal migration and urbanization
To support learning, the slides and the original texts of the items in the mandatory reading list are made available on the Moodle learning platform. The exam must be in English.

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