The Master of Science in Migration, Citizenship and Refugee Protection at Africa University is a postgraduate programme focused on the role of internal and international migration in economic and political processes, social change, and globalisation. It covers major debates and literature on migration, citizenship, and refugee protection from different disciplinary perspectives, including migration and refugee populations and the needs and aspirations of displaced people.
Students learn through a full-time programme with a structured course list that includes theories, concepts and principles of migration and demography, migration and sustainable development, and international humanitarian law and refugee law in an African context. The programme also includes research methods, multiple subject-focused modules, an internship/attachment, and a dissertation. It is based at Harare Campus.
Modules
- Theories, Concepts and Principles of Migration and Demography
- Migration and Sustainable Development
- International Humanitarian Law and Refugee Law in African Context
- The Political Economy of Migration, Citizenship and Refugee Protection
- Migration: refugee Policy and Human Rights in Global Context
- Research Methods
- Forced Migration and internal Displacement in Africa
- Natural Disasters, Environmental Change and Forced Migration
- Gender, Population and Refugee Protection
- Migration, Drug and Human Trafficking
- Migration and Epidemiology in Africa
- Labour Migration, Remmitances and Economic Development
