HISTÂ 5321. American Immigration History. 3 Hours.
Students study immigration and ethnicity in America. Using a readings-seminar format, students analyze the settlement of North America from colonization to the recent past using the analytical frameworks of race, class, gender, nation, and ethnicity. Topics covered may include immigration policy; border policing; war and migration; women immigrants; and questions of citizenship and belonging, national and cultural identity, power and privilege.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.