SEM-163 |
Immigration & Ethnicity in Amer. History |
Through a careful analysis of primary sources and interpretive essays, this course examines the history of the United States as an experience of immigration and ethnicity from the colonial period to modern times. It takes a comparative cross-cultural approach that emphasizes identity, ideas, and institutions. Some of the topics covered include: settlers, servants, and slaves; citizenship and migration; European migration and national expansion; national citizenship and federal of immigration; colonialism and migration; immigrant incorporation, identity, and nativism; and patterns of inclusion and exclusion. A colloquium approach is used rather than a lecture format. Students will actively read, reflect upon, and respond to course material, rather than merely receive information that is presented to them. This course focuses on immigration, which is one of the five Critical Concerns of the Sisters of Mercy: earth; nonviolence, women, racism, and immigration. This course meets the University ' s definition of writing intensive. |
3.00 |