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Spring 2020 | AMST 1012 Section 001: Migrants, Refugees, Citizens, and Exiles: The U.S. on an Immigrant Planet (54756)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Mon,
Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, East Bank
Peik Hall 155
- Enrollment Status:
Closed (40 of 40 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Immigration to the United States at various historical periods and across geographical/political terrains. How immigration, as a national/racial project, is shaped by legal categories and discursive practices based on race, class, gender, and sexuality. Diverse ways marginalized groups produce national/transnational political practices.
- Class Description:
- This course examines the central roles that various migrations have played in the United States. It considers how different migrations have been central to the definition of national identity, and conscientiously departs from traditional narratives of migration that focus exclusively on European immigrants coming to the United States and fulfilling "the American dream." Instead, we will examine how migrations from across the globe are shaped by legal categories and cultural images that are based on race, class, gender, and sexuality as well as other forms of social identification. These migrations in turn transformed American law and culture. The course looks at the debate over undocumented migration, the contribution of immigrants to American society, refugee and asylum seeking, and the status of immigration laws and policies today. As a survey of these issues, readings include both sociological research, cultural studies, and literature.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
25% Final Exam
40% Reflection Papers
15% Class Participation
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54756/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 December 2011
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