Overview
Description
Analysis of historical and contemporary migration and the long-term consequences throughout the world and with a particular focus on the United States.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall - Odd Years
Terms
fall
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- identify different factors that lead to migration as well as the types of migration.
- describe, interpret, and critique the main migration arguments and theories of incorporation.
- explain the varied experiences of first and second generation (the children of immigrants) immigrants and immigrant communities.
- describe the history of American immigration policy.
- demonstrate an understanding of how immigration and immigration policy relate to national identities, citizenship, and racial formations.
- communicate diverse theoretical frameworks that draw on a rich body of sociological scholarship on immigration through class discussion and writing assignments.