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Dec 13, 2024
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HIST 387 - Immigration and the Contested American Identity Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-C; Diversity An exploration into the evolving conversation about immigration in US History. Concentration on race, ethnicity, and notions of 100% Americanism, nativism and nationalism. Focus is on the era of exclusion post 1882.
Strongly Recommended Preparation: Upper division status (greater than 60 earned semester units) and completion of lower division Area C requirements. Prerequisites: Completion of GE Areas A1, A2, A3 and B4 with grade C- (CR) or better. Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely Online, or Hybrid. Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice). Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-UD-C - Upper Division Arts or Humanities, Overlay - Diversity Course Typically Offered: Fall ONLY
Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:
1. Discuss and analyze the concept of an “American identity”;
2. Explore the roots of exclusion from this identity by tracing the evolution of US immigration policy and the concept of the “illegal immigrant” since 1882;
3. Identify the integral and pivotal role of immigrant communities in the evolving notions of nationalism, patriotism and citizenship in the US;
4. Discuss the role of race, gender, wealth, sexuality and politics in the construction of federal and state immigration policy and in the culture of ethnically diverse communities;
5. Contextualize the contemporary conversation about immigration and refugees in the US by employing the historical roots of these conversations.
UD-C. Upper-division Arts or Humanities Learning Outcomes
- demonstrate an understanding of and ability to apply the principles, methodologies, value systems, and thought processes employed in the arts and humanities;
- analyze cultural production as an expression of, or reflection upon, what it means to be human; and
- demonstrate how the perspectives of the arts and humanities are used by informed, engaged, and reflective citizens to benefit local and global communities.
Diversity Overlay Learning Outcomes
- describe the histories and/or experiences of one or more U. S. cultural groups and the resilience and agency of group members;
- identify structures of oppression and the diverse efforts and strategies used by groups to combat the effects of oppressive structures;
- analyze the intersection of the categories of race and gender as they affect cultural group members’ lived realities and/or as they are embodied in personal and collective identities;
- recognize the way that multiple differences (including, for example, gender, class, sexuality, religion, disability, immigration status, gender expression, color/phenotype, racial mixture, linguistic expression, and/or age) within cultural groups complicate individual and group identities.
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