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Apr 06, 2026
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HIST 387 - Immigration and the Contested American Identity
Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-3; Diversity; US-1, US-3
Exploration of the history of immigration into the US, and how federal law and state politics have shaped our current debates. Focus on the era of exclusion: evolving concepts of race and ethnicity, notions of 100% Americanism, nativism and nationalism.
Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-UD-3 - Upper-Division Arts or Humanities (Humanities); Diversity; US-1, US-3
Prerequisites: Completion of GE Areas 1A, 1B, 1C and GE-2 with grade C- (CR) or better (GE Areas A1, A2, A3 and B4 for students on the 2024-25 or earlier catalogs).
Strongly Recommended Preparation: Upper division status (greater than 60 earned semester units) and completion of lower division Area 3 requirements (lower division Area C requirements for students on the 2024-25 or earlier catalogs).
Possible Instructional Methods: Hybrid or Online-Asynchronous.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Course Typically Offered: Fall ONLY
Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:
- Discuss and analyze the concept of an “American identity”;
- Explore the roots of exclusion from this identity by tracing the evolution of US immigration policy, constitutional law, California State constitutions and legal structures, and the concept of the “illegal immigrant”;
- Identify the integral and pivotal role of immigrant communities in the evolving notions of nationalism, patriotism and citizenship in the US;
- Discuss the role of race, gender, wealth, sexuality and politics in the construction of federal and state (CA) immigration policy and in the culture of ethnically diverse communities;
- Contextualize the contemporary conversation about immigration and refugees in the US by employing the historical roots of these conversations.
GE-UD-3. Upper-division Arts or Humanities Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate an understanding of and ability to apply principles, methodologies, values 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.
- Demonstrate how the perspectives of the arts or humanities are used by informed, engaged, and reflective citizens to benefit local and global communities.
US-1. U.S. History Learning Outcomes
- Explain the causes and consequences of major historical events in a period of at least a hundred years of U.S. history.
- Describe the contributions of major social movements and ethnic groups in a period of at least a hundred years of U.S. history.
US-3. California Government Learning Outcomes
- Describe the similarities and differences between the California Constitution and the U.S. Constitution.
- Describe the historical and/or contemporary relationship between California and the federal government.
- Describe how communities in California solve problems through political processes at various levels of government.
Diversity Overlay Learning Outcomes
- Describe the histories, experiences or views of one or more cultural groups.
- Analyze the overlap or intersection of social identities of oneself and/or other cultural groups (e.g., culture, gender, class, sexuality, religion, disability, immigration status, and/or age).
- Examine the impact of their own identity on their experiences with and/or views of other cultural groups.
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