HIST 250 - The Immigrant Experience

Credit(s): 3
3 hours lecture, 3 hours contact
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 111.
This course broadly examines the history of immigration in American history since the colonial period. Special attention will be paid to issues surrounding race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, and religion. The course will examine questions of inclusion and exclusion, resistance and accommodation, and the image of the U.S. as a diverse and plural nation coupled with the desire for assimilation.