HIST 136 - Immigration and Ethnic Relations in American History

Upper Division

Prerequisites
Students must have sophomore standing to enroll in upper-division courses.

A study of immigrant groups in the United States from early nationhood to the present, assessing their response to and impact upon American society. Topics discussed include the global context of migration to America, “colonized” vs. immigrant minorities, problems of adjustment and assimilation in comparative perspective, ethnic politics and culture, nativism and conflicts over citizenship, black migration to the North, and competing theories of American ethnic and race relations.

Core Curriculum Designation(s)
SHCU - Social, Historical, and Cultural Understanding; AD - American Diversity

Term Offered
Offered in alternate years.

Course credits: 1