2009-2010 University Catalog

Immigration Studies Minor

Phone: 703-993-1178

Faculty

Cleaveland, Haines, Ihara, Leeman, Maloney, Rabin, Ritchie, Seligmann, Shutika (coordinator)

The minor in immigration studies combines perspectives from the humanities and social sciences to provide an interdisciplinary and comparative understanding of the immigrant experience, ethnic identity, assimilation, ethnic exclusion and conflict, and refugee situations.

This program of study is an interdisciplinary minor offered by the College of Humanities and Social Sciences .

For policies governing all minors, see the Academic Policies chapter of this catalog.

Course Work

Students pursuing this minor must take 15 credits with a minimum GPA of 2.00, distributed as follows:

One required course (3 credits):

ANTH 340 - Comparative Perspectives on Immigration Credits: 3

One course (3 credits) focused on ethnicity in the United States chosen from:

SOCI 308 - Racial and Ethnic Relations Credits: 3
HIST 418 - Ethnic Groups in America Credits: 3
ENGL 375 - Ethnic American Literature Credits: 3
ENGL 479 - Ethnicity and Immigration in Folklore Credits: 3

One course (3 credits) focused on global perspectives on migration and ethnicity chosen from:

ANTH 331 - Refugees Credits: 3
GOVT 445 - Human Rights Credits: 3
CONF 302 - Identity Conflicts and their Resolution Credits: 3

Two elective courses (6 credits) chosen from:

FRLN 385 - Multilingualism, Identity, and Power Credits: 3
NCLC 361 - Neighborhood, Community, and Identity Credits: 3-15
SOCI 332 - Sociology of Urban Communities Credits: 3
SPAN 430 - Spanish in the United States Credits: 3

Total: 15 credits

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