SOCI 339 - Immigration

4 Hour(s) Credit
The U.S. is a nation of immigrants and recent decades have seen a large upsurge in international migration to the United States, particularly from the Western Hemisphere and Asia. Focuses on explanations for this still-emerging process, as well as its impacts and implications for: the changing demographic make-up of the country (e.g., Hispanics/Latinos as the largest minority group), the labor force and economy, receiving and sending communities, adaptation and incorporation, education and health, and politics and policy debates.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Meets General education IIIB or IIIc.