International Migration Studies Minor
Courses
For course descriptions not found in the 2006-2007 General
Catalog, please contact the department for more information.
ANLD 23. Debating Multiculturalism: Race, Ethnicity, and
Class in American Societies (4) (if
not taken as a required course above)
ANGN 100: Special Topics in Sociocultural Anthropology:
Migration and Society (4) (if not
taken as a required course above)
(Not offered in 2006-07) COHI 114. Bilingual Communication (4)
COHI 175. Advanced Topics: Communication and the Borderlands
(4)
COCU 164. Representing Race, Nation, and Violence in Multicultural
California (4)
COCU 175. Advanced Topics in Communication, Culture: A
Discussion of Migrant’s Survival Strategies in the Southwest
(4)
CO 175. Special Topics: Transnationalism and Globalization
(4) (proposed course)
ECON 114. Economics of Immigration (4)
ERC 101. Immigration, Ethnicity, and Identity in Contemporary
European Society (4)
ETHN 1A. Introduction to Ethnic Studies: Population Histories
of the United States (4)
(if not taken as a required course above)
ETHN 1B. Introduction to Ethnic Studies: Immigration and
Assimilation in American Life (4) (if
not taken as a required course above)
ETHN 116 . The United States-Mexico Border in Comparative
Perspective (4)
ETHN 118. Contemporary Immigration Issues (4)
ETHN 121. Contemporary Asian-American History (4)
ETHN 122. Asian-American Culture and Identity (4)
ETHN 123. Asian-American Politics (4)
ETHN 144. Bilingual Communities in the U.S.A. (4)
ETHN 151. Ethnic Politics in America (4)
ETHN 189. Special Topics: Chicana/Latina Identities (4)
ETHN 189. Special Topics: Comparative Vietnamese and Filipino
American Identities and Communities (4)
ETHN 189. Special Topics: Work and Family in Immigrant
Communities (4)
HILD 7A. Race and Ethnicity in the United States (4)
(if not taken as a required course above)
HILD 7B. Race and Ethnicity in the United States (4)
(if not taken as a required course above)
HILD 7C. Race and Ethnicity in the United States (4) (if
not taken as a required course above)
HIUS 124. Asian-American History (4)
HIUS 140. Economic History of the United States I (4)
HIUS 141. Economic History of the United States II (4)
HIUS 167. Topics in Mexican-American History (4)
HIUS 180. Immigration and Ethnicity in Modern American
Society (4)
LTAM 100. Latino/a Cultures in the United States (4)
LTAM 105. Gender and Sexuality in Latino/a Cultural Production
(4)
LTAM 106. Modern Chicana and Mexican Women Writings (4)
LTAM 107. Comparative Latino/a and U.S. Ethnic Cultures
(4)
LTAM 109. Cultural Production of the Latino/a Diasporas
(4)
LTSP 150A. Early Latino/a-Chicano/a Cultural Production:
1848 to 1960 (4)
LTSP 150B. Contemporary Latino/a-Chicano/a Cultural Production:
1960 to Present (4)
LTSP 151 . Topics in Chicano/a-Latino/a Cultures (4)
LTSP 177. Literary and Historical Migrations (4)
LTEN 178. Comparative Ethnic Literature (4)
LTEN 181. Asian-American Literature (4)
POLI 100H. Race and Ethnicity in American Politics (4)
POLI 150A: Politics of Immigration (4)
(if not taken as a required course above)
SOC B 114. Culture and Ethnicity (4)
SOC B 125. Sociology of Immigration (4) (if not taken as a required course above)
SOC C 139. Social Inequality: Class, Race, and Gender
(4)
SOC C 140F. Law and Workplace (4)
SOC D 151. Comparative Race and Ethnic Relations (4)
THHS 111. Hispanic-American Dramatic Literature (4)
USP 135. Asian and Latina Immigrant Workers in the Global
Economy (4)
TRACK B: FIELD RESEARCH OR INTERNSHIP
Students choosing this track will receive intensive training in
field research methods appropriate for studying international
migration
and then conduct field research in immigrant communities or do
an academic internship in a local immigrant/refugee service-providing
organization.
(A) Field Research Methods, Practicum, and Data Analysis
Students who choose this option will take the following three-course
sequence:
Political Science 181A. Field Research Methods for Migration
Studies (Fall Quarter)
Political Science 181B. Field Research Practicum (Winter
Quarter)
Political Science 181C. Data Analysis/Write-up (Spring
Quarter)
These courses provide students with field research methods
training and allow them to go to Mexico for three weeks to conduct
research in a rural community that sends migrant workers to the
United States. Students will also analyze and write up the collected
data. Participants must be proficient in Spanish.
(B) Independent
Field Research
Students who choose this option are required to take
one upper-division research-methods course from the following:
ETHN
190. Studying Racial and Ethnic Communities
SOC 104. Field Research–Participant Observation
SOC 108A. Survey Research
Design
Students will complete the remaining sixteen units of the research
track for this minor through a combination of courses from the
list under Track A and
by
completing one or two “199: Independent Studies” courses (four
units each), in order to pursue a field research project with a faculty member.
They
will be required to conduct field research in a local immigrant community and
write a substantial research paper based on this research.
(C) Internship
Students who choose this option are required to
take one upper-division research-methods course from the following:
ETHN 190. Studying Racial and Ethnic Communities
SOC 104. Field Research–Participant Observation
SOC 108A. Survey Research Design
Students will then do an academic internship in a nongovernmental
organization or government agency that serves immigrants or refugees
in the San Diego/Tijuana
area. Internships for up to eight units will be arranged by the UCSD Academic
Internship Program (AIP). The remaining units needed to complete the minor
will consist of courses from the list under Track A. |