CSP 1 California (Im)migration Semester

This course offers students the opportunity to analyze the sociohistoric, legal, and cultural tensions surrounding various (im)migrant communities in California. Students will explore the various waves of (im)migration across time to understand the diverse communities of California. Students will also build critical and interpretive capacities through the examination of state policies, statistics, and various historical and empirical studies. Additionally, through the construction and revision of several expository and research-based writings on immigration, students will hone their writing, argumentation, and presentation skills.

The California Immigration Semester meets not only the Fall CSP requirement, but provides 16 units of credit—a full semester's course load—while meeting the Core U.S. Diversity and Global Connections distribution requirements and providing coursework that can potentially be applied toward majors in Spanish, CTSJ, and Sociology.  This program is ideally suited for students interested in the social sciences or humanities, or for anyone interested in immigration within the United States and California specifically.