Courses Focused on Economic and Social Factors in International Migration

POLI 248. Special Topics in International Relations
(Same as IRGN 290) This seminar is an examination of the different approaches to the study of international relations. Issues and research areas will vary each time the course is offered. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of instructor. This advanced seminar will focus on attempts to use economic theory in comparative and American politics. The micro foundations of macro models will be stressed.

IRGN 490. Special Topics in Pacific International Affairs. US-Mexican Border Issues
A seminar course at an advanced level on a special topic in Pacific international affairs. May be repeated for credit.

ETHN 255. Diaspora, Migration, and Return in the Post-Fordist Age
This course studies the relationship between the transnational economy, new technologies, and mass migration in the contemporary world.

ETHN 260. Transnationalism and Borderlands: The Local and Global
This course critically reviews the analytical frameworks of transnationalism and borderlands. The goals are to assess traditional and current social science practice on immigration, identity, and community studies, and to understand how diverse peoples engage and participate in global processes.

ETHN 118. Contemporary Immigration Issues
This course examines the diversity of today's immigrants-their social origins and contexts of exit and their adaptation experiences and contexts of incorporation.

ETHN 134. Immigration and Ethnicity in Modern American Society
Comparative study of immigration and ethnic-group formation in the United States from 1880 to the present. Topics include immigrant adaptation, competing theories about the experiences of different ethnic groups, and the persistence of ethnic attachments in modern American society. Requirements will vary for undergraduate, M.A., and Ph.D. students. Graduate students may be required to submit a more substantial piece of work. (Cross-listed with HIUS 180.) Prerequisites: upper-division standing and department stamp.

Courses Focused on Immigration Policy

POLI 236. Immigration Policy and Politics
An interdisciplinary seminar covering origins, consequences, and characteristics of worker migration from Third World countries (especially Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean basin) to the United States, from the nineteenth century to the present.

IRGN 490. Special Topics in Pacific International Affairs. Immigration and Immigration Policy
A seminar course at an advanced level on a special topic in Pacific international affairs. May be repeated for credit.

POLI 150. Politics of Immigration
Comparative analysis of attempts by the United States, Western Europe, and Japan to initiate, regulate and reduce immigration from Third World countries. Social and economic factors shaping outcomes of immigration policies, public opinion toward immigrants, anti-immigration movements, and immigration policy reform options in industrialized countries.

Courses Focused on Latin American International Migration

COHI 175. Topics in Communication: Scientific Communication
This course examines the processes of communication between scientists, the writing of scientific papers, and communicating science to both government agencies (for example environmental bodies) and the wider public (through popularizing books, school textbooks and so forth). Students will be encouraged to follow a particular scientific controversy over the course of the term. Prerequisites: COHI 100 or consent of instructor

ETHN 189. Special Topics in Ethnic Studies. May Include:
Filipino & Mexican American Community
Chicana/Latina Identities
Work and Family in Immigrant Communities
A reading and discussion course that explores special topics in ethnic studies. Themes will vary from quarter to quarter; therefore, course may be repeated for credit.

HIUS 180. Immigration and Ethnicity in Modern American Society
(Same as ETHN 134) Comparative study of immigration and ethnic-group formation in the United States from 1880 to the present. Topics include immigrant adaptation, competing theories about the experiences of different ethnic groups, and the persistence of ethnic attachments in modern American society. Prerequisite: upper-division standing.

HIUS 186. History of Los Angeles
This course will be a thematic examination of special topics in the history of Los Angeles. Special attention will be paid to weaving together issues of ethnicity, gender, politics, and the environment. Graduate students are expected to submit a more substantial piece of work. Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.

IRGN 490. Special Topics in Pacific International Affairs. International Political Economy and US-Mexican Border
A seminar course at an advanced level on a special topic in Pacific international affairs. May be repeated for credit.

LTSP 177. Literary and Historical Migrations
This course will focus on a variety of Latin American and/or Spanish intra- and inter-national migrations throughout the world and on the literature produced by these exiles or immigrants. Repeatable for credit as topics, texts, and historical periods vary.