Courses

Graduate and Undergraduate courses 
on Immigration

Faculty in many schools and departments on the New Brunswick campus of Rutgers teach courses that explore different aspects of migration.

Current Courses for Spring 2013

Immigration and Public Policy (NB) 3 credits
37:575:320
Topics: Labor Studies, School of Management and Labor Relations
SAS Core Code: 21st Century Challenges (21C)
Professor Janice Fine

Drawing upon political science, history, labor economies, sociology, public policy, geography, law and anthropology literatures, this course will explore the phenomenon of immigration to the United States in the twenty-first century with a focus on low wage work and public policy.

Law and the Latino Community (NB) 3 Credits
01:595:370
Subject: Latino and Hispanic Caribbean Studies, School of Arts and Sciences
Professor Cartagena

Focus on the legal struggle of the Latino community to achieve equality in the United States. Analyzes organization of migrant workers, immigration laws, bilingual education, and the Latino struggle for equal representation in government.

Past Courses

Other Courses, Not Currently Offered

The Republic and the Melting Pot: Immigration and Integration in Contemporary France (NB)
Department: 420
Course: 251
Subject Area: French
Campus: New Brunswick
School: Arts and Sciences

Immigration Case (NB)
Department: 685
476
Middle Eastern Studies
New Brunswick
Arts and Sciences

Immigration Policy and Health (NB)
762
476

Planning and Public Policy
New Brunswick
Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy

Immigration Policy and Health (Case) (NB)
762
477

Planning and Public Policy
New Brunswick
Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy

IMMIGRATION POL HLTH (NB)
832
476

Public Health
New Brunswick
Arts and Sciences
Facts and controversies surrounding immigration. Legislative history, urban and public health impacts, racial implications.

History of American Immigration (NK)
512
330

American History
Newark
Arts and Sciences

Latino Politics in the United States
595
329

Latino and Hispanic Caribbean Studies
New Brunswick
Arts and Sciences
Political organization of Latino communities in the northeastern United States since World War II. Role of Latinos in shaping U.S. domestic and foreign policy; the impact of immigration and language policies on political organization.

Law and the Latino Community
595
370

Latino and Hispanic Caribbean Studies
New Brunswick
Arts and Sciences
Focus on the legal struggle of the Latino community to achieve equality in the United States. Analyzes organization of migrant workers, immigration laws, bilingual education, and the Latino struggle for equal representation in government.

Latin American Social History
508
368 History
New Brunswick
Arts and Sciences
Impact of economic development, immigration, and urbanization on lower- and middle-class life in the 19th and 20th centuries through literary and anthropological as well as historical sources.

The Forging of Modern America, 1880-1920
512
304 American History
New Brunswick
Arts and Sciences
Political reform movements against the background of industrial development, urbanization, and immigration in the United States from 1880 to 1920.

Ethnicity in American History
512
416 American History
New Brunswick
Arts and Sciences
Immigration and ethnicity from colonial times to the present: the migration process, adjustment, cultural persistence, and the changing meaning and manifestations of ethnicity in American society. The rise of the political machine, political reform, ethnic politics, social class and local politics, and changes in governmental structure.

The Forging of Modern America
512
304American History
New Brunswick
Arts and Sciences
Political reform movements against the background of industrial development, urbanization, and immigration in the United States from 1880 to 1920.

Immigrant Minorities in the United States
920
435

Sociology
New Brunswick
Arts and Sciences
Study of migrations to the United States and their impact; detailed consideration of pluralist versus assimilationist hypotheses about the effects of immigration; effects of ethnicity on U.S. culture. Case study materials on various ethnic Americans.

The Republic and the Melting Pot: Immigration and Integration in Contemporary France
420
251

French
New Brunswick
Arts and Sciences
An exploration of the tensions at work in Fifth Republic France between abstract universal definitions of equality and lived social, economic, and juridical disparities, with emphasis on the experience of non-European populations labeled as “immigrant.”

Israeli Culture
563
310

Jewish Studies
New Brunswick
Arts and Sciences
Formation of modern Israeli culture since the beginning of Zionist immigration to Palestine; its historical, social, literary, and artistic expressions.

Jewish Immigrant Experience
563
375

Jewish Studies
New Brunswick
Arts and Sciences
Modern Jewish immigrant experience, focusing on European and Middle Eastern communities resettled in America, Israel, and Europe.

Religion in American History
840
319

Religion
New Brunswick
Arts and Sciences
Colonial patterns of established churches, revivalism, deism, and separation of church and state; denominational growth and immigration; effects of urban development, evolutionary thought, and social reform.

Immigrant States: Jersey’s Global Routes 
Decena and Rodriguez
050, 595, 920, 988
271, 271, 271, 271,

Latino and Hispanic Caribbean Studies, Sociology, Women’s and Gender Studies
New Brunswick
Arts and Sciences
New Jersey as one of the top immigrant destinations in the US, yet also one of the most ethnically and racially segregated states. Analysis of how and why racial/ethnic differences shape a person’s experiences of and perspectives on the world locally, nationally, and internationally.

Latinos and Migration
Berg
595, 836
298, 298

Anthropology,  Latino and Hispanic Caribbean Studies
New Brunswick
Arts and Sciences
Open to second and third year students only.Historical and contemporary experiences of Latinos and Latin Americans with migration to/from the US and migration within the US. Development of regional, national, and transnational practices. Emphasis on causes and experience of migration.

Immigrant Workers Rights
Fine
575, 595
320, 312

Labor Studides
New Brunswick
School of Management and Labor Relations
Immigration and immigrant workers in American society; history; current legal rights; related public policy issues; immigrants in unions and community organizations.