Course Listings

2026 Spring > UGRD > AMST > AMST 405

The Immigrant Experience

Course #: AMST 405

Description:
Through letters, essays, autobiography, fiction, film, oral and written history, the course explores the historical and cultural issues raised by native-born Americans (Anglos) and immigrants (Aliens) who were involved during the late 19th and early 20th centuries in defining the sometimes agonizing process of becoming an American. Representative documents reveal a variety of conflicting views about the process and meaning of Americanization: from the defensive essays of Anglo-Saxon supremacists, through Jane Addams' sensitive witness of immigrant life, the letters, diaries and accounts of immigrants, and two works of immigrant fiction.
Pre Requisites:
Pre-req = Junior level standing and 2 AMST courses, or Permission of Instructor

Section Class Number Schedule/Time Instructor Location
01 7157 TuTh
12:30 - 1:45 pm
Negron,Marisol Wheatley-Peters W02-0125
Session: Regular
Class Dates: 01/26/2026 - 05/13/2026
Capacity: 24
Enrolled: 1
Status: Open
Credits: 3/3
Class Notes:
Pre Requisites: Pre-req = Junior level standing and 2 AMST courses, or Permission of Instructor
Course Attributes: United States