Immigrant New York
Schools of Public Engagement: Global, Urban, & Environmental
CRN: 15899
Credits: 4
For nearly 400 years, New York has been a city of arrival and settlement for immigrants. The Statue of Liberty stands in New York harbor, a beacon that has welcomed millions of persons to the City. Today, about one-third of the City's residents are foreign-born. Unlike other cities with large numbers of foreign-born, no one immigrant group dominates: the top ten source countries constitute just over half of the immigrant population in New York—led by the Dominican Republic, China, Mexico, and Jamaica. All this contributes to a remarkable diversity for which the City is justly renowned. In this course we will review (briefly) the history of immigration to New York and examine a number of issues facing immigrant populations, such as work, education and legal status. We will focus on several of the major immigrant groups and neighborhoods in the City. A requirement of the course will be a research project with a community-based organization working with immigrant populations, which will be arranged by the instructors.
College: Schools of Public Engagement (NS)
Department: Global, Urban, & Environmental (GLUE)
Campus: New York City (GV)
Course Format: Seminar (R)
Modality: In-Person
Max Enrollment: 9
Add/Drop Deadline: September 9, 2024 (Monday)
Online Withdrawal Deadline: November 17, 2024 (Sunday)
Seats Available: Yes
Status: Closed*
* Status information is updated every few minutes. The status of this course may have changed since the last update. Open seats may have restrictions that will prevent some students from registering. Updated: 8:52am EDT 10/15/2024