LSP 2252 - Immigrant Ithaca

(crosslisted) AMST 2252 HIST 2252  
(HA-AS) (CU-CEL)     
Spring. 4 credits. Letter grades only.

Permission of instructor required. Enrollment limited to: 15 undergraduates.

M. C. Garcia.

This engaged learning course allows students to combine community service with academic learning. Students will learn about the post-1965 immigration to the United States, and especially to Ithaca and upstate New York. We will examine the reasons for migration, the policies that facilitated entry, and the particular needs of immigrant populations in the local setting. Because this course is a seminar there is a strong emphasis on the discussion of the weekly readings, and class participation weighs heavily in the assessment of the final grade. A key component of this course is the community service project. In consultation with the professor, students will identify and work on individual service projects in the local community and must agree to commit a minimum of 3-4 hours per week to their project. In the past, students have worked with a number of local organizations including the Immigrant Services Program at Catholic Charities; the Tompkins County Living Wage Coalition & Workers' Rights Center; the BOCES ESL Program; the Translator Program; and the Cornell Friends of the Farmworkers.



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