POL230 schedule

Important Dates

Wk01 (M, 8/24 - Su, 8/30): Classes begin F, 8/28

Wk02 (M, 8/31 - Su, 9/6): Introductions

Wk03 (M, 9/7 - Su, 9/13): Myths of Origins

Wk04 (M, 9/14 - Su, 9/20): 1820s - 1880s – Irish & Germans

Wk05 (M, 9/21 - Su, 9/27): 1830s - 1880s – Early Chinese & Mexican Immigration

Wk06 (M, 9/28 - Su, 10/4): 1880s - 1924 – Italians & Eastern European Jews

Wk07 (M, 10/5 - Su, 10/11): Closing Borders and Rise of Passports

Wk08 (M, 10/12 - Su, 10/18): MIDTERM EXAM

Wk09 (M, 10/19 - Su, 10/25): 1924 - 1965 – Immigration & Closed Door Period

Wk10 (M, 10/26 - Su, 11/1): Rebirth of Immigration & US Immigration System

Wk11 (M, 11/2 - Su, 11/8): Post-1965 Immigration

Wk12 (M, 11/9 - Su, 11/15): “Unauthorized” and DACA

Wk13 (M, 11/16 - Su, 11/22): Economics

Wk14 (M, 11/23 - Su, 11/29): Fall Break

Wk15 (M, 11/30 - Su, 12/6): Assimilation

Wk16 (M, 12/7 - Su, 12/13): The Second Gen

Wk17 - M, 12/14 – last day of classes