Immigration Studies Minor

The course considers the principles of nutrition and its applications. It has been designed so as to provide the necessary information to allow the student to make informed decisions with regard to nutritional well-being. It prompts the student to learn more about themselves, their diet and the maintenance of good health. It also serves to raise awareness of topical nutrition issues. Pre-requisite BIO 110 and 111 or permission of instructor. (Fall). (3 Credits)

An introduction to the factors that influence communication among individuals of different subcultures. Both theoretical and practical problems of intercultural communication are analyzed. Prerequisites: ENG 111 (Spring) (3 Credits)

This course explores the history and constructs of race and ethnicity from interpersonal and intercultural communication points of view and examines the intersections of race and ethnicity within the contexts of globalization, media, and popular culture. Prerequisites: COM 201 (Fall). (3 Credits)

Study of poetic and narrative works representing distinct Latino groups. Texts are examined within their socio-political and historical contexts. Latino/a writers bring together the Hispanic and U.S. literary traditions and provide a new literary perspective based on their history, migratory experience, and cultural diversity. Issues such as race, class, and gender, as well as ethnic and national identity, are thoroughly examined. Prerequisite: ENG 112 or ENG 210. (3 Credits)

Courses taught under this heading focus on the way social relations of power are constructed in and by cultural practices and the workings and consequences of those relations and practices. These courses examine through verbal and non-verbal texts what seems natural and familiar in order to unmask these representations and to critically examine the implications of these cultural practices in everyday life. Prerequisite: ENG 112 or ENG 210. (3 Credits)

This course uses a holistic cultural perspective to describe and explain the interplay of biological and contextual influences on the physical, cognitive, and social-emotional development of children and adolescents of diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural background. To that end, the course presents a review of cultural groups and the way a range of formative contextual experiences including socio-economic status, minority status, immigration status intersects to shape individual development. Prerequisite: PSY 281 (3 credits)

Study of sociological perspectives in minority- majority relations; assimilation ideologies; dynamics of prejudice and discrimination; biological, historical and sociological data on race; survey of American minorities. (3 Credits)

A comprehensive examination of race, class and gender as central categories of social experience. A variety of sociological approaches are integrated to analyze how these differences in identities and accompanying inequalities are constructed within social institutions and processes. (3 Credits)

Content to be determined each semester by the Department as requested by faculty and/or students to fill specified needs or interests. Prerequisite: SPA 204 or equivalent or according to placement test. (3 credits)

This elective course is designed to help students develop social work knowledge and skills specifically related to working with refugees and immigrants. Examined are the multiple factors affecting refugees and immigrants at an individual, family, group, organizational and community level. Students are introduced to relevant social work practice approaches specific to these vulnerable populations within the current social, political and economic context. Pre/Corequisite: SW 340. (3 Credits)

This course examines the fundamental relation of the Catholic faith and cultural pluralism. It reviews the historical response of the church to culture and faith issues. It looks at the contemporary experience from a global perspective as well as in the U.S. context. Prerequisite: THE 201. (3 Credits)

A comprehensive examination of U.S. immigration policies. Emphasis on issues of exclusion, inclusion, and segregation; the impact of immigration policies on the life-chances of immigrants and their descendants; assimilation theories; and, data collection techniques pertaining to immigrant work, education, and healthcare. Prerequisite: Junior or senior status or permission of instructor. (3 Credits)

This course is an examination of Florida’s social and multicultural history, with an emphasis on demographic growth and change in modern Florida and its impacts on the state. Major themes include the origins, development, impact, and interactions and conflicts among different population and cultural groups in Florida history, including immigrant groups from the Caribbean and Latin America. Prerequisite: ENG 111 (3 credits)

Courses taught under this heading focus on the distinctive social, political, cultural, linguistic and historical experiences of ethnic groups in the United States. These courses explore through verbal and non-verbal texts the ways places are represented as home, exile, or myth and how these representations affect the sense of self, gender, family, community, history, memory and nationalism. Additionally, special topics courses taught in this category include those grounded in postcolonial theory, i.e., examining texts as an assertion of power against colonialism and as agencies for exploring experimental or alternative forms of artistic expressions. Prerequisite: ENG 112 or ENG 210. (3 credits)