Dates & Times:
July 1 - August 8, 2013
Wednesdays & Thursdays
4 p.m. - 7 p.m.

Overview
Analyzes history and meaning of race in America. Interdisciplinary, including fiction, philosophy, historic documents, laws, and popular culture. Focus on Native American, African American, Asian American, and Latino experiences. Topics include Indian removal policies, slavery, creation of "whiteness," eugenics, immigration exclusion laws, 1960s civil rights movements, and contemporary meanings of race. General Education: Fulfills Perspectives on Diversity AND Upper Level Writing (after ENG 111). Also fulfills Ethics & Social Justice OR Historical Perspectives. For students entering prior to September, 2010:.US History, Civilization Culture requirement. Upper level writing(after ENG111). Multicultural requirement. Intermediate.

Faculty:
Joyce Hope Scott, Associate Professor of American Studies, Wheelock College