Students work in groups to prepare answers to discussion questions and then lead the class in a discussion of those questions. Students will write a variety of documents. Students will understand quantitative problems. Students will be able to use a computer. Essays and final projects are expected to be word processed.
Students are willing to receive information and respond to it.
Students will engage in both formal and informal responses to the literature. Students develop values, organize them into systems, and apply those systems to their private and public lives. Students are given space to explore issues in immigration literature at their own distance. Students in this course are not required to respond personally from their own stance as immigrants or refugees. Personal connections to the readings are welcomed, but not required or elicited specifically as part of the course content.