Units: 5
Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour; extra reading, 3 hours; outside research, 2 hours; term paper, 3 hours; written work, 3 hours
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Prerequisites: SOC 001 or SOC 001H
Description: Ex- amines two waves of Asian immigration: the late nine- teenth- and early twentieth-century immigrations from China, Japan, and the Philippines; and the post-1965 “new immigration” from Southeast Asia, Korea, and other parts of Asia. Considers causes of immigration, adaptation of Asians to the United States, and society’s reactions to their presence.
Credit: Credit is awarded for only one of SOC 136 or SOC 136S.