HIST 381
The Legal History of Asian America Spring 2022
Division II Difference, Power, and Equity
Cross-listed AMST 381
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This course will focus on how certain legal structures have shaped the Asian American experience. We will examine the impact of the laws that are part of the anti-Chinese movement, the Chinese Exclusion Act, the incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII, school desegregation, citizenship cases, and other legal decisions that have influenced the development of Asian American history.
The Class: Format: lecture
Limit: 20
Expected: 15
Class#: 3667
Grading: no pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation: two-5- to 7-page essays, one final paper of 15 pages
Prerequisites: none, open to all students
Enrollment Preferences: If the class is over-enrolled, History majors will be given preference.
Distributions: Division II Difference, Power, and Equity
Notes: This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
HIST 381 Division II AMST 381 Division II
DPE Notes: This class will cover immigration law, civil rights law, and gender relations, all under the umbrella of legal decisions which determined the racial, class, and gender makeup of the Asian American population from the late-1800s to the present. In the Spring of 2022, History majors may take this course for 400-level seminar credit with permission from the instructor. The workload will be increased for those students.
Attributes: HIST Group F Electives - U.S. + Canada

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