Image of a U.S. naturalization ceremony. (Image courtesy of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. J. Phillip Thompson
Prof. Alethia Jones
MIT Course Number
11.947
As Taught In
Spring 2005
Level
Graduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
This course provides an introduction to the issues of immigrants, planning, and race. It identifies the complexities and identities of immigrant populations emerging in the United States context and how different community groups negotiate that complexity. It explores the critical differences and commonalities between immigrant and non-immigrant communities, as well as how the planning profession does and should respond to those differences. Finally, the course explores the intersection of immigrant communities' formation and their interactions with African Americans and the idea of race in the United States.