AAS 281

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Constructing Race in America

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Credit: 3 hours.

Same as AFRO 281, HIST 281, and LLS 281. See HIST 281.

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria in Fall 2022 for:

Humanities – Hist & Phil

Cultural Studies - US Minority

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AAS 281 class schedule data for fall 2025
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
71409	Discussion/ Recitation	AD1	9:00AM -9:50AM	F	223 David Kinley Hall	Lopez, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/25-12/10/25 Degree Notes: Humanities - Hist & Phil, and Cultural Studies - US Minority course.
71413	Discussion/ Recitation	AD2	1:00PM -1:50PM	F	1038 Literatures, Cultures, & Ling	Hirsch, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/25-12/10/25 Degree Notes: Humanities - Hist & Phil, and Cultural Studies - US Minority course.
71417	Discussion/ Recitation	AD3	11:00AM -11:50AM	F	326 David Kinley Hall	Hirsch, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/25-12/10/25 Degree Notes: Humanities - Hist & Phil, and Cultural Studies - US Minority course.
75269	Discussion/ Recitation	AD4	11:00AM -11:50AM	F	1128 Literatures, Cultures, & Ling	Lopez, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/25-12/10/25 Degree Notes: Humanities - Hist & Phil, and Cultural Studies - US Minority course.
75272	Discussion/ Recitation	AD5	1:00PM -1:50PM	W	221 Gregory Hall	Lopez, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/25-12/10/25 Degree Notes: Humanities - Hist & Phil, and Cultural Studies - US Minority course.
75275	Discussion/ Recitation	AD6	2:00PM -2:50PM	W	389 Education Building	Hirsch, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/25-12/10/25 Degree Notes: Humanities - Hist & Phil, and Cultural Studies - US Minority course.
70106	Lecture-Discussion	AL1	11:00AM -11:50AM	MW	134 Temple Hoyne Buell Hall	Burgos, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/25-12/10/25 Degree Notes: Humanities - Hist & Phil, and Cultural Studies - US Minority course. Section Info: Topic: This introductory survey course on the social construction of race in the United States examines how various conceptions and interpretations of racial difference have changed over time in U.S. history and the ways these differences meshed with social inequalities. Specifically, we explore the ways the color line had a profound impact on everyday life. Through readings, lectures, discussion, and writing assignments, we will engage the construction of race through the realm of the law, culture, and immigration policy. We will interrogate how race was made real (and continues to be) in immigration policy, determining who was/is permitted to enter the United States as an immigrant at various historical moments, whether they were permitted to naturalize as “free white persons,” and their treatment once in U.S. society. Indeed, although it is socially constructed, race remains a very real lived experience then as now.