HIST 281

Fall 2025 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Aug 25-Dec 10

Constructing Race in America

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Credit: 3 hours.

Interdisciplinary examination of the historical, cultural, and social dimensions of race and ethnicity in the United States. Explores the complex and intricate pursuit of multiracial and multicultural democracy.

Same as AAS 281, AFRO 281, and LLS 281.

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

Cultural Studies - US Minority

Humanities – Hist & Phil

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HIST 281 class schedule data for fall 2025
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
71408	Discussion/ Recitation	AD1	9:00AM -9:50AM	F	223 David Kinley Hall	Burgos, A 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.
71412	Discussion/ Recitation	AD2	1:00PM -1:50PM	F	1038 Literatures, Cultures, & Ling	Burgos, A 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.
71416	Discussion/ Recitation	AD3	11:00AM -11:50AM	F	326 David Kinley Hall	Burgos, A 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.
75265	Discussion/ Recitation	AD4	11:00AM -11:50AM	F	1128 Literatures, Cultures, & Ling	Burgos, A 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.
75267	Discussion/ Recitation	AD5	1:00PM -1:50PM	W	221 Gregory Hall	Burgos, A 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.
75268	Discussion/ Recitation	AD6	2:00PM -2:50PM	W	389 Education Building	Burgos, A 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.
70105	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.