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Immigration and Migration Studies Transcript Notation

The Immigration and Migration Studies Transcript Notation is ideal for students considering careers in law, public policy, social work, and other fields.

The Center for Global Migration Studies in the Department of History is excited to announce that the Immigration and Migration Studies Transcript Notation is now available! We are accepting applications. If you are interested in receiving the Transcript Notation or have any questions, please contact us at globalmigration@umd.edu.

What is Immigration and Migration Studies?

Migration has had and continues to have an incredible impact on the history of the United States and the world. Courses in Immigration and Migration studies examine how migration shapes the United States and the world from historical, political, cultural, and social perspectives and from multiple disciplines. Courses in immigration and migration studies are ideal for students interested in studying migration's effects on American society and institutions.

What is a transcript notation?

Students who complete the requirements below will have an "Immigration and Migration Studies" notation added to their official transcript. This is ideal for students considering careers in law, public policy, social work, and other fields.

About the Immigration and Migration Studies Transcript Notation

What are the requirements for the Immigration and Migration Studies Transcript Notation?

 

Completion of 12 credits of coursework with a grade of at least” C-” including IMMR200: “Introduction to Immigration and Migration Studies” or HIST222: “Immigration and Ethnicity in America” (or its equivalent) and a capstone course, IMMR400: “Immigrant Life Stories: A Practicum in Oral History.” The other two courses can be chosen from multiple disciplines. Click here for a list of immigration and migration related courses. Courses not listed may be selected as long as they are related to immigration and migration. To check whether a course is applicable, please e-mail globalmigration@umd.edu.

Attend at least two co-curricular activities sponsored by the Center. The Center puts on a number of activities each semester, which are published on our website or on our social media pages. These include special guest presentations, film screenings, reading groups, academic conferences, and community building activities.

Who can apply for the transcript notation?

Applications are on a rolling deadline from students who have sophomore status (or the equivalent in the Fall semester of the following year) and have a GPA of at least 3.0.

Immigration and Migration Studies Courses

Spring 2024

African American Studies
AASP398B – Selected Topics in the African Diaspora; Black Immigrants: Challenges and Impacts
AASP398G – Selected Topics in the African Diaspora; Gender, Labor and Racial Identities in Diaspora Communities
AASP398P – Selected Topics in the African Diaspora; Introduction to Pan–Africanism

Asian American Studies
AAST394 – Growing Up Asian American: The Asian Immigrant Family and the Second Generation

American Studies
AMST324 – Growing Up Asian American: The Asian Immigrant Family and the Second Generation
AMST328K – Perspectives on Identity and Culture; Gender, Labor and Racial Identities in Diaspora Communities

Anthropology
AMST328K – Perspectives on Identity and Culture; Gender, Labor and Racial Identities in Diaspora Communities

Art History
ARTH428C – Selected Topics in Art History; Visual Histories of the Black Atlantic
ARTH428X – Selected Topics in Art History; The Nomadic Artist in the Chinese Diaspora

Cinema and Media Studies
CINE329Z – Special Topics in National/International Cinemas; Cinema and Migration

English
ENGL329Y – Special Topics in Film Studies; A Cinema of Migration as Message

History
HIST221 – Asian American History
HIST222 – Immigration and Ethnicity in America
HIST465 – Oral History of Immigration

Immigration Studies
IMMR319D – Special Topics in Immigration and Migration Studies; Black Immigrants: Challenges and Impacts
IMMR394 – Growing Up Asian American: The Asian Immigrant Family and the Second Generation
IMMR399 – Internship in Immigration/Migration Studies

Latino/A Studies
USLT403 – Citizens, Refugees, and Immigrants

MLAW
MLAW358U – Selected Topics in Law and Society; The politics of Immigration

Fall 2023

African American Studies
AASP 398B – Black Immigrants: Challenges and Impacts
AASP 398G – Gender, Labor and Racial Identities in Diaspora Communities

Asian American Studies
AAST 394 – Growing Up Asian American: The Asian Immigrant Family and the Second Generation

American Studies
AMST 324 – Growing Up Asian American: The Asian Immigrant Family and the Second Generation
AMST 328K – Gender, Labor and Racial Identities in Diaspora Communities
AMST 498B – Revolutions and Diasporas

Comparative Literature
CMLT 235 – Black Diaspora Literature and Culture

History
HIST 106 – American Jewish Experience
HIST 466 – Immigration and Ethnicity in the US

Immigration Studies
IMMR 319D – Black Immigrants: Challenges and Impacts
IMMR 394 – Growing Up Asian American: The Asian Immigrant Family and the Second Generation
IMMR 399 – Internship in Immigration/Migration Studies

Jewish Studies
JWST 141 – American Jewish Experience

Latina/o Studies
USLT 498R – Revolutions and Diasporas

Spring 2023

African American Studies
AASP 398P – Selected Topics in the African Diaspora: Introduction to Pan-Africanism

Asian American Studies
AAST 394 – Growing Up Asian American: The Asian Immigrant Family and the Second Generation

American Studies
AMST 324 – Growing Up Asian American: The Asian Immigrant Family and the Second Generation
AMST 328R – Perspectives on Identity and Culture: Fugitives, Colonists, Refugees: African Diasporic Place-Making in the Americas

Anthropology
ANTH 441 – Anthropology of Diaspora

Comparative Literature
CMLT 235 – Black Diaspora Literature and Culture

English
ENGL 329Y – A Cinema of Migration as Message
ENGL 368A – Special Topics in African American, African, and African Diasporic Literatures: Black Religion and/in American Literature
ENGL 368A – Special Topics in African American, African, and African Diasporic Literatures: Race, Health, and Narrative

History
HIST 222 – Immigration and Ethnicity in America
HIST 419W – Special Topics in History: The African Side of the Black Diasporic Atlantic: People, Politics, and Faiths
HIST 465 – Oral History of Immigration

Immigration Studies
IMMR 399 – Internship in Immigration/Migration Studies
IMMR 400 – Vital Voices: Oral Histories of the Immigrant Experience

Jewish Studies
JWST 429 – Advanced Topics in Jewish Studies: Personal Stories of Migrations: (Re)Creating Communities Amidst Dramatic Change

Latina/o Studies
USLT 202 – U.S. Latina/o Studies II: A Contemporary Overview 1960s to Present

MLaw
MLAW 358T – Selected Topics in Law and Society: Tackling Trafficking: The Legal System's Response to Human Trafficking
MLAW 358U – Selected Topics in Law and Society: The Politics of Immigration Law

Fall 2022

African American Studies
AASP 310 – African Slave Trade
AASPT 398G – Selected Topics in the African Diaspora: Gender, Labor, and Racial Identities in Diasporic Communities

Asian American Studies
AAST 394 – Growing Up Asian American: The Asian Immigrant Family and the Second Generation

American Studies
AMST 324 – Growing Up Asian American: The Asian Immigrant Family and the Second Generation
AMST 328K – Selected Topics in the African Diaspora: Gender, Labor, and Racial Identities in Diasporic Communities

Anthropology
ANTH 264 – Immigration Policy, Immigrant Lives
ANTH 411 – Anthropology of Immigration and Health

Comparative Literature
CMLT 235 – Black Diaspora Literature and Culture

History
HIST 466 – Immigration and Ethnicity in the US

Israel Studies
IRSL 343 – Global Migration and the Israeli Case Study

Music
MUSC 260 – Music as Global Culture

Sociology
SOCY 398G – Global Migration and the Israeli Case Study 

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