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Course Schedule - Spring Semester 2020
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COLL 219 001 (CRN: 24143)
BORDER WALL
Long Title: BORDER WALL: STATUS AND SYMBOL OF AMERICAN BOUNDARIES (BAKER)
Department: College Courses
Instructor: Donatti, David
Meeting: 4:00PM - 5:00PM R (13-JAN-2020 - 24-APR-2020)
Part of Term: Full Term
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 1
Course Syllabus:
Course Materials: Rice Campus Store
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Undergraduate Professional
Visiting Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Section Max Enrollment: 19
Section Enrolled: 11
Enrollment data as of: 12-MAY-2025 8:23PM
Final Exam: No Final Exam
Final Exam Time:
29-APR-2020
2:00PM - 5:00PM W
Description: President Trump swept to power on a promise to “Build a Wall” and to deport the undocumented, and these promises and their fulfillment have dominated media and political attention for several years. The border is in “crisis,” the United States in a “state of emergency.” Taught by a civil rights lawyer, this course surveys the real and imagined elements of this crisis: patterns of and responses to contemporary migration, border enforcement and the militarization of border communities, the promises and failures of immigration courts and immigrant detention, and the goals, costs and efficacy of a border wall.