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Course Schedule - Spring Semester 2023
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FWIS 182 001 (CRN: 24244)
BORDER POLITICS
Long Title: BORDER POLITICS: MIGRATIONS AND THE MEANING OF THE NATION
Department: First-Year Writing Intensive
Instructor: Rast, Hubert
Meeting: 11:00AM - 11:50AM MWF (9-JAN-2023 - 21-APR-2023)
Part of Term: First Year Writing
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 3
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: 16
Section Enrolled: 16
Enrollment data as of: 17-APR-2025 8:10PM
Final Exam: No Final Exam
Final Exam Time:
30-APR-2023
2:00PM - 5:00PM U
Description: In the midst of a global climate and migration crisis, the safeguarding of borders has become an increasingly contentious issue worldwide. In this course we will explore the perilousness of the human condition, as experienced in the crossing of real and imaginary borders, and in the traumatic loss of homeland and self.