May 16, 2025  
Fall 2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
Fall 2025 Undergraduate Catalog

AFS 393 - The Caribbean Immigrants in the United States: Dreams and Realities


This course analyzes the forces that shape Caribbean migration to the United States and the pressures that are exerted upon the immigrants to fit into the United States’ social structure. It also explores the immigrants’ responses to these pressures as they choose among the following possibilities: total assimilation into the ranks of the existing ethnic and racial minority groups, multicultural identity, and transnational identity.

3 credits

Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior Standing

DEC: K

SBC: SBS+, USA