COR 130B 1 - Rethinking the Border

Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3

Through the investigation of a contemporary social and/or environmental issue, the COR course serves as an introduction to the Dominican Catholic Intellectual Tradition where study, contemplation and action empower us to build a more just, compassionate, and sustainable world.  Integrating insights from several academic disciplines, students learn how scholars approach the issue, use Catholic Social Teaching and other spiritual and ethical wisdom to inspire and guide solutions, and work together for the common good. While examining the role played by beliefs and values in both the problem and the proposed solutions, students explore who they are, work together in dismantling the structures of injustice, and care for the Earth.

This course explores the role of immigrants and race in US history, the immigrant cultural experience that makes up the U.S., as well as the ways in which immigrants so often come under attack. Students will examine the role that religious practices have played in “welcoming the stranger” as they consider their role in creating a more just, compassionate and sustainable world. This course expands the traditional immigrant narrative, and looks to the long U.S.-Mexican border and its role as both a physical barrier and psychological reality throughout the country.

Offered Fall