Citizenship: Who Belongs? Who Decides?

Undergraduate prerequisites: junior standing or consent of instructor. - This course explores the history of citizenship, migration, and border enforcement primarily in the US. We ask: who is entitled to citizenship, what justifies excluding people, what are rights and duties of citizenship, and what do societies owe refugees and asylum seekers? Effective Spring 2025, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU HUB areas: Ethical Reasoning Historical Consciousness.