Faculty First Year Seminars 191HIS16 - Learnng Philippine & Filipino

Fall
2024
01
1.00
Richard Chu

W 2:30PM 3:20PM

UMass Amherst
37240
Elm Room 226
rtchu@umass.edu
Featuring both documentary and feature films, this course takes the students through the history of the Philippines and the Filipino diaspora. Through the videos, students will learn about the history of Spanish, American, and Japanese colonization of the Philippines, the history of migration of Filipinos to the US, as well as contemporary social, economic, and political issues facing the Philippines and Filipinos in the diaspora (including those in the US).

First-year (R1ST)

Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.