Class Meet |
Module |
Topic |
Required Reading and BS Quizzes |
Assignments |
| 1/24 |
0, 1
In-class
|
Introduction to the Course; Introduction to the Financial System |
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| 1/31 |
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Quizzes 1 and 2 |
|
| 2/7 |
2
In-class |
The Roots of Migration:
History of US involvement in Central America and the roots of migration |
Read Aviva Chomsky |
|
| 2/14 |
|
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Quiz 3 |
|
| 2/21 |
3
In-class |
Immigrant Experiences in Transit:
The Land of Open Graves, immigrant experiences in transit |
Read De Leon
Watch Io Capitan! |
|
| 2/27 |
|
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Quiz 4 |
Book Report on Chomsky/ De Leon |
| 2/28 |
4
In-class |
Migration Finance:
Why people migrate and how; Present Value; Discounting
Talk by Dr. Kimberley Wilson |
|
|
| 3/7 |
4
In-class |
Migration Finance: the role of finance before and during the migrant journey
Migrant Journey Report presentations
Talk by Ms. Leslie Kraut |
|
Migrant Journey Report and Presentations |
| 3/14 |
|
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Quiz 5 |
|
| 3/15 |
5 |
Leave for Mexico |
|
|
| 3/23 |
5 |
Return from Mexico |
|
|
| 4/4 |
6
In-class |
Intro to Capital Budgeting
Analyzing the data and discussion |
|
Mexico Migrant Shelter Report |
| 4/11 |
|
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Queens Communitypoint Report |
| 4/25 |
7
In-class |
Migration, Communities and Finance:
Presentations and Team Work on Capital Budgeting Project |
|
|
| 5/2 |
In-class |
Presentations and Wrap-up |
Quiz 6
Talk by Miguel Vivar |
Capital Budgeting Project: Evaluation of the Migration Decision |
