Catalogue 2005-06

• USC College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
• American Studies and Ethnicity
  • Undergraduate Degrees
    • African American Studies
    • Asian American Studies
    • Chicano/Latino Studies
    • Minor in American Popular Culture
    • Minor in Jewish American Studies
  • Graduate Degrees
  • Courses of Instruction

Undergraduate Degrees

Asian American Studies

Asian American Studies is a multidisciplinary program designed to provide students with a critical understanding of the historical, cultural, social and political experience of Asian Pacific Americans, with a particular emphasis on the development and culture of the Asian American communities in California and the West as well as on both historical and contemporary effects of global issues on Asian American communities. By drawing upon courses in American Studies and by emphasizing comparative as well as interdisciplinary study, this program offers training in the analytic tools and methods of interpretation appropriate for studying the Asian American experience in its particularity and ethnic and cultural study in general. The program is particularly appropriate for students interested in integrating studies in the humanities and social sciences and for students preparing to work and interact with diverse communities and cultures in the United States and abroad in such fields as education, human services, business, journalism and public administration.

The program in Asian American Studies is administered by an advisory committee comprising a director and two other faculty members, one from the social sciences and one from the humanities. These faculty members serve as advisors to majors and minors, providing, in conjunction with the sequence of courses, a unique opportunity for students to undertake an interdisciplinary concentration under close faculty supervision.

Asian American Studies Major

Degree: B.A., American Studies and Ethnicity (Asian American Studies)

Core Requirements		Units
AMST 202	Interethnic Diversity in the West	4
AMST 220	The Making of Asian America	4
AMST 301	America, the Frontier, and the New West	4
AMST 350	Seminar in Ethnic Studies: Theories and Methods	4

200/300/400-Level Required Courses		Units
One course from each of the following six categories:
History
HIST 378	Introduction to Asian American History	4
Literature and Culture
ENGL 449	Asian-American Literature	4
Social and Political Issues
SOCI 375	Asian Americans: Ethnic Identity	4
Contemporary Issues
SOCI 376	Contemporary Issues in Asian American Communities	4
California and the West
HIST 457	The American West	4
HIST 458	History of California	4
PPD 352a	Los Angeles Mini Semester	4
PPD 353a	Los Angeles Semester	4
American Comparative Ethnicities and/or Gender
AMST 357	Latino Social Movements	4
ANTH 315	North American Indians	4
ANTH 316	North American Indians in American Public Life	4
ANTH 328	Culture Change and the Mexican People	4
ANTH 371	Cross-Cultural Research on Urban Gangs	4
CTCS 407	African American Cinema	4
ENGL 445	The Literatures of America: Cross-Cultural Perspectives	4
ENGL 446	African-American Poetry and Drama	4
ENGL 447	African-American Narrative	4
ENGL 448	Chicano and Latino Literature	4
ENGL 470	Women in English and American Literature after 1800	4
ENGL 476	Images of Women in Contemporary Culture	4
GEOG 350	Race and Environmentalism	4
HIST 245	Gender and Sexualities in American History	4
HIST 354	Mexican Migration to the United States	4
HIST 378	Introduction to Asian American History	4
HIST 455	Advanced Topics in African-American History	4
HIST 472	History of the Mexican-American	4
JOUR 466	People of Color and the News Media	4
LING 375	Sociolinguistics	4
MUJZ 486	Jazz Masters from World War II to the Present	2
POSC 421	Ethnic Politics	4
POSC 427	Black Politics in the American Political System	4
POSC 441	Cultural Diversity and the Law	4
REL 469	Black Religion in America	4
SOCI 342	Race Relations	4
SOCI 355	Immigrants in the United States	4
SOCI 356	Mexican Immigrants in a Diverse Society	4
SOCI 366	Chicana and Latina Experiences	4
SOCI 375	Asian Americans: Ethnic Identity	4
SWMS 364	Racial and Ethnic Women in America	4
SWMS 384	Overcoming Prejudice	4

Asian American Studies Minor

Core Requirements		Units
AMST 202	Interethnic Diversity in the West	4
AMST 301	America, the Frontier, and the New West	4
AMST 350	Seminar in Ethnic Studies: Theories and Methods	4

200/300/400-Level Required Courses		Units
One course from each category:
History
HIST 378	Introduction to Asian American History	4
Literature and Culture
ENGL 449	Asian-American Literature	4
Social and Political Issues
SOCI 375	Asian Americans: Ethnic Identity	4

Upper Division Elective		Units
One course from:
ANTH 371	Cross-Cultural Research on Urban Gangs	4
ENGL 445	The Literatures of America: Cross-Cultural Perspectives	4
HIST 457	The American West	4
HIST 458	History of California	4
JOUR 466	People of Color and the News Media	4
LING 375	Sociolinguistics	4
POSC 421	Ethnic Politics	4
POSC 441	Cultural Diversity and the Law	4
SOCI 342	Race Relations	4
SOCI 355	Immigrants in the United States	4
SWMS 364	Racial and Ethnic Women in America	4
SWMS 384	Overcoming Prejudice	4
THTR 526	Seminar in Dramatic Literature	4

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