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Asian Amercan 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., Asian American Studies

Core Requirements		Units
AMST 202	Interethnic Diversity in the West	4
AMST 301	Introduction to American Studies	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 five categories:
History
HIST 378	History of Asian Immigration to the United States	4
Literature and Culture
ENGL 449	Asian American Literature	4
Social and Political Issues
SOCI 375	Asian Americans: Ethnic Identity and Social Change	4
California and the West
GEOG 326	Los Angeles Landscapes	4
HIST 457	The American West	4
HIST 458	History of California	4
PPMT 408a	Los Angeles Semester	4
American Comparative Ethnicities and/or Gender
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
CNTV 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
HIST 354	Mexican Migration to the United States	4
HIST 378	History of Asian Immigration to the
	United States	4
HIST 455	Advanced Topics in African-American
	History	4
HIST 472	History of the Mexican-American	4
GERO 433	Ethnicity and Aging	4
JOUR 466	Minorities and the Media	4
LING 375	Sociolinguistics	4
MUHL 486	Jazz Masters of the 20th Century	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 and
	Social Change	4
SPAN 479	Comparative Chicano/ Mexican Cultures	4
SWMS 305	Sex/Gender/Sexuality as an Issue in
	American Public Life	4
SWMS 364	Racial and Ethnic Women in America	4
SWMS 384	Overcoming Prejudice	4
Upper Division Electives		Units
Two courses from:
ANTH 371	Cross-Cultural Research on Urban Gangs	4
ENGL 445	The Literatures of America: Cross-Cultural
	Perspectives	4
HIST 356	The Old South	4
HIST 457	The American West	4
HIST 458	History of California	4
GERO 433	Ethnicity and Aging	4
JOUR 466	Minorities and the 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

Program Minor

Core Requirements		Units
AMST 202	Interethnic Diversity in the West	4
AMST 301	Introduction to American Studies	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	History of Asian Immigration to the United States	4
Literature and Culture
ENGL 449	Asian American Literature	4
Social and Political Issues
SOCI 375	Asian Americans: Ethnic Identity and Social
	Change	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
GERO 433	Ethnicity and Aging	4
JOUR 466	Minorities and the 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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