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AS AM 100AAZZ.
Specific Asian Ethnic Groups
(4)
STAFF
Enrollment Comments: May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 12 units provided the letter designations are different.
The historical and contemporary experiences of specific Asian ethnic groups.
AS AM 100AA.
Chinese Americans
AS AM 100BB.
Japanese Americans
AS AM 100CC.
Filipino Americans
AS AM 100DD.
Korean Americans
AS AM 100EE.
Vietnamese Americans
AS AM 100FF.
South Asian Americans
AS AM 100HH.
Southeast Asian Americans
AS AM 101C.
Teaching 4 Social Justice
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: At least one course in one of these departments: Asian American Studies, Black Studies, Chicana/o Studies, Feminist Studies
This interdisciplinary course will highlight how a curriculum focusing on racial, ethnic, gender, and LGBTQ studies is central to teaching and learning within diverse societal contexts. This grounding is essential for K-12 teachers in History and English/Literature. Through a social justice framework, students will learn how classrooms are enhanced by Ethnic and Feminist Studies, placing graduates within the forefront of educational initiatives that position teaching and learning within an inclusive and equitable paradigm.
AS AM 107.
Third World Social Movements
(4)
FUJINO
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or higher.
Recommended Preparation: As least one lower-division course in the Social Sciences or Humanities.Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. Designed for majors.
Racial comparative analysis of Third World social movements. Study of impact of historical context, political economy, racial formation, and gender dynamics on activism of Asian, Black, Chicana/o, Indigenous, Puerto Rican communities in the United States; also attention to global struggles.
AS AM 108.
Asian American Academic Rhetoric
(4)
NINH
Prerequisite: Junior standing or higher. Instructor approval required.
Recommended Preparation: Writing Program 109HU, Writing Program 109SSEnrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. Designed for majors. Quarters usually offered: Winter.
Advanced workshop for refining academic writing skills. Students will assess scholarly essays from various disciplines in Asian American studies. Course will refine mechanics of argumentation and analysis, but especially use of language, to produce academic prose that is rigorous: precise, concise, clear.
AS AM 109.
Gender and Labor in Transnational Asian America
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or higher.
Recommended Preparation: A prior course in Asian American Studies.Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. Designed for majors. Quarters usually offered: Spring.
Examines Asian American women and the politics of labor. Will equal pay for equal work resolve long-standing inequities? Why are women of color over- represented in certain kinds of jobs? We will examine women's experiences in the gendering of labor.
AS AM 110.
Transnational Asian America
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or higher.
Recommended Preparation: As least one lower-division course in the Social Sciences or Humanities.Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. Designed for majors.
Focuses on "deterritorialized" processes that have emerged due to intensified globalization. Emphasis on three distinct schools of thought (diasporic studies, cultural globalization, and transmigration) that illuminate how people, goods, and ideas intersect across multiple spaces and times.
AS AM 111.
Asian American Communities and Contemporary Issues
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or higher.
Recommended Preparation: As least one lower-division course in the Social Sciences or Humanities.Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. Designed for majors.
Historical formation of Asian immigrant communities and their social structures and functions; impact of post-1965 Asian immigration on existing communities; issues facing Asian Americans today including education, employment, discrimination, civil rights, political participation, media stereotypes, and anti-Asian violence.
AS AM 113.
Asian Americans and the Long Civil Rights Movement
(4)
FUJINO
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or higher.
Recommended Preparation: A prior course in Asian American Studies.Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. Designed for majors. Quarters usually offered: Winter.
Examines the Asian American Movement of the 1960s-70s in the "long Civil Rights Movement" framework, connecting with earlier and later activism. Focuses on leadership development, pan-Asian identity, Third World solidarities, feminism, education, housing, and antiwar, among other critical issues.
AS AM 114.
Asian Americans and Public Policy
(4)
PARK
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or higher.
Recommended Preparation: A prior course in Asian American Studies.Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. Designed for majors. Quarters usually offered: Winter.
Presents formal justifications for using racial categories in American public policy. Course presents racial theories about other groups, with particular attention to Asians. Covers period from 1850 to 1990.
AS AM 115.
Asian American Communities and Contemporary Legal Issues
(4)
J. PARK
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or higher.
Recommended Preparation: A prior course in Asian American Studies.Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. Designed for majors.
Examines several contemporary developments in American law where Asian Americans have played an important role. These include: changes in immigration rules; affirmative action law; emerging criminal defenses based on cultural background; political districting; and rules about race-based violence.
AS AM 116.
Asian Americans and the Law
(4)
J. PARK, STAFF
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or higher.
Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. Designed for majors.
Laws impacted the lives of Asian Americans and Asian Americans' contributions to the legal system in the United States. Review of landmark course cases with opportunities for students to analyze legal documents.
AS AM 118.
Asian Americans in Popular Culture
(4)
PANDYA, CHO
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or higher.
Recommended Preparation: A prior course in Asian American Studies.Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. Designed for majors. Quarters usually offered: Winter.
A historical survey of how Asians and Asian Americans have been represented in American popular culture and an analysis of alternative models of popular culture. Texts include literature, theatre, television, and film.
AS AM 119.
Asian Americans and Race Relations
(4)
FUJINO
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or higher.
Recommended Preparation: a prior course in Asian American Studies.Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. Designed for majors.
Examination of the development of racial ideology and racism, theories of race relations, effects of racism and discrimination against Asian Americans, and contemporary race issues.
AS AM 120.
Asian American Documentary
(4)
STAFF
Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. Designed for majors. Quarters usually offered: Winter.
Analysis of modes of documentary production to negotiate issues of Asian American history, culture, class, and personal identity. Critical readings and discussion of filmic strategies, combined with introduction to documentary pre- production, culminates in the production of a documentary proposal.
AS AM 121.
Asian American Autobiographies and Biographies
(4)
PANDYA
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or higher.
Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. Designed for majors.
Asian American biographies, their socio-political reflections and expressions inscribing the subject in and against culture, relations between intention and form. Readings may include Pardee Lowe, Jade Snow Wong, Monica Sone, Jeanne Houston, Carlos Bulosan, and Maxine Hong Kingston.
AS AM 122.
Asian American Fiction
(4)
NINH
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or higher.
Recommended Preparation: Asian American Studies 5.Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. Designed for majors.
Examination of the ways in which Asian American writers create fiction in order to reflect on pertinent issues concerning Asian Americans, such as race, class, gender, and sexuality. Texts include short stories and novels.
AS AM 124.
Comparative Ethnic American Literature
(4)
NINH
Recommended Preparation: A literature course in Asian American studies (such as As Am 5), or other ethnic studies departments (such as Black Studies 38A/38B).Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. Designed for majors. Quarters usually offered: Fall.
Focuses on literature by Asian American writers alongside texts from one or more of the other ethnic American literary traditions. Generic and thematic coverage will vary. Emphasis on literary analysis in comparative racial context.
AS AM 125.
Asian American Theater
(4)
NAKAMURA
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Enrollment Comments: Same course as THTR 180F.
Repeat Comments: This course is a legal repeat of THTR 180F.
Overview of Asian American theater and its political and artistic achievements, from foundational Asian American theater companies and playwrights to contemporary performance artists. Issues addressed include race and ethnicity, gender and sexuality, and intergenerational conflict.
AS AM 126.
Asian American Poetry
(4)
NINH
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or higher.
Recommended Preparation: A prior course in Asian American StudiesEnrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. Designed for majors. Quarters usually offered: Winter.
Historical overview and critical examination of the development of Asian American poetic expression, in relation to Asian American and US literature, and to larger questions of American identity and belonging.
AS AM 127.
Asian American Film, Television, and Digital Media
(4)
CHO
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or higher.
Recommended Preparation: A prior course in Asian American Studies.Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. Designed for majors.
Formal, historical, and cultural issues in the study of Asian American film, television, and digital media practices in independent, Hollywood, and transnational contexts. The role of cinema and visual technology in the understanding of Asian Americans in modern and contemporary culture.
AS AM 128.
Writings by Asian American Women
(4)
NINH
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or higher.
Recommended Preparation: At least one Asian American Studies course.Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. Designed for majors. Not open for credit to students who have completed Asian American Studies 133 Fall 1996 or prior.
Asian American women's writing covering a variety of genres and cultural communities; emphasis on literary analysis of works in relation to central themes of race, family and gender.
AS AM 130.
Colonialism and Migration
(4)
PARK
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or higher.
Recommended Preparation: A prior course in Asian American Studies.Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. Designed for majors. Not open for credit to students who have completed Asian American Studies 171AA.
Examines the impact of Western imperialism and colonialism on Asian people and nations, and then the subsequent migrations of Asians to the United States. The course examines the root causes of migration, the response of the United States to Asians immigrants, and changes to immigration law and policy from 1850 to 1965.
AS AM 131.
Asian American Women's History
(4)
ZHAO
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or higher.
Recommended Preparation: A prior course in Asian American Studies, History, or Women's Studies.Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. Designed for majors.
The lives and changing status of Asian immigrant women, past and present; Japanese and Korean "picture brides"; American-born girls of Asian ancestry; Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Filipino war brides; adopted Asian girls; and diverse lifestyles of Asian American women today.
AS AM 133.
Science, Technology, and Asian America
(4)
ZULUETA
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or higher.
Recommended Preparation: A prior course in Asian American Studies.Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. Designed for majors. Not open for credit to students who have completed Asian American 171HH with a grade of C or above.
The origins and development of Asian American representation in science-based fields and the consequences of that phenomenon in US politics, immigration, counterespionage, and images of Asian Americans in popular culture.
AS AM 134.
Asian American Men and Contemporary Men's Issues
(4)
CHO
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or higher.
Recommended Preparation: Asian American Studies 8.Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. Designed for majors.
An interdisciplinary study of Asian American male identities, masculinities, and bodies; emphasis on literary, sociocultural, cinematic, and popular culture representations; Asian American masculinist discourses as complements to Asian American feminist discourses. Texts include literatures, films, photos, comic books, and essays.
AS AM 135.
Asian American Queer Issues
(4)
CHO
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or higher.
Recommended Preparation: a prior course in Asian American studies.Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. Designed for majors.
An interdisciplinary survey of the histories, experiences, and identities of Asian Pacific American gays, lesbians, and bisexuals; coming out issues, family and community pressures, and socio-political representation in Asian Pacific American communities and in the mainstream gay movement.
AS AM 136.
Asian American Families
(4)
ZHAO
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or higher.
Recommended Preparation: Prior course in Asian American Studies or Feminist Studies.Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. Designed for majors.
The importance of the family in the East and Southeast Asian cultural heritage; family formation in the United States; contemporary Asian American family dynamics; interracial families; changing gender roles and relationships; the family and the life cycle.
AS AM 137.
Multiethnic Asian Americans
(4)
ZULUETA
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or higher.
Recommended Preparation: A prior course in Asian American studies.Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. Designed for majors.
Repeat Comments: Not open for credit to students who have completed Asian American Studies 7 or 107.
The history, identities, and social relations of multiethnic Asian Americans. Uses fiction, autobiography, sociological and psychological studies of people of mixed racial or ethnic parentage. Considers cognate issues such as interracial marriage.
AS AM 138.
Asian American Sexualities
(4)
CHO
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or higher.
Recommended Preparation: A prior course in Asian American Studies.Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors.
Examines the critical lens of sexuality in studying Asian American culture, history, and politics. Survey of interdisciplinary texts on concepts of sexuality in Asia and America, constructions of sexual difference, denaturalizing heterosexuality and queer theory.
AS AM 139.
The "New" Second Generation Asian Americans
(4)
PANDYA
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or higher.
Recommended Preparation: A prior course in Asian American Studies.Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. Designed for majors. Not open for credit to students who have completed Asian American Studies 171BB.
Analysis of post-1965 Asian American children of immigrants and/or immigrant children. Examination of diverse childhoods such as "brain drain" children, "refugee" children, "parachute" and "transnational" children. Emphasis on gender, class, ethnicity, inter-generational relations, education, sexuality, popular culture, and globalization.
AS AM 141.
Asian American Creative Writing
(4)
PANDYA
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
A creative writing workshop focusing on Asian American themes. Different genres are emphasized depending on the instructor's preference and expertise.
AS AM 142.
Introductory Asian American Performance Workshop
(4)
HARSHA
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or higher.
Recommended Preparation: A prior course in Asian American Studies.
An introductory performance workshop focusing on Asian American themes. Students write original pieces, learn the basic techniques of stage performance, and participate in presenting a public performance at the end of the quarter.
AS AM 144.
Asian American Visual Culture
(4)
SHIMIZU
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or higher.
Recommended Preparation: A prior course in Asian American Studies.Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. Designed for majors. Quarters usually offered: Winter.
Examining Asian American visual culture through the use of a variety of media: film, television, photography, sculpture, etc.
AS AM 147.
Asian American Playwriting
(4)
HARSHA
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or higher.
Recommended Preparation: A prior course in Asian American Studies.Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. Designed for majors.
Examination of various dramatic techniques, dialogue construction, and character development used in writing for the theater. Students create an original short play or performance piece. Some pieces may be developed for a staged presentation.
AS AM 148.
Introduction to Video Production
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or higher.
Recommended Preparation: Asian American 118, 120, 127, 146, or 149.Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. Designed for majors. Quarters usually offered: Spring. Not open for credit to students who have completed Asian American Studies 170QQ.
Introduction to video pre-production, production, post-production and distribution of Asian American independent video. Covers fundamentals of production planning, budget, lighting, sound recording and design, editing, and the film festival and distribution requirements for race and independent media projects. Examples of various practices by Asian American independents are explored.
AS AM 149.
Screenwriting
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or higher.
Recommended Preparation: A prior course in Asian American Studies.Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. Designed for majors. Not open for credit to students who have completed Asian American Studies 170RR; legal repeat of Asian American Studies 170RR.
Repeat Comments: Not open for credit to students who have completed Asian American Studies 170RR; legal repeat of Asian American Studies 170RR.
Writing-intensive course focuses on the craft of screenwriting in the short film, television, and feature film format. Attention to development of visual language, story, structure, plot, conflict, and other alternate modes of storytelling deployed by various Asian American filmmakers. Students complete scripts in various formats.
AS AM 150.
Pacific Islander Americans
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or higher.
Recommended Preparation: A prior course in Asian American studies.Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. Designed for majors.
Examination of the histories, migration patterns, ethnic identities, family dynamics, community organizations, cultures, religions, health and mental health, social service needs, political concerns, and inter-group relations of people from Hawaii, Samoa, Tonga, Guam, Fiji, and other Pacific Islands.
AS AM 154.
Race and Law in Early American History
(4)
PARK
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or higher.
Recommended Preparation: Recommended for juniors and seniors.Enrollment Comments: Quarters usually offered: Fall.
Early race relations in the American colonies and in the formation of the United States. The course examines the interrelationship of Native Americans, Africans, Asians, and Europeans in American public law before the Civil War
AS AM 155.
Racial Segregation from the Civil War to the Civil Rights Movement
(4)
J. PARK
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or higher.
Recommended Preparation: Recommended for juniors and seniors.Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. Designed for majors. Quarters usually offered: Fall.
Examines the legal dimensions of white supremacy in American public law after the Civil War. The course reviews commonly recurring rules and principles about segregation and racial subordination in American society before the 1960's.
AS AM 156.
Race and Law in Modern America
(4)
PARK
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or higher
Recommended Preparation: At least one lower division course in the social sciences or humanities.Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. Designed for majors. Quarters usually offered: Fall. Recommended for juniors and seniors.
This course reviews the Civil Rights Movement and American law in the post World War II era, and it concludes with an overview of contemporary debates about race and law. We examine the end of segregation, and review recurring patterns of race-based inequality.
AS AM 157.
Asian Americans and Education
(4)
FUJINO
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or higher.
Recommended Preparation: A prior course in Asian American studies.Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. Designed for majors. Quarters usually offered: Spring. Not open for credit to students who have completed Asian American 171II.
A historical and sociological examination of the effects of race and power on Asian American educational experiences. The role of critical pedagogy in the creation of knowledge. The development and impact of ethnic studies and the model minority image.
AS AM 158.
Asian American Aesthetics
(4)
SHIMIZU
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or higher.
Recommended Preparation: One prior Asian American Studies course.Enrollment Comments: Students must have a cumulative 2.0 for the proceeding 3 quarter(s). Open to non-majors. Designed for majors. Quarters usually offered: Spring. One prior Asian American Studies course.
Questions, arguments and ideas regarding Asian American aesthetics. How can we apply traditional western concepts such as beauty, the sublime, and the imagination when considering Asian American cultural production? Explores the employment of realism, modernism and postmodernism across different genres.
AS AM 159.
Environmental Justice and Community Health
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Enrollment Comments: AS AM 159 is the same course as ESS 159.
Examines intersection of environmental racism and health justice. With particular focus on California, course explores the political economic infrastructure of urban and rural communities as they confront environmental racism and challenge its impact on community health.
AS AM 160.
Asian American Politics
(4)
LIEN
Prerequisite: Political Science 12 or Asian American Studies 1 or Asian American Studies 2.
Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. Designed for majors.
Survey of the historical and contemporary political experiences of Asian Americans and their pursuits for immigration, equality, citizenship, political identity, racial justice, cross-racial/ethnic coalition building and incorporation into the U. S. political system.
AS AM 161.
Asian American Religions
(4)
BUSTO
Prerequisite: Upper Division Standing or permission of instructor.
Recommended Preparation: A prior course in Asian American Studies.Enrollment Comments: Same course as Religious Studies 123.
Historical and interdisciplinary approach to the themes and issues in the religious traditions of Asian Americans. Topics: the civil religious context, the transplantation of "Asian" traditions into the U.S., Asian American Christianity, Asian American theology.
AS AM 162.
Asian American Mental Health
(4)
NINH, STAFF
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or higher
Examination of the current theory and research on the specific psychological issues that affect Asian Americans. Special emphasis on how immigration experiences,cultural values, ethnic identity, and racism influence various aspects of psychosocial functioning.
AS AM 163.
Asian American Community Studies and Social Justice
(4)
FUJINO
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or higher.
Recommended Preparation: Recommended prior courses: Asian American Studies 107 "Third World Social Movements" or Asian American Studies 113 "The Asian American Movement."Enrollment Comments: Students must have a cumulative 2 for the proceeding 3 quarter(s). Open to non-majors. Designed for majors. Quarters usually offered: Fall.
Examines models of community organizing, leadership development, and Asian American and Third World social movement history. Study of social issues of inequality and social justice struggles in Asian American, Chicano/Latino, and African American communities.
AS AM 164.
The Politics of The Global War on Terror
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or higher.
Recommended Preparation: A prior course in Asian American Studies.Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. Designed for majors. Quarters usually offered: Spring.
Examines the politics of terrorism and the "Global War on Terror". Focusing on the impact it has on South Asian, Arab, and Muslim Americans. How have the politics of terrorism impacted the lives of those living in the U.S.
AS AM 165.
Ethnographic Research Methods in Asian America
(4)
AMEERIAR
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or higher.
Recommended Preparation: A prior course in Asian American Studies.Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. Designed for majors. Quarters usually offered: Winter.
Examines the politics of Asian America through ethnographic texts. Discusses the construction of the category "Asian American," including conflicts and coalitions across groups. What can ethnographic texts teach us about the everyday life of living in Asian America?
AS AM 170AAZZ.
Special Topics in Asian American Studies - Arts & Humanities
(4)
STAFF
Recommended Preparation: A prior course in Asian American studies.Enrollment Comments: May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 12 units provided letter designations are different, but only 8 units will apply to the major.
Courses focusing on various arts & humanities topics not covered in other Asian American Studies courses.
AS AM 170KK.
Special Topics in Asian American Studies
AS AM 170MM.
Special Topics in Asian American Studies
AS AM 170NN.
Special Topics in Asian American Studies - Arts & Humanities
AS AM 170QQ.
Special Topics in Asian American Studies - Arts & Humanities
AS AM 170W.
Special Topics in Asian American Studies - Arts & Humanities
AS AM 170WW.
Special Topics in Asian American Studies - Arts & Humanities
AS AM 171AAZZ.
Special Topics in Asian American Studies - Social Science and History
(4)
STAFF
Recommended Preparation: a prior course in Asian American Studies.Enrollment Comments: May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 12 units, provided letter designations are different, but only 8 units will apply to the major.
Focuses on various social science and history topics not offered in other Asian American studies courses.
AS AM 171AA.
Special Topics in Asian American Studies - Social Science and History
AS AM 171BB.
Human Centered Design for Equity
AS AM 171BS.
Special Topics in Asian American Studies - Social Science and History
AS AM 171HH.
Special Topics in Asian American Studies - Social Science and History
AS AM 171II.
Special Topics in Asian American Studies - Social Science and History
AS AM 171JJ.
Special Topics in Asian American Studies - Social Science and History
AS AM 171KK.
Special Topics in Asian American Studies - Social Science and History
AS AM 171LS.
Special Topics in Asian American Studies - Social Science and History
AS AM 171PP.
Special Topics in Asian American Studies - Social Science and History
AS AM 175.
Theory and Method in Asian American Studies
(4)
ZHAO
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing. Instructor approval required.
Recommended Preparation: This seminar is designed for highly motivated students who are interested in research and writing. Students are expected to pursue their own research interests, select a research topic, conduct original research, and craft a 15-page paper using original sources.Enrollment Comments: Quarters usually offered: Fall. Course is intended for students excelling in the major or minor. Instructor approval is required.
Exploration of the main theoretical orientations that have shaped Asian American studies; race and ethnicity, diasporas, international labor migration, etc. Introduction to several methodologies, including historiography, quantitative social science, literary criticism and ethnography.
AS AM 194A.
Ethic Studies Teacher Education Seminar
(2)
ZARATE
Prerequisite: At least one course in one of these departments: Asian American Studies, Black Studies, Chicana/o Studies, Feminist Studies.
Designed for students who are Black Studies, Chicana/o Studies, Asian American and/or Feminist Studies majors in the ÉXITO (Educational eXcellence and Inclusion Training Opportunities) program. Central to the year-long seminar will be preparations for students' pursuit for a career as K-12 Ethnic Studies educators. Students will have direct assistance for preparing and applying to Masters/Teacher Education Programs as well as professionalization workshops.
AS AM 194B.
Ethnic Studies Teacher Education Seminar
(2)
ZARATE
Prerequisite: At least one course in one of these departments: Asian American Studies, Black Studies, Chicana/o Studies, Feminist Studies.
Designed for students who are Black Studies, Chicana/o Studies, Asian American and/or Feminist Studies majors in the ÉXITO (Educational eXcellence and Inclusion Training Opportunities) program. Central to the year-long seminar will be preparations for students' pursuit for a career as K-12 Ethnic Studies educators. Students will have direct assistance for preparing and applying to Masters/Teacher Education Programs as well as professionalization workshops.
AS AM 194C.
Ethnic Studies Teacher Education Seminar
(2)
ZARATE
Prerequisite: At least one course in one of these departments: Asian American Studies, Black Studies, Chicana/o Studies, Feminist Studies.
Designed for students who are Black Studies, Chicana/o Studies, Asian American and/or Feminist Studies majors in the ÉXITO (Educational eXcellence and Inclusion Training Opportunities) program. Central to the year-long seminar will be preparations for students' pursuit for a career as K-12 Ethnic Studies educators. Students will have direct assistance for preparing and applying to Masters/Teacher Education Programs as well as professionalization workshops.
AS AM 195H.
Senior Honors Project
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Open only to Asian American Studies majors, Junior standing or higher.
Enrollment Comments: Designed for majors. Quarters usually offered: Winter. Must have a 3.0 overall grade-point average and a 3.5 grade-point average in courses in the major.
Offers an opportunity for students who meet the prerequisites to do independent research and to write an honors thesis or produce an honors film/video or performance.
AS AM 196.
Career Development Seminar in Asian American Studies
(1)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or higher.
Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. Designed for majors. Quarters usually offered: Winter. May be repeated. Course meets for one hour every week during the regular quarter.
Course is for majors and other interested students who wish to explore career options under the supervision of a faculty member.
AS AM 197.
Field Studies
(1-4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Open to students who 1) have attained upper-division standing, 2) have at least a 3.0 grade-point average for the preceding three quarters, 3) have completed at least two upper-division course in Asian American Studies.
Enrollment Comments: Open to non-majors. Designed for majors. May be repeated up to 7 times for a maximum 8 units of credit.
Students will conduct independent field work in Asian American communities. Specific projects include working with community agencies and organizations to evaluate programs, implement new or modified services, and develop community resources.
AS AM 199.
Independent Studies
(1-4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: A lower-division Asian American Studies course and 2 upper-division courses; upper-division standing.
Enrollment Comments: Students must have a minimum 3.0 GPA for the preceding 3 quarters and are limited to 5 units per quarter, and 30 units total in all 98/99/198/199/199AA-ZZ courses combined. Maximum of 4 units per quarter or a total of 12 units in Asian American Studies.
Independent study of topics not covered in the regular curriculum under theguidance of approved faculty member.
AS AM 199RA.
Independent Research Assistance in Asian American Studies
(1-4)
STAFF
Enrollment Comments: Students must have a cumulative 3.0 for the proceeding 3 quarter(s). Open to non-majors. Designed for majors.
Coursework consists of faculty supervised research assistance.