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Asian American Studies Minor

The minor consists of a minimum of twenty-nine (29) quarter units. Students must complete 3 lower-division courses, and 4 upper-division courses.

Course Requirements
Lower Division requirements (3 courses total):

  1. The following two (2) courses:
    • ETHN 5. Intro to the Study of Race & Ethnicity in the U.S.
    • ETHN 40. Introduction to Asian American Studies
  2. One of the following lower-division courses emphasizing comparative, cross-racial, multiracial, and intersectional analysis of race and ethnicity:
    • ETHN 41. Asian American Literature (also listed as ENGL 38)
    • ETHN 50. Introduction to Filipino American Studies
    • ETHN 51. Introduction to the South Asian Experience in the United States
    • ETHN 55. Cross-Racial Electoral Politics
    • ETHN 56. Race and Pop Culture
    • ETHN 58. Race, Gender and the Law
    • ETHN 69. Literature by Women Writers of Color (also listed as ENGL 69 and WGST 15)
    • ETHN 70. Multicultural Literature of the U.S. (also listed as ENGL 39/39G and WGST 16)
    • ETHN 91. Youth and Critical Race Studies
    • ETHN 96. Race, Class, and Culture through Film

 

Upper Division requirements (4 courses total):

Four (4) of the following courses either focused on Asian Americans and/or Pacific Islanders in the U.S. or emphasizing comparative, cross-racial, multiracial, and intersectional analysis of race and ethnicity:

    • ETHN 100. Race, Class, Gender and Freedom (also listed as HIST 114)
    • ETHN 140. Asian American Politics
    • ETHN 141. Asian American Women (also listed as WGST 111)
    • ETHN 142. Asian American Communities
    • ETHN 144. Asian Americans in the Media
    • ETHN 145. Studies in Asian American Literature (also listed as ENGL 138)
    • ETHN 152. Multiracial Identities
    • ETHN 153. Minority Politics in the United States (also listed as POLI 153)
    • ETHN 165. Community Based Research Methods
    • ETHN 185. Seminar in Racial and Ethnic Politics (also listed as POLI195DW)
    • ETHN 187. Seminar - Youth Activism & Contemporary Social Movements

 

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