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Taiwanese American Student Club event.

    

One of the student demonstrations during the Hunger Strike in spring 1995.

What is the Asian American Studies Minor?

The Minor in Asian American Studies will provide students with the opportunity to pursue a coherent program of study in the Asian American experience. It will also lay a foundation for the interdisciplinary study of race, ethnicity, and migration.

Requirements for the Undergraduate Minor in Asian American Studies

The minor program in Asian American Studies requires the completion of seven courses with grades of C- or above: five core courses in Asian American Studies, one elective course in Asian & Middle East Studies and one elective in Race and Ethnicity Studies.

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5 courses in Asian American studies

Students must take at least one 200 level survey course in Asian American studies, usually in History or English. Courses with significant coverage of Asian American issues may be approved at the discretion of the chair of the Asian American Studies Program Committee. No more than 2 courses may be approved by petition.

1 course in Asian & Middle East studies

The purpose of this requirement is to enable students to understand some of the political, social, and economic issues that may have inclined first-generation Americans to leave their homeland. The course will also help students understand the cultural context and early life experience of first-generation Asian Americans. The possible courses will be selected from the Department of Art History, Comparative Literature, History, Musicology, Political Science, Religion and other departments. You must approve your course choice with the advisor.

1 course in any discipline focusing on "race and ethnicity" outside of Asian American studies

The purpose of this requirement is to provide students with conceptual and comparative breadth concerning a topic central to Asian American Studies. A range of courses will be selected from the Department of African American Studies, Anthropology, History, Political Science, Sociology, and Gender Studies. You must approve your course choice with the advisor.

Related Departments:

Asian & Middle East Studies    |    History Department
English Department    |    Sociology Department