Major Advisors
Wei Ming Dariotis (dariotis@sfsu.edu)
Lorraine Dong (ldong@sfsu.edu)
Daniel P. Gonzales (gonzo1@sfsu.edu)
Russell Jeung (rjeung@sfsu.edu)
Isabelle Pelaud (ipelaud@sfsu.edu)
AllysonTintiangco-Cubales (aticu@sfsu.edu)

Major Program: The Asian American Studies Department offers a baccalaureate major for students who wish to pursue a comprehensive program of study of the Asian American experience. The major program is designed, through disciplinary and interdisciplinary inquiries and analyses, to provide students with a broad range of knowledge of the diverse Asian American communities. Under advisement, students may use two specific courses to fulfill the history and government requirements, and may use up to twelve units in Asian American Studies courses towards General Education requirements. Students majoring in Asian American Studies are encouraged to study a modern Asian language other than English.
Career Options for Graduates: A baccalaureate major in Asian American Studies can be used to: (1) enhance work in the Asian American communities; (2) enhance career opportunities in the Pacific Rim areas; (3) prepare for a teaching career; and (4) prepare for graduate studies (MA and PhD).
Admission to the Major Program: Students interested in the major should seek program advising from designated Asian American Studies faculty members who serve as major advisors to plan a course of matriculation. The department chair must approve all majors.
Required Courses and Units: A baccalaureate in Asian American Studies consists of 39 units in 5 modules; 12 units can be counted toward General Education requirements; no more than 9 units can be taken for CR/NC.
Program of Instruction: The baccalaureate major in Asian American Studies consists of 39 units in 5 modules of instruction:
1. Introduction to Asian American Studies (6 units): Entry-level courses; basic, broad (cross group or interdisciplinary) training in both writing and critical thinking skills on Asian American Studies as a discipline of inquiry through an introductory study of Asian American history, law, literature, social science, or culture.
2. Asian American Ethnic Groups (18 units): Group-specific courses on ethnic perspectives/issues from, and specific to, an ethnic group; AAS majors may take courses from this module to have an emphasis on one ethnic Asian American group or on one disciplinary (history, literature, etc.) or interdisciplinary (history-literature-philosophy) focus on any Asian American ethnic group(s).
3. Asian American Community (3 units): An interdisciplinary knowledge of the Asian American communities.
4. Cross-Group Topics and/or Electives (9 units): Thematic classes to prepare students interested in various disciplinary and interdisciplinary subject matters, i.e., public policy, children/adolescent literature (for those interested in teaching), Asian American women/gender studies, creative writing, literature, the arts, etc.
5. Senior Proseminar (3 units): A culminating experience course; a seminar-style class in which students review and critique representative scholarship in Asian American Studies, plan and present a research project under faculty supervision and peer critique, and demonstrate their ability in both research methodologies and critical writing/expression.
Courses:
1. Introduction to Asian American Studies (6 units)
Select two courses, one from each category:
A.
AAS 200 History of Asian Americans (3 units)
ETHS 220 Asians in America (3 units)
B.
AAS 206 Introduction to Asian American Literature (3 units)
ETHS 210 Asian American Culture (3 units)
2. Asian American Ethnic Groups (18 units)
Select six courses from the following, at least one from each ethnic group:
A. Chinese American Group
AAS 310 Chinese in America (3 units)
AAS 315 Chinese American Personality (3 units)
AAS 322 Chinese American Culture-Language and Literature (3 units)
B. Japanese American Group
AAS 331 Japanese Americans in the United States (3 units)
AAS 335 Japanese American Personality (3 units)
AAS 444 Japanese American Art and Expression (3 units)
C. Pilipino American Group
AAS 355 Psyche and Behavior of Pilipinos (3 units)
AAS 363 Survey of Philippine Literature (3 units)
AAS 456 Pilipinos in America (3 units)
D. Vietnamese American Group
AAS 370 Vietnamese in America (3 units)
AAS 372 Vietnamese American Literature (3 units)
AAS 375 Vietnamese American Identity (3 units)
3. Asian American Community (3 units)
Select one course from the following:
AAS 680 Community: Changes and Development (3 units)
AAS 695 Seminar on Contemporary Asian American Communities (3 units)
4. Cross-Group Topics and/or Electives (9 units)
Select three courses from the following:
AAS 205 Asian Americans and American Ideals and Institutions (3 units)
AAS 308 Photographic Exploration of Asian America (3 units)
AAS 406 Asian American Workshop in Creative Writing (3 units)
AAS 434 Concentration Camps, USA (3 units)
AAS 502 Asian American Children/Teen Literature (3 units)
AAS 550 Asian Americans of Mixed Heritage (3 units)
AAS 603 Asian American Women (3 units)
AAS 622 Asian American Women Literature and the Arts (3 units)
AAS 693 Asian Americans and the Mass Media (3 units)
Electives on advisement (1-6 units)
5. Senior Proseminar (3 units)
Culminating course; to be taken after 24 units in Asian American Studies:
AAS 697 Proseminar in Asian American Studies (3 units)
TOTAL: 39 units (minimum)