The Asian American Studies Department has designed its course offerings so that students may take a broad range of courses in Asian American Studies while also meeting their General Education and statutory requirements for graduation. These offerings explore all aspects of Asian American Studies, providing students with the opportunity to obtain a solid understanding of Asian American life and communities.

Asian American Studies courses that meet partial General Education and statutory requirements:
US History Requirement (3 units)
AAS 200 History of Asian Americans (3 units)
US Government Requirement (3 units)
AAS 205 Asian Americans and American Ideals and Institutions (3 units)
Written English Requirement (3 units)
AAS 214 Second Year Written Composition (3 units)
General Education Requirement
Segment I: Basic Subjects
Written Communications (3 units)
AAS 214 Second Year Written Composition (3 units)

Segment II: Arts and Science Core

Behavioral and Social Sciences Area (9-12 units)
Category A: Individual in Social Context
AAS 315 Chinese American Personality (3 units) - LLD1
AAS 335 Japanese American Personality (3 units) - LLD1
AAS 355 Psyche and Behavior of Pilipinos (3 units) - LLD1
AAS 375 Vietnamese American Identity (3 units) - LLD1
AAS 550 Asian Americans of Mixed Heritage (3 units) - LLD1
Category C: History, Cross-cultural and Global Contexts
ETHS 220 Asians in America (3 units) - AERM2

Humanities and Creative Arts Area (9-12 units)
Category A: Major Humanities/Artistic Achievements
AAS 622 Asian American Women Literature and the Arts (3 units)
Category B: Disciplines and Interdisciplines
AAS 206 Introduction to Asian American Literature (3 units)
Category C: Historical/Social/Ethnic/Cultural Contexts
ETHS 210 Asian American Culture (3 units) - AERM2
Category D: Active Creative Participation
AAS 304 Asian American Community Arts Workshop (3 units)
AAS 308 Photographic Exploration of Asian America (3 units)
AAS 406 Asian American Workshop in Creative Writing (3 units)
Category E: Languages Other Than English
AAS 171 Speak Vietnamese I
AAS 172 Speak Vietnamese II

Segment III: Relationships of Knowledge Cluster

Asian Americans: Responses to the American Experience (9 units)
[Specific Requirements: FIRST select one course from Category A, THEN one course from Category B, and FINALLY one course from Category C. Prerequisite: Upper division standing. Lower division students taking upper division GE courses for Segment III will not receive GE credit.]
Category A: Socio-Historical
AAS 300 Asian Americans in California (3 units)
AAS 310 Chinese in America (3 units) - CESD3
AAS 331 Japanese Americans in the United States (3 units) CESD3
AAS 370 Vietnamese in America (3 units) - CESD3
AAS 380 Koreans in America (3 units)
AAS 456 Pilipinos in America: Problems of Transition (3 units) - CESD3
Category B: Humanities/Literature/Arts
AAS 322 Chinese American Culture-Language and Literature (3 units)
AAS 363 Survey of Philippine Literature (3 units)
AAS 372 Vietnamese American Literature (3 units)
AAS 444 Japanese American Art and Expression (3 units)
AAS 502 Asian American Children/Teen Literature (3 units)
AAS 693 Asian Americans and the Mass Media (3 units)
Category C: Capstone-Asian American Community
AAS 680 Community: Changes and Development (3 units)4
AAS 695 Seminar on Contemporary Asian American Communities (3 units)4
ETHS 665 Asian American Community and Public Policy (3 units)5
In another cluster: Women of Color in the United States (9-12 units)
AAS 603 Asian American Women (3 units) - CESD3

Notes
1 LLD (Lifelong Development): Students must complete one course that fulfills the LLD requirement within Segment II.
2 AERM (American Ethnic and Racial Minorities): Students must complete one course that fulfills the AERM requirement within Segment II.
3 CESD (Cultural, Ethnic, and Social Diversity): Students must complete one course that fulfills the CESD requirement within Segment III.
4 Prerequisite: six units of upper division course work in AAS or consent of instructor.
5 AAS majors must take ETHS 665 in Category C to complete the Segment III GE cluster requirement. When used for GE purposes, ETHS 665 cannot be counted toward the fulfillment of the AAS major requirement.