Asian American Studies Discipline Courses Details
AA S 110 : Critical Thinking and the Asian American Experience
| Prerequisites: | None |
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| Description: | Development of basic critical thinking skills involved in understanding, criticizing, and constructing arguments reflective of experience of Asian Americans and key themes in of Asian American Studies. |
| Units: | 3 |
AA S 210 : History of Asians in the United States
| Prerequisites: | None |
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| Description: | Comparative analysis of the experience of different Asian American groups and their place in the general history and development of American society. (Fulfills the U.S. History component of the U.S. History and Government Requirement) [Formerly AAS 200] [USH] |
| Units: | 3 |
| Latest Offering: | Fall 2013 |
AA S 211 : Contemporary Asian Americans
| Prerequisites: | None |
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| Description: | Examination of factors that define minority groups and their positions in contemporary U.S. society, using Asian Americans as a case study. [Formerly ETHS 220] |
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| Units: | 3 |
| Latest Offering: | Fall 2013 |
AA S 212 : Asian Americans and Mass Media
| Prerequisites: | None |
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| Description: | Images and treatment of Asian Americans in mass media, especially motion pictures, television, advertising, popular literature, and commercial art. American minorities in the entertainment industry. (Formerly AAS 518 and AAS 693.) |
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| Units: | 3 |
AA S 213 : Asian Americans and American Ideals and Institutions
| Prerequisites: | None |
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| Description: | The Asian American experience in the U.S., focusing on basic governmental ideals and institutions. Impact of Asians on legal-constitutional America and the countervailing impact of political-legal structures imposed on Asians. (Fulfills the U.S. Government and California State and Local Government components of the U.S. History and Government Requirement) [Formerly AAS 205] [USG,CSLG] |
| Units: | 3 |
| Latest Offering: | Fall 2013 |
AA S 214 : Second Year Written Composition: Asian American Studies
| Prerequisites: | ENG 114 or equivalent with grade of CR or C- or better. |
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| Description: | Reading and writing with speech as a supportive language skill. Must be taken after student has completed 24 units and before completing 60 units. (ABC/NC grading, CR/NC allowed.) |
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| Units: | 3 |
| Latest Offering: | Fall 2013 |
AA S 216 : Introduction to Asian American Literature
| Prerequisites: | None |
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| Description: | Reading and analysis of Asian American literature. Appreciation of literature from a literary standpoint with focus on history, identiy, and representation. [Formerly AAS 206] |
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| Units: | 3 |
| Latest Offering: | Fall 2013 |
AA S 218 : Asian American Culture
| Prerequisites: | None |
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| Description: | Ethnic values and cultures in America using Asian American arts, languages, and literatures. How these works reflect and express the character of the Asian American experience and the forces that have shaped that experience. [Formerly ETHS 210] |
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| Units: | 3 |
| Latest Offering: | Fall 2013 |
AA S 301 : Asian Americans of Mixed Heritages
| Prerequisites: | Upper division standing or consent of instructor. |
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| Description: | Issues concerning Asian Americans of mixed racial and ethnic heritages, focusing on mixed heritage identities in relation to their ethnic and cultural sensibilities. (Formerly AAS 550) |
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| Units: | 3 |
| Latest Offering: | Fall 2013 |
AA S 320 : Chinese in the United States
| Prerequisites: | Upper division standing or consent of instructor. |
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| Description: | The Chinese American experience in critical historical perspective, from the beginning of immigration in the 19th century to the present. [Formerly AAS 310] |
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| Units: | 3 |
| Latest Offering: | Fall 2013 |
AA S 322 : Chinese American Language and Literature
| Prerequisites: | Upper division standing or consent of instructor. |
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| Description: | Cultural identity of the Chinese American as it is expressed in the language and literature; Chinese community and its influence on the creative process in literature. |
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| Units: | 3 |
| Latest Offering: | Fall 2013 |
AA S 323 : Chinese American Identities
| Prerequisites: | Upper division standing or consent of instructor. |
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| Description: | Historical, institutional, and cultural sources of Chinese American identity and sensibility. Mental health issues related to self-perception, stereotypes, family problems, institutional racism, and the development of autonomy. (Formerly AAS 315) [CSL may be available; consult index for page reference.] |
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| Units: | 3 |
| Latest Offering: | Fall 2013 |
AA S 330 : Nikkei in the United States
| Prerequisites: | Upper division standing or consent of instructor. |
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| Description: | Historical experience of Japanese Americans in the United States: prewar immigration and settlement, the struggle against racial exclusion, World War II incarceration, and the postwar return and development of contemporary Nikkei community. (Formerly AAS 331) |
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| Units: | 3 |
| Latest Offering: | Fall 2013 |
AA S 332 : Japanese American Art and Literature
| Prerequisites: | Upper division standing or consent of instructor. |
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| Description: | Examination of Japanese American art and literature through historical, social and cultural factors that influenced its development. Specific works and artists representing different genres and periods will be analyzed. (Formerly AA S 444) |
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| Units: | 3 |
| Latest Offering: | Fall 2013 |
AA S 333 : Japanese American Identities
| Prerequisites: | Upper division standing or consent of instructor. |
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| Description: | Japanese American character, identity, self-image, and behavioral manifestations of the interaction of American and Japanese cultural values. (Formerly AAS 335) |
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| Units: | 3 |
| Latest Offering: | Fall 2013 |
AA S 337 : Okinawan American Heritage and Culture
| Prerequisites: | Upper division standing or consent of instructor. |
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| Description: | Summer exchange course in Okinawa. Opportunity to deepen students' knowledge of the Okinawan American cultural heritage and contemporary politics. Topics include history, traditional and contemporary culture, and issues in the homeland. |
| Units: | 3 |
AA S 340 : South Asians in America
| Prerequisites: | Upper division standing or consent of instructor. |
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| Description: | Examines the history of South Asian migration to US, and how South Asian Americans negotiate cultural identity and politics. Topics include racialization, popular culture, citizenship and ongoing ties to the homeland. |
| Units: | 3 |
AA S 350 : Filipina/os in the United States
| Prerequisites: | Upper division standing or consent of instructor. |
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| Description: | Immigration of the Filipina/os to the United States; various coping mechanisms used in response to adjustment problems; changing structure of the community. (Formerly AAS 456) |
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| Units: | 3 |
| Latest Offering: | Fall 2013 |
AA S 352 : Filipina/o American Literature, Art, and Culture
| Prerequisites: | Upper division standing or consent of instructor. |
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| Description: | Critical perspectives on Filipina/o American culture through the examination of divserve genres of art and literature primarily written in English about Filipina/os in the United States, the Philippines, and in diaspora. (Formerly AAS 363) |
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| Units: | 3 |
| Latest Offering: | Fall 2013 |
AA S 353 : Filipina/o American Identities
| Prerequisites: | Upper division standing or consent of instructor. |
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| Description: | Historical, social, and cultural influences that impact the identities of Filipina/o Americans through a framework of decolonization. (Formerly AAS 355) |
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| Units: | 3 |
| Latest Offering: | Fall 2013 |
AA S 360 : Koreans in the United States
| Prerequisites: | Upper division standing or consent of instructor. |
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| Description: | Korean Americans in the U.S., examining the historical experience and the sociological, political, and economic implications of being a minority and immigrant in the U.S.. (Formerly AAS 380) |
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| Units: | 3 |
| Latest Offering: | Fall 2013 |
AA S 370 : Vietnamese in the United States
| Prerequisites: | Upper division standing or consent of instructor. |
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| Description: | Origins and causes of Vietnamese movements to the U.S. and nature of Vietnamese experience in America in terms of political, cultural, and economic factors. |
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| Units: | 3 |
| Latest Offering: | Fall 2013 |
AA S 372 : Vietnamese American Literature
| Prerequisites: | Upper division standing or consent of instructor. |
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| Description: | A critical survey of Vietnamese American literature, taking into account issues of race, class, gender, sexuality, and trauma. |
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| Units: | 3 |
| Latest Offering: | Fall 2013 |
AA S 373 : Vietnamese American Identities
| Prerequisites: | Upper division standing or consent of instructor. |
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| Description: | Vietnamese American experience since 1975: psychological adaptation, educational adjustment, socioeconomic integration, and cultural/ethnic maintenance. (Formerly AAS 375) |
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| Units: | 3 |
| Latest Offering: | Fall 2013 |
AA S 377 : Cambodians in the United States
| Prerequisites: | Upper division standing or consent of instructor. |
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| Description: | Examine push-pull factors that led people to flee Cambodia; focus on constraints and strategies (institutional, artistic, community, cultural) deployed by Cambodian Americans to negotiate their status in the US: politically, culturally, economically, and socially. (Formerly AAS 393) |
| Units: | 3 |
| Latest Offering: | Fall 2012 |
AA S 510 : Asian Americans in California
| Prerequisites: | Upper division standing or consent of instructor. |
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| Description: | Asian American contributions to the building of the state from their first arrival in the 19th century to their role within California's multiracial racial formation and their growing influence on contemporary California. [Formerly AAS 300] |
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| Units: | 3 |
| Latest Offering: | Fall 2013 |
AA S 512 : Asian American Children's/Adolescent Literature
| Prerequisites: | Upper division standing or consent of instructor. |
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| Description: | Literary works with Asian American themes that are written for the young (preschool to middle school). How Asian Americans are depicted from the 19th century to the present in this literature. (Formerly AAS 502) [CSL may be available; consult index for page reference.] |
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| Units: | 3 |
| Latest Offering: | Fall 2013 |
AA S 514 : Asian American Community Arts Workshop
| Prerequisites: | Upper division standing or consent of instructor. |
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| Description: | Interdisciplinary collaboration in a variety of Asian American creative art forms through community-based workshops. Classwork, 2 units; activity, 1 unit. [Formerly AAS 304] |
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| Units: | 3 |
| Latest Offering: | Fall 2013 |
AA S 516 : Asian American Photographic Explorations
| Prerequisites: | Upper division standing or consent of instructor. |
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| Description: | Photography as a personal tool for the exploration, recording, understanding, and expression of Asian American life. Classwork, 2 units; laboratory, 1 unit. [Formerly AAS 308] |
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| Units: | 3 |
| Latest Offering: | Spring 2013 |
AA S 518 : Asian Americans and Mass Media
| Prerequisites: | Upper division standing or consent of instructor. |
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| Description: | Images and treatment of Asian Americans in mass media, especially motion pictures, television, advertising, popular literature, and commercial art. American minorities in the entertainment industry. (Formerly AAS 693) |
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| Units: | 3 |
| Latest Offering: | Fall 2013 |
AA S 540 : South Asians in the United States
| Prerequisites: | Upper division standing or consent of instructor. |
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| Description: | History of South Asian immigration to the U.S., and how South Asian Americans negotiate ethnic belonging and national citizenship. Topics include racialization, class divides, gender, inequalities, queer politics, and youth culture. (Formerly AAS 340) |
| Units: | 3 |
| Latest Offering: | Spring 2013 |
AA S 541 : South Asian Diaspora
| Prerequisites: | Upper division standing or consent of instructor. |
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| Description: | Cross listed with RRS 657 [formerly ETHS 657]. For course description, see RRS 657. (May not be repeated under alternate prefix.) [Formerly AAS 657.] |
| Units: | 3 |
| Latest Offering: | Spring 2013 |
AA S 570 : Southeast Asians in the United States
| Prerequisites: | Upper division standing or consent of instructor. |
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| Description: | Comparative exploration of Southeast Asian America by examining the histories and experiences of Burmese, Cambodian, Filipina/o, Hmong, Indonesian, Lao, Mien, Mong, Vietnamese, and Thai Americans. (Formerly AAS 390) |
| Units: | 3 |
| Latest Offering: | Spring 2013 |
AA S 581 : Asian American Women
| Prerequisites: | Upper division standing or consent of instructor. |
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| Description: | Social, political, and economic situation of Asian American women within the family, their communities, and the larger society. (Formerly AAS 603) |
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| Units: | 3 |
| Latest Offering: | Fall 2013 |
AA S 582 : Asian American Women's Literature and the Arts
| Prerequisites: | Upper division standing or consent of instructor. |
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| Description: | Works by Asian American women writers and artists; how Asian American women are depicted in literature and the arts. (Formerly AAS 622) |
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| Units: | 3 |
| Latest Offering: | Fall 2012 |
AA S 584 : Asian American Sexualities
| Prerequisites: | Upper division standing or consent of instructor. |
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| Description: | Introduction to Asian American queer theory and sexuality studies. Examination of how sexuality impacts the lived experience of immigration, race, gender, class and generational difference among Asian Americans. |
| Units: | 3 |
AA S 585 : Asian American Religiosities
| Prerequisites: | Upper division standing or consent of instructor. |
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| Description: | Major issues particular to the predicaments of Asian Americans and their religions; interdisciplinary and anchored in critical Asian American Studies perspectives constructed within the context of the intersections of race and religion. |
| Units: | 3 |
| Latest Offering: | Spring 2013 |
AA S 587 : Asian Americans and Environmental Justice
| Prerequisites: | Upper division standing or consent of instructor. |
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| Description: | Examination of the environmental racism issues faced by Asian Americans and how their communities have organized for justice. |
| Units: | 3 |
AA S 588 : Asian American Media Workshop
| Prerequisites: | Upper division standing or consent of instructor. |
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| Description: | Film and media arts as self-expression, a reflection of community, and as a tool for activism in the Asian American community. Classwork 2 units, Activity 1 unit.. |
| Units: | 3 |
AA S 591 : Asian American Community Health Issues
| Prerequisites: | Upper division standing or consent of instructor. |
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| Description: | Examination of community health concepts and needs specific to the Asian American communities; practical skills in community health issues and service. (Formerly AAS 575) |
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| Units: | 3 |
| Latest Offering: | Fall 2013 |
AA S 595 : Asian American Communities and Public Policy
| Prerequisites: | Upper division standing or consent of instructor. |
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| Description: | Public policy issues, their impact on and the responses from the Asian American communities; relationship and complexities of local, state, and federal policies facing the Asian American communities. (Formerly ETHS 665) [CSL may be available; consult index for page reference.] |
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| Units: | 3 |
| Latest Offering: | Fall 2013 |
AA S 681 : Asian American Community Changes and Development
| Prerequisites: | AAS majors/minors only; upper division standing with 6 units of AAS GE courses or consent of instructor. |
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| Description: | Asian American community origins, changes, economics; trends in residential and community patterns; and effects of immigration and population growth. (Formerly AAS 680) [CSL may be available; consult index for page reference.] |
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| Units: | 3 |
| Latest Offering: | Fall 2013 |
AA S 685 : Projects in the Teaching of Asian American Studies
| Prerequisites: | Upper division standing, 3.3 GPA in AAS courses, and consent of instructor. Limited to undergraduate students only. |
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| Description: | Academic service learning practicum/internship experience as an undergraduate instructional aide. Participation in the teaching of a regular instructionally-related class. (Students may earn a maximum of 4 units toward the baccalaureate degree for any course(s) numbered 685 regardless of discipline.) |
| Units: | 1-4 |
AA S 688 : Asian American Community Service Internship
| Prerequisites: | Upper division standing and consent of instructor. |
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| Description: | Supervised fieldwork/service for 100 hours minimum in an approved Asian American organization or agency, plus regular meetings with supervising faculty. May be repeated for a total of 6 units. (CR/NC grading only.) |
| Units: | 3 |
| Latest Offering: | Fall 2013 |
AA S 696 : Critical Approaches to Asian American Studies
| Prerequisites: | AAS majors/minors with 24 upper division units in AAS classes or consent of instructor. |
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| Description: | Study of fundamental tools of critical thinking and theorization through the lens of Asian American Studies. Focus on reading, thinking, and writing critically by exposing topics and theories of Asian and Ethnic Studies. (Plus-minus letter grade only.) |
| Units: | 4 |
AA S 697 : Proseminar in Asian American Studies
| Prerequisites: | AAS majors only with 24 upper division units in AAS classes or consent of instructor. |
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| Description: | Practical application of research methodology in Asian American Studies through critical examination, analysis, and peer critique to develop a publishable product. [CSL may be available; consult index for page reference.] |
| Units: | 3 |
| Latest Offering: | Fall 2013 |
AA S 699 : Independent Study
| Prerequisites: | Upper division standing with 3.0 GPA and consent of instructor and department chair. |
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| Description: | Supervised individual study of a particular issue in Asian American Studies. May be repeated for a total of 6 units. |
| Units: | 1-3 |
AA S 710 : Critical Approaches to Asian American Studies
| Prerequisites: | Consent of instructor. |
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| Description: | Critical understanding of theory and research methodologies in Asian American Studies; available resources as preparation for graduate-level research. Guidance in literature review and bibliography in the student's chosen area. |
| Units: | 3 |
| Latest Offering: | Spring 2013 |
AA S 800 : Theory and History in Asian American Studies
| Prerequisites: | Graduate standing in AAS or consent of instructor. |
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| Description: | Integration of historical review with contempoary theory relating to Asian Americans. |
| Units: | 3 |
| Latest Offering: | Fall 2013 |
AA S 810 : Seminar: Asian American Immigration
| Prerequisites: | Consent of instructor. |
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| Description: | Theoretical and methodological understanding of Asian immigration to the U.S. Asian Americans within structures of American immigration history. |
| Units: | 3 |
| Latest Offering: | Fall 2008 |
AA S 822 : Seminar: Asian American Literature and Arts
| Prerequisites: | Consent of instructor. |
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| Description: | Intersections of history, gender, culture, and creativity as they pertain to the conception of an Asian American literary aesthetic; Asian American literature within the genre of U.S. literature. |
| Units: | 3 |
| Latest Offering: | Fall 2013 |
AA S 833 : Seminar: Asian American Family and Identity
| Prerequisites: | Consent of instructor. |
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| Description: | Issues concerning Asian Americans in family and group structures. |
| Units: | 3 |
| Latest Offering: | Spring 2013 |
AA S 865 : Asian American Community and Public Policy
| Prerequisites: | Consent of instructor. |
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| Description: | Assessment and critique of policy issues, their impact on, and the responses from, the Asian American community. Relationship and complexities of local, state, and federal policies facing the contemporary Asian American community. |
| Units: | 3 |
| Latest Offering: | Fall 2013 |
AA S 875 : Asian American Community Health Issues
| Prerequisites: | Consent of instructor. |
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| Description: | Major health issues, their impact on and the responses from the Asian American community. Health perspectives and practices affected by the cultural dichotomy between Asia and Euro-America. (AB/NC grading only.) |
| Units: | 3 |
| Latest Offering: | Spring 2013 |
AA S 880 : Selected Topics in Asian American Studies
| Prerequisites: | Graduate standing or consent of instructor. |
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| Description: | Seminar in selected topics in Asian American Studies. May be repeated as topics vary. |
| Units: | 1-3 |
AA S 880 : Seminar: Asian Thought in the West
| Prerequisites: | Graduate standing in ETHS or consent of instructor. |
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| Description: | Contemporary critiques of Western thought and proposed alternatives rooted in various Asian traditions. |
| Units: | 3 |
| Latest Offering: | Fall 2011 |
AA S 884 : Critical Asian American Educational Experience and Pedagogy
| Prerequisites: | Graduate standing or consent of instructor. |
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| Description: | Historical narratives and counter narratives of Asian Americans and education; the development of Asian American Studies; pedagogical issues and interventions that have shaped Asian American identities and communities. (Plus-minus AB/NC grading only; RP allowed.) |
| Units: | 3 |
| Latest Offering: | Spring 2012 |
AA S 895 : Field Study in Asian American Studies
| Prerequisites: | Consent of instructor and approval of Advancement to Candidacy (ATC) and Culminating Experience (CE) forms by Graduate Studies. |
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| Description: | An alternate culminating study in fulfillment of the requirement for the master's degree; student develops a project under advisement and direction of graduate adviser. Advancement to Candidacy (ATC) and Proposal for Culminating Experience Requirement forms must be approved by the Graduate Division before registration. (CR/NC grading only.) |
| Units: | 3 |
| Latest Offering: | Fall 2013 |
AA S 896 : Directed Reading in Asian American Studies
| Prerequisites: | Consent of instructor and graduate adviser. |
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| Description: | Directed reading in one specific area of Asian American studies based upon a standing bibliography or reading list, in consultation and under supervision of a specialist in that field. May be repeated for a total of 6 units. |
| Units: | 3 |
| Latest Offering: | Fall 2013 |
AA S 898 : Master's Thesis
| Prerequisites: | Consent of instructor and approval of Advancement to Candidacy (ATC) and Culminating Experience (CE) forms by Graduate Studies. |
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| Description: | Advancement to Candidacy (ATC) and Proposal for Culminating Experience Requirement forms must be approved by the Graduate Division before registration. (CR/NC grading only.) |
| Units: | 3 |
| Latest Offering: | Fall 2013 |
AA S 899 : Independent Study
| Prerequisites: | Consent of instructor and graduate adviser. |
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| Description: | Plan, develop, and complete a project under the direction of a supervising faculty member who is a specialist in that field. |
| Units: | 3 |
