Minor Degree

Asian American Studies Minor Requirements (18 units)

The Asian American Studies Minor requires 18 units of courses including core courses, topical requirements, and comparative cultures breadth requirements. 

1. Core Courses (6 units)

• ASAM 201 – The History of Asian Pacific Americans (3)
• ASAM 300 – Introduction to Asian Pacific American Studies (3)

2. Topical Requirements (9 units)

• ASAM 220 – Vietnamese Communities in the U.S. (3)
• ASAM 230 – Civic Engagement Through Asian American and Pacific Islander Studies (3)
• ASAM 307 – Research and Writing in Ethnic Studies (3
• ASAM 308 – Asian American Women (3)
• ASAM 320 – Asian Pacific American Cultural Studies (3)
• ASAM 322 – Asian Pacific Americans and Religion (3)
• ASAM 325 – Asian American Film and Video (3)
• ASAM 327 – Asian American Literature (3)
• ASAM 340 – Asian Pacific American Communication (3)
• ASAM 342 – Asian Pacific American Families (3)
• ASAM 344 – Asian Pacific American Identities (3)
• ASAM 346 – Asian American Psychology (3)
• ASAM 360 – Multiple Heritage Asian American and Pacific Islanders (3)
• ASAM 362A – Filipina/o American Experiences (3)
• ASAM 364 – South Asian American Experiences (3)
• ASAM 366 – Korean American Experiences (3)
• ASAM 365 – Vietnamese American Experiences (3)
• ASAM 370 – Chinese American Experiences (3)
• ASAM 382 – World War II Japanese American Evacuation (3)
• ASAM 390 – Vietnamese American Cultural Studies (3)
• ASAM 395 – Asian Pacific American Transnationalisms
• ETHN 490 – Ethnic Studies Senior Seminar
• HUSR 318 – Human Services for Immigrants and Refugees (3)

3. Comparative Cultures Breadth Requirements (3 units)

• Non-Asian Pacific American Ethnic Groups and Inter-ethnic Relations in the U.S.
  • ASAM 101 – Introduction to Ethnic Studies (3)
  • ASAM 190 – Survey of American History with Emphasis on Ethnic Minorities
  • ASAM 477C – American Immigration History (3)
  • AFAM 304 – Black Families in American (3)
  • AFAM 310 – Black Women in American (3)
  • AFAM 311 – Race and Relationships (3)
  • AFAM 320 – Black Political Thought (3)
  • AFAM 322 – Black Psychology (3)
  • AFAM 335 – History of Racism (3)
  • AMST 301 – American Character (3)
  • AMST 377 – Prejudice and American Character (3)
  • CHIC 220 – Chicana/o Identities (3)
  • CHIC 303 – Chicano/Mexican Cultures
  • CHIC 337 – Contemporary Chicana/o Literatures (3)
  • CHIC 340 – Mexican/Chicano Intellectual Thought (3)
  • CHIC 345 – History of the Chicano (3)
  • ETHN 457 – Whiteness, a Racial Formation (3)
  • SOCI 357 – Race and Ethnic Relations (3)
  • WGST 302 – Introduction to Women’s Studies (3)
• Asian Pacific Languages or Asian Pacific Cultures and Social Institution
  • Any 100 or higher-level course in Chinese, Japanese, Korean or Vietnamese
  • ANTH 347 – Peoples of the Pacific (3)
  • CPLT 382T – Topics in Asian Literature (3)
  • GEOG 340 – Asia (3)
  • HIST 463C – Themes in Korean History (3)
  • HIST 464B – History of Southeast Asia 1800 – present (3)
  • HCOM 492T – Proseminar in Speech Communication (3)
  • PHIL 350 – Asian Philosophy (3)
  • POSC 434 – The Asia-Pacific in World Affairs (3)
  • RLST 270T – Introduction to the Asian Religions (3)
  • RLST 354T – Topics in Buddhism (3)