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Department Chair: Jon D. Cruz
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Jon D. Cruz, Ph.D., UC Berkeley, Associate Professor (theory, culture, race/ethnicity, sociology of knowledge, Filipino American history)
Diane C. Fujino, Ph.D., UC Los Angeles, Assistant Professor (womanist/feminist studies, psychology, interracial relations, Japanese-American experience)
Susan Koshy, Ph.D., UC Los Angeles, Assistant Professor (Asian-American literature, post-Colonial literature, Asian-Indian American experience)
Celine Parreñas Shimizu, Ph.D. Stanford University, MFA, UC Los Angeles, Assistant Professor(film and Performance Theory and Production Asian American Cultural Studies, Sexuality, Feminist Post Colonial Theory, and Social Theories of Power, Difference and Inequality)
Xiaojian Zhao, Ph.D., UC Berkeley, Assistant Professor (history, women's history, Asian-American families, Chinese-American experience)
Jesus M. Casas, Ph.D. (Education)
Catherine Cole, Ph.D. (Dramatic Art)
G. Reginald Daniel, Ph.D. (Sociology)
Mark Elliott, Ph.D. (History)
Lawrence K. Fulbeck, M.F.A. (Art Studio)
Shirley Lim, Ph.D. (Women's Studies)
Paul Spickard, Ph.D., UC Berkeley (History)
John Wiemann, Ph.D. (Communication)
Mayfair Yang, Ph.D. (Anthropology)
The history courses treat Asian-American history as part of United States history, but they also highlight selected aspects of Asian history in order to show how homeland developments affected and continue to affect the lives of Asian Americans. Asian-American communities are studied as examples of American ethnic communities whose internal structures and relationships to the wider society change from one historical period to another. Asian-American culture is viewed not as a simple blending of East and West, but as artistic expressions that reflect the development of Asian-American voices and the emergence of Asian-American sensibilities.
Students with a bachelor's degree in Asian American Studies who are interested in pursuing a California Teaching Credential should contact the credential advisor in the Graduate School of Education as soon as possible.
Bachelor of Arts-Asian American Studies
Preparation for the major. Asian American Studies 1, 2, 5, and 3 or 8.
Upper-division major. Forty upper-division units from Asian American Studies and related departments are required, with 12 units from Area A and 12 units from Area B.
Area A. Asian American Studies 100AA-ZZ, 111, 113, 116, 117, 118, 119, 131, 132, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 150, 161, 162, 171AA-ZZ, 175, 191AA.
Area B. Asian American Studies 121, 122, 125, 127, 128, 129, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 170AA-ZZ.
Area C. 16 additional Asian American Studies units except 195H, 197, 199, 199RA. In Area C, up to two courses (8 units) may be substituted by petition when course content is relevant. This includes most courses in Black Studies; Chicano Studies; East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies; Women's Studies; and courses pertaining to Native American studies, usually found in Religious Studies special topic courses. Please consult department for additional information.
All courses to be applied to the minor must be completed on a letter-grade basis. This includes both courses offered in Asian American tudies and those offered by other departments and applied to the minor.
Preparation for the minor. Two courses (8 units) from the following: Asian American Studies 1, 2, 3, 5, 8.
Upper-division minor. Five courses (20 units), distributed as follows, with at least two courses from each area:
Area A. Asian American Studies 100AA-ZZ, 111, 113, 116, 117, 118, 119, 131, 132, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 150, 161, 162, 171AA-ZZ, 175, 191AA.
Area B. Asian American Studies 121, 122, 125, 127, 128, 129, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 170AA-ZZ.
Note: Substitutions and waivers are subject to approval by the chair of
the department. Please see "Academic Minors"
for special conditions governing minors in the College of Letters and Science.
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Asian American Studies Courses
1. Comparative Asian American History, 1850-1965
(4) Zhao
A comparative analysis of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Asian Indian, and Filipino
immigration into Hawaii and the continental United States; settlement and employment
patterns; community organizations; anti-Asian movements; women and families;
World War II internment of Japanese Americans; and postwar developments.
2. Contemporary Asian American History
(4) Staff
Changes in Asian American communities since 1965, as a result of expanded immigration,
rise of Asian American panethnicity, and other factors; refugee migration from
Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos; current Asian American social, economic, and political
trends; and interethnic relations.
3. Asian American Personality and Identity
(4) Staff
Cultural values and behavioral norms; ethnic identity development; process of
acculturation; family patterns of communication; stressors and social support
systems; tokenism; symbolic racism; academic achievement; interpersonal effectiveness;
and culturally-responsive mental health treatment and service delivery.
4. Introduction to Asian American Cultural Studies
(4) Shimizu
Explores interdisciplinary approaches to the study of contemporary Asian American
subjectivities and cultures. Readings and lectures examine questions, methods,
and interpretations within recent Asian American studies scholarship, particularly
engaging critical debates on difference, politics, and aesthetics.
5. Introduction to Asian American Literature
(4) Koshy
Selected major themes in literary texts from Asian American communities, including
Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Filipino, and Southeast Asian Americans: dislocation/relocation;
finding/inventing a usable past; poetics/politics in language; identities/ethnicities.
8. Asian American Gender Relations
(4) Fujino
Examination of relations between Asian American women and men from sociological,
psychological and historical perspectives. Topics include: social construction
of gender and race, effects of racism and sexism, media representations, gay
and lesbian experiences, education, reproductive labor, anti-Asian and sexualized
violence.
100AA-ZZ. Specific Asian Ethnic Groups
(4) Staff
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 12 units provided letter designations
are different.
The historical and contemporary experiences of specific Asian ethnic groups.
100AA. Chinese Americans
(4) Staff
Not open for credit to students who have completed Asian American Studies
51 or 101.
100BB. Japanese Americans
(4) Staff
Not open for credit to students who have completed Asian American Studies
52 or 102.
100CC. Filipino Americans
(4) Staff
Not open for credit to students who have completed Asian American Studies
53 or 103.
100DD. Korean Americans
(4) Staff
Not open for credit to students who have completed Asian American Studies
54 or 104.
100FF. South Asian Americans
(4) Staff
Not open for credit to students who have completed Asian American Studies
56 or 106.
100HH. Southeast Asian Refugees and Immigrants in the United States
(4) Staff
Not open for credit to students who have completed Asian American Studies
55, 100EE, 100GG, or 105.
111. Asian American Communities and Contemporary Issues
(4) Staff
Recommended preparation: a prior course in Asian American studies.
Historical formation of Asian immigrant communities and their social structures
and functions; impact of post-1965 Asian immigration on existing communities;
issues facing Asian Americans today, including education, employment, discrimination,
civil rights, political participation, media stereotypes, and anti-Asian violence.
113. The Asian American Movement
(4) Fujino
Recommended preparation: a prior course in Asian American studies.
The history of Asian American social movements during the twentieth century.
Examination of early immigrant resistance; Japanese American World War II protest;
rise of Asian American Movementstudent, labor, feminist, anti-war, and yellow
power movementsduring the 1960s-70s; contemporary social issues.
116. Asian Americans in the Law
(4) Zhao
Prerequisite: a prior course in Asian American studies or history or law
& society.
Laws impacted the lives of Asian Americans and Asian Americans' contributions
of the legal system in the United States. Review of landmark court cases with
opportunities for students to analyze legal documents.
117. Developing Multicultural Competence
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: Asian American Studies 1 or 2 or 3 or 8.
Examination of the provision of culturally-sensitive services to ethnic minority
communities: African American, American Indian, Asian American, and Hispanic
American. Issues studied include human service needs, help-seeking patterns,
cultural coping styles, and models of effective service delivery.
118. Asian Americans in Popular Culture
(4) Staff
Recommended preparation: a prior course in Asian American studies.
A historical survey of how Asians and Asian Americans have been represented
in American popular culture and an analysis of alternative models of popular
culture. Texts include literature, theater, television, film.
119. Asian Americans and Race Relations
(4) Fujino
Recommended preparation: a prior course in Asian American studies.
Examination of the development of racial ideology and racism, theories of race
relations, effects of racism and discrimination against Asian Americans, and
contemporary race issues.
121. Asian American Autobiographies and Biographies
(4) Koshy
Asian American autobiographies and biographies, their socio-political reflections
and expressions inscribing the subject in and against culture, relations between
intention and form. Readings may include Pardee Lowe, Jade Snow Wong, Monica
Sone, Jeanne Houston, Carlos Bulosan, and Maxine Hong Kingston.
122. Asian American Fiction
(4) Staff
Recommended preparation: Asian American
Studies 5.
Examination of the ways in which Asian American writers create fiction in order
to reflect on pertinent issues concerning Asian Americans, such as race, class,
gender, and sexuality. Texts include short stories and novels.
125. Asian American Plays
(4) Staff
Recommended preparation: a prior course in Asian American studies.
An examination of plays by first-, second-, and third-generation Asian Americans
that demonstrate divergent yet expanding vitality in Asian American theater;
works by Ping Chong, David Henry Hwang, Frank Chin, Genny Lim, Wakako Yamauchi,
Philip Kan Gotanda, and Velina Hasu Houston.
127. Asian American, Television, and Digital Media
(4) Staff
Recommended preparation: a prior course in Asian American studies.
Formal, historical, and cultural issues in the study of Asian American film,
television, and digital media practices in independent, Hollywood, and transnational
contexts. The role of cinema and visual technology in the understanding of Asian
Americans in modern and contemporary culture.
128. Writings by Asian American Women
(4) Koshy
Asian American women's writings covering a variety of genres and cultural communities;
emphasis on literary analysis of works in relation to central themes of race,
family and gender.
129. Representations of Asia in Asian American Narratives
(4) Koshy
Course traces the emergence of an American discourse about Asia by examining
literary and non-literary texts. Post 1960's Asian American narratives will
also be analyzed in terms of their relationship to the earlier discursive frameworks.
131. Asian American Women's History
(4) Zhao
Prerequisite: a prior course in Asian American studies or history or women's
studies.
The lives and changing status of Asian immigrant women, past and present; Japanese
and Korean "picture brides;" American-born girls of Asian ancestry;
Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Filipino war brides; adopted Asian girls; and
diverse life-styles of Asian American women today.
132. Asian/Asian American Women in the Global Economy
(4) Fujino
Recommended preparation: a prior course in Asian American studies.
Examination of economic and political systems that affect Asian women's labor
in the United States and internationally. Topics include: the intersection of
race, class, gender, and sexuality; the garment industry; sex industry; and
Asian and Asian American women's resistance.
134. Asian American Men and Contemporary Men's Issues
(4) Staff
Recommended preparation: Asian American
Studies 8.
An interdisciplinary study of Asian American male identities, masculinities,
and bodies; emphasis on literary, sociocultural, cinematic, and popular culture
representations; Asian American masculinist discourses as complements to Asian
American feminist discourses. Texts include literatures, films, photos, comic
books, and essays.
135. Asian Pacific American Queer Issues
(4) Staff
Recommended preparation: a prior course in Asian American studies.
An interdisciplinary survey of the histories, experiences, and identities of
Asian Pacific American gays, lesbians, and bisexuals; coming out issues, family
and community pressures, and socio-political representation in Asian Pacific
American communities and in the mainstream gay movement.
136. Asian American Families
(4) Zhao
Prerequisite: a prior course in Asian American studies or history or women's
studies.
The importance of the family in the East and Southeast Asian cultural heritage;
family formation in the United States; contemporary Asian American family dynamics;
interracial families; changing gender roles and relationships; the family and
the life cycle.
137. Multiethnic Asian Americans
(4) Staff
Not open for credit to students who have completed Asian American Studies
7 or 107.
Recommended preparation: a prior course in Asian American studies.
The history, identities, and social relations of multiethnic Asian Americans.
Uses fiction, autobiography, sociological and psychological studies of people
of mixed racial or ethnic parentage. Considers cognate issues such as interracial
marriage.
138. Asian American Sexualities
(4) Shimizu
Recommended preparation: a prior course in Asian American studies.
Examines the critical lens of sexuality in studying Asian American culture,
history, and politics. Survey of interdisciplinary texts on concepts of sexuality
in Asia and America, constructions of sexual difference, denaturalizing heterosexuality
and queer theory.
141. Asian American Creative Writing
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: Writing 2 or 2E or 2LK; ad, English 10 or Writing 50 or 50E
or 50LK or 109AA-ZZ.
A creative writing workshop focusing on Asian American themes. Different genres
are emphasized depending on the instructor's preference and expertise.
142. Introductory Asian American Performance Workshop
(4) Staff
Recommended preparation: a prior course in Asian American studies.
An introductory performance workshop focusing on Asian American themes. Students
write original pieces, learn the basic techniques of stage performance, and
participate in presenting a public performance at the end of the quarter.
143. Life Drama: Television Production Course
(4) Shimizu
Recommended preparation: a prior course in Asian American studies.
Introduce students to television production and critical studies focused on
the melodrama and comedy of race and the racialized experience. Completion of
two short video works visualizing and dramatizing Asian American life in a professional
three-camera studio.
144. Asian American Visual Media Workshop
(4) Staff
Recommended preparation: a prior course in Asian American studies.
A laboratory workshop in which students can use a variety of visual media, such
as photography, film, painting, and drawing to express the Asian American experience.
145. Intermediate Asian American Performance Workshop
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: Asian American Studies 142.
An intermediate performance workshop focusing on Asian American themes. Course
provides in-depth exercises in writing, rehearsing, and producing a public performance.
146. Racialized Sexuality on Screen and Scene
(4) Shimizu
Recommended preparation: a prior course in Asian American studies.
Explores race and sexuality in Asian American moving image visual cultures,
with particular attention to the production of the hypersexual "Asian Woman"
in film and performance. Theories of visuality and perception in the contexts
of racial, gendered, and queer representation and visibility.
147. Asian American Play Writing
(4) Staff
Recommended prepration: a prior course in Asian American studies.
Examination of various dramatic techniques, dialogue construction and character
development used in writing for the theater. Students will create an original
short play or performance piece. Some pieces may be developed for staged presentation.
150. Pacific Islander Americans
(4) Staff
Recommended preparation: a prior course in Asian American studies.
Examination of the histories, migration patterns, ethnic identities, family
dynamics, community organizations, cultures, religions, health and mental health,
social service needs, political concerns, and intergroup relations of people
from Hawaii, Samoa, Tonga, Guam, Fiji, and other Pacific Islands.
161. Asian and Pacific Americans and Religion
(4) Staff
Recommended preparation: a prior course in Asian American studies.
Examination of the religious experiences of Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism, Confucianism, Shinto, and Christianity in their Asian/Pacific
and Asian/Pacific American forms. Emphasis on social and historical context
as well as theology, experience, and expression.
162. Psychological Issues of Asian Americans
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: Asian American Studies 3.
Examination of the current theory and research on the specific psychological
issues that affect Asian Americans. Special emphasis on how immigration experiences,
acculturation, cultural values, ethnic identity, and racism influence various
aspects of psychological functioning.
170AA-ZZ. Special Topics in Asian American Studies - Arts & Humanities
(4) Staff
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units provided letter designations
are different.
Recommended prepataration: a prior course in Asian American studies.
Courses focusing on various arts and humanities topics not offered in other
Asian American studies courses.
171AA-ZZ. Special Topics in Asian American Studies - Social Science &
History
(4) Staff
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units provided letter designations
are different.
Recommended prepataration: a prior course in Asian American studies.
Courses focusing on various social sciences and history topics not offered in
other Asian American studies courses.
175. Theory and Method in Asian American Studies
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: junior or senior standing; open to Asian American studies
majors only.
Exploration of the main theoretical orientations that have shaped Asian American
studies: race and ethnicity, diasporas, international labor migration, etc.
Introduction to several methodologies, including historiography, quantitative
social science, literary criticism, and ethnography.
191AA. Research Seminar in Asian American History
(4) Zhao
Prerequisites: Asian American Studies 1 or 2, or one lower-division course
in history; upper-division standing.
A research seminar exploring historical approaches to studying Asian American
experiences. Students have the opportunity to collect, analyze, and evaluate
historical documents and manuscripts. Students carry out a research project
and produce a research paper.
195H. Senior Honors Project
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Open only to Asian American studies majors who have completed
at least six upper-division courses in Asian American studies.
Must have a 3.0 overall grade-point average and 3.5 grade-point average in courses
in the major.
Offers an opportunity to students who meet the prerequisites to do independent
research and to write an honors thesis or produce an honors film/video or performance.
199. Independent Studies
(1-4) Staff
Prerequisites: upper-division standing; one lower-division course and two
upper-division courses in Asian American studies.
Must have a minimum 3.0 grade-point average for the preceding three quarters.
Maximum of 4 units per quarter or a total of 12 units in Asian American studies.
Students are limited to 5 units per quarter, and 30 units total in all 98/99/198/199/199DC/199RA
courses combined.
Independent study of topics not covered in the regular curriculum under the
guidance of an approved faculty member.
199RA. Independent Research Assistance in Asian American Studies
(1-4) Staff
Prerequisites: upper-division standing; two upper-division courses in Asian
American studies; consent of instructor and department.
Must have a minimum 3.0 grade-point average for the preceding three quarters.
Students are limited to 5 units per quarter and 30 units total in all 98/99/198/199/199DC/199RA
courses.
Students will assist faculty in the latter's research under the personal supervision
of the faculty.
500. Laboratory for Teaching Assistants
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: departmental approval; appointment as a teaching assistant
in a lower-division Asian American studies course.
No unit credit allowed toward advanced degree.
Supervised teaching of Asian American studies lower-division courses.
596. Directed Reading and Research
(1-4) Staff
Prerequisites: graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Reading and research in special topics in Asian American studies.
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