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Minor

Asian American Studies Minor

University of California, Los Angeles College of Letters and Science 103 courses

About This Program

The Asian American Studies minor is designed for students who wish to gain understanding of and competence in Asian American Studies.

Degree Requirements

The Minor: Required Upper-Division Courses (20 units)

A total of five upper-division courses as follows:

The Minor: Required Upper-Division Courses (20 units): Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities and Social Movements

Select one course from:

Code Course Title Credits
ASIA AM M108 Policy, Planning, and Community 4
ASIA AM 109 Gender Violence, Policing, and Law 4
ASIA AM 110 American Immigration Policy 4
ASIA AM 113 Asian Americans and Law 4
ASIA AM M116 Asian American Social Movements 4
ASIA AM M119XP Asian American and Pacific Islander Labor Issues 4
ASIA AM 130A Chinese American Experience 4
ASIA AM M130B Chinese Immigrant Literature and Film 4
ASIA AM M130C Chinese Immigration 4
ASIA AM 131A Japanese American Experience 4
ASIA AM 131B Japanese Americans and Incarceration 4
ASIA AM 131C Japanese American Resettlement 4
ASIA AM 132A Korean American Experience 4
ASIA AM 133 Pilipino American Experience 4
ASIA AM 134 Vietnamese American Experience 4
ASIA AM 135 Southeast Asian Refugee Communities in U.S. 4
ASIA AM 141AX Asian American and Pacific Islander Leadership Development Project Part I: Leadership 4
ASIA AM 141BX Asian American and Pacific Islander Leadership Development Project Part II: Field Studies 4
ASIA AM 143B Politics of Race, Ethnicity, Migration, and Multiculturalism in Hawai'i 4
ASIA AM M143C Ethnic Identity and Ethnic Relations in Hawai'i 4
ASIA AM M151 Asian American Politics 4
ASIA AM 171F U.S. Empire in Southeast Asia 4
ASIA AM 177 Social Movements in Guam and Pacific 4
ASIA AM 187C Special Courses in Asian American Populations and Communities 4
ASIA AM 191C Topics in Asian American Populations and Communities 4

The Minor: Required Upper-Division Courses (20 units): Global and Transnational Perspectives

Select one course from:

Code Course Title Credits
ASIA AM 111 Asian Americans and War 4
ASIA AM 123 Cultures of/against Empire 4
ASIA AM 125 Transpacific Literature and Theory 4
ASIA AM 155 Indigenous and Third World Feminist Thought and Praxis 4
ASIA AM 156 Palestine: A Comparative Ethnic Studies Approach 4
ASIA AM 157 Racialization of Arab and Muslim Communities on the War on Terror 4
ASIA AM 170 Transnational Perspectives on Asian America 4
ASIA AM 171A Critical Issues in U.S.-China Relations 4
ASIA AM 171B Critical Issues in U.S.-Japan Relations 4
ASIA AM 171C Critical Issues in U.S.-Korea Relations 4
ASIA AM M171D Critical Issues in U.S.-Philippine Relations 4
ASIA AM 171E Critical Issues in U.S.-Vietnam Relations 4
ASIA AM 171F U.S. Empire in Southeast Asia 4
ASIA AM 172B Gender in South Asian Communities at Home and Abroad 4
ASIA AM 172C Transnational Bollywood 4
ASIA AM M173 Topics in Vietnamese Cinema and/or Literature 4
ASIA AM 174B Special Courses in Transnationalism and Diasporas 4
ASIA AM 175B Topics in Transnationalism and Diasporas 4
ASIA AM 176 Making Fiction Work: Imagining Philippines and its Elsewheres 4
ASIA AM 178 Critical Refugee Studies 4
ASIA AM M179 Asian Community: Border-Crossing, Diasporic Formation, and Social Transformation 4

The Minor: Required Upper-Division Courses (20 units): Comparative and Intersectional Ethnic Studies

Select one course from:

Code Course Title Credits
ASIA AM 109 Gender Violence, Policing, and Law 4
ASIA AM 110 American Immigration Policy 4
ASIA AM M112A Historical Survey of Asian American Literature 5
ASIA AM M112B Contemporary Asian American Literary Issues and Criticism 5
ASIA AM 113 Asian Americans and Law 4
ASIA AM M114 Asian American Education and Schooling 4
ASIA AM 115 Women and Community in Asian American Studies 4
ASIA AM M117 Asian American Personality and Mental Health 4
ASIA AM 118 Asian American Religious History 4
ASIA AM 122A Indigeneity, Empire, and Resistance in Pacific Islands 4
ASIA AM M124 Comparative Racialization and Indigeneity 4
ASIA AM 126 Comparative Race and Indigeneity 4
ASIA AM M128 Participatory Action Research on Youth Organizing for Racial Justice 4
ASIA AM M129 Health Issues for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders: Myth or Model? 4
ASIA AM 155 Indigenous and Third World Feminist Thought and Praxis 4
ASIA AM 156 Palestine: A Comparative Ethnic Studies Approach 4
ASIA AM M161 Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Issues in America's Healthcare Systems 4
ASIA AM M162 Class and Gender in Care Work 4
ASIA AM M163 Worker Center Movement: Next Wave Organizing for Justice for Immigrant Workers 4
ASIA AM M164 Women, Violence, Globalization: India, Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam 4
ASIA AM M165 Race, Gender, Class 5
ASIA AM M166A Immigrant Rights, Labor, and Higher Education 4
ASIA AM M166B Research on Immigration Rights, Labor, and Higher Education 4
ASIA AM M166C Research on Immigrant Students and Higher Education 4
ASIA AM 167 Immigration and New Second Generation 4
ASIA AM M169 Constructing Race 4
ASIA AM 172B Gender in South Asian Communities at Home and Abroad 4
ASIA AM 174A Special Courses in Comparative Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Sexuality 4
ASIA AM 175A Topics in Comparative Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Sexuality 4
ASIA AM M191F Topics in Asian American Literature 5

The Minor: Required Upper-Division Courses (20 units): Methodology, Creative Production, and Community Engagement

Select one course from:

Code Course Title Credits
ASIA AM 103 Social Science Research Methods 4
ASIA AM 104A Field Studies Methods in Asian Pacific Communities 4
ASIA AM 104B Special Internships in Asian Pacific Communities 4
ASIA AM 105 Historical Research Methods 4
ASIA AM 107 Scholarly and Creative Communication in Asian American Studies 4
ASIA AM 112C Asian American Creative Writing 4
ASIA AM M119XP Asian American and Pacific Islander Labor Issues 4
ASIA AM 120 Representation and Resistance: Asian American Independent Cinema 4
ASIA AM 121 Exploring Asian American Theater 4
ASIA AM 122B Gender and Film in Pacific 4
ASIA AM 140XP Power to People: Asian American and Pacific Islander Community-Based Learning 4
ASIA AM 141AX Asian American and Pacific Islander Leadership Development Project Part I: Leadership 4
ASIA AM 141BX Asian American and Pacific Islander Leadership Development Project Part II: Field Studies 4
ASIA AM C142A Ethnocommunications I: Introduction to Creating Community Media 4
ASIA AM C142B Ethnocommunications II: Intermediate Creating Community Media 4
ASIA AM C142C Ethnocommunications III: Advanced Creating Community Media 4
ASIA AM M143A Fieldwork in Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities 4
ASIA AM M160 Culture, Media, and Los Angeles 6
ASIA AM M168 Student-Initiated Retention and Outreach Issues in Higher Education 4
ASIA AM 172C Transnational Bollywood 4
ASIA AM 187A Special Courses in Research Methodologies 4
ASIA AM 191A Topics in Research Methodologies 4
ASIA AM 198A Honors Research in Asian American Studies 4
ASIA AM 198B Honors Research in Asian American Studies 4
ASIA AM 198C Honors Research in Asian American Studies 4
ASIA AM 199 Directed Research or Senior Project in Asian American Studies 2 to 4

The Minor: Required Upper-Division Courses (20 units): Elective Course

Select one course from Asian American Studies 103 through M191F, 195, or M195CE.

Code Course Title Credits
ASIA AM 195 Community or Corporate Internships in Asian American Studies 4
ASIA AM M195CE Comparative Approaches to Community and Corporate Internships 4

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