Asian and Asian American Studies

Department Chair: Barbara W. Kim

Department Office: Faculty Offices FO3-340
Telephone: (562) 985‑4645
FAX: (562) 985‑1535
Website: Asian and Asian American Studies Department

Faculty: Ruixi Ai, Kiyomi Chinen, Masako O. Douglas (Emerita), Linda N. España-Maram (Emerita), Kyoungmi Ha, Barbara W. Kim, May Lin, Sophea Seng, Nana Suzumura-Smith, Ann Thuy-Ling Tran, Haiping Wu

Advisors:
Graduate: Ruixi Ai
Undergraduate: Barbara Kim
Undergraduate: Barbara Kim (Asian American Studies)
Undergraduate: Barbara Kim (Asian Studies)
Undergraduate: Ruixi Ai (Chinese Studies)
Undergraduate: Nana Suzumura-Smith (Japanese)

Associate Faculty: Azza Basarudin (Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies), Kendall Brown (Art History), Chi-Ah Chun (Psychology), Lisa Grobar (Economics), Jack W. Hou (Economics), Rajbir Judge (History), Margaret Kuo (History), Guotong Li (History), Susan Nakaoka (Social Work), Jyotsna Pattnaik (Teacher Education), R. Varisa Patraporn (Sociology), Karen Quintiliani (Anthropology), Preeti Sharma (American Studies), Kristy Shih (Human Development), Michiko Takeuchi (History), Kimberly Walters (International Studies), Oliver Wang (Sociology), R. Scott Wilson (Anthropology), Teresa Wright (Political Science)

Administrative Support Coordinator: Ami Nguyen

Students desiring information should contact the department office for referral to one of the faculty advisors.

College: College of Liberal Arts     

Related Departments and Programs:

• Asian Languages  
• Chinese Studies  
• Japanese  

Courses: AAAS, ASAM, A/ST    

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Introduction

The Department of Asian and Asian American Studies fosters multi‑ethnic and cross‑cultural understanding from a global, multi‑disciplinary perspective and pursues an active language education program to promote cross‑cultural awareness and intercultural understanding.

Through courses of its own and those of cooperating departments, the Department of Asian and Asian American Studies offers a B.A. in Asian American Studies, a B.A. and M.A. in Asian Studies, a B.A. in Chinese Studies, a B.A. in Japanese, a minor in Asian American Studies, a minor in Cambodian Language and Culture, a minor in Chinese Language and Culture, a minor in Japanese Language and Culture, a minor in Korean Language and Culture, and a Certificate in Asian Studies. Information and advice relative to the programs are available through the department office, FO3‑340.

Programs

• Asian Studies, Japanese Language and Pedagogy (JLP) Option, M.A.
• Asian Studies, M.A.
• Asian Studies, Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language Option, M.A.

• Asian American Studies, B.A.
• Asian Studies, B.A.
• Chinese Studies, B.A.
• Japanese, B.A.

• Asian American Studies Minor
• Cambodian (Khmer) Language and Culture Minor
• Chinese Language and Culture Minor
• Japanese Language and Culture Minor
• Korean Language and Culture Minor

• Asian Studies Certificate

Courses

Note: General Education Category A must be completed prior to taking any upper-division course except upper-division language courses where students meet formal prerequisites and/or competency equivalent for advanced study.

• ASAM 100A - Composition I
• ASAM 100B - Composition II
• ASAM 119 - Introduction to Racial and Ethnic Studies
• ASAM 120 - Asian American History
• ASAM 121 - Contemporary Issues in Asian America
• ASAM 200 - Asian American Interethnic Relations
• ASAM 290 - Selected Topics in Asian American Studies
• ASAM 299 - Directed Studies
• ASAM 319 - Racial and Ethnic Experience in the United States
• ASAM 330 - Japanese American Experience
• ASAM 331 - Chinese American Experience
• ASAM 332 - Korean American Experience
• ASAM 333 - Vietnamese American Experience
• ASAM 334 - Cambodian American Experience
• ASAM 335 - Asian and Latino Immigration Since World War II
• ASAM 340 - Asian American Family
• ASAM 341 - Asian American/Chicano and Latino Cinema
• ASAM 345 - Asian American Community Analysis
• ASAM 350 - Environmental Justice
• ASAM 352 - Filipino/a American Experiences
• ASAM 353 - Filipino American Contemporary Issues
• ASAM 360 - Studies in Asian American Literature
• ASAM 370 - Gender and Sexuality in Asian America
• ASAM 490 - Selected Topics in Asian American Studies
• ASAM 499 - Directed Studies
• ASAM 521 - Critical Perspectives in Asian American Studies
• ASAM 599 - Directed Studies

• AAAS 100 - Asian Eats
• AAAS 492 - Senior Research Seminar

Note: General Education Category A must be completed prior to taking any upper-division course except upper-division language courses where students meet formal prerequisites and/or competency equivalent for advanced study.

• A/ST 190 - Introduction to Eastern Ways of Thinking
• A/ST 200 - Popular Culture in East Asia
• A/ST 290 - Selected Topics in Asian Studies
• A/ST 299 - Directed Studies
• A/ST 306 - Traditional Asia
• A/ST 307 - Modern Asia
• A/ST 309 - Asia and Globalization
• A/ST 311 - Statistics and Asian Societies
• A/ST 315 - Modern Korea
• A/ST 320 - Asian Films: Culture and Identity
• A/ST 327 - South Asian Studies: Contexts and Challenges
• A/ST 336 - Politics and Literature in Southeast Asia
• A/ST 393 - Japan: Continuities and Transformations
• A/ST 428 - Korean Cinema
• A/ST 429 - Japanese Cinema
• A/ST 462 - East Asian Cinemas
• A/ST 463 - Southeast Asian Cinemas
• A/ST 490 - Selected Topics in Asian Studies
• A/ST 499 - Directed Studies
• A/ST 600 - Asian Studies and Languages: Research and Methodologies
• A/ST 620 - Comparative Traditional Cultures of Asia
• A/ST 630 - Asia and Globalization
• A/ST 692 - Directed Research for Comprehensive Examination
• A/ST 695 - Directed Readings
• A/ST 697 - Research Capstone and Practicum