2024-2025 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog
Asian Languages
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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), Xiaoping Liang (Linguistics), 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:
Courses: FIL, HIND, KHMR, KOR, VIET
Career Possibilities
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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, a Minor in Asian American Studies, and a Certificate in Asian Studies. Information and advice relative to the programs are available through the department office, FO3‑340.
CoursesCambodianChinese
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.
FilipinoHindiKoreanVietnamese
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