Dec 05, 2025

2024-2025 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog

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2024-2025 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Asian American Studies Minor

Requirements

A “C” grade in all required and elective classes in the minor is required for continuation of the program.

The Minor in Asian American Studies is available to all majors except those in ASAM. A minimum of 15 units which must include:

Take the following course:

ASAM 120 - Asian American History (3 units)

Take one of the following courses with a “C” or better:

ASAM 119 - Introduction to Racial and Ethnic Studies (3 units)
ASAM 121 - Contemporary Issues in Asian America (3 units)

Complete 9 units from the following courses with a grade of “C” or better:

AAAS 492 - Senior Research Seminar (3 units)
ASAM 121 - Contemporary Issues in Asian America (3 units)
ASAM 319 - Racial and Ethnic Experience in the United States (3 units)
ASAM 330 - Japanese American Experience (3 units)
ASAM 331 - Chinese American Experience (3 units)
ASAM 332 - Korean American Experience (3 units)
ASAM 333 - Vietnamese American Experience (3 units)
ASAM 334 - Cambodian American Experience (3 units)
ASAM 335 - Asian and Latino Immigration Since World War II (3 units)
ASAM 340 - Asian American Family (3 units)
ASAM 341 - Asian American/Chicano and Latino Cinema (3 units)
ASAM 345 - Asian American Community Analysis (3 units)
ASAM 350 - Environmental Justice (3 units)
ASAM 352 - Filipino/a American Experiences (3 units)
ASAM 353 - Filipino American Contemporary Issues (3 units)
ASAM 370 - Gender and Sexuality in Asian America (3 units)
ASAM 490 - Selected Topics in Asian American Studies (3 units)
ASAM 499 - Directed Studies (1-3 units)
AMST 325 - Beauty Matters: Culture, Politics, Labor (3 units)