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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Completion of the lower division writing requirement. Study of Asian American fiction written by Americans of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Filipino, South Asian, and Southeast Asian ancestry. Regular writing assignments required. (Available for General Education, Arts and Humanities)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Completion of the lower division writing requirement. Intensive practice in the writing of poetry and prose fiction. Includes analysis of published Asian American writings and a series of writing exercises and/or writing assignments that culminate in a portfolio of no fewer than 4,000 words. Offers perspectives on the shifting definitions of “Asian American” and on the Populist/Activist and Academic/ Literary approaches that have helped shape the contours of Asian American creative writing. Students participate in the written and oral critiques of each other’s work.
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3.00 Credits
Involves the study and practice of Asian American performance with particular emphasis on adapting, scripting, and performing personal, family, and community-based narratives. Students gain competencies in the analysis, performance, and criticism of Asian American dramatic and non-dramatic, non-traditional texts, including (auto) biographies, memoirs, diaries, oral histories, and narrative accounts drawn from everyday life.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Completion of the lower division writing requirement. Multidisciplinary analysis of women in the diverse Asian Pacific American communities. Study of the historical, social, political, and economic factors which have impacted the role and status of Asian Pacific American women in American society. Regular writing assignments required. Available for Gender and Women’s Studies Minor, Ethnic Studies and Diversity. (Available for General Education, Comparative Cultural Studies)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Completion of the lower division writing requirement. Critical analysis of contemporary issues confronting Asian Americans in the U.S. Emphasis placed on social and economic issues such as immigration, education, employment, health, and inter-ethnic and intra-Asian conflict. Regular writing assignments required. Available for Section B, Multicultural Requirement for Credential Candidates. (Available for General Education, Comparative Cultural Studies)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Completion of the lower division writing requirement. Recommended: Prior completion of an AAS course. Advanced course on the legal and political history and contemporary struggles of Asian Americans. Overview of American political system through the examination of basic texts, including the U.S. Constitution. Examines the history and formation of Asian communities in the U.S., the evolution of their participation in the political process through the lens of immigration, citizenship policies and laws, civil rights reform laws, state laws and municipal ordinances, and contemporary legal and political issues. (Meets GE Title 5 requirements in areas (2) and (3) covering the Constitution and California state and local governments.)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Completion of the lower division writing requirement. Analysis of psychological issues from an Asian American perspective. Specific topics include the impact of minority status on personality development, cross-cultural comparisons of and Asian Americans, and introduction to problems in the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of mental health problems in Asian Americans. Available for Section B of the Multicultural Requirement for Credential Candidates. (Available for General Education, Social Sciences) (IC)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Completion of the lower division writing requirement. Interdisciplinarily studies the socio-historical realities, identities, and political maintenance of people with multiple racial and ethnic heritages; examines the binary racial structure of the U.S., social and legal customs of racial designation and membership; focuses on multiracial populations such as Creoles, mulattos, mestizos, Black-Indians, Eurasians, Afroasians, Amerasians, etc.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Completion of the lower division writing requirement. Examines Asian immigration to the U.S. from a world systems perspective. Examines immigration process and the implication of this process for contemporary interest in the Pacific Rim. Topics include origins of Asian immigration, major U.S. immigration legislation, demographic structure of contemporary Asian immigration, and cross-cultural comparisons of other world groups. Regular writing assignments required. (Available for General Education, Comparative Cultural Studies)
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Completion of lower division writing requirement. Intensive study of the immigration/incorporation history and experience of a specific Asian Pacific American sub-group. Each course examines the nexus between historical events and contemporary issues facing a particular Asian Pacific American community and their experiences in various sectors of American society: labor, family, politics, education, and cultural preservation and community formation. (A) Filipino American Experience, (B) Vietnamese American Experience, (C) Chinese American Experience, (D) Korean American Experience, (E) Japanese American Experience, (F) South Asian American Experience. For courses on other groups, please consult with department office.
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