The Department of American Studies (AMS) and the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures (ALC) offers in cooperation a Certificate in Asian/Asian American Studies (13 credits or 4.5 courses) comprised of Asian American Studies-content courses offered in American Studies, English, History, Anthropology, among other units and courses in English on aspects of modern Asian cultures offered by ALC. The Certificate in Asian/Asian American Studies (A/AAS) is intended for students majoring in other SAS disciplines, planning or already pursuing careers in education, business, international relations, policy, law, medicine and allied health professions, medical research, public health, or global development. It is anticipated that students may earn the Certificate as part of their intercultural learning and training in the course of an undergraduate degree as a supplement or as continuing education for those pursuing careers in social work, health policy, education, among other career paths in which diverse cultural knowledge and learning is necessary.
Some examples of potential alumni of the Certificate program might be:
- educators, all levels
- health professionals including general practitioners, specialists, and nurses;
- immigration and law enforcement officials
- legal professionals
- social workers
The category “Asian American” covers a diverse array of ethnicities, races, religions, languages and migration histories in the United States and the Americas. “Asians” have been regarded as both inside and outside of US citizenship, as model minorities and perpetual foreigners. From the many Asian Exclusion Acts (1882-1965) limiting Asian migration into the US and Japanese American internment (1942) to the post-Vietnam refugees, serial migrations, and today’s Mindy Project, the drama of Asians in the US and the Americas has been a contentious one of belonging and non-belonging. The goal of the Undergraduate Certificate in A/AAS is to provide the basis for understanding the issues explored in the field of Asian American Studies and the study of the Asian diasporic experience through history, social science, literature, and popular culture. Through concurrent studies about contemporary Asian cultures in the Departments of American Studies and Asian Languages and Cultures, students will grasp the ongoing global scale of Asian migrations and interchanges.
Learn more about our Asian/Asian American Studies Initiatives
Requirements for Undergraduate Certificate Program:
- Complete two (2) contemporary Asian Culture courses in English with a grade of C or higher from among the list below and others.
- Complete two (2) Asian American Studies-content courses with a grade of C or higher from among the list below and others.
- Complete one (1) additional credit-bearing Asian American Studies-content course (1 or 1.5credit, Byrne, FIGS, Learning Community, or Independent study)
- Register with SAS American Studies for Certificate in Asian/Asian American Studies
Asian American/Asian Diaspora Studies Courses
- 013:301 Caribbean Pluralities and Indo-Caribbean Literature
- 014:215 Blacks and Asians
- 050:245 Asian American Experiences
- 050:377 Asian American Literature and Film
- 050:102 Race and Ethnicity in the US (Chan-Malik)
- 050:343 Islam in/and America (Chan-Malik)
- 070:320 Diaspora, Ethnicity and Race in the US: Asian American Studies (Schein)
070:324 Globalization, Sex and Family (Schein) - 090:294:03 Immigrants in the Americas (Lopez)
- 506:402 History Seminar: Asians in the Americas (Lopez)
- 508:338 Asian Migrations (J Stephens)
- 512:315 Famous Trials in Modern America (Urban): Landmark Cases Around Asians In The US.
512:391,392 Historical Studies: Immigration History (Lopez or Urban) - 595:393 Global Diasporas in Caribbean History (Lopez)
- 700:541 Cultural Fusion, Exoticism, Cosmopolitanism and Music Analyses
Other courses:
- 050:281 Asian American Images and Stereotypes (Fall Learning Community 1.5cr)
- 050:283 Asian American Leadership and Communities (Spring Learning Community 1.5cr)
- Byrne: 100 Years of Butterfly (Byrne Seminar 1cr)
- FIGS Asian American Studies (FIGS 1cr)
Asian Languages and Cultures Courses in English
Asian Studies
- 01:098:262 Asian American Experiences (cross-listed with American Studies)
- 01:098:250 Global East Asia
Chinese
- 01:165:211 Language and Identity in Modern Chinese Societies
- 01:165:264 Chinese Drama and Performing Arts
- 01:165:310 Modern Chinese Literature in Translation
- 01:165:262 The Chinese Cinema
- 01:165:310 Twentieth Century Chinese Literature
Japanese
- 01:565:215 A-Bomb Literature and Film in Japan
- 01:565:350 Japanese Film
- 01:565:395 Modern Japanese Novel and the West
- 01:565:320 Samurai Tradition
- 01:565:333 Anime: Introduction to Japanese Animation
- 01:565:360 Japanese Women Writers
- 01:565:380 Contemporary Japanese Literature & Film
Korean
- 01:574:210 Introduction to Korean Culture
- 01:574:220 Introduction to Korean Literature in Translation
- 01:574:221 Korean Literature in Translation II
- 01:574:230 Korean Cinema
- 01:574:250 Korean Language in Culture and Society
- 01:574:350 North Korea in the Socialist and Post-Socialist World
- 01:574:310 Gender and Social Change in Korea
