Asian American Studies Major

Requirements for the Major in Asian American Studies

All courses for the major must be taken for letter-grade.  Asian language courses and ASAM 197 SC  are strongly recommended, but not required. 

1. Six core courses:
   1. Asian American History, ASAM 125 PZ , HIST 125 CM  
   2. Asian American Contemporary Issues, SOC 150 AA  
   3. Communities course: approved field work in an Asian American community or internship with an Asian American community-based organization, ASAM 090 PZ  
   4. Theory and Methods in Asian American Studies,  ASAM 115 PZ  
   5. Seminar in Applications, Analysis and Future Directions in Asian American Studies, ASAM 190 PO  
   6. Senior Thesis or Project, ASAM 191 PO  
2. Breadth requirements and electives:
   Five courses in addition to the core courses listed above. These courses should be selected in consultation with the IDAAS major advisor and they must fulfill all the following requirements. Core courses above may not be used to fulfill any breadth requirements for the major, but all other courses may fulfill two or more requirements. For example, a single non-core course might simultaneously fulfill the requirements for social sciences, gender and sexuality and Asia and migration. If courses are used to fulfill multiple requirements, students must take additional IDAAS courses to make a total of 11 courses for the major. Consult list of approved courses for each requirement.
   • At least one IDAAS social sciences course from
     ASAM 082 PZ
      , ASAM 085 PZ , ASAM 094 PZ , ASAM 095 PZ , ASAM 103 PZ , ASAM 111 PZ , ASAM 135 PZ , ASAM 179B HM , 
     ASAM 188 PZ
      ; EA 086 PZ ; POLI 118 SC , POLI 127 SC ; PSYC 153 AA , PSYC 155 CM ; RLST 115 CM ; SOC 084 AA , SOC 095 PZ , SOC 124 AA  
   • At least one IDAAS humanities course from ASAM 022 PZ ,
     ASAM 030 PZ
      , ASAM 077 PZ ,
     ASAM 086 PZ
      , ASAM 103 PZ , ASAM 105 PZ  , ASAM 130 PZ , ASAM 134 PZ , ASAM 171 PZ , ASAM 179D AA , ASAM 189 PZ , 
     ENGL 054 PO
      , ENGL 180 SC , ENGL 189J PO ; JPNT 177 PO ; MS 100 PZ ; MUS 126 SC ; THEA 001G PO  , THEA 115N PO , THEA 115O PO .
   • At least one IDAAS gender and sexuality course from AMST 127 SC , ASAM 105 PZ , ASAM 128 PZ , ASAM 160 AA ; ENGL 183 SC ; MS 080 PZ , MS 100 PZ  
   • At least one approved non-Asian American ethnic studies course: e.g. comparative ethnic studies course, Africana studies course, Chicano/a-Latino/a studies course from ASAM 077 PZ , ASAM 082 PZ , ASAM 171 PZ , ASAM 179D AA , ASAM 188 PZ ; MS 080 PZ ; POLI 128 SC ; PSYC 155 CM ; SOC 084 AA  
   • At least one approved course related to Asia and migration, globalization and/or imperialism from AMST 127 SC ,  ASAM 128 PZ , ASAM 130 PZ , ASAM 135 PZ ; ASAM 189 PZ ; HIST 128 HM , HIST 172 PZ ; IIS 128 PZ ; POLI 118 SC ; RLST 115 CM ; SOC 095 PZ , SOC 124 AA , SOC 126 AA .

All courses for the major must be taken for letter grade.