Intro Asian American Studies

Catalog description

Advisory: Essay-writing skills and eligibility to enroll in a transfer-level English Composition course <br> <br> This course critically examines Asian American histories and contemporary experiences from diverse ethnic perspectives within Asian America: Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Filipinx, Hmong, Mien, Laotian, Vietnamese, Cambodian, Thai, Asian Indian, and Native Hawaiian. This course introduces students to the foundations, theories, and methods of Asian American Studies as an academic discipline. Drawing on scholarly works, literature, community narratives, and visual culture, students will examine issues such as immigration, racialization, exclusion, activity, and community building. The term "Asian American" can often be misleading, inclusive, exclusive, and overwhelmingly broad. Because of this, the course pays particular attention to personal narratives as we explore questions of race, class, war, imperialism, gender, sexuality, culture, memory, and agency. This course may be offered in a distance education format.