Fall 2026

Special Topics

ASIANAM 540 explores various themes in Asian American Studies, covering topics such as activism, policy, history, and social issues.

offering recorded3 credits

Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Mai See Thao

Summary

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Historical reviews of Jan Miyasaki: Grading relies on two exams and four reaction papers.

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Prerequisites

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Sophomore standing

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ASIANAM 540

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Professors

Fall 2026

Mai See Thao

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 3.50 GPA, 75.0% A/AB (n=16 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.96 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=13 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Jan Miyasaki is passionate and straightforward, though her lectures are sometimes described as long or boring. She provides clear rubrics, sample exam questions, and office hours that help with test preparation. The course covers the Asian American movement with a focus on historical material.

JAN MIYASAKI is recorded teaching in Spring 2009, Fall 2009, Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Fall 2017. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

MAI SEE THAO is recorded teaching in Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Fall 2026

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Section	Mode	Enrolled / capacity	Waitlist
LEC 001	Classroom Instruction	23 / 25	0

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Student experience

the class

Historical reviews describe the course as an easy ethnic studies class with straightforward exams and manageable workload, though some find the history material boring.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 3.50 GPA, 75.0% A/AB (n=16 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.60 GPA, 83.7% A/AB (n=43 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.69 GPA, 85.2% A/AB (n=27 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Historical reviews of Jan Miyasaki: Grading relies on two exams and four reaction papers.

Historical reviews of Jan Miyasaki: Students value office hour support, though some find lectures long and boring.

Topics

Activism, public policy, history, poverty, family, law, immigration, diaspora, refugeeism, gender, sexuality

Grades

Latest available · Fall 2025— not enough history to project Fall 2026.

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Catalog & offerings

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Selected offering source records

ASIANAM 540 · Fall 2026

Special Topics

Recorded 2026-09-07

ASIANAM 540 · Fall 2026

Southeast Asian Memory & Traum

Recorded 2026-09-07

ASIANAM 540 · Fall 2026

Asian Am Auntie Philosophies

Recorded 2026-09-07

Raw records

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Model outputs & technical records

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Model & dataset provenance

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