SPECIAL TOPICS

ASIANAM 560

Topics in the arts and humanities that illuminate the Asian American experience.

ASIANAM/ENGL 462

Topics will vary. All topics will emphasize the following learning outcomes: awareness of history's impact on the present, ability to recognize and question assumptions, development of critical thinking skills, awareness of relations between self and others, and effective participation in a multicultural society.

ASIANAM 251

Focuses on recently arrived Asian immigrant groups and historically excluded groups to highlight their exclusion from mainstream Asian America. Covers how Asian American-based identity politics has reduced the experiences of these groups to categorical understandings of race, citizenship, nationality, class, immigration, and others. Uses intersectional lens to analyze their experiences with the goal of expanding what it means to be "Asian American." Lastly, examines how Asian American-based identity politics has influenced conversations around higher education, politics, and race relations.

ASIANAM 101

Introduction to the historical, sociological, anthropological, political, and cultural study of Americans of Asian ancestry.

ASIANAM 240

An examination of specific themes in Asian American life and culture. Topics may include comparative analyses of Asian American communities, Asian American experience and history, and the specific concerns and histories of Asian groups in the U.S., such as Korean, Hmong, South Asian, Southeast Asian, Chinese, and Japanese.