Courses listed below are associated with the Asian American & Diaspora Studies Program. They include classes from across the humanities, social sciences, and professional schools — each with a focus on Asian American content.
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0-99 Advanced Placement Credit; House Courses; First-Year Seminars; |
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Required Course for Minor (choose one)
| Number | Title | Codes | Cross-Lists |
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| AADS 198 | Introduction to Asian American History | CCI, CZ | AMES 198 HISTORY 198 |
| AADS 201 | Introduction to Asian American and Diaspora Studies | CCI, ALP, CZ | AMES 276 ENGLISH 275 GSF 203 HISTORY 274 ICS 286 |
Electives for Minor (choose four)
Students may petition to have one course from the list of “Other Courses of Interest” below as an elective for the AADS minor. Contact the Director for more information.
| Number | Title | Codes | Cross-Lists |
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| AADS 89S | Special Topics in First-Year Seminar | ||
| AADS 190S | Special Topics in Asian American and Diaspora Studies | ||
| AADS 229S | Asian American Community History | CCI, R, CZ | HISTORY 229S |
| AADS 232S | Asian American Theater | CCI, ALP | AMES 182S ENGLISH 387S HISTORY 293S THEATRST 232S |
| AADS 240S | Asian American & Diaspora Psychology: Mental Health, Microaggressions, and the Model Minority Myth | CCI, EI, SS | GLHLTH 240S PSY 241S |
| AADS 290S | Special Topics in Asian American and Diaspora Studies | ||
| AADS 313S | Race and Medicine | CCI, SS | AAAS 313S CULANTH 313S GLHLTH 313S GSF 313S SOCIOL 314S |
| AADS 337S | Decolonization: Histories, Meanings, Struggles | CCI, EI, CZ, SS | GSF 335S HISTORY 289S ICS 335S |
| AADS 364S | Race, Gender, and Sexuality | CCI, SS | AAAS 242S GSF 364S SOCIOL 364S SXL 264S |
| AADS 382S | Intimacies: Sexuality, Nation, and the State | CCI, EI, W, CZ | GSF 382S |
| AADS 490S | Special Topics in Asian American and Diaspora Studies | ||
| AADS 510S | New Directions in Asian American Studies | CCI, R, CZ | AMES 550S GSF 510S HISTORY 510S |
| AADS 690S | Special Topics Seminar in Asian American and Diaspora Studies | ||
| AMES 171 | World of Korean Cinema | CCI, EI, ALP, CZ | AADS 171 CINE 256 CULANTH 255 LIT 212 VMS 234 |
| AMES 230S | Islam in the Americas | CCI, W, CZ, SS | AAAS 274S HISTORY 351S RELIGION 384S RIGHTS 374S |
| AMES 309 | Chinese Im/migration: Chinese Migrant Labor and Immigration to the US | CCI, EI, ALP, SS | AADS 309 RIGHTS 309 |
| AMES 335 | Chinatowns: A Cultural History | CCI, R, ALP, CZ | AADS 335 HISTORY 228 ICS 336 |
| AMES 438S | Techno-Orientalism: Asian/America, (Post)Human and Science Fiction | CCI, ALP, CZ | CULANTH 438S GSF 438S ICS 407S LIT 438S SXL 438S VMS 438S |
| AMES 609S | Transpacific and Global Asia/America: Connecting Divided Histories and Knowledges | CCI, ALP | AADS 609S ARTHIST 609S CINE 609S CULANTH 609S GSF 609S |
| CULANTH 220FS | Global 'Mixed Race' Studies | CCI, EI, STS, SS | AAAS 250FS |
| EDUC 345S | Asians in American Higher Education: Trends and Issues | CCI, EI, R, SS | SOCIOL 346S |
| GSF 382S | Intimacies: Sexuality, Nation, and the State | CCI, EI, W, CZ | AADS 382S |
| HISTORY 183S | Gateway Seminar: Civil Rights and Asian Americans | CCI, EI, R, CZ, SS | AAAS 133S AADS 183S AMES 187S ICS 183S PUBPOL 175S RIGHTS 183S |
| HISTORY 454S | Capstone Seminar - Globalization: Asia and Asian America | CCI, R, STS, CZ, SS | AAAS 407S AADS 454S AMES 437S GSF 412S ICS 412S |
| ICS 297S | Cross-Cultural Encounters | CCI, CZ | AMES 235S HISTORY 243S MEDREN 253S RELIGION 235S |
| ICS 388S | Global South Asia: History and Culture of Diaspora | CCI, CZ | AADS 338S AMES 388S GSF 288S HISTORY 298S |
| POLSCI 205 | Introduction to Racial and Ethnic Minorities in American Politics | CCI, SS | AAAS 257 AADS 205 RIGHTS 205 |
| RELIGION 320S | Modern Buddhism in Asia and America | CCI, CZ | AMES 323S |
Other Courses of Interest
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| AAAS 243 | The Civil Rights Movement | CCI, EI, CZ, SS | HISTORY 348 RIGHTS 348 |
| AAAS 261D | Race, Genomics, and Society | EI, STS, NS, SS | BIOLOGY 261D CULANTH 261D EDUC 261D GLHLTH 258D SCISOC 258D VMS 274D |
| CULANTH 208FS | The Anthropology of Race | CCI, EI, SS | |
| CULANTH 220FS | Global 'Mixed Race' Studies | CCI, EI, SS, STS | AAAS 250FS |
| CULANTH 290S | Current Issues in Anthropology | ||
| LINGUIST 125FS | Languages, Margins, Borders: Representations, Practices, and Policies | CCI, SS | ICS 125FS SOCIOL 125FS |
| POLSCI 238 | Racial Attitudes, Racial Prejudice, and Racial Politics | CCI, EI, SS | AAAS 239 MUSIC 139 |
| RELIGION 201 | Race, Film, and Religion | CCI, EI, ALP, CZ | AAAS 201 GSF 201 |
| RELIGION 221 | Indian Cinema & Social Change | CCI, ALP, CZ | AMES 222 CINE 259 |
| RELIGION 320S | Modern Buddhism in Asia and America | CCI, CZ | AADS 323S AMES 323S |