Courses listed below are associated with the Asian American Studies Program. They include classes from across the humanities, social sciences, and professional schools — each with a focus on Asian American content.
Courses
| Number | Title | Crosslistings | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMES 357 | Modern & Global India | ICS 218, HISTORY 218 | Instructor: Departmental Staff |
| AMES 372 | Two Koreas | HISTORY 473; CULANTH 473 | Professor Aimee Kwon |
| CULANTH 210 | Global Culture | VMS 247 | Instructor: Engseng Ho |
| CULANTH 80S.02 | Migration and Refugees in a Global Context | Instructor: Carla Hung | |
| ENGLISH 89S | Linguistic Landscapes | Instructor: Dominika Marta Baran | |
| HOUSECS 59 | Understanding Your Asian American Experience | Instructor: Carter Teng | |
| HOUSECS59 | The Making of Asian America | Instructors: Tyler Lian & Emily Liu | |
| AMES 132S | Chinese Literature and Culture in Translation | LIT 248S | Instructor: Departmental Staff |
| AMES 172S | Korean Literature in Translation: Local and Global Connections | LIT 239S | Instructor: Nayoung Aimee Kwon |
| AMES 177S | Gateway: Gandhi, King, Mandela | Instructor: Sumathi Ramaswamy | |
| AMES 190S-02 | Special Topics in Asian & Middle Eastern Studies: Korean Popular Music (KPOP) | MUSIC 190S-02 | Instructor: Jung-Min Mina Lee |
| ETHICS 195S | Human Rights & Legal Redress: Seeking Justice through Human Rights | PUBPOL 209S | Instructor: Juliette Duara |
| HISTORY 130D | American Dreams & American Realities | N/A | Instructor: Gerald L. Wilson |
| HISTORY 156S | Gateway Seminar: Cold War America | Instructor: Nancy MacLean | |
| HISTORY 160S | The Global Sixties: Race, Revolution, Sexuality | GSF 160S, SXL 160S | Instructor: James G. Chappel |
| HISTORY 183S | Gateway Seminar: Civil Rights & Asian Americans | AMES 187S, AAAS 133S, ICS 183S, RIGHTS 183S, PUBPOL 175S | Instructor: Sucheta Mazumdar |
| WRITING 101 | Asian American Memoir: Exploring Representation through Life Writing | Instructor: Susan Thananopavarn | |
| WRITING 101 | Ethnofuturism: Writing the Future of Race | Professor Susan Thananopavarn | |
| WRITING 101 | Asian American Narratives: Literature, History and Activism | Instructor: Susan Thananopavarn | |
| WRITING 101 | The Myth of Meritocracy: Linguistic Anthropology, Education, and Equity | Instructor: Haleema N Welji | |
| CULANT H261D | Race, Genomics, and Society | AAAS261D, SCISOC258D, GLHLTH258D, CULANT H261D | Instructor: Charmaine Royal |
| AAAS 242S - 01 | Race, Gender, and Sexuality | GSF 364S-01; SXL 264S-01 | Professor Patrice Douglass |
| AAAS 257-01 | Introduction to Racial and Ethnic Minorities in American Politics | POLSCI 205-01; RIGHTS 205-01 | Professor Ashley Jardina |
| AAAS 352 | Pigging Out: The Cultural Politics of Food | SOCIOL 374, ICS 206 | Instructor: Michaeline Crichlow |
| AMES 309 | Chinese Im/migration: Chinese Migrant Labor and Immigration to the US | AMI 268-01; RIGHTS 309-01 | Professor Carlos Rojas |
| AMES 211 | Melodrama East and West | Instructor: Ning Zhang | |
| AMES 225 | Islam in the Age of Trump: Race, Immigration, and Empire | Instructor: Omid Safi | |
| AMES 233 | Global Chinese Cities through Literature and Film | Professor Carlos Rojas | |
| AMES 276S | Introduction to Asian American & Diaspora Studies | ENGLISH 275S, LIT 275S, HISTORY 274S, ICS 286S | Instructor: Ryanson Alessandro Ku |
| AMES 295S | Black Muslims: Race, Religion, & Culture | AAAS 259S.01 , RELIGION 295S.01, ICS 222S.01, GSF 296S.01, RIGHTS 295S.01 | Instructor: Ellen McLarney |
| AMES 308S | Bilingualism | Instructor: Hae-Young Kim | |
| AMES 311S | Poetic Cinema | ICS311/VMS354/AMI266: | Professor Satti Khanna |
| AMES 335 | Chinatowns: A Cultural History | HISTORY 228, AMI 337, ICS 336 | Professor Eileen Chow |
| AMES319S | Andalusia | Instructor: Ellen McLarney | |
| CULANTH 220FS - 01 | Global ‘Mixed Race’ Studies: Global Perspectives on ‘Mixed Race’, Citizenship and Immigration | Professor Jayne O Ifekwunigwe | |
| DANCE 356 | Dance & Dance Theater of Asia | THEATRST 233, RELIGION 241, AMES 246, ICS 243 | Instructor: Purnima Shah |
| DOCST 246 | Feeding Diaspora | Von Marie Diaz | |
| ENGLISH 290S | Asian American Gender and Sexuality | AMES290S, ENGLISH290S, SOCIOL290S, GSF290S, LIT290S | Instructor: Ryanson Ku |
| ENGLISH 390S | US Empire Narratives | AMES 390S - 03; LIT 390S | Professor Ryanson Ku |
| GSF 290S.01 | Adoption Ethics | Instructors: Kathy Rudy / Juliette Duara | |
| HISTORY 351 | Islam in the Americas | AAAS274/AMES230/RIGHTS374/RELIGION384 | Professor Mona Hassan |
| HISTORY 352-01 | Immigrant Dreams, U.S. Realities: Immigration Policy History | PUBPOL 220 | Professor Gunther Peck |
| ICS 290FS - 01 | Global Histories of Empire, Migration, and Citizenship | Professor Jessica Namakkal | |
| ICS 335S | Decolonization: Histories, Meanings, Struggles | HISTORY 289S, GSF 335S | Instructor: Jessica Namakkal |
| ICS 388S | Global South Asia: History & Culture of Diaspora | AMES 388S, HISTORY 298S, GSF 288S | Instructor: Jessica Namakkal |
| ICS 390S | Global South Asia | Professor Jessica Namakkal | |
| RELIGION 258 | Religion and the Novel in Modern India | AMES 255, ENGLISH 258 | Instructor: Leela Prasad |
| RELIGION 265 | Transnational Realities of an Ancient Tradition (Global Confucianism) | Instructor: Anna X. Sun | |
| SOCIOL 215 | Sociology of Racism in America | AAAS 246, LSGS 316, RIGHTS 215 | Instructor: Eduardo Bonilla-Silva |
| SOCIOL 346S | Asians in American Higher Education | EDUC 345S | Professor Li-Chen Chin |
| THEATER 252FS - 01 | Performance and Citizenship in Asian America | Professor Esther K Lee | |
| THEATRST 232S | Asian American Theatre | ENGLISH 387S, AMES 182S | Instructor: Esther K. Lee |
| THEATRST 338 | Globalization and Theater | ICS 357 | Instructor: Esther Kim Lee |
| AMES 438S | Techno-Orientalism: Asian/America, (Post)Human and Science Fiction | AMI 438S; CULANTH 438S; ICS 407S; SXL 438S; VMS 438S; GSF 438S; LIT 438S | Professor Aimee Kwon |
| AMES 455S | World of Gaming: Art, Theory, Technology, and Business of a Multi-Billion Dollar Global Industry | Instructor: Nayoung Aimee Kwon | |
| AMES 410S; 610S | TRAUMA IN ASIA | Professor Thomas Mark Lamarre | |
| AMES 439 | Queer China | AMES439, CULANTH439, GSF439 | Instructor: Carlos Rojas |
| AMES 476S | Archiving and Visualizing Asia | AMES476S, ICS411S, AMI476S, LIT476S, VMS476S, HISTORY446S, DOCST476S | Instructor: Aimee Kwon |
| CHINESE 450S | Understanding China & the US: Stereotypes, Conflicts, & Common Challenges | Instructor: Yan Liu | |
| HISTORY 454 | Capstone Seminar: Globalization, Asia, America and Asian America: Food and Society | HISTORY454S, AAAS407S, ICS412S, GSF412S, AMES 437S | Professor Sucheta Mazumdar |
| AAAS 544 | Race and American Politics | /POLSCI525/PUBPOL526 | Professor Paula D. McClain |
| AMES 690S - 02 | Special Topics in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies: Local/Global Mao | Instructor: Young Ji Lee | |
| AMES 605 | East Asian Cultural Studies | CULANTH 605, ICS 605, LIT 571 | Instructor: Leo Ching |
| PUBPOL 526S - 01 | Race and American Politics | AAAS 544S-01; PUBPOL 526S-01 S | Professor Ashley Jardina |
| AAAS 780 | American Dreams and American Realities | GSF/HISTORY/LIT780 | Professor Wahneema Lubiano |
| MUSIC 790S | Music and Intersectionality | GSF 890S | Professor Emily Wang |
| POLSCI 711S | Politics, Groups, & Identities | N/A (Graduate Students Only) | Instructor: Ashley E. Jardina |
| Number | Title | Crosslistings | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMES 357 | Modern & Global India | ICS 218, HISTORY 218 | Instructor: Departmental Staff |
| CULANTH 210 | Global Culture | VMS 247 | Instructor: Engseng Ho |
| ETHICS 195S | Human Rights & Legal Redress: Seeking Justice through Human Rights | PUBPOL 209S | Instructor: Juliette Duara |
| HISTORY 130D | American Dreams & American Realities | N/A | Instructor: Gerald L. Wilson |
| HISTORY 160S | The Global Sixties: Race, Revolution, Sexuality | GSF 160S, SXL 160S | Instructor: James G. Chappel |
| HISTORY 183S | Gateway Seminar: Civil Rights & Asian Americans | AMES 187S, AAAS 133S, ICS 183S, RIGHTS 183S, PUBPOL 175S | Instructor: Sucheta Mazumdar |
| AAAS 352 | Pigging Out: The Cultural Politics of Food | SOCIOL 374, ICS 206 | Instructor: Michaeline Crichlow |
| AMES 276S | Introduction to Asian American & Diaspora Studies | ENGLISH 275S, LIT 275S, HISTORY 274S, ICS 286S | Instructor: Ryanson Alessandro Ku |
| DANCE 356 | Dance & Dance Theater of Asia | THEATRST 233, RELIGION 241, AMES 246, ICS 243 | Instructor: Purnima Shah |
| ICS 335S | Decolonization: Histories, Meanings, Struggles | HISTORY 289S, GSF 335S | Instructor: Jessica Namakkal |
| ICS 388S | Global South Asia: History & Culture of Diaspora | AMES 388S, HISTORY 298S, GSF 288S | Instructor: Jessica Namakkal |
| RELIGION 258 | Religion and the Novel in Modern India | AMES 255, ENGLISH 258 | Instructor: Leela Prasad |
| RELIGION 265 | Transnational Realities of an Ancient Tradition (Global Confucianism) | Instructor: Anna X. Sun | |
| SOCIOL 215 | Sociology of Racism in America | AAAS 246, LSGS 316, RIGHTS 215 | Instructor: Eduardo Bonilla-Silva |
| THEATRST 232S | Asian American Theatre | ENGLISH 387S, AMES 182S | Instructor: Esther K. Lee |
| CHINESE 450S | Understanding China & the US: Stereotypes, Conflicts, & Common Challenges | Instructor: Yan Liu | |
| AMES 605 | East Asian Cultural Studies | CULANTH 605, ICS 605, LIT 571 | Instructor: Leo Ching |
| POLSCI 711S | Politics, Groups, & Identities | N/A (Graduate Students Only) | Instructor: Ashley E. Jardina |