Classes in AAST
| AAST200 | Introduction to Asian American Studies (3 credits) | ||||
| The aggregate experience of Asian Pacific Americans, from developments in the countries of origin to their contemporary issues. The histories of Asian Pacific American groups as well as culture, politics, the media, and stereotypes, viewed from an interdisciplinary perspective. Also offered as AMST 298C. | |||||
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| AAST201 | Asian American History (3 credits) | ||||
| Introduction to the history of Asian Americans in the United States and the Americas and to the field of Asian American Studies, from an interdisciplinary perspective. Topics include theories of race and ethnicity; Asian migration and diaspora to the Americas; Asian American work and labor issues; gender, family, and communities; nationalism and nativism, and anti-Asian movements; Asian Americans, World War II, the Cold War, and the issues in the civil rights & post-civil rights era. Also offered as HIST219G. | |||||
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| AAST424 | Sociology of Race Relations (3 credits) | ||||
| Prerequisite: Six credits in sociology or permission of department. Also offered as SOCY424. Not open to students who have completed SOCY424. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: AAST424 or SOCY424. Analysis of race-related issues, with a primary focus on American society. The historical emergence, development, and institutionalization of racism; the impact of racism on its victims; and racially based conflict. | |||||
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