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Nov 28, 2024
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University Catalog 2019-2020 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Asian and Asian American Studies, B.A.
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The B.A. Degree Program in Asian and Asian American Studies at Cal State LA is an interdisciplinary program with an emphasis on the connections between Asian and Asian American Studies and community engagement. The program permits pursuit of a wide range of interests and career aspirations. Students should confer in advance with an academic adviser to select the courses and program appropriate to their goals.
The total number of units required for the Bachelor of Arts degree in Asian and Asian American Studies is 120 units, of which 42 units are in the major. Students have a choice of an Asian Studies option or an Asian American Studies option.
For Major Specific Admissions Criteria go to http://www.calstatela.edu/admissions/major-specific-criteria
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Requirements for the Major (42 units)
Both options require a common core of 18 units of lower and upper division courses and 9 units of special studies courses.
Required Common Core (27 units)
Lower Division Required Courses (9 units)
Upper Division Required Courses (9 units)
Required Special Studies (9 units)
Option 1: Asian Studies (15 units)
Select five AAAS courses listed below or relevant courses offered by other programs. One of them has to be a service learning course and two have to be upper division courses. Be sure to select courses that will build a pathway for your future career or graduate studies. Academic advisor’s approval is required. Any Asian language course may be used to meet 3 units.
Option 2: Asian American Studies (15 units)
Select five AAAS courses listed below or relevant courses offered by other programs. One of them has to be a service learning course and two have to be upper division courses. Be sure to select courses that will build a pathway for your future career or graduate studies. Academic advisor’s approval is required. Any Asian language course may be used to meet 3 units.
- AAAS 1080 - Comparative Ethnic Studies (3)
- AAAS 1400 - Introduction to Globalization, Race, and Place (3)
- AAAS 1500 - Asian-American History (3)
- AAAS 2100 - Asian America: Culture, History, and Community (3)
- AAAS 2950 - Educational Participation in Communities (1-3)
- AAAS 3480 - Race, Class, and Gender (3)
- AAAS 3500 - Ancient East Asian Literature and the Modern World (3)
- AAAS 3510 - Body, Health, and Food Justice in API Communities (3)
- AAAS 3520 - Oral History of Asian America (3)
- AAAS 3530 - Asian and Asian American Literature (3)
- AAAS 3540 - Asian Economies and New Consumerism (3)
- AAAS 3730 - Asian Americans, Families, and Community (3)
- AAAS 4080 - Comparative Diaspora Studies (3)
- AAAS 4530 - Cultural Competency for Professionals: Understanding Asia and Asian America (3)
- AAAS 4722 - Women, Gender, and Sexuality in Asian American Communities (3)
- AAAS 4800 - Asia in the Global World (3)
- AAAS 4850 - Anti-colonial Movements (3)
- AAAS 4870 - Psychosocial Aspects and Collectivism in Asian and Asian American Societies (3)
- AAAS 4980 - Cooperative Education (1-3)
- AAAS 4490 - Pan Asianism: 19th-20th Century Asian Intellectual History (3)
- AAAS 4999 - Undergraduate Directed Study (3)
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