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DRAFT 2025-2026 Academic Catalog

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DRAFT 2025-2026 Academic Catalog

Asian American Studies, BA

The Asian American Studies (AAS) program, offered by the Department of Sociology and Interdisciplinary Social Sciences , provides an interdisciplinary liberal arts education. The program offers a Bachelor of Arts major and a minor in Asian American Studies - both are designed to develop student skills in critical analysis, writing, communication and reasoning, while retrieving, documenting and analyzing the diverse artistic, economic, social, political and historical experiences of Asian Americans in the United States. In addition to foundational courses on history, theory, and methods, the degree encompasses three different areas of emphasis: Social Sciences, Humanities & Arts, and other critical interdisciplinary studies in Ethnic Studies and Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies.

The mission of the AAS degree program is to empower students to create a more socially-just and equitable society. AAS students will meet this vision by applying interdisciplinary theories into action, cultivating critical thought, and serving Asian American communities. Specifically, AAS brings together perspectives from different fields in the creative arts, humanities and social sciences while at the same time seeking to maintain a commitment to activism and to the needs of our communities.

Program Learning Outcomes

Program Roadmaps

The 4-Year Roadmap is available online. Roadmaps should be used in consultation with the catalog and your advisor to identify additional requirements for completing the major (for example, course grade minimums). Associate Degrees (ADT) Pathways are also available online.

1. Complete the Baccalaureate Degree Requirements

Students must satisfy the specific degree requirements for their undergraduate major and fulfill the following University degree requirements:

Academic (program total units with an average 2.0 GPA - “C” or better)
General Education (GE) (34 Lower Division + 9 Upper Division)
American Institutions (AI) (0-6 units) (may be satisfied in GE Areas 3A, 3B, 4, UD 3, or UD 4)
Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement (GWAR) 3 units (see Writing in the Disciplines)
Physical Education (PE) (0-2 units)
Units in Residence (30 units, including 24 upper division and 12 in major)
Upper Division Units (40 units, including 12 upper div in major for BA, 18 upper div in major for BS)
Undergraduate Policies & Procedures

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Information about the Commencement Ceremony and Conferral of the Degree

Summary of Degree Units

Core Lower Division General Education: 28 (6 units may be satisfied by major coursework)

American Institutions/ US123 Requirements: 3 (3 units may be satisfied by major coursework; Note: 3 units may be satisfied by GE coursework)

Upper Division General Education: 6 (3 units may be satisfied by major coursework)

Physical Education: 2

Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement (GWAR): 0 (3 units may be satisfied by AFAM 100W or SOCI 100W)

Major Requirements: 45

University Electives: 36

Total: 120

2. Major Requirements (45 units)

Core Courses (18 units)

AAS 1 - Introduction to Asian American Studies 3 unit(s) (GE Area 6 / Formerly Area F)
AAS 33B - Asian Americans in U.S. History II 3 unit(s) (GE Area 4 and US123 / Formerly Area D)
AAS 175 - Asian American Communities 3 unit(s) (GE UD Area 4 / Formerly Area S)
AAS 184 - Ethnic Studies Theory 3 unit(s)
AAS 185 - Ethnic Studies Methodologies 3 unit(s)

Writing in the Disciplines (WID) Course

Complete one course:

AFAM 100W - Writing Workshop 3 unit(s) (WID)
SOCI 100W - Writing Workshop 3 unit(s) (WID)

Major Electives (27 units)

Asian American Studies (12 units)

Complete four courses:

AAS 33A - Asian Americans in U.S. History I 3 unit(s)
AAS 125 - Filipino Experience in the United States 3 unit(s)
AAS 158 - Asian American Intersections 3 unit(s)
AAS 159 - Asian American Media Representation and Popular Culture 3 unit(s)
AAS 170 - Special Topics in Asian American Studies 3 unit(s)
AAS 180 - Individual Studies 1-4 unit(s)
AAS 186 - Southeast Asian Diaspora in the US 3 unit(s)
AAS 190 - Internship 1-4 unit(s)

African American Studies (3 units)

Complete one course:

AFAM 105 - Race and Health Inequities in the US 3 unit(s)
AFAM 110 - Race and Education in the US 3 unit(s)
AFAM 115 - The Great Migration and Black Communities 3 unit(s)
AFAM 120 - Sociology of Black Communities 3 unit(s)
AFAM 125 - Black Kinship in the US - Black Families Past and Present 3 unit(s)
AFAM 130 - Black Perspectives in Psychology - Black Psychology 3 unit(s)
AFAM 134 - The Black Civil Rights Movements 3 unit(s)
AFAM 137 - Introduction to Black Religion 3 unit(s)
AFAM 142 - Race, Justice, and the Legal System 3 unit(s)
AFAM 145 - Race, Policy, and Urban Cities 4 unit(s)
AFAM 151 - Race, Class and the Environment 3 unit(s)
AFAM 152 - Black Feminisms 3 unit(s)
AFAM 156 - Black Women’s Writing 3 unit(s)
AFAM 157 - Race, Tech, and Global Futures 3 unit(s)
AFAM 158 - Race, Sport, Activism & Social Movements 3 unit(s)
AFAM 159 - The Racial Wealth Gap in America 3 unit(s)
AFAM 161 - Black Representations in Media and New Technology 3 unit(s)
AFAM 162 - The Aesthetics of Hip-Hop 3 unit(s)

Arts and Humanities (3 units)

Complete one course:

ENGL 123C - Literatures of the Pacific 3 unit(s)
ENGL 156 - Black Women’s Writing 3 unit(s) (Cross listed as AFAM/WGSS 156)
ENGL 165 - Black American Literatures 4 unit(s)
ENGL 169 - Ethnicity in American Literature 3 unit(s)
LING 129 - Culture, Language and Ethnicity in the U.S. 3 unit(s)
PHIL 117 - Philosophy of Race 3 unit(s)
RELS 137 - Introduction to Black Religion 3 unit(s)

Chicana/Chicano Studies (3 units)

Complete one course:

CCS 105 - Colonial Impacts & Modern Relations: Chicana/os & Americas 3 unit(s)
CCS 115 - Chicana/o Families 3 unit(s)
CCS 120 - Political Economy and Chicana/o Communities 3 unit(s)
CCS 126 - Chicana/os and the Criminal Justice System 3 unit(s)
CCS 130 - Chicanas and Chicanos in American Society 3 unit(s)
CCS 135 - Contemporary Chicana/o Issues 3 unit(s)
CCS 144 - Chicana/o Literature 3 unit(s)
CCS 145 - Chicana/o Art Histories 3 unit(s)
CCS 147 - Music in Mexican America 3 unit(s)
CCS 150 - Research Methods 3 unit(s)
CCS 151 - Theory in Chicana/o Studies 3 unit(s)
CCS 152 - The Story of Chicano Spanish 3 unit(s)
CCS 160 - Gender and Sexuality in the Chicana/o Community 3 unit(s)
CCS 170 - Chicana/Chicano Film 3 unit(s)
CCS 175 - Human Migrations: Global Reach 3 unit(s)

Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies (3 units)

Complete one course:

WGSS 101 - Sex, Power, and Politics 3 unit(s)
WGSS 102 - The Global Study of Women 3 unit(s)
WGSS 112 - Women in the Global Economy 3 unit(s)
WGSS 114 - Politics of Mothering and Reproduction 3 unit(s)
WGSS 120 - Special Topics in Women’s Studies 3 unit(s)
WGSS 135 - Trans Studies: Identities, Embodiment, & Politics 3 unit(s)
WGSS 156 - Black Women’s Writing 3 unit(s) (Crosslisted as AFAM/ENGL 156)
WGSS 160 - Queering Gender, Race, and Class 3 unit(s)
WGSS 169 - Sexualities and the Body 3 unit(s)

Additional Elective (3 units)

Complete one course:

COMM 126F - Race and Performance 4 unit(s)
COMM 174 - Intercultural Comm and Structural Inequalities 3 unit(s) (GE UD Area 4 / Formerly Area S)
ENVS 151 - Race, Class and the Environment 3 unit(s)
JS 132 - Race, Gender, Inequality and the Law 3 unit(s) (GE UD Area 4 / Formerly Area S)
SOCI 118 - Sociology of Human Rights and Social Justice 3 unit(s)
SOCI 142 - Critical Native American Studies 3 unit(s)
SOCI 160 - Immigration and Identity 3 unit(s)
SOCI 162 - Race and Ethnic Relations 3 unit(s) (GE UD Area 4 / Formerly Area S)

3. University Electives (36 units)

Students are encouraged to enroll in a minor or second major.

Total Units Required (120 units)