Requirements

At least 15 credit hours of College of Arts and Sciences coursework, including the following:

1. Either A101 Introduction to Asian American Studies or SOC-S 101 Social Problems and Policies (Approved topic: Sociology of Asian America).
2. 12 credit hours from courses in Lists A and B (see below). At least 6 credit hours must be from List A. With the approval of the director of the Asian American Studies program, 3 credit hours of X490 Independent Reading and Research in Asian American Studies may be substituted for one AAST course at the 200 or 300 level.
3. At least 9 credit hours of coursework must be at the 300–400 level.
4. Students who choose coursework outside the College in partial fulfillment of the minor will need to take additional College of Arts and Sciences coursework to meet the minimum total of 15 credit hours in the College.

In fulfilling the above requirements, students must also meet all other College requirements for minors.

Course Lists

List A (Asian America)

• AAST-A 200 Asian American Literature (3 cr.) CASE A&H, CASE DUS
• AAST-A 300 Topics in Asian American Studies (3 cr.) CASE DUS
• AAST-A 320 Advanced Topics in Asian American Literature (3 cr.) CASE A&H, CASE DUS
• AAST-A 499 Capstone Seminar in Asian American Studies (3 cr.)
• AMST-A 298 Special Topics in Arts and Humanities for American Studies (3 cr.) CASE A&H (Asian American topics)
• AMST-A 299 Special Topics in Social and Historical Studies for American Studies (3 cr.) CASE S&H (Asian American topics)
• EALC-E 385 Asian Americans: Cultural Conflict and Identity (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE DUS
• EDUC-G 204 Asian American Mental Health
• ENG-L 374 Ethnic American Literature (3 cr.) CASE A&H, CASE DUS (Asian American topics)
• HIST-A 205 Asian American History (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE DUS
• POLS-Y 200 Contemporary Political Problems (3 cr.) CASE S&H (Topic: Asian American Politics Since the 1960s)
• SOC-S 342 Asian American Communities and Identities (3 cr.) CASE S&H, CASE DUS

List B (Asian Diaspora)

• AAST-A 201 Asian Diaspora Experience (3 cr.) CASE A&H, CASE GCC
• AAST-A 499 Capstone Seminar in Asian American Studies (3 cr.)
• AMST-A 398 Advanced Topics in Arts and Humanities for American Studies (3 cr.) CASE A&H (Asian American topics)
• CMLT-C 360 Diasporic Literatures (3 cr.) CASE A&H, CASE GCC (Asian American topics)