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Asian American Studies
ASAM 10. Asian American Newspapers and Mass Media
(ASAM 10 same as MCJ 6) This course equips students with an understanding of the principles and practices of Asian American journalism through examination of Asian American newspapers and mass media. This includes examination of mass media as well as independent newspapers, magazines, zines, and other media products made by Asians and Asian Americans. Includes analysis of representations of Asian American media throughout U.S. cultural history. G.E. Breadth F.
Units: 3Course Typically Offered: FallGE Area: F
ASAM 15. Introduction to Asian Americans
Historical, social, and psychological factors in the changing status and identity of Americans from Asia. Examines variables such as cultural heritage, family organization, intergenerational conflict, and the experience of racism in the changing world of Asian Americans. G.E. Breadth F.
Units: 3Course Typically Offered: Fall, SpringGE Area: F
ASAM 20. Asian Americans in Media and Popular Culture
This introductory course examines how Asian Americans have been imagined and depicted through various mediums of popular culture such as print, film, television, internet, music, etc. Students will become familiar with concepts relating to popular culture and Asian Americans. G.E. Breadth F.
ASAM 30. Japanese Americans in the United States
A survey of social adaptations and cultural changes among Japanese Americans in different communities such as California and Hawaii. Considers identity, marginality, acculturation, and cultural traditions in Japan and in American communities.
Units: 3Course Typically Offered: Fall
ASAM 50. Contemporary Asian American Issues
The course examines Asian American contemporary issues. It analyzes cultural, political, social, and economic complexities facing Asian Americans. G.E. Breadth F.
Units: 3GE Area: F
ASAM 110. Asian American Communities
Prerequisites: G.E. Foundation and Breadth Area D. A multidisciplinary study of Asian American communities and their relations with the larger society. Analyzes values, lifestyles, processes of group identity and boundary maintenance, social organization, and cultural change. Examination of Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, and other Asian American subcultures. Multicultural/International M/I.
Units: 3Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
ASAM 110S. Asian American Communities Service-Learning
Prerequisites: G.E. Foundation and Breadth Area D. A multidisciplinary study of Asian American communities and their relations with the larger society. Analyzes values, lifestyles, processes of group identity and boundary maintenance, social organization, and cultural change. Examination of Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, and other Asian American subcultures. Multicultural/International M/I. S sections include a service-learning requirement.
ASAM 120. Race and Ethnic Relations in the U.S.
Examines central concepts, theories, and historical contexts of race and ethnic relations in the United States. Students will become familiar on the formation of racial and ethnic identities, and how they are produced, maintained, and transformed over time and space in American politics and culture. G.E. Breadth F.
ASAM 138. Asian American Women
(ASAM 138 same as WS 138) Addresses race, ethnic, and class issues from the vantage point of Asian American women. For Asian American and Southeast Asian communities, the status of women has long been neglected. Yet women play an important role in the family and its economy even as they enter new roles in U.S. society. Helpful to students in sciences and applied fields.
Units: 3
ASAM 140. Hmong, Laotian and Cambodian American Experience
The Southeast Asian American population in the central San Joaquin Valley is 44,542 and Hmong, Laotians and Cambodians make up 6.18% of the district population. This course focuses on the experience of Hmong, Laotian, and Cambodian refugees and immigrants who have resettled in the United States since the end of the Vietnam War in 1975. Beyond refugee status and the Vietnam War, students also explore how ethnicity, race, class, gender, education, and generation shapes their communities in Fresno and America.
Units: 3Course Typically Offered: Spring
ASAM 151W. Asian Eats: Asian American Foodways
(ANTH 126W same as ASAM 151W.) This is a writing class that explores these various unknown stories of Asians and their foodways. Meets the upper-division writing skills requirement for graduation.
ASAM 161W. Asian Americans in the Caring Fields
Focuses on Asian American contributions to the caring fields in education and health, including teaching, educational administration, social work, and labor in medical professions as doctors and nurses. Includes an examination of Asian American history, migration, and other social and cultural factors that influence the work of Asian Americans in the caring fields. Meets the upper-division writing skills requirement for graduation.
ASAM 175. Asian American and Asian Cultural Studies
(ANTH 175 same as ASAM 175) Asian American Cultural Studies focuses on the cultural products of Asian Americans and the peoples of Asia. G.E. Breadth F.
ASAM 180T. Topics in Asian American Studies
Prerequisites: ASAM 15, permission of instructor. Detailed consideration of a single topic concerning the past or present position of Asian Americans in U.S. society.
Units: 3, Repeatable up to 6 units
ASAM 185. Asian American Politics, Education and Theory
Focuses on the political, educational, and theoretical development of the field of Asian American Studies. Topics include the formation of the field, its relationship to the ongoing civil rights struggles of Asian American people, and the position of the field in higher education and the wider community. G.E. Breadth F.
ASAM 190. Independent Study
See Academic Placement -- Independent Study. Approved for SP grading.
Units: 1-3, Repeatable up to 6 unitsCourse Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
ASAM 195. Diversity in the United States: Race and Gender Issues