ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES SEQUENCE

IN THIS PAGE:

• Sequence Requirements
• Courses

The Intercollegiate Department of Asian American Studies offers an interdisciplinary approach to exploring the hitherto neglected experiences of Americans of Asian heritage. The major goal of the department is to communicate the experiences of Asians and Pacific Islanders as an American ethnic group. Courses offered as part of the Asian American Studies program examine the important issues and concerns of Asian Americans, including their history, social organization, and culture. The program seeks to promote teaching, research, community service, and cultural activities related to Americans of Asian heritage, while also preparing students for various careers in the community, private or public sector, along with graduate work.

CMC offers its students a sequence in Asian American Studies. The Asian American Studies Sequence is a multi-disciplinary program that examines the historical and contemporary experiences of Asians in the United States. The sequence is designed to accompany majors in other fields. To ensure balance and to accommodate the wide range of majors students may combine with the sequence, all courses must be approved by the CMC faculty member responsible for the oversight and administration of the sequence. Completion of the sequence will be noted on students' transcripts. For further information, contact the CMC faculty advisor Professor Yoo.

Sequence Requirements

The sequence requires five courses, one in each of the following five areas:

1. History
2. Social Sciences (for example, anthropology, economics, government, psychology, sociology)
3. Literatures and Fine Arts (literature, art, art history, theater, and music)
4. Asian Context (Asian Studies)
5. American Context (comparative course in the student's major or a course related to America)

Major in Asian American Studies

Interested students may complete a full major in Asian American Studies at Pitzer College. A dual major in Asian American Studies or honors in the major in Asian American Studies are not available for CMC students.

The Faculty

At Claremont McKenna College - Associate Professor: Yoo
At Pitzer College - Professors: Tsujimoto, and Yamane; Associate Professor: Parker; Assistant Professor: Ma
At Pomona College - Professor: Miyake; Associate Professor: Goto (chair)
At Scripps College - Assistant Professors: Kang, Kim, and Suh

Courses

Courses may be selected from the areas listed below. The courses listed under each area are not meant to be exhaustive, but suggest the kinds of courses at Claremont McKenna College and the other Claremont Colleges that may be used to fulfill the requirements of the sequence. For information on course offerings, please consult the Fall 2003 and Spring 2004 Undergraduate Schedule of Courses. Further information and course descriptions may be found in the appropriate College Catalogs.

History

This area includes specialized courses that introduce students to the stories of Asian American groups that have been an integral part of the United States since the mid-19th century.
125. Asian American History, 1850-Present
128hm. Immigration and Ethnicity in America

Social Sciences

Courses in the social sciences that focus on Asian Americans.

• Asian American Studies (Interdisciplinary)
  ID 50po. Asian American Experiences
  IIS 90pi. Asian American and Multi-Racial Community Studies
  IIS 110pi. (Mis)Representations of Near East and Far East
  ID160pi. Asian American Women's Experience

• Government and Politics
  127sc. Asian American Politics and Public Policy

• Psychology
  153po. Asian American Psychology
  173pi. Asian American Mental Health
  179Lpo. Seminar in Asian American Psychology

• Sociology
  20pi. Race, Gender, and Economic Status
  135pi. Comparative Immigration

Literatures and Fine Arts

Courses looking at the experiences of Asian Americans and at their contributions to culture through the fine arts.

• English and Literature
  16pi. Introduction to Asian American Literature
  137apo. The Invention of Asian American Literature
  170pi. Asian American Women and Literature
  188sc. Race and Nation in Asian American Literature

• Modern Languages and Literature in English
  184po. The Japanese and Japanese American Autobiography

Asian Context

Courses introducing students to Asia.

• Art History
  151sc. The Arts of Japan

• Asian Thought (Religious Studies)
  88pi. China: Gender Cosmology and the State

• Government and Politics
  142. Governments and Politics of East Asia
  152. The Pacific Rim and the United States
  156. The Korean War

• History
  59. Civilizations of East Asia
  61. The New Asia: China, Japan, India, and Indonesia in the Modern Era
  148pi. Executive Order 9066, Japanese Americans in World War II

• Modern Languages and Literature
  125po. Modern Chinese Literature

• Modern Languages and Literature in English
  188po. Modern Japanese Literature in English Translation
  189po. Japanese Women Writers

• Religious Studies
  103po. Sacred Traditions of China and Japan
  100. Worlds of Buddhism
  101po. Sacred Traditions of India

American Context

Courses examining the larger contexts within which Asian American Studies operates as part of the United States.

• American Studies
  103. Introduction to American Culture

• Art History
  184po. Social History of North American Art: The 20th Century

• Economics
  114. Development of the American Economy

• Government
  108. The Politics of Recent America, 1945-Present

• History
  121. The Politics of Recent America, 1945-Present
  123. History of the American West

• Music
  62po. Survey of American Music

• Philosophy
  122. Perspectives on the American Dream: Philosophical, Literary, Religious, Political

• Psychology
  112bk. Interethnic Relations from the Impersonal to the Personal

• Religious Studies
  61po. Religion in American Culture

• Sociology
  155ch. Rural and Urban Ethnic Movements