Courses By Elective Category (primarily for majors)

IDAAS Core Courses

ASAM 090. Asian American and Multiracial Community Studies.
ASAM 115. Theory and Methods.
ASAM 125. Introduction to Asian American History, 1850-Present.
ASAM 190A PO. Asian American Studies Senior Seminar.
ASAM 191PO. Asian American Studies Senior Thesis.
SOC 150. Contemporary Asian American Issues.

IDAAS Elective Courses

ELECTIVE CATEGORIES:

1. ASAM Social Sciences Courses

AMST 128. Race, Space, and Difference. (W. Cheng)
ANTH 087SC. Contemporary Issues in Gender and Islam. (L. Deeb)
ANTH 156PO. Comparative Muslim Societies in Asia. (M. B. Nasir)
ANTH 185SC. Palestine in Ethnography and Film. (L. Deeb)
ASAM 070. Surveillance: An Introduction. (M. B. Nasir)
ASAM 082. Racial Politics of Teaching. (K. Yep)
ASAM 085. Health Inequities: Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. (K. Yep)
ASAM 089. Embodied Learning: Pedagogies of Belonging and Qi Gong. (K. Yep)
ASAM 110. Science, Race, and Social Change. (T. Honma)
ASAM 124. New Directions in Pacific Islander Studies. (A. Flores)
ASAM 126. Introduction to Pacific Islander History. (A. Flores)
ASAM 135. Race, Empire, Filipinx America. (T. Honma)
ASAM 135B. Race, Empire, Filipinx America. (T. Honma)
ASAM 142 (Spring 2024). South Asian American Studies. (M. B. Nasir)
ASAM 143 (Spring 2023). Race and Policing. (B. Nasir)
ASAM 144 (Spring 2023). Anti-Muslim Racism: A Global Perspective. (M. B. Nasir)
ASAM 160. Asian American Women’s Experiences. (Staff)
ASAM 172. Race and Visual Culture. (T. Honma)
ASAM 179B. Asian Americans and the Law (Staff)
EA 86. Environmental Justice. (B. Sarathy)
POLI 118. Politics, Economics, and Culture of Korea. (T. Kim)
PSYC 114. Asian American Child Development. (H. Park)
PSYC 153AA. Introduction to Asian American Psychology. (S. Goto)
PSYC 155. Seminar in Ethnic Minority Psychology and Mental Health. (W. Hwang)
SOC 073. Asians in America: Model Minority and Perpetual Foreigner. (A. Junisbai)
SOC 126AA. Immigration and the Second Generation. (H. Thai)

2. ASAM Humanities Courses

AMST 110. Migrant Memoir. (W. Cheng)
AMST 130. Cold War Taiwanese/America. (W. Cheng)
ASAM 077. Tattoos in American Popular Culture. (T. Honma)
ASAM 086. Social Documentation and Asian Americans. (K. Mak)
ASAM 105. Zines, Creativity, Community. (T. Honma)
ASAM 123. Pacific Islander History and Culture Through Life Writing. (A. Flores)
ASAM 124. New Directions in Pacific Islander Studies. (A. Flores)
ASAM 126. Introduction to Pacific Islander History. (A. Flores)
ASAM 130. Science, Technology, Asian America. (T. Honma)
ASAM 137. Philippine Art and Diasporic Visual Culture. (T. Honma)
ASAM 171. Visual Culture at the Margins. (T. Honma)
ASAM 172. Race and Visual Culture. (T. Honma)
ASAM 175. Asian American Comics: Racial Politics. (T. Honma)
ASAM 179J. Techno-Orientalism. (Staff 2022)
ASAM 179K. Asian American Women on Screen. (Staff 2023)
ASAM 179L. Contemporary Asian American Literature. (Staff 2023)
ASAM 179P. Afro-Asian Politics and Expressive Culture. (Staff)
ASAM 179Q. Narrative Filmmaking. (Staff)
ASAM 179R. Popular Culture and the Pacific Islands. (A. Flores)
ASAM 189A (Fall 2019). Music in Asian America (Staff)
ENGL 161. The Futures of Asian/America. (W. Liu)
GWS 162. Decolonizing Gender and Sexuality in Asian America. (A. Bahng)
HIST 169. Globalization and Oceania: Hawai’i and Tonga. (C. Johnson)
MS 100AA. Asian Americans in Media. (M. Ma)
MS 101PZ. Asian American Media in Communities. (M. Ma)
MUS 126. Music in East Asia and its American Diasporas. (Y. Kang)
THEA 001G. Acting for Social Change. (J. Lu)
THEA 115O. Applied Theatre in Elementary Schools: Breaking Cycles of Harm. (J. Lu)

3. ASAM Gender and Sexuality Courses

ANTH 087SC. Contemporary Issues in Gender and Islam. (L. Deeb)
ANTH 088. China: Gender, Cosmology, State. (E. Chao)
ASAM 077B. Tattoos: Aesthetics, Culture, and Pasts in the United States. (T. Honma)
ASAM 105. Zines, Creativity, Community. (T. Honma)
ASAM 105B. Zines in the Asian Diaspora. (T. Honma)
ASAM 128. Body Art in the Diaspora. (T. Honma)
ASAM 136. Filipinx Diasporic Poetics. (T. Honma)
ASAM 160. Asian American Women’s Experiences. (Staff)
ASAM 161. The Care Work of Asian Women. (L. Itagaki)
ASAM 175. Asian American Comics: Racial Politics. (T. Honma)
ASAM 179K. Asian American Women on Screen. (Staff 2023)
ENGL 019. Introduction to Asian American Literature. (Staff 2024)
ENGL 162. Asian American Literature: Gender and Sexuality. (W. Liu)
ENGL 170X. Asian American Literary and Cultural Studies. (Staff 2024)
FGSS 188E. The Queer Transpacific: Sinophone Cultures and Race/Ethnicity in Asian America. (J. Cheng)
GWS 162. Decolonizing Gender and Sexuality in Asian America. (A. Bahng)
MS 100AA. Asian Americans in Media. (M. Ma)
MS 101PZ. Asian American Media in Communities. (M. Ma)

4. Comparative Ethnic Studies Courses (Comparative ethnic studies course as approved by your advisor or cross-listed in IDBS, or IDCS)

AMST 110. Migrant Memoir. (W. Cheng)
AMST 113. Asian/American Geographies. (W. Cheng)
AMST 128. Race, Space, and Difference. (W. Cheng)
ASAM 056. Intro to Comparative Ethnic Studies (Staff 2022)
ASAM 063. Transformative Life of Malcolm X. (Staff)
ASAM 070. Surveillance: An Introduction. (M. B. Nasir)
ASAM 077. Tattoos in American Popular Culture. (T. Honma)
ASAM 077B. Tattoos: Aesthetics, Culture, and Pasts in the United States. (T. Honma)
ASAM 082. Racial Politics of Teaching. (K. Yep)
ASAM 089. Embodied Learning, Pedagogies of Belonging, and Qi Gong.
ASAM 110. Science, Race, and Social Change. (T. Honma)
ASAM 143. Race and Policing. (M. B. Nasir)
ASAM 144 (Spring 2023). Anti-Muslim Racism: A Global Perspective. (M. B. Nasir)
ASAM 155. U.S. Imperial Culture. (Staff)
ASAM 156. Global Rebellion. (Staff)
ASAM 156. Spirit of Bandung: Third World Internationalism & Decolonization. (Staff)
ASAM 171. Visual Culture at the Margins. (T. Honma)
ASAM 179P. Afro-Asian Politics and Expressive Culture. (Staff)
ASAM 189A (Fall 2019). Music in Asian America. (Staff)
ENGL 019. Introduction to Asian American Literature. (Staff)
ENGL 170X. Asian American Literary and Cultural Studies. (Staff)
POLI 128. Race and American Capitalism. (T. Kim)
PSYC 114. Asian American Child Development. (H. Park)
PSYC 155. Seminar in Ethnic Minority Psychology and Mental Health (W. Hwang)
SOC 073. Asians in America: Model Minority and Perpetual Foreigner. (A. Junisbai)

5. Courses related to Asia and Migration, Globalization and/or Imperialism

AMST 113. Asian/American Geographies. (W. Cheng)
AMST 130. Cold War Taiwanese/America. (W. Cheng)
ANTH 088. China: Gender, Cosmology, State. (E. Chao)
ANTH 156PO. Comparative Muslim Societies in Asia. (M. B. Nasir)
ANTH 185SC. Palestine in Ethnography and Film. (L. Deeb)
ASAM 105B. Zines in the Asian Diaspora. (T. Honma)
ASAM 128. Body Art in the Diaspora. (T. Honma)
ASAM 130. Science, Technology, Asian America. (T. Honma)
ASAM 135. Race, Empire, Filipinx America. (T. Honma)
ASAM 135B. Race, Empire, Filipinx America. (T. Honma)
ASAM 136. Filipinx Diasporic Poetics. (T. Honma)
ASAM 137. Philippine Art and Diasporic Visual Culture. (T. Honma)
ASAM 142. South Asian American Studies. (M. B. Nasir)
ASAM 155. U.S. Imperial Culture. (Staff)
ASAM 156. Global Rebellion. (Staff)
ASAM 156. Spirit of Bandung: Third World Internationalism & Decolonization. (Staff)
ASAM 161. The Care Work of Asian Women. (L. Itagaki)
ASAM 179J. Teacno-Orientalism. (Staff)
ASAM 179R. Popular Culture and the Pacific Islands. (A. Flores)
FGSS 188E. The Queer Transpacific: Sinophone Cultures and Race/Ethnicity in Asian America. (J. Cheng)
HIST 134. Empire and Sexuality. (C. Johnson)
HIST 169. Globalization and Oceania: Hawai’i and Tonga. (C. Johnson)
POLI 118. Politics, Economics, and Culture of Korea. (T. Kim)
SOC 126AA. Immigration and the Second Generation. (H. Thai)