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MINOR REQUIREMENTS

The Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will certify that a student has completed the program for the Minor upon recommendation by the Director of the AAS. An advisor will approve a student's course program and monitor the student's progress in meeting course requirements. A student’s plan of courses for the minor must be approved by AAS. A minimum grade point average of 2.75 is required for completion of courses taken in this program.

The minor requires 21 hours of courses selected from each of the following categories. No course may be used to satisfy more that one requirement. Only three courses at the 100-level may be counted toward the minor.

(a) Asian American Studies 100 (Introduction to Asian American Studies) (3 hours)

(b) One course in the Humanities (100- or 200-level) from the approved course list (see appendix). (3 hours)

(c) One course in the Social Sciences (100- or 200-level) from the approved course list (see appendix). (3 hours)

(d) Two courses at an Advanced Level (300 or 400-level) from the approved course list (see appendix). (6 hours)

(e) Two courses from the following three groups. (6 hours) The two courses may not be selected from the same group.

(1) One Additional AAS Course at the 200- 300- or 400-level from categories (b), (c) or (d) above.

(2) One approved Comparative Course in Ethnic or Women's Studies from the approved course list (see appendix).

(3) One approved 200- 300- or 400-level seminar (offered by a department on a one-time basis) Readings, Special Topics, or Internship (AAS 290) course.
Total 21 hours

COURSE LIST APPENDIX
1. Approved course list for the 100-200 level course in Humanities (requirement b in minor):

AAS 120 -- Introduction to Asian American Popular Culture
ENGL 280 -- Asian American Women Writers
ENGL/AAS 286 -- Asian American Literature
MUS 132 -- Music of Asian Americans
RLST/AAS 291 -- Hinduism in America
THEA/AAS 260 -- Asian American Theatre
CWL 395/AAS 490 -- East Asian Diaspora Literature

2. Approved course list for the 100-200 level course in Social Sciences (requirement c in minor):

ANTH/AAS 184 -- Asian American Cultures
ANTH/AAS 284 -- Adv Topics (Anthropological) in Asian America
ANTH 287 -- Asian American Cuisine and Foodways

HIST/AAS 281 -- Constructing Race in America
HIST/AAS 283 -- Asian American History
SOC/AAS 224 -- Asian American Historical Sociology

3. Approved course list for the advanced 300 or 400 level course (requirement d in minor):

ANTH/AAS 484 -- Asian Diasporas
CINE/COMM/AAS 365 -- Asian American Media and Film
DANC 342 -- Asian American Dance Theory
EPS/AAS 310 -- Race and Cultural Diversity
EPS/AAS 402 -- Asian American Education
AAS 311/DANC 341-- Asian Am Dance and Performance
PS/AAS 317 -- Asian American Politics
AAS 346 / HDFS 341 -- Asian American Youth
PSYC 470/AAS 470-- Asian American Psychology
SOCW/AAS 397 -- Asian Families in America
SOC/AAS 328 -- Asian Americans and Social Inequality
LLS/AFRO/AAS/GWS 435/COMM 432 -- Commodifying Difference
AAS 450-- Asian American Ethnic Groups
AAS 490-- Advanced Topics in Asian American Studies

4. Approved course list for the Comparative course in Ethnic or Women’s Studies (requirement e2 in minor):

ANTH 165 -- Languages and Cultures of Native North America
ANTH 190 -- American Jewish Culture
ENGL 460 -- Gender & Sexuality in Asian American Literature
HIST 276 -- Afro American History since 1877
HIST 278 -- US Native Americans since 1850
HIST 286 -- US Gender History since 1877
HIST 472 -- Immigrant America
PS 315 -- African American Politics
PS 316 -- Latina/Latino Politics


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