加州大学河滨分校

Mission

Asian American Studies provides critical interdisciplinary perspectives on the various histories of contact, migration, and settlement of Asian groups in the United States. "Asian Americans" compose a diverse collection of diasporic communities, and are becoming increasingly fractured along socioeconomic and geographic lines. In an era of U.S. global hegemony fueled by an increasing military and economic presence in the Pacific Rim, Asian American Studies plays a crucial role in analyzing and shaping economic, political, cultural, and international relations between Asia, the Pacific Islands, and the United States.

At UCR, Asian American students constitute 41 percent of the student body. Presently, this major has two ladder faculty, Professor Edward Chang, (an ethnicist), and Assistant Professor Emily Hue (a cultural theorist trained in visual culture and performance studies). The growing Asian enrollment and diversity within the Asian American student body and community at large require hiring of faculty who have a specialty in various East Asian, Southeast Asian, South Asian, and Pacific Islander studies.

Major Requirements

Lower-Division Requirements (12 units):

Ethnic Studies 001: Introduction to the Study of Race & Ethnicity

Ethnic Studies 005: Introduction to Asian American Studies

One course chosen from:

• Ethnic Studies 002: Introduction to Chicano Studies
• Ethnic Studies 003: Introduction to African American Studies
• Ethnic Studies 007: Introduction to Native American Studies

Upper-Division Requirements (40 units):

Ethnic Studies 101A: Historical Development of Race, Racism, and White Supremacy
OR
Ethnic Studies 101B: Theories of Race and Resistance

Ethnic Studies 100: Race and Ethnicity in a Comparative Perspective
OR
Ethnic Studies 131: Race, Class, and Gender

• Ethnic Studies 106: Theory in Asian American Studies
• Ethnic Studies 191R: Research Methodology

Sixteen (16) additional upper-division units in Ethnic Studies chosen from courses focusing on the Asian American experience.

A minimum of one Ethnic Studies course chosen from two of the following four areas of emphasis (8 units):

• African American Studies
• Chicano Studies
• Native American Studies
• Comparative Issues