Asian American Minor
Kathy Uno, Coordinator
215-204-7468
aaminor@temple.edu
This new interdisciplinary minor focuses on Asian American history,
culture, and contemporary issues as well as their Asian roots and American
context. The Asian American Minor is 6 courses (18 s.h.), 5 in American
Studies and 1 in Asian Studies, as distributed below. Besides regular
courses, students can earn credits through fieldwork and independent
study under a professor's guidance. This minor is a useful credential
for majors in education, journalism and communication, social administration,
health science, social science, humanities, history, pre-law studies,
and business fields like personnel and marketing.
| 4
Asian American courses listed or cross listed in American Studies. |
| Department |
Course |
Title |
s.h. |
Core
Indicator |
| Am
St |
R136 |
Asian
American Experiences |
3 |
RS |
| Am
St |
C051 |
American
Lives: Asian American Lives |
3 |
AC |
| Am
St |
0154 |
Introduction
to Asian American Literature |
3 |
|
| Am
St |
0152
or W152 |
Asian
Diaspora |
3 |
W152:
WI |
| Am
St |
0153
or W153 |
Asian
Women in Transition |
3 |
W153:
WI |
| Am
St |
0151
or W151 |
Asian
American History |
3 |
W151:
WI |
| Am
St |
0155
or R155 or W155 |
Asian
American Topics +++ |
3 |
R155:
RS
W155: WI |
| +++
Courses may focus on specific issues like Filipinos in America,
Vietnamese and Filipinos in Diaspora, Chinatowns, Law and Public
Policy. |
| 1
American Studies course on race or ethnicity (or an alternative
approved by an adviser). |
| Department |
Course |
Title |
s.h. |
Core
Indicator |
| Am
St |
0108 |
Immigrant
Experiences |
3 |
|
| Am
St |
0148 |
Puerto
Ricans in Philadelphia |
3 |
|
| Am
St |
R112 |
African
American Experiences |
3 |
RS |
| Am
St |
0137 |
Italian/American
Literature and Culture |
3 |
|
1 Asian Studies course under an Asian Studies or cross listed number.
Advisers can help students choose from a list of over 60 courses.
|
