ETHNST 35 - INTRODUCTION TO ASIAN-AMERICAN STUDIES

    Recent Professors
    D. Chandara, T. Vang, M. Torres
    Recent Semesters
    Spring 2027, Fall 2026, Summer 2026, Spring 2026
    Class Size
    30–50 students
    Difficulty
    3.2Lightout of 10
    Credits
    3
    Spring 2027 Sections
    View Spring 2027 sections of ETHNST 35
    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 6 · IGETC Area 7 · CSU GE Area D · CSU GE Area F
    Description
    This course explores the Asian American experience in the United States, from the 19th century to the present. Major focus is placed on the lived experiences and histories of Southeast Asians, Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, and Filipinos, as refugees, immigrants, and American citizens. Through the analysis of original source documents, art, music, literature and social structures, students examine race, ethnicity, white supremacy, nativism, immigration, gender, racism, and anti-Asian violence. An understanding of the human condition and agency is sought through the voices of Asians, and Asian Americans, who lived through pivotal historical moments. Using an interdisciplinary approach (social, historical, cultural, religious, geographic, economic, linguistic, literary and artistic), emphasis is placed on Asian Americans as agents in the creation of culture and communities in the United States. Special attention is given throughout the course to major Asian communities in the San Joaquin Valley--19th and early 20th century Chinese, Lao, Hmong, Mien, Lahu, Cambodian, Vietnamese, and Filipino.
    Usually Held
    Mon Wed 3:30pm–4:45pm, Tue Thu 1:00pm–2:15pm, Tue Thu 4:00pm–5:15pm, Mon Wed 2:00pm–3:15pm