ETHN 5 - Introduction to Asian American Studies

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    Credits
    3
    Prerequisite
    None
    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 6 · Cal-GETC Area 4 · IGETC Area 4 · IGETC Area 7 · CSU GE Area F
    Description
    This course is an interdisciplinary field of study that explores historical and contemporary Asian American political, social, economic issues, and cultural practices and experiences in the United States. This course examines the foundations of and contemporary approaches to Asian Americans, with emphasis placed on the processes of colonialism, migration and exclusion; issues of citizenship; racial and ethnic identity formation; practices of resistance; work and labor relations; acculturation, family and community formation; transnational networks; and, representations of Asian Americans. The represented groups and communities include Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, Filipinos, South Asians, and Southeast Asians. Lecture Grading: Letter None Transfer Status: CSU/UC Degree Applicable: AA/AS COD GE: A4 CalGETC: 4, 6