asian pacific american studies
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Arizona State University’s program in Asian Pacific American Studies offers an undergraduate major, minor and certificate focused on demographic, cultural, historical, social, economic and policy issues that have shaped and continue to affect Asian American and Pacific Islander communities regionally, nationally, and internationally.TRANSCRIPT
Asian Pacific American Studies
Asian Pacific American Studies
misson The Asian Pacific American Studies (APAS) unit offers an interdisciplinary major, minor and certificate focused on demographic, cultural, historical, social, economic and policy issues that have shaped and continue to affect Asian American and Pacific Islander communities in Arizona, the Southwest United States, nationally, and internationally. Students will (1) learn the history of APAs in the country, (2) understand and relate the history to the contemporary moment, and (3) gain a set of knowledges that allow them to navigate a racially diverse job market and world. The minor may be taken as a complement to a major and does not require an internship. The certificate offers additional training opportunities for both degree- and non-degree-seeking students and requires an internship.
at Arizona State University
Asian Pacific American Studiesat Arizona State University
beyond the classroomAPAS offers many opportunities throughout the year for research, internships and community involvement. Students have worked with fac-ulty members on oral history projects, survey research, interviews, community histories and educational outreach. Internship opportunities include working with community health and advocacy groups, ethnic business organiza-tions and local media. Our graduates leave with knowledge about working with diverse popula-tions, an understanding of issues facing a range of AAPI communities and insights to the dynam-ics of community politics. Students have applied their knowledge from APAS in the fields of law, business, health, public policy and education.
5 REQUIRED COURSES: Total 15 credit hoursAPA 200: Introduction to APASAPA 360: APA Experience (rotating topics)APA 450: APA Contemporary IssuesAPA 484: InternshipAPA 499: Individualized Instruction
5 APA ELECTIVES: Total 15 credit hoursChosen from APA course list
5 RELATED COURSES: Total 15 credit hours
15 TOTAL CLASSES (45 total credit hours)
Major (B.A.)
2 REQUIRED COURSES: Total 6 credit hoursAPA 200: Introduction to APASAPA 360: APA Experience
4 APA ELECTIVES: Total 12 credit hoursChosen from APA course list
6 TOTAL CLASSES (18 total credit hours)
3 REQUIRED COURSES: Total 9 credit hoursAPA 200: Introduction to APASAPA 360: APA ExperienceAPA 484: Internship
3 APA ELECTIVES: Total 9 credit hoursChosen from APA course list
6 TOTAL CLASSES (18 total credit hours)
Minor
Certificate
Recent Faculty Publications
Karen Kuo
East Is West and West Is East: Gender, Culture and Interwar Encounters between Asia and America
Wendy Cheng A People’s Guide to Los Angeles
Rudy Guevarra Jr.
Becoming Mexipino: Multiethnic Identities and Communities in San Diego
Karen Kuo
East Is West and West Is East: Gender, Culture and Interwar Encounters between Asia and America
Wei Li
Ethnoburb: The New EthnicCommunity in UrbanAmerica
Wendy Cheng A People’s Guide to Los Angeles
Rudy Guevarra Jr.
Becoming Mexipino: Multiethnic Identities and Communities in San Diego
Wendy Cheng The Changs Next Doorto the Díazes
Rudy Guevarra Jr.
Transnational Crossroads:Remapping the Americasand the Pacific
APAS faculty research interests
Wendy Cheng, Assistant ProfessorComparative ethnic studies, urban and suburban studies [email protected]
Rudy Guevarra Jr., Assistant ProfessorFilipina/o American studies, Pacific Islander studies, critical mixed race studies, comparative ethnic studies [email protected]
Karen Kuo, Assistant ProfessorAsian American literature; culture, film and media studies [email protected]
Karen Leong, Associate ProfessorU.S. cultural and social history, gender ideologies, racial identity [email protected]
Wei Li, ProfessorComparative urban ethnicity, international migration in the Pacific Rim and Europe [email protected]
Kathy Nakagawa, Associate ProfessorFamily-school-community relations, diversity & inequality in education [email protected]
Joanne Rondilla, LecturerColonialism, beauty and women’s bodies, Filipino and Pacific Islander [email protected]
Brandon Yoo, Associate ProfessorAsian American and cultural psychology, model minority myth, psychology of racism [email protected]
sst.asu.edu
For more information about APAS contact [email protected]; 480.965.7682; sst.asu.edu/apas