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| ASIANAM 50 | BEGINNING TAGALOG I | STAFF | This is a beginners’ class with emphasis on the four basic skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. The course uses the functional approach in learning a language. The course is divided into two parts. During the first five weeks of the course, the students focus on basic conversational skills in Tagalog. All written exercises should be done at home. At the end of the first month, they should be able to use Tagalog in greetings, visiting a friend’s house, shopping, telling the time and making an appointment, asking and giving directions, going to a medical clinic, and expressing feelings. The teacher shall use only Tagalog with the aid of pictures and other teaching materials. Classroom techniques shall include games, songs, and pair work. Each class ends with a role-play. During the second part of the course, the students learn four necessary skills in the effective use of a language: paglalahad (defining and explaining); paglalarawan (describing a person, place or feelings); pagsasalaysay (narrating a story); and pangangatwiran (arguing). The vocabulary of the student is expanded through sample dialogues, short poems, children’s stories, and short essays. Each lesson shall have three components: reading a text to increase vocabulary and study grammatical structures; doing a role-play; and writing a short dialogue (eight lines) or a short paragraph (four to five sentences). |
| ASIANAM 60A | INTRODUCTION TO ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES I | LIU, J.M. | The course will provide a survey of the history, social organization, and cultural representations of Asians immigrating to the United States prior to World War II. This course is open to all students and meets the Multi-cultural VII-A general education requirement. It is also the first of a three-quarter introductory sequence that is mandatory for students who want to major or minor in Asian American Studies. If you are not majoring/minoring in Asian American Studies, the sequence can be used to fulfill the Social Science general education breadth requirement. Same as History 15C and Soc Sci 78A. |
| ASIANAM 100W | RSCH METH/FIELD RES | VO, L. | This seminar will introduce students to a range of key methodological issues in Asian American Studies. The readings are organized around questions, approaches, and critiques that will help students develop technical skills in qualitative research and analysis, as well as examine how researchers have studied the demographic transformations, economic restructuring, and political changes that shape social relations. We will gain a critical understanding of some of the theoretical, empirical, and ethical challenges posed by scholarly research in the humanities and social sciences. In addition, we will discuss \"voice\" which can refer to literal, direct forms of expression such as interviews, personal testimonies, and oral histories; and more broadly, as well to forms of symbolic representation such as photographs, videos, and other cultural texts. Students are required to complete an oral history project, fieldwork research assignments, and a final exam. Prerequisite: completion of lower-division writing and junior standing. Enrollment restricted to Asian Am majors until 5 p.m. on June 6. At that time the course will open to all interested students (subject to space availability). |
| ASIANAM 110 | ASIAN AMERICAN WRITERS | KATRAK, K.H. | This course explores the work of selected Asian American writers in the English language. Our study analyzes the politics of location and how locations impact ethnicities. Writers’ identities are negotiated along issues of race, gender, language, nationality, and crucially in our contemporary time, geography. Our study, which uses a historical perspective, includes recent South Asian American writers, as well as second and third generation U.S. citizens of Japanese, Vietnamese, Chinese, and other ethnicities. We will study writers such as Joy Kogawa, Jhumpa Lahiri, and Maxine Hong Kingston among others. Requirements include class presentation, in-class writing, midterm and final exams. Same as English 105, Lec A. |
| ASIANAM 111 | PAC RIM: CHINA&AMER | CHEN, Y. | The Pacific Rim is becoming a most visible and most important center of economic and socioeconomic activities of the world. This class seeks to understand the historical development of an important segment of the Pacific Rim: the growing Sino-American interactions. It will trace the roots of that development back to the 19th century so that we can better appreciate the scope of such interactions today. Topics include the following: the initial contact between China and America before the 20th century and its significance; China\'s struggles in trying to remain relevant in early 20th-century world affairs and in dealing with its internal problems; turning points late in the 20th century; China\'s current economic, political and social interactions with the United States; the implications of such interactions for individuals, especially Chinese Americans; the changing meaning of being Chinese and American. Recent discussions of the Pacific Rim have not paid adequate attention to its historical roots; they have tended to focus either on the cultural or economic aspects. In this class, we will try to combine the economic and cultural perspectives in an effort to have historically grounded understanding of this significant phenomenon. One short paper and one research paper. Same as Hist 152, Lec A. |
| ASIANAM 115 | THE WOMAN WARRIOR | HU, Y. | This course explores the literary genesis of the woman warrior in traditional China and its proliferation in modern times, both inside and outside China. We read short stories, poems, novels and films, some originally written in classical and vernacular Chinese, others in English by Asian American writers. We pay close attention to the different historical, cultural contexts that produced these texts. Some of the questions we ask are: What makes the woman warrior so attractive, in ancient China as well as in America today? What are the norms of feminine behavior and how have they changed over time and place? In what ways does the woman warrior conform or subvert the normative definitions of gender? Reading material is all in English. Requirements include active participation in class, papers, midterm and final examinations. Same as East Asian 150. |
| ASIANAM 115 | ASIAN AMERICAN THEATRE | LEI, D. | This is an introduction to the history and development of Asian American theatre and drama. Besides play analysis, special attention will also be paid to the history and politics of Asian American identity and experience, as well as to aspects of theatrical performance. Active participation in class discussion and involvement in Asian American theatre (whether as performer or as spectator) are mandatory. Readings include plays and theory about Asian American history, identity, and representation, such as plays by Yamauchi, Gotanda, Yew, Wong and others. There will be a mid-term and final examination, a performance review and a group performance project. Same as Drama 103. Course listed in on-line Schedule only. |
| ASIANAM 141 | ASIAN AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGY | STAFF | This course is designed to facilitate an examination of the current research and literature on the cultural, societal, historical, and political influences on the psychological well-being and make-up of Asian Americans. Included in this in depth, critical overview are contextual issues surrounding Asian American psychological experiences, such as key historical and political issues; race and culture; racism and discrimination; world views, values, and beliefs; cultural conflicts; minority status; and the immigration experience. \"Person\" issues will also be explored, self-concept, self-identity, personality, interpersonal relationships, sexuality, and gender roles. The interface of between Asian Americans and major social institutions, such as the education system, the workplace, and mental health services, will also be examined. Same as Psych 174A. |
| ASIANAM 150 | ASIAN AMERCIANS & POPULAR CULTURE | MIMURA, G. | Do Asian Americans have a stake in popular culture? Why and how? Since the 1960s, Asian Americans have been producing distinct and exciting popular cultures that challenge racism, create new experiences of leisure, and advance democratic values. We will examine the relationship between Asian Americans and popular culture in several areas: image culture, popular music, high and low fashions, street cultures, and shopping malls. Grading is based on the following: attendance and participation 20%, midterm 40%, and final 40%. Same as Comparative Literature 103, Lec B. |
| ASIANAM 150 | RELIGIOUS TRAD ASAM | MAZUMDAR, S. | This course is an introduction to the religious traditions of Asian Americans. It examines how religious beliefs and practices affect the lives of Asian Americans. It focuses on the transplantation of religious institutions, the establishment of sacred spaces such as churches, mosques and temples, the celebration of significant religious holidays and the socialization of children into their religious identity. It also analyses the importance of religion in life cycle rites such as birth, marriage and death, and the role of religion in the structuring of gender relations and family. Students will required to do three reaction papers on the assigned readings (15% of the grade) and in-class writing assignment (15%) as well as take a midterm (30%) and a final exam (40%). Same as Sociology 139. |
| ASIANAM 150 | ETHNIC FOOD & IDENTITY | CHEN, Y. | We are what we eat. This course explores the cultural significance of food and food-ways in the context of American ethnic history. Using a few ethnic groups as examples, this class seeks to understand the intimate connection between ethnic food and identity. Topics include food as culture; the importance of food-ways in the family and the ethnic community, food and gender; the impact of ethnic good in the American way of eating and cooking; methodological issues in food studies. Requirements: a short essay, mid-term and final. Same as History 190, Col B. |
| ASIANAM 151 | FILIPINA/O AMERICAN HISTORY | FUJITA-RONY, D. | This course will explore the historical experience of Filipina/o Americans in the United States. Major topics will include colonialism, labor, migration, gender, family, and culture. Requirements will be a 5-page paper, midterm, final exam, and engaged class participation. Same as History 152, Lec B. |
| ASIANAM 151D | VIET AMER EXPER | PHAM, C. | An introduction to the study of the Vietnamese in America from the exodus of this new group of Asian American from Southeast Asia after the Vietnam War to their resettlement in the United States. Topics such as wars and revolution in Vietnam, the different waves of Vietnamese refugees, admission and resettlement, adjustment to new life, the Vietnamese community, Vietnamese American literature and poetry etc. will be discussed. Final grade will be based on a term paper, midterm, and final exam. Same as Soc Sci 178D. |
| ASIANAM 162 | ASIAN AMERICAN WOMEN | VO, L. | This course focuses on the intersection of ethnicity, race, class, gender, generation, and sexuality in the lives of Asian American women. We will analyze the historical and contemporary cultural, social, political, and economic forces that shape their life experiences in the United States and in transnational communities. In this regard, we will consider the diversity of their ethnic experiences and the commonalities of their social histories. Additionally, our focus is to discover the voices and agency of women from the various ethnic groups, in order to understand how they are critically and creatively responding with strategies of resistance, social change, and coalition-building. Students will examine conceptual frameworks that link theory to concrete individual and collective experiences. Course requirement will include a mid-term, short paper, and research project. Same as Soc Sci 177B and Women’s Studies 155. |
| ASIANAM 164 | ASIAN AMERICAN/AFRICAN AMERICAN RELATIONS | FUJITA-RONY, D. | This course will explore the comparative and often connected history of Asian Americans and African Americans in the United States, with particular emphasis on the contemporary era. Themes will include labor, economic systems, political mobilization, the struggle for civil rights, and cultural expression. Requirements will be a 5-page paper, midterm, final exam, and engaged class participation. Same as Af Am 110 and History 184. |