Asian American Studies Minor

Upon completing the minor in Asian American studies, students will

  • understand fundamental concepts and disciplinary methods employed in Asian American studies, and know how to apply them thoughtfully and critically;
  • understand major historical events that have shaped Asian racialization in western modernity, and know how to analyze their relevance to the contemporary moment;
  • understand how Asian racialization relates to other forms of racialization, as well as other forms of social difference, and know how to analyze its role in broader social formations;
  • know how to communicate their knowledge effectively so as to help empower Asian American and Asian diasporic communities, build meaningful coalitions among oppressed and/or marginalized social groups, and promote the cause of social justice; and
  • possess a global frame of reference, informed by an ethical commitment to social justice.

The minor in Asian American studies requires six (6) courses, as follows:

Course Title Credits
Required Course
AAST 3000Introduction to Asian American Studies4
Electives
Three AAST electives 112
One of the following:4
One additional AAST subject code course
One additional AAST attribute code course 2
One AASR attribute code course 3
One of the following:4
One advanced AFAM subject code course or AFAM attribute code course 4
One advanced LALS subject code course or LALS attribute code course (note: both LALS options require approval of the AAST Program Director on the student's home campus) 5
1

Courses with the subject code AAST or the attribute code AAST (except for AAST 3000, which is a required course) fulfill this requirement. See list below for courses with the AAST attribute code.

2

See list below for courses with the AAST attribute code.

3

See list below for courses with the AASR attribute code.

4

A list of AFAM subject code and AFAM attribute code courses can be found in the relevant Bulletin section. AFAM subject code courses must be numbered 3000 or above.

5

A list of LALS subject code and LALS attribute code courses can be found in the relevant Bulletin section. LALS subject code courses must be numbered 3000 or above. The Program Director's approval will depend simply on whether the course focuses on themes and methods relevant to Asian American Studies, broadly understood (e.g., race, immigration, diaspora, colonialism, etc.), as opposed to, for example, Spanish Linguistics (LALS 3007) or Business Spanish (SPAN 2450).

Asian American studies courses

Courses in this group have the AAST attribute.

Course Title Credits
ANTH 3618Asian America in New York City: An Ethnographic Exploration4
ANTH 4616Contemporary Issues in Asian America4
ARHI 2528Asian American Art4
COLI 3357Writing Asian America4
COLI 3359Asian Diasporic Literatures4
COLI 4150Race and Contemporary Film4
COLI 4600Anger in Asian American Literature and Culture4
COLI 4603Asian American Critique4
COMC 3280Representing Asians in Journalism and Media4
ENGL 3357Writing Asian America4
ENGL 3359Asian Diasporic Literatures4
ENGL 3647Seeing Stories: Reading Race and Graphic Narratives4
ENGL 3838Postcolonial Literature and Film4
ENGL 4026Seminar: Race and Speculative Fiction4
ENGL 4150Race and Contemporary Film4
ENGL 4600Anger in Asian American Literature and Culture4
ENGL 4603Asian American Critique4
HIST 3929History of Chinese in the Americas3
SOCI 3428Asian American Immigration and Community Organizing4
THEO 3725Buddhism in America: A Multimedia Investigation3

Asian American studies-related courses

Courses in this group have the AASR attribute.

Course Title Credits
ANTH 4341Race, Sex, and Science4
ANTH 4344Reproductive Technologies: Global Perspective4
COLI 3802Literature and Imperialism4
ENGL 3802Literature and Imperialism4
SOCI 4408Diversity in American Society4
THEO 3130Bible as Migration Literature: Then and Now4

Availability

The minor in Asian American studies is available at Fordham College at Rose Hill and at Fordham College at Lincoln Center. Students in Fordham's School of Professional and Continuing Studies may minor in Asian American studies only if they receive the approval of their advising dean and/or department, and their schedules are sufficiently flexible to permit them to take day courses at the Rose Hill or Lincoln Center campuses.