Central to the course is the claim that American politics cannot be understood without a sophisticated analysis of race, and that Asian American politics and efforts at political empowerment cannot be understood without a sophisticated analysis of mainstream political institutions and national political discourse. The course is explicitly and self-consciously interdisciplinary, drawing on multiple disciplines and employing various epistemologies, and is designed to motivate critical thinking rather than the adoption of a particular point of view. Finally, the course is designed to provide you with the analytical tools and the real world knowledge necessary to engage debates outside the academic setting. PSYC 186 Internships in Psychology. This course involves supervised experience in psychology which is arranged on an individual basis with cooperating institutions.
Enrollment is limited.
ASAM 50 Asian American Experiences. This course serves as an introduction to Asian American Studies, and as such it presents the major themes and issues in a new and growing interdisciplinary field of scholarly research and cultural production. The primary objective of the course is to engage students with selected aspects of the emerging canon of scholarly literature in Asian American Studies. The course will also provide many opportunities for students to link personal experiences and identity issues to the larger collective facts of Asian America. ASAM 150 Contemporary Issues.