At Michigan, the AAS program is within an interdisciplinary American Culture Program. On the East Coast, Yale University does not have a program but recently increased the number of AAS courses in its American Studies Program. Brown has a number of courses in AAS, while Harvard has no courses that contain a large Asian American studies component. Princeton University introduced a course on Asian American History to World War II in its American studies courses. The committee found a strong and growing body of Asian American history at the core of most curricula.
Most schools offer a stand-alone introductory course often structured along historical lines.
At Northwestern, the committee surveyed all College departments about including AAS material in their curricula and found that anthropology, history and sociology disciplines that account for a significant amount of current Asian American scholarship appear to have the greatest potential. Other College departments also expressed interest in incorporating Asian American materials in their curricula. Currently there are courses in sociology, anthropology, history, African American Studies, linguistics, English and the Program of Comparative Literary Studies which have included such material from time to time. A variety of Asian Studies courses, which conserve as foundational background for the study of Asian American groups, are also available at Northwestern.