Asian American Studies Certificate is an interdisciplinary program that examines the history and experiences of Asian Americans. In order to graduate with the Asian American Studies Certificate, students must register for the Certificate and complete 12 credit hours of course work relevant to Asian American studies with “C” or higher grades. Of the 12 credit hours, at least 6 credit hours must be core Asian American studies courses, while remaining credit hours can be chosen from the list of electives. Please contact Dr. Malini Johar Schueller (English Department) at mschuell@english.ufl.edu for more information.
Since most of the courses are not offered regularly, students should register for the core courses at the earliest time possible when they are offered.
All courses are 3 credit hours and for undergraduate students unless otherwise noted.
ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES CERTIFICATE CORE COURSES
AML 3285 Asian American Literature
AML 3673 Introduction to Asian American Studies [*same course was offered as AML 4685 and AML 3285 in the past]
AML 4135 Introduction to Asian American Film
AML 4685 Asian American Culture in Historical Perspective
ENG 4130 Martial Arts Cinema (Kill Them with Karate)
POS 4931 Asian American Politics
PSY 4905 Asian American Psychology [*1 credit hour]
SYA 4930 Sociology of Asian Americans
LIT 6856 Issues and Methods in Asian American Studies [*graduate-level course]
ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES CERTIFICATE ELECTIVE COURSES
AML 4282 Women of Color and Politics of Sexuality
LIT 4185 Postcolonial Literature, Culture, and Theory
LIT 4930 Racism, Classism, and Sexism
POS 4624 Race, Law, and the Constitution
POS 4931 Multiracial Politics
PUP 4313 Minorities and Change
SYA 4931 Race, Class, and Gender
SYD 3700 Minorities in American Society
SYG 2930 Asian Families
WST 3000 Women & Diversity in US History
WST 3015 Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Women
WST 3930 Women of Color in the U.S.
WST 4930 Third World Women’s Poetry and Short Stories
AFA 2000 Introduction to African American Studies
ISS 2160 Cultural Diversity in the U.S.
SPRING 2009 ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES CERTIFICATE CORE COURSES
AML 3673: Asian-American/African-American Interactions, Section 9392 T 7, R 7-8
A variable topics or survey course focusing on the major issues, movements or themes in the study of Asian-American literature and culture from the beginnings to the present. Topics may include Kung-fu films, cultural nationalism and feminism, model minorities, Angel Island literature, Asian-Americans in film and media, and several major authors. Consult departmental Web site.
Robert Scharr will offer Asian American Politics in Spring ‘09 (Political Science department).
Amy Ongiri–Asian American film
FALL 2008 ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES CERTIFICATE CORE COURSES
ENG 4130: Introduction to Asian-American Film, Section 6146 T 7-8, R 8
What happens to Charlie Chan and Fu Manchu when Harold and Kumar go to White Castle? This class will begin with a history of Asian and Asian-American representation in US visual culture in order to examine the way in which media representation, a history of stereotyping, racial mythology and material reality collide to create the image of Asian-Americans in contemporary film and video culture. We will look at work by Asian-American filmmakers including groundbreaking films like the documentary Who Killed Vincent Chin? and experimental films such as Robot Stories as well as attempts to make images of Asian-Americans commercially viable in mainstream film such as Better Luck Tomorrow and Double Happiness.
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M E1-E3 TUR 1315 Introduction to Asian-American Cinema Ongiri
For any questions or concern, contact Dr. Schueller mschuell@english.ufl.edu
SYA 4930 Sciology of Asian Americans, Section 5776, 3 credit hours, MWF4, Turlington 2333, Yuko Fujino (yfujino@ufl.edu)
This course presents an overview of sociological studies of Asian Americans. We will explore the diverse experiences of East, Southeast, and South Asian Americans. We will closely examine topics such as immigration, identity, education, families, sexualities, gender, social movements, discrimination, and interracial relationships. This class will familiarize students with some of the major social issues in contemporary Asian America; encourage students to think critically about identity, citizenship, diversity, power, privilege, and oppression in the U.S.; and urge students to use their “sociological imagination” to make connections between their individual lives and the events that happen in the larger society.
