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AAS 3001 - Contemporary Perspectives on Asian America (DSJ)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	AAS 3001/AmSt 3001
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Interdisciplinary overview of Asian American identities. Post-1965 migration/community. History, cultural productions, and concerns of Americans of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, South Asian, Filipino, and Southeast Asian ancestry.

AMST 3001 - Contemporary Perspectives on Asian America (DSJ)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	AAS 3001/AmSt 3001
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Interdisciplinary overview of Asian American identities. Post-1965 migration/community. History, cultural productions, and concerns of Americans of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, South Asian, Filipino, and Southeast Asian ancestry.

AAS 3301 - Asian America Through Arts and Culture (AH, DSJ)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	AAS 3301/EngL 3301
Typically offered:	Spring Even Year

The course focuses on the close analysis and interpretation of individual works by a range of modern and contemporary artists. Students will analyze, critique, and interpret these works in light of the historical and social contexts in which they were produced, their creation and uses of aesthetic form, and their impact on individuals and communities. Discussion, writing assignments, and oral presentations will focus on different ways of encountering and evaluating artistic work; for instance, students will write critical analyses and production reviews as well as dialogue more informally through weekly journal entries and online discussion forums. We will examine what it means to define artists and their work as being "Asian American" and explore how other categories of identity such as gender, sexuality, or class intersect with race. We will study how art works not only as individual creativity but also as communal and social practice; for instance, we look at the history of theaters, such as East-West Players or Pan Asian Repertory Theatre, that have sustained Asian Americans as actors, playwrights, and designers.

ENGL 3301 - Asian America through Arts and Culture (AH, DSJ)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	AAS 3301/EngL 3301
Typically offered:	Spring Even Year

The course focuses on the close analysis and interpretation of individual works by a range of modern and contemporary artists. Students will analyze, critique, and interpret these works in light of the historical and social contexts in which they were produced, their creation and uses of aesthetic form, and their impact on individuals and communities. Discussion, writing assignments, and oral presentations will focus on different ways of encountering and evaluating artistic work; for instance, students will write critical analyses and production reviews as well as dialogue more informally through weekly journal entries and online discussion forums. We will examine what it means to define artists and their work as being "Asian American" and explore how other categories of identity such as gender, sexuality, or class intersect with race. We will study how art works not only as individual creativity but also as communal and social practice; for instance, we look at the history of theaters, such as East-West Players or Pan Asian Repertory Theatre, that have sustained Asian Americans as actors, playwrights, and designers.

AAS 3409W - Asian American Women's Cultural Production (AH, DSJ, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	AAS 3409W/GWSS 3409W
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Diversity of cultures designated "Asian American." Understanding women's lives in historical, cultural, economic, and racial contexts.

GWSS 3409W - Asian American Women's Cultural Production (AH, DSJ, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	AAS 3409W/GWSS 3409W
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Analysis of media, art, literature, performance, on artistic contributions. History, politics, culture of Asian American women. Interpret cultural production to better understand role of race, gender, nation within American society/citizenship.

AAS 3877 - Asian American History, 1850 to Present (HIS, DSJ)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	AAS 3877/HIST 3877
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Asian American history and contemporary issues, from 1850 to present. Immigration, labor, anti-Asian movements, women/families, impact of World War Two, new immigrant/refugee communities, civil rights, Asian American identity/culture.

HIST 3877 - Asian American History, 1850-Present (HIS, DSJ)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	AAS 3877/HIST 3877
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Asian American history and contemporary issues, from 1850 to the present. Immigration, labor, anti-Asian movements, women/families, impact of World War Two, new immigrant/refugee communities, civil rights, Asian American identity/culture.

AAS 4311 - Asian American Literature and Drama (LITR, DSJ)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	AAS 4311/ENGL 4311
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Fall Odd Year

Literary/dramatic works by Asian American writers. Historical past of Asian America through perspective of writers such as Sui Sin Far and Carlos Bulosan. Contemporary artists such as Frank Chin, Maxine Hong Kingston, David Henry Hwang, and Han Ong. Political/historical background of Asian American artists, their aesthetic choices.

ENGL 4311 - Asian American Literature and Drama (LITR, DSJ)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	AAS 4311/ENGL 4311
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Fall Odd Year

Literary/dramatic works by Asian American writers. Historical past of Asian America through perspective of writers such as Sui Sin Far and Carlos Bulosan. Contemporary artists such as Frank Chin, Maxine Hong Kingston, David Henry Hwang, and Han Ong. Political/historical background of Asian American artists, their aesthetic choices.

AAS 3001 - Contemporary Perspectives on Asian America (DSJ)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	AAS 3001/AmSt 3001
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Interdisciplinary overview of Asian American identities. Post-1965 migration/community. History, cultural productions, and concerns of Americans of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, South Asian, Filipino, and Southeast Asian ancestry.

AMST 3001 - Contemporary Perspectives on Asian America (DSJ)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	AAS 3001/AmSt 3001
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Interdisciplinary overview of Asian American identities. Post-1965 migration/community. History, cultural productions, and concerns of Americans of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, South Asian, Filipino, and Southeast Asian ancestry.

AMST 3113W - Global Minnesota: Diversity in the 21st Century (DSJ, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Diverse cultural (racial, ethnic, class) groups in America. Institutions/processes that shape their relations and create domination, resistance, hybridity, nationalism, racism, alliance. Specific content may vary.

SOC 3211W - Race and Racism in the US (DSJ, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	AAS 3211W/Soc 3211W
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

We live in a society steeped in racial understandings that are often invisible?some that are hard to see, and others that we work hard not to see. This course will focus on race relations in today's society with a historical overview of the experiences of various racial and ethnic groups in order to help explain their present-day social status. This course is designed to help students begin to develop their own informed perspectives on American racial ?problems? by introducing them to the ways that sociologists deal with race, ethnicity, race relations and racism. We will expand our understanding of racial and ethnic dynamics by exploring the experiences of specific groups in the U.S. and how race/ethnicity intersects with sources of stratification such as class, nationality, and gender. The course will conclude by re-considering ideas about assimilation, pluralism, and multiculturalism. Throughout, our goal will be to consider race both as a source of identity and social differentiation as well as a system of privilege, power, and inequality affecting everyone in the society albeit in different ways.

AAS 3251W - Sociological Perspectives on Race, Class, and Gender (SOCS, DSJ, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	AAS 3251W/Afro 3251W/Soc 3251W
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

In the midst of social unrest, it is important for us to understand social inequality. In this course we will analyze the impact of three major forms of inequality in the United States: race, class, and gender. Through taking an intersectional approach at these topics, we will examine the ways these social forces work institutionally, conceptually, and in terms of our everyday realities. We will focus on these inequalities as intertwined and deeply embedded in the history of the country. Along with race, class, and gender we will focus on other axes of inequality including sexuality, citizenship, and dis/ability. We will analyze the meanings and values attached to these social categories, and the ways in which these social constructions help rationalize, justify, and reproduce social inequality.

SOC 3251W - Sociological Perspectives on Race, Class, and Gender (SOCS, DSJ, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	AAS 3251W/Afro 3251W/Soc 3251W
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

In the midst of social unrest, it is important for us to understand social inequality. In this course we will analyze the impact of three major forms of inequality in the United States: race, class, and gender. Through taking an intersectional approach at these topics, we will examine the ways these social forces work institutionally, conceptually, and in terms of our everyday realities. We will focus on these inequalities as intertwined and deeply embedded in the history of the country. Along with race, class, and gender we will focus on other axes of inequality including sexuality, citizenship, and dis/ability. We will analyze the meanings and values attached to these social categories, and the ways in which these social constructions help rationalize, justify, and reproduce social inequality. prereq: Soc majors/minors must register A-F

AAS 3301 - Asian America Through Arts and Culture (AH, DSJ)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	AAS 3301/EngL 3301
Typically offered:	Spring Even Year

The course focuses on the close analysis and interpretation of individual works by a range of modern and contemporary artists. Students will analyze, critique, and interpret these works in light of the historical and social contexts in which they were produced, their creation and uses of aesthetic form, and their impact on individuals and communities. Discussion, writing assignments, and oral presentations will focus on different ways of encountering and evaluating artistic work; for instance, students will write critical analyses and production reviews as well as dialogue more informally through weekly journal entries and online discussion forums. We will examine what it means to define artists and their work as being "Asian American" and explore how other categories of identity such as gender, sexuality, or class intersect with race. We will study how art works not only as individual creativity but also as communal and social practice; for instance, we look at the history of theaters, such as East-West Players or Pan Asian Repertory Theatre, that have sustained Asian Americans as actors, playwrights, and designers.

ENGL 3301 - Asian America through Arts and Culture (AH, DSJ)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	AAS 3301/EngL 3301
Typically offered:	Spring Even Year

The course focuses on the close analysis and interpretation of individual works by a range of modern and contemporary artists. Students will analyze, critique, and interpret these works in light of the historical and social contexts in which they were produced, their creation and uses of aesthetic form, and their impact on individuals and communities. Discussion, writing assignments, and oral presentations will focus on different ways of encountering and evaluating artistic work; for instance, students will write critical analyses and production reviews as well as dialogue more informally through weekly journal entries and online discussion forums. We will examine what it means to define artists and their work as being "Asian American" and explore how other categories of identity such as gender, sexuality, or class intersect with race. We will study how art works not only as individual creativity but also as communal and social practice; for instance, we look at the history of theaters, such as East-West Players or Pan Asian Repertory Theatre, that have sustained Asian Americans as actors, playwrights, and designers.

AAS 3409W - Asian American Women's Cultural Production (AH, DSJ, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	AAS 3409W/GWSS 3409W
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Diversity of cultures designated "Asian American." Understanding women's lives in historical, cultural, economic, and racial contexts.

GWSS 3409W - Asian American Women's Cultural Production (AH, DSJ, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	AAS 3409W/GWSS 3409W
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Analysis of media, art, literature, performance, on artistic contributions. History, politics, culture of Asian American women. Interpret cultural production to better understand role of race, gender, nation within American society/citizenship.

AAS 3483 - Hmong History Across the Globe

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	AAS 3483//ALL 3776/Hist 3483
Typically offered:	Fall Odd, Spring Even Year

Hmong interaction with lowland Southeast Asian states (Laos, Vietnam) and Western colonial powers (French, American) since 19th century. Changes to religious, social, political, and gender institutions. Aspirations for political autonomy.

HIST 3483 - Hmong History Across the Globe

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	AAS 3483//ALL 3776/Hist 3483
Typically offered:	Fall Odd, Spring Even Year

Hmong interaction with lowland Southeast Asian states (Laos, Vietnam) and Western colonial powers (French, American) since 19th century. Changes to religious, social, political, and gender institutions. Aspirations for political autonomy.

AAS 3875W - Comparative Race and Ethnicity in U.S. History (HIS, DSJ, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	AAS 3875W/Hist 3875W
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

This writing-intensive course examines the racial history of modern America. The focus is placed on how American Indians, African Americans, and immigrants from Europe, Asia, and Latin America struggle over identity, place, and meanings of these categories in society where racial hierarchy not only determined every aspect of how they lived, but also functioned as a lever to reconstitute a new nation and empire in the aftermath of the Civil War. We are interested in studying how these diverse groups experienced racialization not in the same way but in various and distinct ways in relation to each other.

HIST 3875W - Comparative Race and Ethnicity in US History (HIS, DSJ, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 4.0]
Course Equivalencies:	AAS 3875W/Hist 3875W
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

This writing-intensive course examines the racial history of modern America to learn from and engage with what historians enmeshed in ethnic studies do. These historians examine the systematic and coordinated exercises of power called race in the American past and make legible how racially aggrieved groups responded to this shaping power. Thus, throughout, we ask, "What did racial subjects do with what was done to them by the American system forged out of settler colonialism, slavery, racism, and other forms of injustice, exclusion, and violence?" This question issues an intellectual challenge to do all that needs to be done to capture community life, the politics of difference, and the dynamism of social identities in all their richness, fullness, and complexity. In other words, we study and write about the racial history of modern America, including its ugly past and arc of justice, to consider what it would take to transcend this racial past.

AAS 3877 - Asian American History, 1850 to Present (HIS, DSJ)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	AAS 3877/HIST 3877
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Asian American history and contemporary issues, from 1850 to present. Immigration, labor, anti-Asian movements, women/families, impact of World War Two, new immigrant/refugee communities, civil rights, Asian American identity/culture.

HIST 3877 - Asian American History, 1850-Present (HIS, DSJ)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	AAS 3877/HIST 3877
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Asian American history and contemporary issues, from 1850 to the present. Immigration, labor, anti-Asian movements, women/families, impact of World War Two, new immigrant/refugee communities, civil rights, Asian American identity/culture.

AAS 4231 - Color of Public Policy: African Americans, American Indians, Asian Americans & Chicanos in the U.S.

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	AAS 4231/Afro 4231/AmIn 4231/C
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall

Structural or institutional conditions through which people of color have been marginalized in public policy. Critical evaluation of social theory in addressing the problem of contemporary communities of color in the United States.

AFRO 4231 - Color of Public Policy: African Americans, American Indians, Asian Americans & Chicanos in the U.S.

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	AAS 4231/Afro 4231/AmIn 4231/C
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall

Examination of structural or institutional conditions through which people of color have been marginalized in public policy. Critical evaluation of social theory in addressing the problem of contemporary communities of color in the United States.

ENGL 4232 - American Drama by Writers of Color (DSJ)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	AAS 4232/EngL 4232
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Selected works by African American, Latinx, Native American, and Asian American playwrights. How racial/ethnic differences are integral to shaping different visions of American drama. History of minority/ethnic theaters, politics of casting, mainstreaming of the minority playwright. Students in this class will have the opportunity to participate in service-learning.

AAS 4311 - Asian American Literature and Drama (LITR, DSJ)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	AAS 4311/ENGL 4311
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Fall Odd Year

Literary/dramatic works by Asian American writers. Historical past of Asian America through perspective of writers such as Sui Sin Far and Carlos Bulosan. Contemporary artists such as Frank Chin, Maxine Hong Kingston, David Henry Hwang, and Han Ong. Political/historical background of Asian American artists, their aesthetic choices.

ENGL 4311 - Asian American Literature and Drama (LITR, DSJ)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	AAS 4311/ENGL 4311
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Fall Odd Year

Literary/dramatic works by Asian American writers. Historical past of Asian America through perspective of writers such as Sui Sin Far and Carlos Bulosan. Contemporary artists such as Frank Chin, Maxine Hong Kingston, David Henry Hwang, and Han Ong. Political/historical background of Asian American artists, their aesthetic choices.

University Catalogs

Asian American Studies Minor