Majors take a prescribed set of lower division and upper division courses in Asian American Studies.
Other courses in the major provide the opportunity to develop a knowledge of Asian Americans from
either a
humanities
or
social science
perspective. For the humanities emphasis, students take courses
in an Asian language. They then can opt for a track on literature/culture or history/culture in upper
division courses. For the social science emphasis, courses in social science methodology are required
at the lower division level. While Asian language courses are not required for the social science
emphasis, students are strongly encouraged to take such courses, because of the obvious pertinence of
such courses to the major and because the College of Letters and Science has a foreign language
requirement. At the upper division level, majors with a social science emphasis can have an
anthropological or sociological/psychological track.
Don't forget to explore Study Abroad and Washington DC Program opportunities. It is possible to take
courses abroad and receive academic credit towards your ASA Major. See your academic advisor, My Diem
Nguyen, for more information. Check out the websites for more on these opportunities. Education
Abroad Center: http://eac.ucdavis.edu/ and Washington DC Program:
http://washingtonprogram.ucdavis.edu/.
