Regularly Scheduled Courses
AAS 100: Asian American History
(GE American Institutions & Ethnic Studies)
Photo: Picture brides being processed after arriving at Angel Island, California, c. 1910.
AAS 101: Politics, Power, and Asian America
(GE American Institutions & Ethnic Studies)
Photo: Chinese American women protesting injustice, Oakland Chinatown, 2021.
AAS 103: Introduction to Filipino American Studies
(GE Ethnic Studies)
Photo: Filipino boy harvesting cauliflower in the Central Valley, 1940s.
AAS 122: War, Empire, and the Asian American Experience
(GE Humanities)
Photo: Anh siblings, Ralph, Philip, and Susan (first Korean American woman in the U.S. military and the first female Navy gunnery officer).
AAS 150: Writing Composition and Rhetoric
(GE Writing)
Photo: Indian cultural festival at Santa Clara University, 2017.
AAS 152: Oral Communication and Public Speaking
(GE Oral Communication)
Photo: Incredible orator - Congresswoman Patsy Matsu Mink (first woman of color in Congress).
AAS 261: Eating Asian America
(GE Social Sciences)
Photo: Student developing skills with Professor Suh!
AAS 263: Asian American Film and Media
(GE Arts)
Photo: Actress Anna May Wong, 1937.
AAS 420: Storytelling Techniques in Asian America
(GE Humanities)
Photo: Sokly Ny, Cambodian American, tells his story of growing as an immigrant.
AAS 460: Contemporary Issues in Filipino American Communities
(GE Ethnic Studies)
Photo: Filipino American artists at Pin@yPalooza.
AAS 488: Applying Asian American Studies
Photo: Amanda Nguyen advocated for the passage of the Sexual Assault Survivor’s Bill of Rights, 2016.
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