Minor in AAS

A minor in Asian American Studies requires a minimum of 15 semester hours: six hours Cultural Studies required courses plus a minimum of nine hours Cultural Studies elective and/or Social Studies elective courses.  Nine of the 15 hours must be in residence, six (6) of which must be advanced.  Students must earn a 2.00 minimum cumulative grade point average on courses attempted in the AAS minor at the University of Houston

All students are required to take the following two courses in this minor:

Cultural Sudies (Required)

• CUST 2300 - Introduction to Asian American Studies
• CUST 4300 - Asian American Cultures and Communities

In addition, students must successfully complete nine (9) semester hours to be taken from the Cultural Studies and/or Human and Social Sciences, from which at least 6 semester hours must be taken at the upper level 3000-4000. Students may choose from the following:

• CUST 3310 - Asian American Communities in Popular Culture
• CUST 3315 - Asian American Experiences of Migration
• CUST 3390 - Vietnamese American History
• CUST 3397 - Special Topics – Asians in the Media
• CUST 4320 - Asian American Literature and Identity Issues
• CUST 4321 - Vietnamese American Community and Its Culture
• CUST 4397 - Special Topics I – Asian American Health Issues
• CUST 4397 - Special Topics II – Global Leadership in Education

Human and Social Sciences (Electives)

• ANTH 2302 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
• ANTH 2304 - Introduction to Language and Culture
• ANTH 3363 - Race in Anthropological Perspective
• ANTH 4343 - Ethnicity and Multiculturalism
• AMER 3300 - The Americas: Identity, Culture and Power
• ARCH 3358 - Histories of Asian Architecture and Art
• COMM 3375 - International Communications
• COMM 3379 - Popular Culture and the Mass Media
• CHNS 2301 - Intermediate Chinese I
• CHNS 2302 - Intermediate Chinese II
• CHNS 3350 - Chinese Culture Through Films
• CHNS 3352 - Chinese Culture and Society Through Modern Literature
• ECON 3355 - Economic Development in Asia
• ENGL 2323 - Literature an Identity
• ENGL 2325 - Literary Traditions of the Nonwestern World
• HIST 3395 - Modern 20th Century India
• HLT 3330 - Asian American Health Issues
• HLT 3380 - Culture and Health
• JPNS 2501 - Intermediate Japanese I
• JPNS 2502 - Intermediate Japanese II
• POLS 3323 - Introduction to the Government and Politics of India
• POLS 4320 - Japanese Politics
• POLS 4321 - Democracy in Asia
• POLS 4322 - Political Economy of Asia
• PSY 2380 Introduction to Social Psychology
• RELS 3380 Introduction to Asian Religions
• SOC 2325 American Minority Peoples
• SOC 3327 Race and Ethnic Relations in the United States
• SOC 3397 Sociology of India
• WCL 3397 Cultures of India

Note(s):

On occasion, new courses including selected topics will be added to this list as they are developed. Other appropriate courses may be approved for this minor by petition. These courses or special topics must contain or deal with issues relevant to Asian American Studies in order to be approved for the Minor.