The BA program in Asian American Studies provides a general introduction for students who anticipate advanced work at the graduate level or careers in research, public service, and community work related to Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
 

Capstone Major

The Asian American Studies major is a designated capstone major. Students are required to complete either a community-based applied team research project or an independent scholarly or creative expression project. Those who select the community-based project are expected to use their scholarly knowledge and analytical skills to examine problems facing Asian and Pacific Islander American populations, think creatively and innovatively about evidence-based solutions, and to produce reports that benefit community stakeholders. Those who select to design and complete an independent scholarly or creative expression project pursue a key idea or theme of personal interest that is related to their prior coursework and to the experiences and realities of Asian and Pacific Islander Americans. Through their capstone work, all students are expected to demonstrate their skills in using and synthesizing knowledge gained in disparate courses and communicating effectively their findings and conclusions in a final paper, report, or project and in a public forum.

Mga Resulta ng Pagkatuto

1. Development of literacy in foundational histories, emergent and transnational directions, theories, geographies, and ideas of ethnic studies

2. Understanding of past and present Asian American and Pacific Islander issues, communities, social movements, geographies, and thought

3. Curation of skills in critical and interdisciplinary methodological training in archival research, oral history, ethnography, creative production, data collection and analysis, etc.

4. Engagement with pedagogies that examine Asian American and Pacific Islander and ethnic studies decolonial epistemologies and creative expressions

5.Centering of the relationship between theory and community engagement, social justice activism, transformative change, and movement building