The Department offers a Master of Arts degree and two concurrent degree programs (Asian American Studies MA/Public Health MPH with the Fielding School of Public Health Department of Community Health Sciences and Asian American Studies MA/Social Welfare MSW with the Luskin School of Public Affairs Department of Social Welfare). In addition, the Department offers an Asian American Studies Graduate Concentration for graduate students from other fields (https://asianam.ucla.edu/graduate-study/graduate-concentration/).

The graduate program aims to train students in the following ways: (1) equip them with theoretical and conceptual tools for critical thinking and critical analysis; (2) guide them in research that utilizes written texts, electronic media, visual objects, or performative modalities as the medium; (3) make them aware of the mutually complementary relationship between academic and community work; and (4) prepare them for careers in both private and public domains.

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Official, specific degree requirements are detailed in program requirements for UCLA graduate degrees, available at the Division of Graduate Education website. In many cases, more detailed guidelines may be outlined in announcements, other publications, and websites of the schools, departments, and programs.