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Asian American Studies Certificate
Asian American Studies Certificate is an interdisciplinary program that examines the history and experiences of Asian Americans. In order to graduate with the Asian American Studies Certificate, students must register for the Certificate and complete 12 credit hours of course work relavant to Asian American studies with "C" or higher grades. Of the 12 credit hours, at least 6 credit hours must be core Asian American studies courses, while remaining credit hours can be chosen from the list of electives. Please contact Dr. Malini Johar Schueller (English Department) at mschuell@english.ufl.edu for more information.
How to register for the Asian American Studies Certificate
Students interested in obtaining the Asian American Studies Certificate must fill out a form with Dr. John Murchek (Coordinator for Student Affairs, Department of English, jmurchek@english.ufl.edu) during or prior to the semester they intend to graduate.
List of Summer 2009 Asian American Studies Core & Elective Courses
Since most of the courses are not offered regularly, students should register for the core courses at the earliest time possible when they are offered.
Summer A
AML3673 Section 0284: Intro to Asian American Studies 9:30AM
Asian-American is a highly contested, yet necessary category, born of racism, nationalism, and resistance. This course is an introduction to Asian-American literary and cultural production as well as to major critical debates generated by the institutionalization of Asian-American studies. Although the course includes works by Chinese, Japanese, Korean, South Asian, and Filipino Americans, the point is not simply to emphasize the cultural and national multiplicity of Asian-American writing. Rather, the readings are arranged according to major theoretical questions that recur in Asian American studies: Orientalism, model minorities, Orientalism, sites of exclusion, questions of gender and cultural nationalism, the relationship of Asian-American cultural politics and imperialism. In keeping with the wide range covered by Asian American studies, the course will engage with a variety of cultural materials: novels, autobiographies, short stories, graphic novels, documentaries, legal cases, newspaper articles, as well as essays.
Requirements: pop quizzes; three take-home essay exams