Asian and Asian American Studies

Asian and Asian American Studies - Announcements

FALL 2006

Check out a some of our fun! exciting! thought provoking! interesting! classes, as well as our great Special Topics classes.

Learn to speak Chinese in Fall 2006!
For GE requirement, for international business communication, or just for fun, AAAS offers four sections of CHIN 101!
› CHIN 101 FUNDAMENTALS OF CHINESE (4 units, GE C2C)
Through interactive lessons, our classes will help you develop a solid foundation of vocabulary, pronunciation, reading, writing, conversation, and grammar.
                  Sec. Class #      Meeting                                    Facility
CHIN 101-02     1924        MW      12:00 – 01:45PM       PSY-152
                 -03     1925        TuTh    10:00 – 11:45AM       PSY-152
                 -04     1926        TuTh    12:00 – 01:45PM        PSY-152
                 -05     9811        TuTh    10:00 – 11:45AM       LA2-204
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› ASIAN AMERICANS AND EDUCATION   (3 units)
This course examines Asian Pacific Americans and the politics of education. Through topics such as bilingual education, the Asian American movement, multicultural education, “parachute kids”, and enduring stereotypes, we will explore how Asians and Asian Pacific Americans complicate issues of race, class, gender, and power in the U.S. 3 units
   ASAM 310   Class # 9968
   Mondays 5 – 7:45 p.m.   LA2-204
   Instructor: Barbara Kim     bkim2@csulb.edu

>ASIAN AMERICANS AND THE LAW (3 units)
ASAM 346 (class no. 6881) 3 Units Mondays 7:00 p.m. – 9:45 p.m.
LA5-267 Instructor: Dr. John N. Tsuchida, Ph.D. & Esq.
Examine: *How laws have been used to restrict Asian Americans’ social, political, educational, and economic activities *How this ethnic group utilized the legal system to fight discrimination and seek justice.

Special Topics courses for Fall 2006
The following Special Topics courses are scheduled for for Fall Semester 2006.

JAPN 490 Section 1 Survey of Japanese Literature Class # 9223
TuTh 2 - 3:15 p.m. LA2-204
Instructor: Atsuko Hayashi
A survey of the major literary works from Kojiki to contemporary Japanese authors. Students reflect on the predominant movements, genres, rhetorical devices, literary techniques, and writers of the works. This course is conducted in Japanese and English.