Asian American Studies Minor

FALL 2023 UPDATED CURRICULUM APPROVED!

The courses needed to complete the Asian American Studies Minor for students adding the minor starting in Fall Quarter 2023 will change to be more useful to our students and better reflect Asian American Studies as a field. Over the past few years, the department faculty reviewed and discussed existing curriculum data and also held qualitative interviews with students to develop the new, updated minor course requirements listed on this page. We are confident that these curriculum changes better match student interests and provide more opportunity and flexibility in course choices.

Asian American Studies Minor Requirements

Lower Division Courses

Students must complete two (2) courses from the following:

• Asian American Studies 10 or 10W: History of Asian Americans
• Asian American Studies 20 or 20W: Contemporary Asian American Communities
• Asian American Studies 30 or 30W: Asian American Literature and Culture
• Asian American Studies 40 or 40W: Asian American Movement
• Asian American Studies 50 or 50W: Asian American Women

Upper Division Courses

Students must complete five upper-division courses:

• ONE Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities and Social Movements course selected from Asian American Studies M108, 109, 110, 113, M116, M119, 130A, M130B, M130C, 131A, 131B, 131C, 132A, 133, 134, 135, 141AX, 141BX, 143B, M143C, 171F, 177, 187C, 191C
• ONE Global and Transnational Perspectives course selected from Asian American Studies 111, 123, 125, 170, 171A, 171B, 171C, M171D, 171E, 171F, M172A, 172B, 172C, M173, 174B, 175B, 176, 178, M179
• ONE Comparative and Intersectional Ethnic Studies course selected from Asian American Studies 109, 110, M112A, M112B, 113, M114, 115, M117, 118, 122A, M124, 126, M128, M129, M161, M162, M163, M164, M165, M166A, M166B, M166C, 167, M169, 172B, 174A, 175A, M191F
• ONE Methodology, Creative Production and Community Engagement course selected from Asian American Studies 103, 104A, 104B, 105, 107, 112C, M119, 120, 121, 122B, 140XP, 141AX, 141BX, C142A, C142B, C142C, M143A, M160, M168, 172C, 187A, 191A, 198A, 198B, 198C, 199
• ONE Asian American Studies Elective Course selected from Asian American Studies 103 through M191F, 195, M195CE

Minor Policies

• A course can only count towards one of the four upper division categories in the minor. No course can be applied to more than one upper division category.
• A minimum of 20 units applied towards the minor requirements must be in addition to units applied towards the major requirements or another minor.
• Each course applied toward the minor must be taken for a letter grade, each course must be at least 4 units, and students must have an overall grade-point average of 2.0 or better.

For the Minor Requirement Worksheet, click here.

Please note that this worksheet is used as a course-planning tool only. This form is not to serve as the official completion document.

To Declare the Minor

To enter the minor, students must have an overall grade-point average of 2.0 or better, have completed and passed the two lower-division ucla Asian American Studies minor requirement courses.

If you have these requirements or questions about them, please contact the Interim Advisor at dacumos@asianam.ucla.edu to discuss.

Please also complete an Undergraduate Program Change Petition (found here: https://registrar.ucla.edu/forms/registration-and-enrollment/undergraduate-program-change-petition) prior to the meeting.

Asian American Studies Minors who entered the minor before Fall 2023

If you declared the Asian American Studies minor before Fall 2023, you are currently following those rules (see that tab.). If you have any questions about changing to these new requirements, please contact the Interim Advisor Dean Dacumos at dacumos@asianam.ucla.edu.