Pilipino Studies Minor

Pilipino Studies Minor Requirements

Lower Division Courses

Students must complete one (1) lower-division courses from:

• 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

AND one (1) additional lower-division course from:

• Filipino 1: Introductory Filipino
• Filipino 2: Introductory Filipino
• Filipino 3: Introductory Filipino
• Filipino 4: Intermediate Filipino
• Filipino 5: Intermediate Filipino
• Filipino 6: Intermediate Filipino
• History 9E: Introduction to Asian Civilizations: Southeast Asian Crossroads

Upper Division Courses

Students must complete one (1) upper-division courses from:

• Asian American Studies 133: Pilipino American Experience
• Asian American Studies M171D OR History M144C: Critical Issues in US: Philippine Relations
• Asian American Studies 176: Making Fiction Work: Imagining Philippines and Its Elsewheres

Students must complete one (1)  additional upper-division course from:

• Anthropology 116S: Selected Topics of Archeology in Southeast Asia
• Anthropology 118Q: Conquest and Colonialism
• Filipino 170: People, Society, and Culture of Philippines
• History 176A: History of Southeast Asia
• History 176B: History of Southeast Asia to 1815
• History 176C: Philippine History

Students must complete three (3) upper-division elective courses from:

• Upper Division Course(s) from the preceding lists or
• Asian American Studies 177: Social Movements in Guam and Pacific
• Filipino 152: Survey of Philippine Literature
• Filipino 155: Topics in Filipino Cinema and Literature,
• Geography 145: Slavery and Human Trafficking

Minor Policies

• A minimum of 20 units applied toward the minor requirements must be in addition to units applied toward major requirements or another minor.
• Each course applied toward the minor must be taken for a letter grade (courses offered only on a P/NP grading basis are acceptable), each must be at least 4 units, and students must have an overall GPA of 2.0 or better.
• Successful completion of the minor is indicated on the transcript and diploma.

To Declare the Minor

• To enter the minor, students must have an overall grade-point average of 2.0 or better, have completed two lower-division Asian American Studies courses. If you have these requirements or questions about them, please contact the Undergraduate Student Advisor at dacumos@asianam.ucla.edu to discuss. Please also complete an Undergraduate Program Change Petition prior to the meeting.

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If you have any questions, please email dacumos@asianam.ucla.edu.