Required Credit Hours: 33

To complete the major, students must pass a minimum of 33 credits. Individual courses can only satisfy one requirement category in the major.

Gateway

• APIA 205 - Introduction to Asian & Pacific Islander American Studies Credits: (3)

Methodology

3 credits from below:

• APIA 332 - Sex & Race in Plays & Films: Pedagogies Towards Freedom & Justice Credits: (4)

• or AFST 332  or AMES 332  or GSWS 332  or THEA 332  

• APIA 352 - Cross-Cultural Psychology Credits: (3) or PSYC 352 
• APIA 366 - Asian American Demography and Law Credits: (3) or SOCL 366  
• APIA 380 - Media Arts & Agency Mobilizers Credits: (3-4)
• EDUC 417  / APIA 350  - Critical Race Theory & Education Credits: (3)

Core

Courses not counted for Gateway, Methodology, or Senior Seminar requirements may be taken for the CORE. 15 credits from below:

• AMES 250 - Critical Issues in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Credits: (3)
• ANTH 150  - Culture and Migration Credits: (4)
• APIA 222 - Acting Asian American: The Performance of Identity Credits: (4) or THEA 222  
• APIA 280 - Beyond Kung Fu: Asians in Film Credits: (4)
• APIA 315 - Asian Pacific American History Credits: (3) or HIST 315  
• APIA 320 - Islamophobia Credits: (3) or AMES 320  
• APIA 337 - Immigration, Assimilation and Ethnicity Credits: (3) or SOCL 337  
• APIA 342 - Peoples and Cultures of East Asia Credits: (3) or ANTH 342  
• APIA 350 - Topics in Asian & Pacific Islander American Studies Credits: (3-4)
• APIA 351 - People, Cultures, and the Environment of Polynesia Credits: (3) or ANTH 351  
• APIA 385 - AMES Student Think Tank Credits: (3)
• ARAB 348 - What is Decolonization? Credits: (3)

Senior Seminar

3-4 credits from below:

• APIA 405 - Transnational Asian American Literature Credits: (3)
• APIA 444 - Filipino American & Diaspora Studies Credits: (4)
• APIA 445 - Korean American Diaspora Studies Credits: (3)
• APIA 450 - Senior Seminar in Asian & Pacific Islander American Studies Credits: (3-4)

Capstone

3-4 credits from below:

• APIA 495 - Honors Credits: (3)
• APIA 496 - Honors Credits: (3)
• APIA 499 - Senior Capstone Project Credits: (3-4)

Electives

Students must take sufficient electives to fulfill the 33 credits requirement.

• AMES and APIA courses not credited for other requirements above may fulfill electives.
• Any AFST, ARAB, CHIN, JAPN, or LAS course may fulfill electives.
• ANTH 250 - Introduction to Native Studies Credits: (3)
• ANTH 470  - Native American Sovereignty Credits: (3)
• ARTH 392 - Buddhist Art & Architecture: Origin, Exchange & Innovation Credits: (3)
• RELG 212 - Introduction to Islam Credits: (3)
• RELG 213 - Introduction to Hinduism Credits: (3)
• RELG 214 - Introduction to Buddhism Credits: (3)
• RELG 215 - History of Religion in East Asia Credits: (3)
• RELG 221 - Religion and Ethics Credits: (3)
• RELG 325 - Understanding Muslim Ethics Credits: (3)
• RELG 367 - Himalayan Religion Credits: (3)
• RELG 380 - Buddhist Philosophy Credits: (3)
• RELG 382 - Buddhism and Science Credits: (3)