Available Courses

* denotes fulfills gen-ed requirements.

^ denotes society and culture knowledge domain.

+ denotes creativity and critical analysis knowledge domain.

Required Courses (6 credit hours)

  • ANTH 302: Asian American Cultures (3) *^
  • HDFS 384: Asian American Families (3)
  • ILAS 225: Introduction to Asian American Studies: A Transdisciplinary Inquiry (3) *^

Two of the Following (6 credit hours)

  • ANTH 407: Peoples and Cultures of Southeast Asia (3)
  • ANTH 422: Gender in Southeast Asia (3)
  • ART 489: Topics in Art (3)
  • ARTH 294: Introduction to Arts of Asia (3)
  • ARTH 370: Studies in Asian Art (3)
    • B: Japanese Art
    • C: South and Southeast Asian Art
    • D: Southeast Asian Art
  • ARTH 457: Topics in Asian Art (3)
  • ENGL 335: Non-Western and Third World Literature (3)
  • ENGL 381D: American Ethnic Literature-Special Topics (3)
  • ENGL 474: The International Short Story (3)
  • ENGL 477: Post-colonial and New Literatures in English (3)
  • EPFE 430: Comparative and International Education (3)
  • GEOG 338: Geography of Asia (3)
  • HIST 346: Women in Asian History (3)
  • HIST 352: Popular Culture in Japan (3)*+
  • MUHL 431: Music of Southeast Asia (3)
  • MUHL 432: Music of China (3)
  • MUSE 321: Assorted Asian Music Ensembles (Thai, Korean Drumming, and Japanese) (1) (may be repeatedly taken)
  • MUSE 370: Gamelan Ensemble (1) (may be repeatedly taken)
  • MUSE 375: Chinese Music Ensemble (1) (may be repeatedly taken)
  • NUTR 406: Global Food and Nutrition Issues (3)
  • NUTR 424: Cultural and National Food Patterns (3)
  • POLS 371: Politics of Southeast Asia (3)
  • POLS 372: Politics of China, Japan, and Korea (3)
  • SEAS 225: Southeast Asia-Crossroads of the World (3) *^

Or the following Asian language courses

FLBU, FLIN, FLJA, FLTA, FLTH, FLKH (3)

An independent study course on an Asian American or Asian topic (3)

Internship/practicum focused on Asian American groups or possible alternates (1-3) with approval of coordinator.

Contact Us

aacp@niu.edu

Jui-Ching Wang
Coordinator

Courtney Tran
Graduate Assistant

Sam Lee
Graduate Assistant

AACP Newsletter (PDF)

Office Hours

Monday
10-11:30 a.m., located at the Asian American Resource Center