UC Berkeley

AAADS Minor

Minor Requirements

Students who have a strong interest in an area of study outside their major often decide to complete a minor program. These programs have set requirements and are noted officially on the transcript in the memoranda section, but are not noted on diplomas.

General Guidelines

  1. All minors must be declared no later than one semester before a student’s Expected Graduation Term (EGT). If the semester before EGT is fall or spring, the deadline is the last day of RRR week. If the semester before EGT is summer, the deadline is the final Friday of Summer Sessions. To declare a minor, contact the department advisor for information on requirements, and the declaration process.
  2. All courses taken to fulfill the minor requirements below must be taken for graded credit.
  3. A minimum of three of the upper division courses taken to fulfill the minor requirements must be completed at UC Berkeley.
  4. A minimum grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 is required for courses used to fulfill the minor requirements.
  5. Courses used to fulfill the minor requirements may be applied toward the Seven-Course Breadth requirement, for Letters & Science students.
  6. No more than one upper division course may be used to simultaneously fulfill requirements for a student’s major and minor programs.
  7. All minor requirements must be completed prior to the last day of finals during the semester in which you plan to graduate. If you cannot finish all courses required for the minor by that time, please see a College of Letters & Science adviser.
  8. All minor requirements must be completed within the unit ceiling. (For further information regarding the unit ceiling, please see the College Requirements tab.)

Upper Division

Select five of the following:

ASAMST 121 Chinese American History [4]

ASAMST 122 Japanese American History [4]

ASAMST 123 Korean American History [4]

ASAMST 124 Filipino American History [4]

ASAMST 125 Contemporary Issues of Southeast Asian Refugees in the U.S [4]

ASAMST 126 Southeast Asian Migration and Community Formation [4]

ASAMST 127 South Asian American Historical and Contemporary Issues [4]

ASAMST 128AC Muslims in America [4]

ASAMST 131 Asian Diaspora(s) from an Asian American Perspective [4]

ASAMST 132AC Islamophobia and Constructing Otherness [4]

ASAMST 138 Topics in Asian Popular Culture [4]

ASAMST 141 Law in the Asian American Community [4]

ASAMST 143AC Asian American Health [3]

ASAMST 143B Advancing Health Equity for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Communities [4]

ASAMST 144 Religions of Asian America [4]

ASAMST 145AC Politics, Public Policy, and Asian American Communities [4]

ASAMST 146 Asian Americans and Education [4]

ASAMST 150 Gender and Generation in Asian American Families [4]

ASAMST 151AC Asian American Women: Theory and Experience [4]

ASAMST 152 The Second Generation Asian American Experience [4]

ASAMST 171 Asian Americans in Film and Video [4]

ASAMST 172 Asian American Literature [4]

ASAMST 173 Creative Writing [4]

ASAMST 174 Topics in Asian American Literature and Culture [4]

ASAMST 175 Contemporary Narratives on the Philippines and the United States [3]

ASAMST 176 Genre in Asian American Literature [4]

ASAMST 178 Gender and Sexuality in Asian American Literature and Culture [4]

ASAMST 181 Chinese American Literature [4]

ASAMST 183 Korean American Literature [4]

ASAMST 190 Seminar on Advanced Topics in Asian American Studies [4]