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SOC-2514: Asian American Experience

Description: Interdisciplinary overview of the diverse Asian American experience, incorporating non-Eurocentric perspectives on the Asian immigrant experience and dialogue between Asian American and non-Asian American students. Examination of different historical tracks of various Asian ethnicities, experience of racism, discrimination, cultural adaptation and conflict, and economic survival and success. Gender, age, religious affiliation, family values and inter-generational differences among Asian Americans. The complexity of minority status and the stereotype of “model minority.” Activism, political participation, leadership and the meaning of citizenship among Asian Americans. Representations of Asian Americans in the arts and media.

Pathways: 3 Reasoning in Social Sciences, 7 Identity & Equity in U.S., 11 Intercultural&Global Aware.

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: RLCL-2514

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 5

Average GPA: 3.61 (rounds to A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 56.46%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 5.45%

Suchitra Samanta202093.3%6.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.862
Nina Ha202469.5%4.5%12.9%0.0%3.9%9.1%3.462
Kusum Singh202163.6%18.2%0.0%0.0%9.1%9.1%3.401

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Spring 2019Fall 2020Spring 2021Fall 2023Fall 2024Term050% W