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
Sections Taught: 7
Average GPA: 3.70 (A)
Strict A Rate (No A-) : 51.45%
Average Withdrawal Rate: 1.30%
| Suchitra Samanta | 2020 | 87.4% | 11.6% | 1.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.79 | 4 |
| Nina Ha | 2023 | 84.6% | 0.0% | 7.7% | 0.0% | 7.7% | 0.0% | 3.54 | 1 |
| Peter L Schmitthenner | 2017 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.81 | 1 |
| Kusum Singh | 2021 | 63.6% | 18.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 9.1% | 9.1% | 3.40 | 1 |