Spring 2007

ASIAN 101: Asian Thought and Cultures Lower Division GE @ San Diego State University This course explores the social, religious, political, economic, and legal foundations of East and Southeast Asia. The course content is designed to give the student a background to understand the traditions, the values and thus the societies in East and Southeast Asia. In this course we will focus on East and Southeast Asia. MWF 12:00-12:50 a.m

ASIAN 310: Contemporary Issues in Asian American Communities Upper Division GE @ San Diego State University AKA Diasporan Communities of the Asia/Pacific This is an interdisciplinary examination of the migration and settlement of people from countries within the Asia Pacific region to America. This course draws upon literature, film, anthropology, history, ethnography, and cultural studies to deepen understandings of the ways in which migration, race, and racial discrimination continues to shape social thought and institutions in the United States. Beyond the theme of racism and resistance, the course focuses on migration and labor, identity and community within migrant populations, migration, and globalization. MW 2:00-3:15 p.m.

INTS 150: Introduction to Southeast Asian Studies @ Soka University of America INTS 150 Introduction to Southeast Asian Studies is an introductory and uses an interdisciplinary approach to studying Southeast Asia. The course content is designed to give the student a background to understand the traditions, the values and thus the societies in Southeast Asia. In some cases we will explore history, others the arts, in some cases politics, etc. The course is designed to run in parallel - country and themed based - by week. We will use film - as critique or to get a sense of the complexity of Southeast Asia. TTH 1:00-2:30 p.m.