Asian American Studies (AAS)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

AAS 1100

This interdisciplinary course offers an introduction to the study of Asian/Pacific Islanders in the U.S. This course will examine, through a range of disciplines (including history, literary ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18898 AAS 1100   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AAS 2043

This seminar will explore Asian American history through the methodology of oral history. Students will read Asian American historical scholarship that has relied on oral history methods, but they will ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: AMST 2043HIST 2043

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18454 AAS 2043   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Chang, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18455 AAS 2043   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

AAS 2100

This interdisciplinary course (with an emphasis in anthropology) will introduce students to the multiple routes/roots, lived experiences, and imagined worlds of South Asians who have traveled to various ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ANTHR 2410SHUM 2101

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8814 AAS 2100   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Munasinghe, V

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AAS 2269

This course introduces Korean popular culture in global context. Beginning with cultural forms of the late Choson period, the course will also examine popular culture during the Japanese colonial period, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ASIAN 2269PMA 2465SHUM 2269

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18565 AAS 2269   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Yi, I

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18879 AAS 2269   DIS 201

    • F
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Yi, I

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18880 AAS 2269   DIS 202

    • F
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Yi, I

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AAS 2620

This course will introduce both a variety of writings and media by Asian North American authors and some critical issues concerning the production and reception of Asian American texts. Working with a ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 2620ENGL 2620

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7339 AAS 2620   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Hu Pegues, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AAS 2623

An introduction to Asian American performance, this course will consider both historical and contemporary examples and forms through the analytics of Asian American studies, theatre studies, and performance ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one independent study. Combined with: AMST 2622PMA 2621

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19257 AAS 2623   LEC 001

    • R
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Balance, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19259 AAS 2623   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Balance, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 2622PMA 2621

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19258 AAS 2623   LEC 002

    • R
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Balance, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AAS 3030

The common perception of ethnicity is that it is a natural and an inevitable consequence of cultural difference. Asians overseas, in particular, have won repute as a people who cling tenaciously to their ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 18784 AAS 3030   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Munasinghe, V

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AAS 3674

The term AAPI is often used as a U.S. demographic category for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, but what brings these disparate groups together? This course explores the interrelation between East ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 3674

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19784 AAS 3674   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Kim, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AAS 3885

Across twentieth-century history, race and war have been dynamic forces in shaping economic organization and everyday livelihoods. This course will approach labor and working-class history, through a focus ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 3885HIST 3884ILRGL 3885

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 18631 AAS 3885   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Nagaraja, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AAS 4630

What are the limits and possibilities for Asian American longing and belonging? Asian Americans have been variously understood as immigrants, refugees, forever foreigners, and model minorities. These ideas ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: AMST 4632ENGL 4630

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19787 AAS 4630   SEM 101

    • M
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Hu Pegues, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19788 AAS 4630   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Hu Pegues, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AAS 4950

Independent reading course in topics not covered in regularly scheduled courses. Students select a topic in consultation with the faculty member who has agreed to supervise the course work. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 12406 AAS 4950   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Chang, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 13242 AAS 4950   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Munasinghe, V

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

AAS 7200

Individualized readings and research for graduate students. Topics, readings, writing requirements, and the number of course credits to be determined through consultation between the student and the faculty ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6441 AAS 7200   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Chang, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6605 AAS 7200   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Munasinghe, V

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

AAS 7300

Independent study course in which a small group of students works with one member of the graduate faculty. Topics, readings, writing requirements, and the number of course credits to be determined through ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Opt NoAud

  •  6442 AAS 7300   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies