Asian American Studies (AAS)Arts and Sciences
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Course descriptions provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.
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- Schedule of Classes - March 17, 2025 8:55AM EDT
Classes
AAS 1100
Course Description
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
AAS 2043
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: AMST 2043, HIST 2043
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Chang, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
AAS 2100
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 2410, SHUM 2101
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
AAS 2269
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ASIAN 2269, PMA 2465, SHUM 2269
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Yi, I
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Yi, I
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
AAS 2620
Course Description
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
AAS 2623
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one independent study. Combined with: AMST 2622, PMA 2621
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Balance, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
AAS 3030
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3703, AMST 6703, ANTHR 3703, ANTHR 6703
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
AAS 3674
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 3674
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
AAS 3885
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3885, HIST 3884, ILRGL 3885
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
AAS 4630
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: AMST 4632, ENGL 4630
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Hu Pegues, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
AAS 4950
Course Description
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
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Chang, D
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Additional Information
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.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
- Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
Instructors
Munasinghe, V
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Additional Information
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.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
AAS 7200
Course Description
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
AAS 7300
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Opt NoAud(Letter or S/U grades (no audit))