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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Asian and Asian American Studies Minor


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The Asian and Asian American Studies program focuses on the dynamic social, cultural, political, linguistic, literary, artistic, and historical aspects Asian and Asian American life. The program’s transnational emphasis and research-intensive curriculum trains students in diverse areas of Asian, Pacific Islander, and Asian American communities, especially the historical experiences and contemporary practices and lifeways of Chinese, Filipino, Indian, Japanese, Korean, Pakistani, Sri Lankan, Thai, Vietnamese, indigenous Hawaiian, and other Asian/Pacific Islanders. The degree prepares students for careers in government and teaching, as well as in areas of international business, law, consulting, tourism, and media.

Please see the UNLV College of Liberal Arts Department of Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies webpage at www.unlv.edu/interdisciplinary for information about department programs, faculty and facilities. Degree worksheets are available at www.unlv.edu/degree/minor-asian-asian-american-studies.

Learning Outcomes

  • Apply a working knowledge of contrasting theories and frameworks to evaluate the complex historical and contemporary transnational links between Asia, the Pacific, and Asian America, and the dynamic influences they have on each other.
  • Draw on interdisciplinary and multi-method research and learning skills in the humanities, social sciences, and the arts to communicate and collaborate across cultures.
  • Identify and discuss important issues and challenges in contemporary Asian, Pacific Islander, and Asian American communities.

Advising


Please see advising information at the UNLV College of Liberal Arts Wilson Advising Center.

Accreditation


For information regarding accreditation at UNLV, please head over to Academic Program Accreditations.

University Graduation Requirements


To obtain this minor, you must be a degree seeking undergraduate student pursuing an approved UNLV bachelor’s degree. Please see Graduation Policies  for complete information.

Asian and Asian American Studies Minor - Total Credits: 18


Elective Courses - Credits: 12


Complete 12 credit hours of approved course work from Group A & B.

  • Students must complete 9 credits in one group and at least 3 credits in the other group
  • A minimum of 9 credits of these must be at the upper-division level

Group A: Asian Studies


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