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Tetsuden Kashima
AAS 380
Seattle Campus
History, culture, social organization, leadership patterns and interethnic relations of Asian-American (Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, and Korean) communities. Origins and impact of social policies relevant to Asian-American communities. Recommended: AAS 205
Class description
This course on the Asian/Pacific American communities and social policies will focus upon the Chinese American, Filipino American, Japanese American, Korean American communities as well as those Vietnamese, Laotian, Kampuchean, East Indians and Samoans who have arrived recently to the United States. Topics include definitions of community, and over-arching perspectives of theory, kinship, trust, values and social institutions. Included in each group will be a social history, cultural patterns, patterns of settlement, issues of social policies, and inter-ethnic relations. Slides and video tapes will be incorporated into the class. A field trip to the Seattle Asian American community will assist the student in gaining first-hand knowledge about the community and its people.
Student learning goals
General method of instruction
Lecture, discussion, videos
Recommended preparation
AAS 101 or other courses dealing with Asian Americans
Class assignments and grading
Readings and discussion
Three brief multiple-choice type examinations based on the readings and lectures and one take-home essay type question. This may be in the form of an in-class multiple-choice plus "blue-book" essay format. In addition, a group or individual project, of the student's choice, will be required.
