Program Map

Social Justice: Asian American Studies - Associate in Arts for Transfer

Program Map

Social Justice: Asian American Studies - Associate in Arts for Transfer

Associate in Arts for Transfer
Fall 2025
  • Social Sciences, Humanities & Education

This program map from the 2024-2025 catalog year represents one possible pathway to complete this program. Your pathway may vary depending on your transfer plans and also previous college credit, including AP Test scores, concurrent enrollment courses and high school articulated courses.

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  1. Review this program map to get an overview of the required courses
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Asian American Studies was born out of student-led strikes for relevant education in the 1960s, along with other Ethnic Studies programs. Today, it furthers the understanding of diverse Asian American histories, cultures, and contemporary experiences, using an intersectional lens. The program emphasizes interdisciplinary and socially engaged scholarship, research, community service, and activism as they can be applied to addressing injustices and empowerment of the Asian American community.

A degree in Asian American Studies can support work in diverse Asian American communities and can lead toward any of the following career pathways, including: Education, Law, Social Work, Immigrant Rights, Civil Rights, Journalism, Public Health, Community and Union Organizing, Non-profit/social justice work, Government, Public Policy, Community Development/Urban Planning, International Relations. 

Critical Course Prerequisite for Other Courses Prerequisite Required Required for Major GE General Education

Semester 1
 
15 units
ES 1
Introduction to Ethnic Studies (Active)
3.0
English 1- Critical Reading and Composition
 
GE
4.0
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0
Elective- see a counselor to choose a course that counts for elective units (can be any credit course).
 
2.0
Semester 2
 
16 - 17 units
Women of Color in the United States: Introduction to Race, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (Choose one)
 
3.0
ES 7 (same as SOCI 7)
Women of Color in the United States: Introduction to Race, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (Historical)
3.0
OR
SOCI 7
Women of Color in the United States: Introduction to Race, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (Active)
3.0
OR
SOCI 6
Introduction to Gender (Historical)
3.0
Math Course for General Education: see a counselor to choose the appropriate course.
 
GE
3.0-4.0
MTH 47 or PSY 5 recommended
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
4.0
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0
Semester 3
 
15 units
Asian American Studies/History Course (Choose one)
 
3.0
ES 10 (same as SOCI 10)
Introduction to Asian American Studies (Historical)
3.0
OR
SOCI 10
Asian Americans in U.S. Society (Active)
3.0
OR
ES 43
Asian American History: Early 20th Century - 21st Century (Active)
3.0
OR
HIS 43
Asian American History: Early 20th Century - 21st Century (Active)
3.0
LIST A Course #1
 
3.0
Choose one course from List A below that has not already been taken
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0
Semester 4
 
14 units
List A Course #2
 
3.0
Choose one course from List A below that has not already been taken
List A Course #3
 
3.0
Choose one course from List A below that has not already been taken
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0
General Education Course- see a counselor to choose the appropriate general education pattern and general ed course option for this term.
 
GE
3.0
Elective- see a counselor to choose a course that counts for elective units (can be any credit course).
 
2.0
Elective- see a counselor to choose a course that counts for elective units (can be any credit course).
 
List A
 

Take 3 courses* from at least 2 areas: History, Arts/Humanities, and Social Science (9 units)

*Same courses cannot be repeated in more than one area.

57 units
Area 1: History
 
Asian American History: 18th Century to 1945 (Choose one)
 
3.0
ES 42
Asian American History: 18th Century to 1945 (Active)
3.0
OR
HIS 42
Asian American History: 18th Century to 1945 (Active)
3.0
Asian American History: Early 20th Century - 21st Century (Choose one)
 
3.0
ES 43
Asian American History: Early 20th Century - 21st Century (Active)
3.0
OR
HIS 43
Asian American History: Early 20th Century - 21st Century (Active)
3.0
Area 2: Arts and Humanities
 
ENGL 25
Asian-American Literature (Historical)
3.0
Area 3: Social Science
 
ES 2
Contemporary Ethnic Minority Families in the U.S. (Historical)
3.0
ES 2 is no longer being offered.
ES 3
Introduction to Muslim-American Studies (Historical)
3.0
ES 3 is no longer being offered.
ES 4
Intro to Latinx Studies (Active)
3.0
ES 5
Critiquing Race and Gender in Popular Culture (Active)
3.0
ES 6
Introduction to Pacific Islands and Oceania Studies (Active)
3.0
Women of Color in the United States: Introduction to Race, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (Chose one)
 
3.0
ES 7 (same as SOCI 7)
Women of Color in the United States: Introduction to Race, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (Historical)
3.0
OR
SOCI 7
Women of Color in the United States: Introduction to Race, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (Active)
3.0
Introduction to Asian American Studies (Choose One)
 
3.0
ES 10 (same as SOCI 10)
Introduction to Asian American Studies (Historical)
3.0
OR
SOCI 10
Asian Americans in U.S. Society (Active)
3.0
American Indian History and Culture
 
3.0
ES 25 (same as HIS 25)
American Indian History and Culture (Historical)
3.0
ES 25 is no longer being offered
OR
HIS 25 (same as ES 25)
American Indian History and Culture (Historical)
3.0
HIS 32
Colonial Latin America (Active)
3.0
HIS 33
Modern Latin America (Active)
3.0
Asian American History: 18th Century to 1945 (Choose one)
 
3.0
ES 42
Asian American History: 18th Century to 1945 (Active)
3.0
OR
HIS 42
Asian American History: 18th Century to 1945 (Active)
3.0
Asian American History: Early 20th Century - 21st Century (Choose one)
 
3.0
ES 43
Asian American History: Early 20th Century - 21st Century (Active)
3.0
OR
HIS 43
Asian American History: Early 20th Century - 21st Century (Active)
3.0
United States History from a Chicano Perspective I (Choose one)
 
3.0
ES 52
United States History from a Chicano Perspective I (Active)
3.0
OR
HIS 52
United States History from a Chicano Perspective I (Active)
3.0
United States History from a Chicano Perspective II (Choose one)
 
3.0
ES 53
United States History from a Chicano Perspective II (Active)
3.0
OR
HIS 53
United States History from a Chicano Perspective II (Active)
3.0
The African-American Experience in U.S. History Through the Civil War (Choose one)
 
3.0
ES 62
The African-American Experience in U.S. History Through the Civil War (Active)
3.0
OR
HIS 62
The African-American Experience in U.S. History Through the Civil War (Active)
3.0
The African American Experience in U.S. History From Reconstruction (Choose one)
 
3.0
ES 63
The African American Experience in U.S. History From Reconstruction (Active)
3.0
OR
HIS 63
The African American Experience in U.S. History From Reconstruction (Active)
3.0
Total Units: 60.0-61.0