QCAP is excited to help revitalize Asian American Community Studies (AACS) on our campus! AACS is an interdisciplinary academic program at QC, housed in the Urban Studies department, that collaborates with QCAP to support AAPI students, faculty, staff, and allies across campus. AACS courses and programming are open to anyone interested in learning more about AAPI communities (with roots in Central, East, South, Southeast, and West Asia and the Pacific Islands, and including Asian diasporas like Indo-Caribbeans) and the field of Asian American studies.
AACS is also a minor! The AACS Minor provides opportunities for students from all majors to learn about the complex histories, cultures, and politics of Asian America; to connect critical inquiry and action for social change; and to engage in research and service learning here in Queens/NYC. The minor is ideal for students who want to pursue careers in the arts, business, education, government, healthcare, international affairs, the law, nonprofits, social services, and more.
What will you do as an AACS minor?
- Learn about the histories, cultures, and politics of Asian America
- Engage in critical inquiry and action for social change
- Participate in research and/or service learning in Asian American communities in Queens
AACS Minor Requirements
The 18-credit Asian American Community Studies (AACS) minor consists of THREE required courses and THREE elective courses.
Required Courses
- AACS 107 – Immigrant Communities in Queens
- ENGL 369 – Asian American Literature
- AACS 370* – Capstone: Field Work in Asian American Communities-Service Learning and Research
*A waiver can be granted for students who want to pursue an independent study research project with a QC faculty, by approval from AACS Advisor.
Elective Courses**
- AACS 200 – Making of Asian/American History
- AACS 220 – Asian American Communities: Culture, Power, and Agency
- ANTH 204 – Anthropology of Islam
- ANTH 208W – Peoples of South Asia
- ANTH 210 – Peoples of East Asia
- ANTH 214 – Peoples of New York City
- ANTH 216 – Peoples of Southeast Asia
- ANTH 288 – Voices of New York
- EAST 282 – Body Politics and Transnational Korean Popular Culture
- ECON 204 – International Political Economy
- ECON 233 Globalization Now and Then
- ENGL 255 – Global Literatures in English
- ENGL 377 – South Asian Literature
- ENGL 379 – VT: Transnational Postcolonial Global Literature
- ENGL 394 – Writing Multilingualism
- HIST 145 – Modern India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh
- HIST 166 – History and Memory
- HIST 285 – History of the City of New York
- HIST 343 – History of the American City
- HIST 276, 276W – The Immigrant in American History [taught as Immigration, Race, & Ethnicity]
- LCD 103 – Multilingualism in the United States
- LCD 244W – Language and Social Diversity
- LCD 288 – Voices of New York
- PSCI 286 – Race, Class, Gender, and Law
- SOC 208 – Social Problems
- SOC 210 – Modern Urban Community
- SOC 211 – Ethnic and Racial Relations
- SOC 279 – Globalization: Social and Geographic Perspectives
- URBST 202 – Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration
- URBST 216 – Immigration in Metropolitan New York
- URBST 224 – The Changing Neighborhoods of Queens
- URBST 273 – Labor and Globalization
- URBST 326 – Cities and Diasporas
**Elective credits can also come from courses in Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, or relevant language courses, or classes that include a substantial focus on Asian America, with advisor approval.
Prerequisites for AACS minor courses may be waived upon request, and there is a lot of flexibility with the electives.
If you’re interested in the AACS minor, please contact us!
Asian American Community Studies
[email protected]
Dr. Soniya Munshi
Faculty Advisor
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Reach out to us if interested or if you have any questions!
