Requirements for AES Major

Requirements for the Major in American Ethnic Studies

OBJECTIVES OF AES MAJOR:

The primary focus of the American Ethnic Studies major is to expose students to key content, methodologies, and theories in the comparative and interdisciplinary study of African Americans, Asian Americans, and Chicanos in the United States. The Department also intends to prepare students for entry into graduate and professional schools. The Core Courses require students to explore various methodologies and core concepts within both the social sciences and humanities. The Advanced Core Course provides a capstone experience for students in their final year, during which time students will articulate, demonstrate their facility with, and evaluate the content of their major experience. Requirements within the department cross disciplines and divisions, providing students with the opportunity to develop a general knowledge of the field of American Ethnic Studies. Finally, the focus areas afford students the opportunity to demonstrate mastery in a specialized discipline and cultural area within the American Ethnic Studies. 60 credits

Core Courses (30 Credits)

Required, regardless of concentration (15 credits):

AES 150	Introduction to History of American Ethnic Groups
AES 151	Introduction to the Cultures of American Ethnic Groups
AES 212	Comparative American Ethnic Literature

Select two (2) of the following courses, one in your concentration and the other reflecting an ethnic-specific area other than that of your concentration.

AFRAM 101	Introduction to African American Studies
AIS 201	Introduction to Ethnohistory of Native North America
AIS 203	Introduction to Conceptual Universe of Native North America
AAS 101	Asian American Cultures
CHSTU 101	Introduction to Chicano Studies

Advanced Core Course

AES 495	Senior Seminar I
AES 496	Senior Seminar II

Concentration Areas (25 credits)

Students must select an area of concentration from one of the four listed below. In the ethnic-specific concentration areas, students must select a discipline focus. The American Ethnic Studies concentration area is interdisciplinary and comparative. All courses are five (5) credit courses unless otherwise indicated.

The Comparative American Ethnic Studies concentration has two interdisciplinary foci, a comparative focus and a women of color focus.

The Comparative American Ethnic focus:

AES 150	Introduction to History of American Ethnic Groups (Required Core Course)
AES 151	Introduction to the Cultures of American Ethnic Groups
AES 212	Comparative American Ethnic Literature
AES 250	Race in the American University
AES 322	Race, Class and Gender
AES 333	Race and Ethnicity in the U.S. Military
AES 361	Ethnicity, Business, Unions and Society
AES/SOC461	Comparative Ethnic Race Relations in the Americans
AES 462	Comparative Race and Ethnic Relations
AES 498	Special Topics in American Ethnic Studies
AES 499	Independent Study & Research

African American Studies Concentration:

The African American Studies concentration offers three disciplinary foci, Arts and Humanities, History and Cultural Heritage, and Social and Political Analysis.

I. Arts and Humanities Focus

AFRAM 150	Introduction to African American History
ENGL/AFRAM 358	The Literature of Black Americans
AFRAM/ENGL 340	The Harlem Renaissance: A Literary Study
AFRAM 214	Survey of African American Literature
AES 212	Comparative American Ethnic Literature
AFRAM 498	Special Topics in African American Studies
AFRAM 499	Independent Study & Research

II. History and Cultural Heritage

HSTAA/AFRAM 150	Introduction to African American History
AFRAM 270	The Jazz Age
AFRAM 272	History of the South Since the Civil War
AFRAM 334	The Sixties in America: Conflict, Confrontation, and Concession
AFRAM 437	Blacks in American Law
AES/WM 322	Race, Class and Gender
AFRAM 272	History of the South Since the Civil War
HSTAA 411	The United States during the Era of Civil War and Reconstruction
AFRAM 321	History of the Afro-American Women and the Feminist Movement
AFRAM 498	Special Topics in African American Studies
AFRAM 499	Independent Study & Research

III. Social and Political Analysis

HSTAA/AFRAM 150	Introduction to African American History
AFRAM 261	The African American Experience Through Literature (w/SOC 461)
AFRAM 260	African American Family
AES 361	Ethnicity, Business, Unions and Society
AES 461	Comparative Ethnic Race Relations in the Americas
AES 333	Race and Ethnicity in the U.S. Military
AFRAM 498	Special Topics in African American Studies
AFRAM 499	Independent Study & Research

Asian American Studies Concentration:

Asian American Studies has two discipline foci, Arts and Humanities and Social and Political Analysis.

I. Arts and Humanities

AAS 101	Asian American Cultures
AAS 220	Asian American Stereotypes in the Media
AAS 350	Chinese American History and Culture
AAS 360	Filipino American History and Culture
AAS 370	Japanese American History and Culture
AAS 392	Asian American Women
AAS 401	Asian American Literature to 1940
AAS 402	Contemporary Asian American Literature
AAS 403	Asian American Poetry
AES 212	Comparative American Ethnic Literature
AAS 498	Special Topics in Asian American Studies
AAS 499	Independent Study & Research

II. Social and Political Analysis

AAS 206	Contemporary Problems of Asian Americans
AES 333	Race and Ethnicity in the U.S. Military
AAS 350	Chinese American History and Culture
AAS 360	Filipino American History and Culture
AAS 370	Japanese American History and Culture
AAS 372	Internment Camps in the United States and Canada
AAS 380	Asian American Communities and Social Policies
AAS 385	Asian Americans: The Law and Immigration
AAS 392	Asian American Women
AAS 395	Southeast Asian American History/Culture
AAS 498	Special Topics in Asian American Studies
AAS 499	Independent Study & Research

Chicano Studies Concentration:

The Chicano Studies concentration has three discipline foci, Arts and Humanities, History and Cultural Heritage and Social and Political Analysis.

I. Arts and Humanities

CHSTU 200	Latinos in the United States
AES 212	Comparative American Ethnic Literature
CHSTU 330	Chicano/Chicana Autobiography
SPAN 331	Themes in Mexican American Studies
SPAN 439	Women Writers
SPAN 465	Contemporary Chicana Literature
SPAN 466	Chicano Literature: Fiction
CHSTU 498	Special Topics in Chicano Studies
CHSTU 499	Independent Study & Research

II. History and Cultural Heritage

HSTAA 180	History of the Chicano People to 1948
HSTAA 181	History of the Chicano People since 1948
CHSTU 200	Latinos in the United States
CHSTU 254	History of Chicanos in Washington State
CHSTU 255	Mexican Women: Past and Present
CHSTU 256	Chicanas: Gender and Race Issues
AES 322	Race, Class and Gender
CHSTU 352	Mexican Immigration: A Comparative Analysis
CHSTU 356	The Chicano Family
CHSTU 498	Special Topics in Chicano Studies
CHSTU 499
CHSTU 260	Introduction to Chicano Politics
CHSTU 330	Chicano/Chicana Autobiography
CHSTU 356	The Chicano Family
CHSTU 352	Mexican Immigration: A Comparative Analysis
CHSTU 498	Special Topics in Chicano Studies
CHSTU 499	Independent Study & Research

Related Courses

AFRAM 306, 307, 308 Basic Swahili

AFRAM 401, 402, 403 Intermediate Swahili

(This language sequence is a very successful related offering of African American Studies. Undergraduate and graduate students use these courses to satisfy language requirements.)

AIS 110	Song and Dance Traditions
AIS 151	Indian Art of the Northwest Coast
AIS 170	Survey in North American Indian Art
AIS 202	Contemporary Indian Experience
AIS 215	Puget Sound Indian Literature
AIS 230	Contemporary Indian Issues
AIS 310	Linguistic Approach to Culture
AIS 311	Pacific Northwest Indians
AIS 312	North American Indians: The Intermountain West
AIS 316	American Indians: Southeast
AIS 317	American Indians: Southwest
AIS 330	U.S. Indian Relations
AIS 331	History of American Indian Education
AIS 335	Legal Problems of the American Indian
AIS 340	Indian Children and Families
AIS 350	Two-Dimensional Art of the Northwest Coast Indians
AIS 377	Contemporary American Indian Literature