Asian American Studies Certificate Program

The Asian American Studies certificate program provides students with an opportunity to develop a sustained intellectual focus on Asian American racial formation, history, literature, and culture. Interdisciplinary in nature, the certificate can be obtained by completing 15 credits of coursework.

The certificate program is open to any undergraduate student regardless of major or college who has an interest in Asian American Studies and is in good academic standing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Interested students should contact the Asian American Studies Program (303 Ingraham Hall) and meet with the Director to discuss their study plans and file a Certificate Declaration form. While many of the courses below are crosslisted, registration under the Asian American Studies portion of the timetable ensures that credits earned for the certificate are recognized by the Registrar's office upon filing a Certificate Declaration form. Not all courses are offered each semester.

Download: Application Form(PDF 24KB) / Requirement (PDF 27KB)

Requirements:
To earn a Certificate in Asian American Studies, a student must earn a minimum GPA of 2.75 in 15 credits of coursework:

=> 3 credits of foundation

• ASIAN AM 101 Introduction to Asian Americans Studies

=> 9 credits of "core courses" devoted exclusively to Asian American Issues

• ASIAN AM 153 Asian American Movement
• ASIAN AM 160 Asian American History: Movement and Dislocation
• ASIAN AM 161 Asian American History: Settlement and National Belonging
• ASIAN AM 210 Asian American Popular Culture
• ASIAN AM 230 Topics in Comparative Asian American Studies
• ASIAN AM 240 Topics in Asian American Studies
• ASIAN AM 246* Southeast Asian Refugees of the "Cold" War
• ASIAN AM 252 Gender and Sexuality in Asian American Literature and Culture
• ASIAN AM 260 Topics in Asian American Culture
• ASIAN AM 270 Survey of Asian American Literature
• ASIAN AM 430 Asian American Cultural Studies
• ASIAN AM 510* Race and Media Culture in the U.S.
• ASIAN AM 540 Special Topics
• ASIAN AM 560 Topics in Humanities
• ASIAN AM 595 Asian American Women Writers
• ASIAN AM 699 Independent Study: Directed Readings in Asian American Studies

=> 3 credits of "comparative" courses

• ASIAN AM 102 Introduction to Comparative Ethnic Studies
• ASIAN AM 220 Ethnic Movements in the United States
• ASIAN AM 300* Image-making in the Arts: Language and Vision
• ASIAN AM 443 Mutual Perceptions of Racial Minorities
• ASIAN AM 654 Race and Sexuality in American Literature
• ASIAN AM 662 Mass Media and Minorities
• History 244 Introduction to Southeast Asia: Vietnam to the Philippines
• HDFS 474 Racial Ethnic Families in the U.S. (HDFS: Human Development and Family Studies)
• E ASIAN 520 Popular Culture and Film in Twentieth Century China

Other courses in Afro-American Studies, American Indian Studies, Chican@/Latin@ Studies, East Asian Languages and Literature, or Languages and Cultures of Asia may count towards the fulfillment of the comparative requirement. Students must file a DARs exception form with the program Director in order to approve the substitution.

* New Courses Pending