Filipino and Filipino American Studies Minor

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Program Description

Note: The department is not accepting students for the Minor in Filipino and Filipino American Studies at this time. This Program will be discontinued effective Fall 2016.

The Filipino and Filipino American Studies Minor serves several purposes. First, this minor strengthens the study of Asian civilizations and U.S. ethnic minority groups at Cal State East Bay by focusing on Filipinos and Filipino Americans. Second, students interested in taking courses related to Filipino and Filipino American experiences will be able to count these courses toward a minor. Third, the minor provides a foundation of cultural and social knowledge for students who plan to take business courses which deal with Filipino American communities and/or who plan to participate in international student exchanges with universities in the Philippines. Currently, students may participate in exchange programs between Cal State East Bay and selected universities in the Philippines such as De La Salle University, University of Northern Philippines, Silliman University, and the University of the Philippines (Diliman).

Minor Requirements (28 units)

The minor consists of a minimum of 28 units of coursework selected from the following lists of core and elective courses. No more than 10 units of coursework applied toward a major may be counted for the minor. With the approval of the Filipino and Filipino American Studies advisor, a maximum of eight other appropriate units, including independent study or directed research, may be substituted for the Electives requirement.

I. Core Courses (20 units)

SOC 3507 - Filipino American Communities Units: 4
SOC 3550 - Filipino Labor/Immigration Units: 4
MLL 1651 - Elementary Filipino I Units: 4 ²
MLL 1652 - Elementary Filipino II Units: 4 ²
THEA 3311 - Filipino Theatre Units: 4

II. Electives (8 units)

ANTH 3710 - Anthropology and Museums Units: 4 ¹
COMM 4830 - Intercultural Communication Units: 4
ECON 4710 - International Economic Development Units: 4 1
ENGL 3670 - Asian/Filipino American Literature Units: 4
ENTR 4490 - Practicum in Small Business Management Units: 4 ¹
ES 3030 - Immigrant and Refugee Women Units: 4
or
WOST 3030 - Immigrant and Refugee Women Units: 4
ES 3551 - Asian American Women and Men Units: 4
ES 3555 - Asian American Family Patterns Units: 4
GEOG 3550 - Geography of Southeast Asia Units: 4
HIST 3517 - The Immigrants’ West Units: 4
MKTG 4450 - Marketing Seminar Units: 4 ¹
MLL 1653 - Elementary Filipino III Units: 4 ²
POSC 3204 - Political Systems of Asia Units: 4
POSC 3418 - U.S. Immigration Policy and Law Units: 4
SOC 3425 - Prejudice and Discrimination Units: 4
SOC 3510 - Sociology of Identity Units: 4
SOC 3520 - Sociology of Race and Ethnic Relations Units: 4
THEA 3233 - Modern Philippine Dramatic Literature and Styles Units: 4
WOST 3550 - Women, Work, and Family Life Units: 4

Footnotes

These elective courses require Filipino and Filipino American studies content and approval of an advisor.
Students, whose Filipino language competency places them out of lower division coursework, must complete 8 additional units from the list of electives (excluding MLL 1653 ).