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Apr 03, 2026
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ES 364 - Asian American & Pacific Islander Communities
Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-4; Diversity
This course examines contemporary Asian American and Pacific Islander communities in California. It will combine community analysis and knowledge derived from service learning in AAPI social justice organizations.
Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-UD-4 - Upper Division Social and Behavioral Sciences, Overlay -Diversity
Prerequisites: Completion of GE Areas 1A, 1B, 1C and GE-2 with grade C- (CR) or better (GE Areas A1, A2, A3 and B4 for students on the 2024-25 or earlier catalogs).
Strongly Recommended Preparation: Upper division status (greater than 60 earned semester units) and completion of lower division GE Area 4 requirements (Area D1-2 requirements for students on the 2024-25 or earlier catalogs), and ES Majors: ES 100 and ES 200.
Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground, or Hybrid, or Online-Asynchronous.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:
- Analyze key social science concepts from text and lectures relevant to the contemporary formation of AAPI communities.
- Apply key concepts from the above to engage with various AAPI groups through service learning.
- Recognize the complexity, heterogeneity and power dynamics within the various AAPI communities.
- Analyze how power and identity affect social outcomes for different AAPI communities based on organizations’ reports, students’ research and including neighbor tours.
GE-UD-4. Upper-division Social and Behavioral Sciences Learning Outcomes
- analyze how power and social identity affect social outcomes for different cultural and economic groups using methods of social science inquiry and vocabulary appropriate to those methods;
- demonstrate an understanding of and ability to apply accurately disciplinary concepts of the social or behavioral sciences; and
- demonstrate an understanding of and ability to effectively plan or conduct research using an appropriate method of the social or behavioral sciences.
Diversity Overlay Learning Outcomes
- Describe the histories, experiences or views of one or more cultural groups.
- Analyze the overlap or intersection of social identities of oneself and/or other cultural groups (e.g., culture, gender, class, sexuality, religion, disability, immigration status, and/or age).
- Examine the impact of their own identity on their experiences with and/or views of other cultural groups.
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