Advanced Seminar for Majors and Minors (392-0-1)
Instructors
Raymond San Diego
Crowe 1-125
Meeting Info
Kresge Centennial Hall 2-410: Tues, Thurs 3:30PM - 4:50PM
Overview of class
As a bookend to an "introductory" course, the capstone seminar allows Asian American Studies majors, minors, and graduate students to examine-at an advanced level- emerging shifts, trends, and provocations in contemporary scholarship to dabble in the politics of knowledge production within this interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary field. Students will integrate theories and methods from the course with their intellectual interests and community commitments to develop a culminating research, creative, or praxis-based project. Therefore, class sessions will be devoted to writing development, interpersonal and public speaking skills, and post-graduate planning. While the texts will be finalized during the summer in consultation with enrolled students, potential topics, guest speakers, field trips, and films may address Asian Americans and: electoral politics, queerness, transpacific studies, the law, inter and intra race relations, transnational activism, health/wellness/disability, film and media, education, and more. I also welcome other advanced students doing thesis/capstone projects related to Ethnic/Gender/American/Queer/Sexuality/Disability Studies.
Learning Objectives
advanced reading skills, research methods/methodologies research, proposal writing, speaking and facilitation skills, how to give constructive and productive feedback
Class Notes
Attendance at first class is mandatory.