ERIC MAR[1]
Psychology Bldg Room 108 – SFSU
Phone: 415/338-6591
http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~ericmar
Ethnic
Studies 220 (section 04) #13699 - 3 units [GE[2]]
Asians in America
Fall 2002 – T&TH 8:10 – 9:25 a.m. – Burk Hall 210
Course Description:
Introduction to the Asian American experience. This course examines the various factors that define ‘minority’ groups and their position in American society by focusing on Asian Americans as a case study. Particular attention is given to the emerging discipline of Ethnic Studies.
Objectives:
·
Develop a critical assessment of the status of Asians and
Pacific Islanders in the U.S. and their relationships with other groups in US
society;
·
Build
awareness of how institutionalized forms of domination operate in contemporary
U.S. society by uncovering the intersections of race, class and gender in
social struggles;
·
Build multicultural awareness and a critical approach to
addressing contemporary social justice issues;
·
Increase students’ ability to analyze social problems and
formulate opinions and solutions.
Methodology:
Lectures/Dialogue/Class
& small group discussions/Readings/Written Assignments/
Films/Guest Speakers/Community
Observation Assignment
Course
Text and Reading Materials:
·
Contemporary Asian America: A Multidisciplinary
Reader,
Ed. Min Zhou & James Gatewood (New York University Press 2000)
·
Selected articles from ColorLines, Asian Week, War
Times, Asian American Revolutionary Ezine, Amerasia Journal and other community
publications [Course Handouts – available from the instructor throughout the
course & and by Library Electronic Reserve – under Eric Mar – password =
servethepeople]
Requirements:
Assignments 50%
& Participation in Class
Research Project/Paper 25%
Final Project TBA 25%
Regular
Attendance and Participation:
I expect every
student to make her best efforts to participate in the class and small group
discussions and all in-class projects. Therefore, regular attendance is
absolutely necessary.
Warning: repeated missed classes will severely lower
your final course grade.
Policy on
late work:
I do accept late papers but assignments turned in late get
lowered grades. For example, an “A”
paper which is turned in one class after the due date will be given a “B“
grade. If that paper is turned in 2
classes after the due date, the grade will have fallen to a “C”.
Education is not neutral.
It is for the liberation or for the domestication of
people,
for their humanization or their dehumanization,
…whether the educators are conscious of this or not.
Paulo Freire, Revolutionary Educator
