Courses

These courses are currently offered at Swarthmore College towards the Tri-College Asian American Studies minor. The list below includes Asian American Studies Core courses; as well as Comparative Race and Ethnic Studies and Transnational/Global Connections with Asia courses.

For current Asian American Studies (ASAM) courses at Bryn Mawr and Haverford, please search here.

Spring 2026

ASAM 002. Taiko & Asian American Experiences
- (Cross-listed as DANC 003, MUSI 002C)
- Humanities.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA, ESCH.
- Ouyang.
ENGL 009W. First-Year Seminar: U.S. War Culture
- Humanities
- Writing Course.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASAM, GLBL-paired, PEAC
- Ku.
ENGL 057A. U.S. Empire Literature
- Prerequisite:
  At least one W course.
- Humanities.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASAM, CPLT, GLBL-Paired, PEAC
- Ku.
GSST 022. Gender, Race, Dance, and Cinema
- cross-listed with FMST 047 and DANC 039.
- Humanities
- 1
- Eligible for GSST; BLST; ASAM; ESCH
- Li.
HIST 056. Police, Prisons, & Protests
- Prerequisite:
  Previous course in the department or instructor permission.
- Social sciences.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for Eligible for PEAC, ESCH. Concentrations: Domination and Resistance
- Truong.
HIST 061. Mapping Rivers: The Indus and the Ganges in Global History
- Social sciences.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA, ENVS and GLBL-Paired. Concentrations: Science, Medicine, and Environment.
- Azfar.
RELG 008. Patterns of Asian Religions
- Humanities.
- Writing course.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA, GLBL-Paired, ASAM
- Hopkins.

Fall 2026

ASAM 005. Music and Asian American Experiences
- (Cross-listed with MUSI 002A)
- 1 credit.
- Ouyang.
ASAM 010. Asian American History
- (Cross-listed as HIST 010)
- Social Sciences.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA.
- Truong.
DANC 025A. Dance and Diaspora
- (Cross-listed as ANTH 020J)
- Humanities.
- Writing course.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA, BLST, GSST, GLBL-Core, ASAM
- Staff.
EDUC 053. Educating Emergent Bilinguals
- (Cross-listed as LING 053)
- Prerequisite:
  EDUC 014 or permission of the instructor.
- Social sciences.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for LALS, ESCH, ASAM
- Phuong.
EDUC 068. Urban Education
- (Cross-listed as SOAN 020B)
- Social sciences.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for BLST, LALS, ESCH, ASAM
- Liu.
EDUC 161. Politics, Policy and Education
- Prerequisite:
  EDUC 014.
  Recommended: EDUC 068 and EDUC 041.
- Social sciences.
- Writing course.
- 2 credits.
- Eligible for ESCH, ASAM, LALS, BLST.
- Mayorga.
HIST 061. Mapping Rivers: The Indus and the Ganges in Global History
- Social sciences.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA, ENVS and GLBL-Paired. Concentrations: Science, Medicine, and Environment.
- Azfar.
LALS 015. First Year Seminar: Introduction to Latinx Literature and Culture
- (Cross-listed with SPAN 015, ENGL 009F, LITR 015S)
- Humanities.
- Writing Course.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASAM, CPLT
- Díaz.

Spring 2027

ASAM 001. First-Year Seminar: Chinatowns: Then & Now
- Cross-listed as HIST 001N
- Social Sciences.
- Writing course.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA.
- Truong.
BLST 067. James Baldwin's Civil Rights
- (Cross-listed as ENGL 067)
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASAM
- Foy.
ENGL 067. James Baldwin's Civil Rights
- Cross-listed as BLST 067
- Humanities.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for BLST, ASAM.
- Foy.
HIST 056. Police, Prisons, & Protests
- Prerequisite:
  Previous course in the department or instructor permission.
- Social sciences.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for Eligible for PEAC, ESCH. Concentrations: Domination and Resistance
- Truong.
MUSI 100. Ethnomusicology Seminar
- (Cross-listed as SOAN 100)
- Humanities.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for GLBL-core, ASAM
- Ouyang.
RELG 008. Patterns of Asian Religions
- Humanities.
- Writing course.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA, GLBL-Paired, ASAM
- Hopkins.

Fall 2027

ARTH 046. Socially Engaged Art in the Americas
- Humanities.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ESCH, PEAC, GLBL-paired, LALS, ASAM
- Checa-Gismero.
CHIN 055. Chinese and Sinophone Cinemas
- (Cross-listed as LITR 055CH)
- Humanities.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA, CPLT, ASAM, FMST
- Staff.
EDUC 053. Educating Emergent Bilinguals
- (Cross-listed as LING 053)
- Prerequisite:
  EDUC 014 or permission of the instructor.
- Social sciences.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for LALS, ESCH, ASAM
- Staff.
MUSI 008B. Music, Race and Class
- (Cross-listed as BLST 008B)
- Humanities.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for PEAC, BLST, GLBL-Core, ASAM
- Ouyang.

Spring 2028

RELG 008. Patterns of Asian Religions
- Humanities.
- Writing course.
- 1 credit.
- Eligible for ASIA, GLBL-Paired, ASAM
- Hopkins.

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