Laney College's Asian and Asian American Studies Associate of Arts program includes courses concentrating on Asia as well as courses concerning Asian peoples and Asian Americans in the Americas. Historical, sociological, psychological and aesthetic perspectives are utilized in these courses in order to provide a broad understanding of this diverse area of the world and the dynamic peoples who live there and trace their ancestry to that region.

This program emphasizes the disaggregation of the Asian American experience, focusing not only on East Asians, but also Central Asians, Southeast Asians, as well as Pacific Islanders. Courses feature a comparative methodology, exploring Asian and Asian American phenomena both within and across race and ethnicity.

Upon completion of this program a student will be able to: • Evaluate the development of the field of Asian American Studies, and utilize research methodologies and scholarship within the field to produce research papers. • Effectively employ social science methodologies in the analysis of issues related to Asian American Studies • Identify, and describe, the general history of Asian American people in the U.S.

This program is geared towards future careers in Teaching, Social Work, Public Health, Community Organizing, as well as working in higher education or graduate school.