UCLA Asian American Studies Department

The Asian American Studies interdepartmental degree program was established in the UCLA College in fall 1976, although the center began offering classes in 1969. Departmentalization occurred in 2004, moving the program from it's previous interdepartmental program status to an officially recognized degree program within the Social Sciences division of UCLA's College of Letters & Science. The creati

on of a department of Asian American studies marks a significant step forward in the development of an academic discipline devoted to understanding an important segment of American society and culture. It also has developed the largest Asian American studies teaching program in the nation, which annually offers more than 70 courses and enrolls more than 3,000 students. The department offers courses for the UCLA undergraduate and graduate students majoring and minoring in Asian American studies. The department also includes a Master of Arts program and two concurrent Master's degree programs with the community health sciences and social welfare departments. The department also offers UCLA doctoral candidates an informal concentration to supplement their own field of study with an emphasis in Asian American Studies. For more information about the department and its programs, visit the department website at:
http://www.asianam.ucla.edu/index.html