# Asian & Asian American Studies (ASAME) courses

Merritt College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 2 courses

Source: https://mc.curriqunet.com/catalog/iq/48441/48769/49120/49121/49704

"Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Fall 2026.

### ASAME 19 — Racism in the United States

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture
- **C-ID:** SJS 110
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule
- Peralta GE Areas 4, 6; Cal-GETC Area 4, 6;

Also offered as AFRAM 19, M/LAT 6, and NATAM 19. Not open for credit to students who have completed or are currently enrolled in AFRAM 19, M/LAT 6, and NATAM 19. Exploration of the development of modern racism in the United States: Economic, socio-cultural, and psychological implications; and resistances to its effects from African-American, Asian-American, Mexican and Latin-American and Native American perspectives.

### ASAME 30 — Asians and Asian Americans Through Films

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule
- Peralta GE Areas 3, 4, 6; Cal-GETC Area 3B, 4;

Culture and societies of Asia and the Asian Diaspora, with particular emphasis on Asian American documentary and dramatic films: Examination of films as a medium of communication and representation of Asian and Asian American cultures, exploring common cultural elements and symbols; themes and motifs in films by and about Asian Americans, Central Asians, East Asians, and South and Southeast Asians.