- Demonstrate knowledge about Asia, its culture, people and society
- Demonstrate knowledge about Asian America, its origin, immigration history, and its relationship to other ethnic groups
- Explain the connections between Asia and America through migration, trade and war, and the connection between the localized with the global
- Demonstrate writing skills by research and writing about Asia
- Demonstrate oral skills through presentations of reading, current events, and research on Asia and Asian America
- Demonstrate an understanding of the breadth of the region through comparative work within Asia
- Demonstrate an understanding of the connection between Asian American with other racial/ethnic groups in the United States through Comparative and Team-taught courses in Ethnic Studies and Diaspora Studies


