Asian American Studies Media, Pop Culture, Art and Cultural Studies, Certificate of Special Study

The Department of Anthropology  

With this certificate future artists, museum curators, public relations/marketing, business, pop culture enthusiasts, teachers, social media, and businessman gain understanding in the scholarship, principals, and pedagogical approaches to understanding the media, popular culture, arts, and cultural studies of Asian and Asian American people:

• Equips students with an understanding of the principles and practices of Asian American mass media and popular culture
• Examines how Asian Americans have been imagined and depicted through various mediums of popular culture such as print, film, television, internet, music, etc.
• Critically looking at Asian American art and visual culture including documentary, film, television, art, paintings, architecture, and monuments
• Focuses on the cultural products of Asian Americans and the peoples of Asia