ASAM 21

About this course

This course will survey and analyze Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) media, which includes media that both represent AAPIs and are produced by AAPIs within a US context. It explores the politics, economics, and competing ideologies of cultural representation among the AAPI community. This interdisciplinary course will cover a wide variety of media, such as film, television, music, literature, journalism, digital media, fine art, comics, and illustration.

No section is scheduled at De Anza College for Fall 2026. The course can still be offered in a later quarter.

Enrollment availability changes frequently. Confirm status in the official FHDA registration system before enrolling.

Prerequisites

The De Anza catalog lists no prerequisite for this course.

Advisory: “ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000H or ESL D005.”

Transfer pathways that use ASAM 21

ASSIST maps ASAM 21 to a requirement in 21 published pathways from De Anza College.

• Leadership StudiesDe Anza → Humboldt State
• Asian American StudiesDe Anza → San Francisco State
• Asian American StudiesDe Anza → UCLA
• Disability StudiesDe Anza → UCLA
• Chicano/Latino StudiesDe Anza → UC Irvine
• SociologyDe Anza → UC Irvine
• SociologyDe Anza → UC Santa Barbara
• Film and Media StudiesDe Anza → UC Santa Barbara
• Asian American StudiesDe Anza → UC Santa Barbara
• Bachelor of Science Major in Mathematics with Departmental HonorsDe Anza → University of the Pacific
• CSU General EducationDe Anza → CSU Stanislaus
• ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIESDe Anza → CSU Northridge
• Ethnic StudiesDe Anza → UC Berkeley
• Urban StudiesDe Anza → UC Berkeley
• Asian American and Asian Diaspora StudiesDe Anza → UC Berkeley
• American StudiesDe Anza → UC Berkeley
• Comparative World Literature, Language and LiteratureDe Anza → CSU Long Beach
• Comparative World Literature, World Literature in TranslationDe Anza → CSU Long Beach
• Native American StudiesDe Anza → UC Davis
• SociologyDe Anza → UC Davis
• Asian American StudiesDe Anza → UC Davis