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Asian American Community Studies (AACS) is an interdisciplinary academic program at QC/academics/us/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/14948/u00a0 open to anyone interested in learning more about Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI)/academics/us/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/14948/u00a0 communities (with roots in Central, East, South, Southeast, and West Asia and the Pacific Islands, and including Asian diasporas (e.g. Indo-Caribbean communities)) and the field of Asian American studies./academics/us/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/14948/u00a0/academics/us/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/14948/n

AACS engages with the transnational histories, forms of racialization, cultural expressions, and politics of Asian America. We explore how migration and community formation relates to processes of empire, nation-building and globalization./academics/us/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/14948/u00a0 Throughout the program’s activities, we work on developing/academics/us/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/14948/u00a0 connections between critical inquiry and action for social change./academics/us/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/14948/n

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AACS is also a minor!/academics/us/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/14948/n

The AACS Minor provides opportunities for students from all majors to learn about Asian American communities and to engage in research and service learning here in Queens/academics/us/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/14948//NYC. The minor is ideal for students who want to pursue careers in the arts, business, education, government, healthcare, international affairs, the law, nonprofits, social services, and more./academics/us/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/14948/n

The Minor consists of three required courses and three additional elective courses./academics/us/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/14948/n

FOR A LIST OF FALL 2025 AACS COURSES– CLICK HERE/academics/us/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/14948/n

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Three required courses/academics/us/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/14948/n