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Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies, Faculty of Arts

ACAM: Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies


  1. ACAM 250 (3) Asian Canadians in Popular Culture

    Popular culture's role in the production of Asian Canadian and diasporic communities, with emphasis on race, gender, sexuality, and other identity categories.

  2. ACAM 300 (3) Dis/Orienting Asian Canada

    The histories, cultures, social dynamics, and life experiences of Asian communities in Canada in the context of global migrations. Restricted to students with second year status or higher.

  3. ACAM 310 (3) Asian Canadian Cultural Studies

    Examines Asian Canadian communities and cultural production in relation to local activism, organizing, and cultural politics in historical and contemporary contexts. Restricted to students with second year standing or higher.

  4. ACAM 320 (3/6) d Selected Topics in ACAM Studies

    Selected Asian Canadian Asian Migration topics. Consult acam.arts.ubc.ca for this year's offerings.

    Prerequisite: Restricted to students with at least Second year standing; a previous course in Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies is recommended.

  5. ACAM 350 (3) Asian Canadian Community-Based Media

    Digital media production in the context of community engagement. Includes critical media literacy, community-based research ethics, project design, training in media forms such audio, video, photography, and web publishing.

  6. ACAM 390 (3/6) d Asian Migrations in a Global Context

    Transpacific, migratory and socio-cultural connections of Asian migrations in a global context.

    Prerequisite: Minimum 2nd year standing, 3rd year standing recommended.

  7. ACAM 447 (3/6) c Directed Studies in Asian Canadian and Asian Migration

    General reading and/or a research undertaking within the scope of Asian Canadian and Asian Migration.

    Prerequisite: Permission of the Chair of the ACAM program.


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