Fresno State will add Asian American Studies as a major this fall

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Asian American studies is expanding astatine Fresno State.

For years, Fresno State has had a insignificant and certificates successful Asian American Studies.

Associate Professor Jenny Banh, says contempt the section Asian population, that was the highest level of acquisition immoderate pupil could person successful the Central Valley.

"We person a 12-16% Asian colonisation and we've ne'er had the major," Banh said.

So she acceptable retired to alteration that and starting this autumn Fresno State volition statesman offering "Asian-American Studies" arsenic a large for students.

Banh says the 45-unit grade volition springiness students the accidental to dive deeper into the history, including what happened close present successful the Central Valley.

"The archetypal Koreans were successful Dinuba. They created a nectarines, peaches, each these things and, oh, my god, the past is truthful great," Banh said.

The programme volition analyse the humanities and modern acquisition of Asians aft their accomplishment to the U-S.

Banh says it's technically 2 majors combined into 1 Asian Studies and Asian American Studies.

"And you tin instrumentality immoderate accent -- you tin spell the accent of Asian studies oregon Asian American and truthful what I deliberation for students, is you're getting 2 for one," Banh said.

Classes see a wide-range of topics specified arsenic 'Asian Americans successful the Caring Fields', 'Asian American Women', 'Asian Eats: Asian American Foodways', and 'Anime, Graphic Novel, K-Pop and Asian Cultural Studies.'

Banh says she believes a grade successful this tract volition assistance acceptable radical isolated erstwhile they're applying for jobs aft college.

"It's valuable, I believe, it matters. Asian American Studies, Asian Studies, it matters and we conscionable privation the assemblage to cognize astir us," Banh said.

Fresno State's archetypal time of the autumn semester is August 19, which is erstwhile students volition officially beryllium capable to state the caller major.

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