The Asian American Studies department provides an interdisciplinary liberal arts program. The department offers a Bachelor of Arts major designed to develop student skills in critical analysis, writing, communication and reasoning, while retrieving, documenting and analyzing the literary, artistic, economic, social, political and historical experiences of Asians in the United States. This option is designed for students who choose to double major in Asian American Studies as their second field of study. <br>The Department of Asian American Studies emerges out of social justice struggles in solidarity with multiple oppressed communities. It is dedicated to academic and community-based goals, including promoting learning and intellectual growth, stimulating professional development, enhancing and empowering Asian/Pacific Islander communities across local and global scales, and highlighting social, economic, political, legal and cultural issues within existing and emerging communities to envision and effect just alternatives and social transformation.