Community Engagement Courses

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COURSES

Spring 2026

Community Engagement Courses @ IDAAS | Students connect theory from the classroom into practice, engage more thoroughly with the material, and gain a community-minded perspective. Faculty connect research interests with community organizations, and form closer relations with community partners. Altogether, community-based learning provides a connection between academia and the community, with a deeper intellectual engagement that is rooted in real-life application. 

ASAM 090. Asian American and Multiracial Community Studies. Staff, HM, T 7:00-9:45 p.m.
Introduces students to studying and working beside Asian American and Pacific Islander communities through the exploration of the politics of place. Issues to be addressed in the course include ethical considerations of community projects and social topography as it changes in the Asian, Asian American, and Pacific Islander diasporas. Course will be project-based and working with community-based organizations.

ASAM 130. Science, Technology, Asian America. T. Honma, PZ, W 2:45-5:30 p.m.
This course explores the implications of Western science and technology on the Asian American experience. By interrogating how science has been defined in the “West” in relation to “non-Western” peoples, we will explore questions related to epistemology, racialization, migration, education, professionalization, and research, and the political stakes therein.