The Graduate Certificate in Asian and Asian American Studies (AAAS) provides a means for graduate students who are already enrolled in existing graduate programs the opportunity to enhance their studies with a focus on topics related to Asian and Asian American Studies. The AAAS graduate certificate seeks to produce research and scholarship that engages “Asia Across the World” in many forms, including considering hybridity, transnationalism, and global/local tensions. Students will learn how Asian and Asian diasporic societies, cultures, histories, and migrations mutually engage with global processes of social and cultural change. They will become conversant in the comparative study of different Asian cultures and regions and learn how social, cultural, and historical phenomena in Asia and Asian diasporic societies have formed, developed, and interacted with the rest of the world.

Students apply for the AAAS graduate certificate through the Binghamton University Graduate School’s application process.

Requirements

Certificate students will be required to take a minimum of three graduate courses (12 credits). At least two of the three courses must be chosen in consultation with the student’s graduate advisor, based upon the student’s primary interests and previous background. In addition, students concentrating on Asian Studies must take one Asian American and Diaspora Studies course. Students concentrating on Asian American and Diaspora Studies must take one Asian Studies course.

No transfer credit will apply to the certificate. In addition, students must maintain a minimum GPA of 3.0, and all courses used to complete the certificate must be taken with a letter grade option.

Additional Information on Asian and Asian American Studies Graduate Certificate

For more information on Asian and Asian American Studies, visit the DAAAS website.