i've decided on the classes to take while at University of Hawai'i- Manoa!

Asian American Studies 120B: Asian Pacific American Communities in Hawai'i: Field Studies
Instructors: Erin K. Wright & Roderick N. Labrador

This course combines the conceptual study of multiculturalism in Hawai'i with practical fieldwork and experience. Students in this course will learn about multiculturalism in Hawai'i and how it relates to representations of Hawai'i and Native Hawaiian history, society, and sovereignty. In class, students will present research on some aspect of multiculturalism in Hawai'i and conduct fieldwork outside of class that serves as the data for group projects.

Choose one of the following:
Asian American Studies 120A: Asian Pacific Communities in Hawai'i: Critical Issues Past and Present
Instructor: Jonathan Y. Okamura

This course is concerned with the continuing construction, expression and persistence of ethnic identity in various cultural forms and social contexts throughout the contemporary world. Recent examples abound including in the Middle East, the Philippines, and here in Hawai'i. In addition, the course examines individual and group problems of identity, identity conflict, cultural conflict, and inter-ethnic relations

expectations? i expect to learn a lot more about pacific-islander history and culture, and understand more about social relations, multiculturalism, and how they play out in ways i hadn't realized before. summer is fast approaching... my paper is soon due. i need to get on it. i'm on the verge of actually feeling stressed by UCLA coursework!! O_O