AREA COURSES<\/b><\/p>\n
AES 151: Identities, Cultures, and Power Across American Ethnic Groups<\/strong><\/a> ANTH 378: Sustainability, Resilience, and Society<\/strong><\/a> ANTH 551: Research Design<\/strong><\/a> ASIAN 207: Modern Classics of Southeast Asia\u00a0<\/b><\/a> ASIAN 541: Queer Asian Cinema<\/strong><\/a> JSIS A\/HISTCMP 205: Filipino Histories<\/b><\/a> JSIS A\/HSTAS 265: The Viet Nam Wars<\/b><\/a> JSIS A 463: Readings in Vietnamese History<\/b><\/a> MUSIC 440: Music in Asian America<\/a> POL S 385: Political Ecology of the World Food System<\/strong><\/a> LANGUAGE COURSES<\/b><\/p>\n INDO 112: Elementary Indonesian<\/b><\/a> INDO 412: Fourth-Year Indonesian\u00a0<\/b><\/a> JSIS 486: Elementary Burmese<\/b><\/a> JSIS 486: Intermediate Burmese<\/b><\/a> KHMER 112: Elementary Khmer<\/b><\/a> KHMER 212: Intermediate Khmer<\/b><\/a> KHMER 312: Advanced Khmer\u00a0<\/b><\/a> TAGLG 102: Basic Tagalog\u00a0<\/b><\/a> TAGLG 202: Intermediate Tagalog<\/b><\/a> THAI 112: Elementary Thai\u00a0<\/b><\/a> THAI 212: Intermediate Thai\u00a0<\/b><\/a> VIET 102: First-Year Non-Heritage Vietnamese<\/b><\/a> THAI 312: Advanced Thai\u00a0<\/b><\/a> VIET 122: First-Year Heritage Vietnamese<\/b><\/a> VIET 212: Intermediate Vietnamese\u00a0<\/b><\/a>
\nInstructor: Rick Bonus
\n5 credits (DIV, SSc) | SLN 10157
\nCourse Description<\/strong>
\nProvides an introduction to the major theories, debates, and issues concerning the study of identities and cultures of American ethnic groups as they are constituted through relationships of power.<\/p>\n
\nInstructor: Celia Lowe
\n5 credits | SLN 10316
\nCourse Description<\/strong>
\nIntroduction to concepts of sustainability and resilience and their relevance to environment and society in the current Anthropocene era. Understanding sustainability and resilience through ecological footprints, lessons from small-scale societies, case studies of resource management, theory of common property regimes, philosophies of environmental stewardship, and implications of climate change.<\/p>\n
\nInstructor: Jenna Grant
\n5 credits | SLN 10330
\nCourse Description<\/strong>
\nFocuses on the basic components, format, and writing style of grant proposals. Works through various stages of proposal writing, including titles, abstracts, introduction, theoretical orientations, significance, methodology, data analysis, etc. Discusses funding sources, human subjects reviews, and preparing budgets.<\/p>\n
\nInstructor: Nazry Bahrawi<\/span>
\n5 credits (A&H or SSc) | SLN 10547<\/span>
\nCourse Description<\/b>
\nIntroduction to the literature of one or more Asian traditions considered in its cultural context. Content varies depending on the specialization and interest of instructor. Texts in English translation.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nInstructor: Ungsan Kim
\n5 credits | SLN 10554
\nCourse Description\u00a0<\/strong>
\nThis course surveys the evolution of queer Asian cinema as a critical and artistic mode of production. In this course, students will rigorously examine and analyze representative works of queer Asian cinema beyond cultural and national borders. Students will also deliberate on the meaning, politics, and usability of cinema in times when people stopped going to the movies by historicizing and contextualizing queer Asian cinema as a minor cinema. Ranging from queer avant-garde films of the 1960s, through politically charged and stylistically innovative queer films of the 1990s, to the recent mainstream films, the course will historicize queer Asian cinema that has survived various historical setbacks, oppression, and crises. To better conceptualize queer cinema, students will be encouraged to approach primary texts (films) from two different angles: the representation of LGBTQ+ on screen and queer cinematic aesthetics. The course will mainly focus on films that demonstrate both artistic quality and historical significance, while also covering a few more popular genre films, including Boys\u2019 Love films.<\/p>\n
\nInstructor: Vincente Rafael<\/span>
\n5 credits (Div, SSc, W) | SLN 16145, 15648<\/span>
\nCourse Description<\/b>
\nIntroduction to histories, cultures and politics of Filipinos and the Philippines. Examines pre-colonial societies, Spanish colonial rule, nationalism and Revolution, Filipino-American war, U.S colonial rule, Japanese occupation, postcolonial period to Martial Law, continuing rebellions, and the Filipino diaspora.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nInstructor: Christoph Giebel<\/span>
\n5 credits (SSc) | SLN 16157, 15637<\/span>
\nCourse Description\u00a0<\/b>
\nRecent Vietnamese history and struggles for independence and national unification vis-a-vis French colonialism, Japanese occupation, American intervention, and internal divisions. Covers historical roots and contemporary contexts of revolution and war, objectives and motivations of participants, and the enormous human costs. Emphasizes socio-cultural changes and wars’ legacies.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nInstructor: Christoph Giebel<\/span>
\n5 credits (SSc) | SLN 16172<\/span>
\nCourse Description<\/b>
\nIntroduces major issues within the history and culture of one country of Southeast Asia. Content varies. Topics may include religion, economics, colonialism, perspectives on gender, labor history, literatures, popular culture, and performing arts. Focuses on a different Southeast Asian country each time offered.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nInstructor: Christina Sunardi
\n3 credits (DIV, A&H or SSc) | SLN 18001
\nCourse Description<\/strong>
\nIntroduces students to Asian American communities through examination of music and issues related to music, including migration, memory, gender, the body, tradition, and generation. Explores how Asian Americans have expressed their experiences and asserted their senses of identity through music, thereby making sense of and claiming Americanness.<\/p>\n
\nInstructor: Rebekah Daro Minarchek
\n5 credits (SSc or NSc) | SLN 19540
\nCourse Description<\/strong>
\nInvestigates the intersection of globalization and food politics, the pivotal role of petroleum in the world food system, and the commodity chains for some foods. Includes an optional service learning component.<\/p>\n
\nInstructor: Desiana Pauli Sandjaja<\/span>
\n5 credits (A&H) | SLN 15878<\/span>
\nCourse Description<\/b>
\nIntroduction to modern standard Indonesian. Emphasis on grammar and conversational drills. Practice with basic phonological, morphological, and syntactic structures. Second in a sequence of three.\u00a0<\/span>
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\nINDO 312: Advanced Indonesian<\/b><\/a>
\nInstructor: Desiana Pauli Sandjaja<\/span>
\n5 credits (A&H) | SLN 15880<\/span>
\nCourse Description<\/b>
\nExpanding vocabulary; preparing for research work using original sources; improving reading fluency in modern standard written Indonesian using novels, short stories, newspapers, and other authentic materials. Conversation practice centers on discussion of readings. Writing compositions. Second in a sequence of three.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nInstructor: Desiana Pauli Sandjaja<\/span>
\n3 credits (A&H) | SLN 15881<\/span>
\nCourse Description<\/b>
\nSpeaking, reading, writing and listening at a native level. Oral discussion\/debate, listening comprehension, and composition focused on authentic Indonesian text, films, as well as TV news programs. Second in a sequence of three.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nInstructor: Than Than Win<\/span>
\n3 credits (SSc) | SLN 16125<\/span><\/p>\n
\nInstructor: Than Than Win<\/span>
\n3 credits (SSc) | SLN 16126<\/span><\/p>\n
\nInstructor: Nielson Hul<\/span>
\n5 credits (A&H) | SLN 16225<\/span>
\nCourse Description<\/b>
\nProvides basic communication skills in standard spoken and written Khmer on a variety of topics including foods, directions and transportation, occupations, work, and getting things done. Second in a sequence of three.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nInstructor: Nielson Hul<\/span>
\n5 credits (A&H) | SLN 16226<\/span>
\nCourse Description<\/b>
\nBrings students beyond elementary level Khmer to an intermediate level of speaking, listening, reading, and writing proficiency on a variety of topics, including the language of public information and living in the contemporary capital city (Phnom Penh) in Cambodia. Second in a sequence of three.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nInstructor: Nielson Hul<\/span>
\n5 credits (A&H) | SLN 16227<\/span>
\nCourse Description<\/b>
\nBrings students beyond the intermediate level of speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Leads students to communicate in a relatively sophisticated fashion with educated native speakers on a variety of topics, including Khmer culture and Khmer literature. Second in a sequence of three.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nInstructor: Kell Rigueros Juan<\/span>
\n5 credits (A&H) | SLN 21283, 21284<\/span>
\nCourse Description<\/b>
\nIntroduces the Filipino language and culture. Students use the language through speaking, listening, reading, and writing at the novice level. Examines basic language structures, appropriate forms of address, and vocabulary for communication. Second in a sequence of three.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nInstructor: Kell Rigueros Juan<\/span>
\n5 credits (A&H) | SLN 21285<\/span>
\nCourse Description<\/b>
\nProvides further reinforcement and practice of the lessons learned in basic Tagalog. Improves the communicative competence of the student by teaching the social rules along with the linguistic rules. Second in a sequence of three.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nInstructor: Jintapa Boonlert<\/span>
\n5 credits (A&H) | SLN 21504<\/span>
\nCourse Description<\/b>
\nIntroduction to modern spoken and written Thai. Emphasis on spoken language competence with additional skills in elementary reading and writing. Designed for students with no prior knowledge of Thai. Second in a sequence of three.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nInstructor: Jintapa Boonlert<\/span>
\n5 credits (A&H) | SLN 21505<\/span>
\nCourse Description<\/b>
\nExpands students’ abilities in the four language skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Second in a sequence of three.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nInstructor: Bich-Ngoc Turner<\/span>
\n5 credits (A&H) | SLN 21855<\/span>
\nCourse Description<\/b>
\nSecond in the three-quarter sequence of elementary Vietnamese for students with no prior exposure to Vietnamese language at home or in the community.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nInstructor: Jintapa Boonlert<\/span>
\n5 credits (A&H) | SLN 21506<\/span>
\nCourse Description<\/b>
\nAdvanced reading and translation of selections from various Thai authors, with occasional practice in conversation and composition.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nInstructor: Ha Nguyen<\/span>
\n5 credits (A&H) | SLN 21856<\/span>
\nCourse Description<\/b>
\nFor heritage students already exposed to informal, spoken Vietnamese language at home or in the community.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nInstructor: Bich-Ngoc Turner<\/span>
\n5 credits (A&H) | SLN 21857<\/span>
\nCourse Description<\/b>
\nDevelopment of conversation skills, reading for comprehension, and writing short compositions. Second in a sequence of three.<\/span><\/p>\n