Southeast Asian Area Studies Courses<\/b><\/p>\n
AES 151 Identities, Cultures, and Power Across American Ethnic Groups<\/b> AES 370<\/b><\/a> \/ <\/b>GWSS 370<\/b><\/a> Race, Gender, and Class in the Global Economy: Asian and Latina Workers<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Instructor: Linh Thuy Nguyen<\/span> AAS 206 Contemporary Issues of Asian and Pacific Islander Americans<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Instructor: Connie C. So<\/span> AAS 392<\/b><\/a>\/ <\/b>GWSS 392<\/b><\/a> Asian American and Pacific Islander Women<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Instructor: Linh Thuy Nguyen<\/span> ANTH 209 Anthropology through Visual Media<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Instructor: Jenna M Grant<\/span> ART H 316 Buddhist Arts of Asia<\/b> ASIAN 207 Meditation, Mindfulness, and Zen<\/b> ASIAN 585 Seminar in Buddhism<\/b> HSTAS 265<\/b><\/a> \/ <\/b>JSIS A 265<\/b><\/a> The Viet Nam Wars<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Instructor: Christoph Giebel<\/span> JSIS A 463 Topics in Southeast Asian History and Society<\/b> SEASIA 377<\/b><\/a>\/ <\/b>ENGL 349 Science and Speculative Fiction of Southeast Asia<\/b> S ASIA 498 C: Sociolinguistics and Multilingualism of (SE) Asia<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Instructor: Ha Nguyen<\/span> Language Courses<\/b><\/p>\n INDO 112 Elementary Indonesian<\/b> INDO 212 Intermediate Indonesian<\/b> KHMER 112 Elementary Khmer<\/b> TAGLG 102 Basic Tagalog<\/b> TAGLG 202 Intermediate Tagalog<\/b>
\n<\/b><\/a>Instructor: Rick Bonus<\/span>
\n<\/span>TTh | 11:30 AM \u2013 1:20 PM<\/span>
\n<\/span>5 credits (DIV, SSc) | SLN: 10157<\/span>
\n<\/span>Course Description<\/b>
\n<\/b>Provides 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.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>MW | 2:30 \u2013 4:20 PM<\/span>
\n<\/span>5 credits (DIV, SSc) | SLN: 10162, 15232<\/span>
\nCourse Description<\/b>
\n<\/b>Examines the lives and labor of Asian and Latina workers through structures of opportunity and inequality to examine how race and gender mark specific forms of labor as feminized and racialized, and thus precarious and devalued. Contextualizes social, political, and economic implications of colonialism and imperialism, economic restructuring, global capitalism, immigration policies, and welfare reform in the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>MW | 2:30 \u2013 4:20 PM<\/span>
\n<\/span>5 credits (DIV, SSc) | SLN: 10092<\/span>
\n<\/span>Course Description<\/b>
\n<\/b>Critically examines contemporary Asian and Pacific Islander American issues, ranging from the Cold War era to present-day America. Topics include ethnic enclaves, community-building, civil rights, identity problems, family conflict, social organizations, political movements, and immigration.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>MW | 10:30 AM \u2013 12:20 PM<\/span>
\n<\/span>5 credits (DIV, SSc) | SLN: 10097, 15237<\/span>
\n<\/span>Course Description<\/b>
\n<\/b>Explores the intersection of race, ethnicity, gender, class, and sexuality in the lives of Asian American and Pacific Islander women. Examines how forces such as immigration, colonialism, sovereignty, labor, family, gender roles and relations, community, war, homeland politics, transnationalism, and social movements shaped and were shaped by these women.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>TTh | 9:30 \u2013 11:20 AM<\/span>
\n<\/span>5 credits (A&H, SSc) | SLN: 10306<\/span>
\n<\/span>Course Description<\/b>
\n<\/b>Theories of culture and cultural variation, as seen and understood through visual media such as films, video, and photography.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/b><\/a>Instructor: Miriam Chusid<\/span>
\n<\/span>Asynchronous Online | Time to be arranged<\/span>
\n<\/span>5 credits (A&H) | SLN: 10532<\/span>
\n<\/span>Course Description<\/b>
\n<\/b>Examines the birth and spread of Buddhism beginning with its earliest moments in South Asia. Following the Silk Road, traces Buddhism’s development eastward through China, Korea, and finally to Japan to recognize the historical, social, political, and religious factors that inform the production of Buddhist art and belief.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/b><\/a>Instructor: Jonathan Laiman<\/span>
\n<\/span>MW | 1:30 \u2013 3:20 PM<\/span>
\n<\/span>5 credits (A&H, SSc) | SLN: 10560<\/span>
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\n<\/b>Course description forthcoming<\/span>
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\n<\/b><\/a>Instructor: Joseph Marino<\/span>
\n<\/span>TTh | 2:30 \u2013 4:20 PM<\/span>
\n<\/span>5 credits | SLN: 10562<\/span>
\n<\/span>Course Description<\/b>
\n<\/b>Systems and history of Buddhist thought. Original and secondary sources are used. Combines the methods of specialists in south, central, and east Asian Buddhism with those of historians of religion and philosophy.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>WF | 10:30 AM \u2013 12:20 PM<\/span>
\n<\/span>5 credits (SSc) | SLN: 15502, 16036<\/span>
\n<\/span>Course Description<\/b>
\n<\/b>Recent 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
\n<\/b><\/a>Instructor: Christoph Giebel<\/span>
\n<\/span>WF | 2:30 \u2013 4:20 PM<\/span>
\n<\/span>5 credits (SSc) | SLN: 16059<\/span>
\n<\/span>Course Description<\/b>
\n<\/b>Introduces 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
\n<\/b><\/a>Instructor: Nazry Bahrawi<\/span>
\n<\/span>MW | 1:30 \u2013 3:20 PM<\/span>
\n<\/span>5 credits (A&H, DIV) | SLN: 20010<\/span>
\n<\/span>Course Description<\/b>
\n<\/b>Introduces works of science and speculative fiction from Southeast Asia. Explores how these two fantastical genres (too oftentimes linked to Euro-American cultures) act as thought experiments for Southeast Asians to deal with real world issues of climate change, racial supremacy, and technological utopianism, symptoms of the darker side of modernity.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>TTh | 12:30 \u2013 2:20 PM<\/span>
\n<\/span>5 credits (A&H) | SLN: 19969<\/span>
\n<\/span>Course Description<\/b>
\n<\/b>Introduces students to the key social considerations involved in using and learning second or additional languages in today\u2019s world, with a particular emphasis on Southeast Asia\u2019s richly multilingual societies. Students learn about multilingualism in various forms, including the use of second, foreign, and heritage languages. Considers how people use their second or additional languages in the real world.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/b><\/a>Instructor: Desiana Pauli Sandjaja<\/span>
\n<\/span>MTWThF | 1:30 \u2013 2:20 PM (Hybrid)<\/span>
\n<\/span>5 credits (Conditional A&H) | SLN: 15748<\/span>
\n<\/span>Course Description<\/b>
\n<\/b>Introduction to modern standard Indonesian. Emphasis on grammar and conversational drills. Practice with basic phonological, morphological, and syntactic structures. Second in a sequence of three.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/b><\/a>Instructor: Desiana Pauli Sandjaja<\/span>
\n<\/span>MTWThF | 12:30 \u2013 1:20 PM (Hybrid)<\/span>
\n<\/span>5 credits (A&H) | SLN: 15749<\/span>
\n<\/span>Course Description<\/b>
\n<\/b>Review\/expansion of fundamental grammatical patterns: morphological and syntactic structures, development of conversational skills, reading some literary and cultural materials, writing compositions. Second in a sequence of three.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/b><\/a>Instructor: Nielson Sophann Hul<\/span>
\n<\/span>MTWThF | 9:30 \u2013 10:20 AM<\/span>
\n<\/span>5 credits (Conditional A&H) | SLN: 16131<\/span>
\n<\/span>Course Description<\/b>
\n<\/b>Provides 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
\n<\/b><\/a>Instructor: Kell Rigueros Juan<\/span>
\n<\/span>MTWThF | 9:30 \u2013 10:20 AM<\/span>
\n<\/span>5 credits (Conditional A&H) | SLN: 21149<\/span>
\n<\/span>Course Description<\/b>
\n<\/b>Introduces 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
\n<\/span><\/a>Instructor: Kell Rigueros Juan<\/span>
\n<\/span>MTWThF | 12:30 \u2013 1:20 PM<\/span>
\n<\/span>5 credits (A&H) | SLN: 21151<\/span>
\n<\/span>Course Description<\/b>
\n<\/b>Provides 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