Overview
The Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies offers programs of both undergraduate and graduate instruction in the languages and cultures of South and Southeast Asia. It offers opportunities to explore the rich cultural, social, and religious histories as well as the living contemporary cultures of these areas. The curriculum covers modern cultural history, the classical literary canon, religious literature, folk and popular works, oral traditions and performance media (including recitation, musical and dramatic performance, dance, media, and film), and modern literatures of the colonial and post-colonial period. Students are encouraged to take advantage of the extensive opportunities for interdisciplinary linkages by pursuing courses offered by the South and Southeast Asia faculty in other departments at UC Berkeley. Students are also encouraged to pursue courses and independent readings that will acquaint them with pertinent methods in the various disciplines such as contemporary literary theory, ethnographic theory, historiography, and cultural studies. Appropriate comparative work on Asian and non-Asian cultures is encouraged as well.
Resources
One of the world's leading institutes for research and programs on South Asia, the Institute for South Asia Studies at UC Berkeley works with faculty members, graduate students, community members, private institutions, and nonprofit organizations to deepen understanding of the region and to create new generations of scholars of South Asia.
The Center for Southeast Asia Studies (CSEAS) is one of the oldest and most prominent academic centers concerned with Southeast Asia in the United States. CSEAS functions as an administrative base to promote the expansion of Southeast Asian studies on the Berkeley campus by facilitating faculty and graduate research, presenting campus lecture series and cultural programs, organizing public outreach and international conferences, and hosting visitors and scholars from around the world.
The Center for Buddhist Studies oversees a variety of research programs, scholarly events, and outreach activities, often in collaboration with units on and off campus. Activities include a colloquium series, conferences, a visiting scholar program, a film series (with the PFA), the Numata Visiting Professorship, and the International Buddhist Film Festival (with the Buddhist Film Society).
The Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS) is an Organized Research Unit that serves as the focal point for all of UC Berkeley programs related to East Asia and the Pacific. Frequently ranked first in depth and breadth among all such programs in the nation, East Asian Studies at Berkeley is a unique national resource and an invaluable asset for California and the West Coast.
Undergraduate Programs
South and Southeast Asian Studies: BA (with concentrations in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Indonesian, Khmer, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Tagalog, Tamil, Thai, or Vietnamese), Minor
Graduate Programs
South and Southeast Asian Studies: MA, PhD
Courses
Languages and Culture:
Languages:
South and Southeast Asian Studies
Terms offered: Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2021
The Freshman Seminar Program has been designed to provide new students with the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member in a small seminar setting. Freshman seminars are offered in all campus departments and topics vary from department to department and semester to semester. Enrollment limited to 15 freshmen.
Freshman Seminar: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1 hour of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South and Southeast Asian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered. Final exam required.
Formerly known as: South and Southeast Asian Studies 24
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024
Freshman and sophomore seminars offer lower division students the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member and a group of peers in a small-seminar setting. These seminars are offered in all campus departments; topics vary from department to department and from semester to semester. Enrollment limits are set by the faculty, but the suggested limit is 18.
Freshman/Sophomore Seminar: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South and Southeast Asian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered. Final Exam To be decided by the instructor when the class is offered.
Formerly known as: South and Southeast Asian Studies 39
Terms offered: Spring 2004, Spring 2001, Summer 2000 10 Week Session
Current topics in method and theory of South and Southeast Asian culture, varying with instructor.
Special Topics in South and Southeast Asian Culture: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South and Southeast Asian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Formerly known as: South and Southeast Asian Studies 50
Special Topics in South and Southeast Asian Culture: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018
Sophomore seminars are small interactive courses offered by faculty members in departments all across the campus. Sophomore seminars offer opportunity for close, regular intellectual contact between faculty members and students in the crucial second year. The topics vary from department to department and semester to semester. Enrollment limited to 15 sophomores.
Sophomore Seminar: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: At discretion of instructor
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring:
5 weeks - 3-6 hours of seminar per week
10 weeks - 1.5-3 hours of seminar per week
15 weeks - 1-2 hours of seminar per week
Summer:
6 weeks - 2.5-5 hours of seminar per week
8 weeks - 1.5-3.5 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South and Southeast Asian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered. Final exam required.
Formerly known as: South and Southeast Asian Studies 84
Terms offered: Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019
Designed to permit regular faculty and visitors to explore special topics not normally covered in the curriculum. Focus and readings will change in response to current research interests of instructors and teaching needs of the department.
Topics in South and Southeast Asian Studies: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South and Southeast Asian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Formerly known as: South and Southeast Asian Studies 120
Terms offered: Fall 2022
This seminar introduces Pali grammar, paleography, and basic canonical and commentarial
genres for those with previous training in Sanskrit. Our focus will be on building reading skills
with Roman-script texts as well as Pali manuscripts in several Southeast Asian scripts housed in
campus library collections.
Introduction to Pali: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South and Southeast Asian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Also listed as: BUDDSTD C147
Terms offered: Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2013
Directed study of South and Southeast Asian Languages. This course will provide intensive language training in languages not regularly taught by the Department. Language may vary each semester based on instructor availability.
Studies in South and Southeast Asian Languages: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2-5 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 8 weeks - 4-9.5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South and Southeast Asian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Formerly known as: South and Southeast Asian Studies 149
Studies in South and Southeast Asian Languages: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013
Designed primarily to give majors sustained and intensive training in reading, writing, and analysis in the discipline. Independent research and a substantial essay required. Topics will vary in accord with faculty and student interests.
Seminar in South and Southeast Asian Studies: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of seminar per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 4 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South and Southeast Asian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Formerly known as: South and Southeast Asian Studies 190
Terms offered: Summer 2016 10 Week Session, Summer 2015 10 Week Session, Fall 2014
To be eligible for admission for the honors program, students must have and maintain a minimum GPA 3.5 in all courses completed for the major. In addition, the student must enroll in the final semester of the senior year in H195, a course of supervised research to be guided by an instructor chosen in consultation with the major adviser. On the basis of this research the student will prepare and submit an honors thesis for evaluation.
Senior Honors: South Asian Studies: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor
Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for S,SEASN H195A after completing S,SEASN 195A. A deficient grade in S,SEASN H195A may be removed by taking S,SEASN 195A.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 0 hours of independent study per week
Summer: 10 weeks - 0 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South and Southeast Asian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
Formerly known as: South and Southeast Asian Studies H195A
Terms offered: Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013
To be eligible for admission for the honors program, students must have and maintain a minimum GPA 3.5 in all courses completed for the major. In addition, the student must enroll in the final semester of the senior year in H195, a course of supervised research to be guided by an instructor chosen in consultation with the major adviser. On the basis of this research the student will prepare and submit an honors thesis for evaluation.
Senior Honors: Tamil: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor
Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for S,SEASN H195B after completing S,SEASN 195B. A deficient grade in S,SEASN H195B may be removed by taking S,SEASN 195B.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 0 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South and Southeast Asian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
Formerly known as: South and Southeast Asian Studies H195B
Terms offered: Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012
To be eligible for admission for the honors program, students must have and maintain a minimum GPA 3.5 in all courses completed for the major. In addition, the student must enroll in the final semester of the senior year in H195, a course of supervised research to be guided by an instructor chosen in consultation with the major adviser. On the basis of this research the student will prepare and submit an honors thesis for evaluation.
Senior Honors: Hindi-Urdu: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor
Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for S,SEASN H195C after completing S,SEASN 195C. A deficient grade in S,SEASN H195C may be removed by taking S,SEASN 195C.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 0 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South and Southeast Asian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Formerly known as: South and Southeast Asian Studies H195C
Terms offered: Spring 2022, Fall 2014, Spring 2014
To be eligible for admission for the honors program, students must have and maintain a minimum GPA 3.5 in all courses completed for the major. In addition, the student must enroll in the final semester of the senior year in H195, a course of supervised research to be guided by an instructor chosen in consultation with the major adviser. On the basis of this research the student will prepare and submit an honors thesis for evaluation.
Senior Honors: Southeast Asian Studies: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor
Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for S,SEASN H195E after completing S,SEASN 195E. A deficient grade in S,SEASN H195E may be removed by taking S,SEASN 195E.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 0 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South and Southeast Asian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
Formerly known as: South and Southeast Asian Studies H195E
Terms offered: Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013
To be eligible for admission for the honors program, students must have and maintain a minimum GPA 3.5 in all courses completed for the major. In addition, the student must enroll in the final semester of the senior year in H195, a course of supervised research to be guided by an instructor chosen in consultation with the major adviser. On the basis of this research the student will prepare and submit an honors thesis for evaluation.
Senior Honors: Sanskrit: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor
Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for S,SEASN H195F after completing S,SEASN 195F. A deficient grade in S,SEASN H195F may be removed by taking S,SEASN 195F.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 0 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South and Southeast Asian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Formerly known as: South and Southeast Asian Studies H195F
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024
Tutorial instruction in areas not covered by regularly scheduled courses. Four-unit limit per term.
Directed Group Study for Upper Division Students: South Asian Studies: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of directed group study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South and Southeast Asian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required.
Formerly known as: South and Southeast Asian Studies 198A
Directed Group Study for Upper Division Students: South Asian Studies: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Spring 2002
Tutorial instruction in areas not covered by regularly scheduled courses. Four-unit limit per term.
Directed Group Study for Upper Division Students: Tamil: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of directed group study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South and Southeast Asian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required.
Formerly known as: South and Southeast Asian Studies 198B
Directed Group Study for Upper Division Students: Tamil: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Spring 2004, Fall 2000, Fall 1999
Tutorial instruction in areas not covered by regularly scheduled courses. Four-unit limit per term.
Directed Group Study for Upper Division Students: Hindi-Urdu: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of directed group study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South and Southeast Asian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required.
Formerly known as: South and Southeast Asian Studies 198C
Directed Group Study for Upper Division Students: Hindi-Urdu: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Fall 1998
Tutorial instruction in areas not covered by regularly scheduled courses. Four-unit limit per term.
Directed Group Study for Upper Division Students: Malay/Indonesian: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of directed group study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South and Southeast Asian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required.
Formerly known as: South and Southeast Asian Studies 198D
Directed Group Study for Upper Division Students: Malay/Indonesian: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009
Tutorial instruction in areas not covered by regularly scheduled courses. Four-unit limit per term.
Directed Group Study for Upper Division Students: Southeast Asian Studies: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of directed group study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South and Southeast Asian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required.
Formerly known as: South and Southeast Asian Studies 198E
Directed Group Study for Upper Division Students: Southeast Asian Studies: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012
Tutorial instruction in areas not covered by regularly scheduled courses. Four-unit limit per term.
Directed Group Study for Upper Division Students: Sanskrit: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of directed group study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South and Southeast Asian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required.
Formerly known as: South and Southeast Asian Studies 198F
Directed Group Study for Upper Division Students: Sanskrit: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023
Four-unit limit per term.
Supervised Independent Study and Research: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 0-0 hours of independent study per week
Summer: 8 weeks - 0-0 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South and Southeast Asian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required.
Formerly known as: South and Southeast Asian Studies 199
Terms offered: Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2014
Four-unit limit per term.
Supervised Independent Study and Research: South Asian Studies: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 0-0 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South and Southeast Asian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required.
Formerly known as: South and Southeast Asian Studies 199A
Supervised Independent Study and Research: South Asian Studies: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012
Four-unit limit per term.
Supervised Independent Study and Research: Tamil: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 0-0 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South and Southeast Asian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required.
Formerly known as: South and Southeast Asian Studies 199B
Supervised Independent Study and Research: Tamil: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2014
Four-unit limit per term.
Supervised Independent Study and Research: Hindi-Urdu: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 0-0 hours of independent study per week
Summer:
6 weeks - 0-0 hours of independent study per week
8 weeks - 0-0 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South and Southeast Asian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required.
Formerly known as: South and Southeast Asian Studies 199C
Supervised Independent Study and Research: Hindi-Urdu: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013
Four-unit limit per term.
Supervised Independent Study and Research: Sanskrit: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Summer:
6 weeks - 1-4 hours of independent study per week
8 weeks - 1-4 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South and Southeast Asian Studies/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required.
Formerly known as: South and Southeast Asian Studies 199F
Supervised Independent Study and Research: Sanskrit: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024
Topics vary from semester to semester.
Seminar in South and Southeast Asian Studies: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring:
4 weeks - 3-9 hours of seminar per week
15 weeks - 1-3 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South and Southeast Asian Studies/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Formerly known as: South and Southeast Asian Studies 250
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2022
This seminar introduces students to the recent scholarship on the history and genealogy of Theravada Buddhism in modern Burma, Cambodia, Lanna, Thailand, Southwest China and Sri Lanka. Introductory readings consider the origins of the field and question the very category of Theravada. Module One: Buddha, considers folk, visual, scriptural and literary narratives as ways of telling history through past lives of the Buddha. Module Two: Dhamma, explores diverse interpretations and delivery of the teachings of Buddha across and between different schools. Module Three: Sangha, examines the role of monks and other spiritual leaders in mediating the trauma of colonialism and navigating modernity by protecting the sasana and offering sanctuary.
Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha: History and Modernity in Theravada Southeast Asia and Sri Lanka: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South and Southeast Asian Studies/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Instructor: Edwards
Also listed as: BUDDSTD C275
Terms offered: Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022
Students may enroll in more than one section of 290, but the total number of units of Special Study in any one semester may not exceed 12.
Special Studies: South Asian Studies: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-5 hours of independent study per week
Summer: 8 weeks - 2.5-12.5 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South and Southeast Asian Studies/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Formerly known as: South and Southeast Asian Studies 290A
Terms offered: Summer 2016 8 Week Session, Summer 2015 8 Week Session, Fall 2014
Students may enroll in more than one section of 290, but the total number of units of Special Study in any one semester may not exceed 12.
Special Studies: Tamil: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-5 hours of independent study per week
Summer: 8 weeks - 1.5-9 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South and Southeast Asian Studies/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Formerly known as: South and Southeast Asian Studies 290B
Terms offered: Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023
Students may enroll in more than one section of 290, but the total number of units of Special Study in any one semester may not exceed 12.
Special Studies: Hindi-Urdu: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-5 hours of independent study per week
Summer:
6 weeks - 2.5-12.5 hours of independent study per week
8 weeks - 1.5-9 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South and Southeast Asian Studies/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Formerly known as: South and Southeast Asian Studies 290C
Terms offered: Fall 2021, Summer 2019, Summer 2016 8 Week Session
Students may enroll in more than one section of 290, but the total number of units of Special Study in any one semester may not exceed 12.
Special Studies: Malay/Indonesian: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-5 hours of independent study per week
Summer: 8 weeks - 1.5-9 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South and Southeast Asian Studies/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Formerly known as: South and Southeast Asian Studies 290D
Terms offered: Summer 2016 8 Week Session, Summer 2015 8 Week Session, Spring 2015
Students may enroll in more than one section of 290, but the total number of units of Special Study in any one semester may not exceed 12.
Special Studies: Sanskrit: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-5 hours of independent study per week
Summer: 8 weeks - 1.5-9 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South and Southeast Asian Studies/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Formerly known as: South and Southeast Asian Studies 290F
Terms offered: Spring 2024, Fall 2021, Spring 2020
Introduction to the principal, historical, and contemporary methods for study of the literatures, languages, religions, cultures, and peoples of South and Southeast Asia. Discussion of the disciplinary formations of Orientalism, philology, anthropology, comparative religions, gender studies, and history. Topics and readings change year to year. Seminar work will culminate in a one day student symposium.
Methods in South & Southeast Asian Studies: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South and Southeast Asian Studies/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Formerly known as: South and Southeast Asian Studies 294
Methods in South & Southeast Asian Studies: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Summer 2024 8 Week Session, Fall 2023
Normally reserved for students directly engaged in writing the doctoral dissertation.
Dissertation Preparation and Related Research: South Asian Studies: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Advanced candidate with consent of thesis supervisor and graduate adviser
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-12 hours of independent study per week
Summer: 8 weeks - 2-24 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South and Southeast Asian Studies/Graduate
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Formerly known as: South and Southeast Asian Studies 299A
Dissertation Preparation and Related Research: South Asian Studies: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020
Normally reserved for students directly engaged in writing the doctoral dissertation.
Dissertation Preparation and Related Research: Tamil: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Advanced candidate with consent of thesis supervisor and graduate adviser
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-12 hours of independent study per week
Summer: 8 weeks - 2-24 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South and Southeast Asian Studies/Graduate
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Formerly known as: South and Southeast Asian Studies 299B
Dissertation Preparation and Related Research: Tamil: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2022
Normally reserved for students directly engaged in writing the doctoral dissertation.
Dissertation Preparation and Related Research: Hindi-Urdu: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Advanced candidate with consent of thesis supervisor and graduate adviser
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-12 hours of independent study per week
Summer: 8 weeks - 2-24 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South and Southeast Asian Studies/Graduate
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Formerly known as: South and Southeast Asian Studies 299C
Dissertation Preparation and Related Research: Hindi-Urdu: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Fall 2022, Summer 2020 Second 6 Week Session, Fall 2018
Normally reserved for students directly engaged in writing the doctoral dissertation.
Dissertation Preparation and Related Research: Malay-Indonesian: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Advanced candidate with consent of thesis supervisor and graduate adviser
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-12 hours of independent study per week
Summer: 8 weeks - 2-24 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South and Southeast Asian Studies/Graduate
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Formerly known as: South and Southeast Asian Studies 299D
Dissertation Preparation and Related Research: Malay-Indonesian: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024
Normally reserved for students directly engaged in writing the doctoral dissertation.
Dissertation Preparation and Related Research: Southeast Asian Studies: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Advanced candidate with consent of thesis supervisor and graduate adviser
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-12 hours of independent study per week
Summer: 8 weeks - 2-24 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South and Southeast Asian Studies/Graduate
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Formerly known as: South and Southeast Asian Studies 299E
Dissertation Preparation and Related Research: Southeast Asian Studies: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Summer 2024 8 Week Session, Fall 2023
Normally reserved for students directly engaged in writing the doctoral dissertation.
Dissertation Preparation and Related Research: Sanskrit: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Advanced candidate with consent of thesis supervisor and graduate adviser
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-12 hours of independent study per week
Summer: 8 weeks - 2-24 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South and Southeast Asian Studies/Graduate
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Formerly known as: South and Southeast Asian Studies 299F
Dissertation Preparation and Related Research: Sanskrit: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2022, Fall 2020
Team-taught by a faculty member and an advanced graduate student instructor, this weekly seminar will expose GSIs to methods and potential problems in teaching. Building a syllabus, grading, teaching writing and reading comprehension, fairness in the classroom, maintaining enthusiasm, developing a professional teaching portfolio, and campus resources for special needs students will be covered. The seminar will include periodic videotaping and feedback within each student's classroom.
Methods and Problems in Teaching South and Southeast Asian Studies: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Graduate standing or graduate student status
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South and Southeast Asian Studies/Professional course for teachers or prospective teachers
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Formerly known as: South and Southeast Asian Studies 375
Methods and Problems in Teaching South and Southeast Asian Studies: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Fall 2016
Individual study for the comprehensive or language requirements in consultation with the graduate adviser.
Individual Study for Masters Students: South Asian Studies: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: For candidates for Master's degree
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-8 hours of independent study per week
Summer:
6 weeks - 2.5-19 hours of independent study per week
8 weeks - 2-16 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South and Southeast Asian Studies/Graduate examination preparation
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Formerly known as: South and Southeast Asian Studies 601A
Individual Study for Masters Students: South Asian Studies: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013
Individual study for the comprehensive or language requirements in consultation with the graduate adviser.
Individual Study for Masters Students: Tamil: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: For candidates for Master's degree
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 0-0 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South and Southeast Asian Studies/Graduate examination preparation
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Formerly known as: South and Southeast Asian Studies 601B
Terms offered: Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013
Individual study for the comprehensive or language requirements in consultation with the graduate adviser.
Individual Study for Masters Students: Hindi-Urdu: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: For candidates for Master's degree
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 0-0 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South and Southeast Asian Studies/Graduate examination preparation
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Formerly known as: South and Southeast Asian Studies 601C
Individual Study for Masters Students: Hindi-Urdu: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Fall 2014
Individual study for the comprehensive or language requirements in consultation with the graduate adviser.
Individual Study for Masters Students: Malay-Indonesian: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: For candidates for Master's degree
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 0-0 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South and Southeast Asian Studies/Graduate examination preparation
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Formerly known as: South and Southeast Asian Studies 601D
Individual Study for Masters Students: Malay-Indonesian: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Fall 2022
Individual study for the comprehensive or language requirements in consultation with the graduate adviser.
Individual Study for Masters Students: Southeast Asian Studies: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: For candidates for Master's degree
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 0-0 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South and Southeast Asian Studies/Graduate examination preparation
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Formerly known as: South and Southeast Asian Studies 601E
Individual Study for Masters Students: Southeast Asian Studies: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2019
Individual study for the comprehensive or language requirements in consultation with the graduate adviser.
Individual Study for Masters Students: Sanskrit: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: For candidates for Master's degree
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 0-0 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South and Southeast Asian Studies/Graduate examination preparation
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Formerly known as: South and Southeast Asian Studies 601F
Individual Study for Masters Students: Sanskrit: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013
Individual study in consultation with the major field adviser, intended to provide an opportunity for qualified students to prepare themselves for the various examinations required for candidates for the Ph.D.
Individual Study for Doctoral Students: South Asian Studies: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: For candidates for doctoral degree
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 0-0 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South and Southeast Asian Studies/Graduate examination preparation
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Formerly known as: South and Southeast Asian Studies 602A
Individual Study for Doctoral Students: South Asian Studies: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013
Individual study in consultation with the major field adviser, intended to provide an opportunity for qualified students to prepare themselves for the various examinations required for candidates for the Ph.D.
Individual Study for Doctoral Students: Tamil: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: For candidates for doctoral degree
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 0-0 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South and Southeast Asian Studies/Graduate examination preparation
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Formerly known as: South and Southeast Asian Studies 602B
Individual Study for Doctoral Students: Tamil: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013
Individual study in consultation with the major field adviser, intended to provide an opportunity for qualified students to prepare themselves for the various examinations required for candidates for the Ph.D.
Individual Study for Doctoral Students: Hindi-Urdu: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: For candidates for doctoral degree
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 0-0 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South and Southeast Asian Studies/Graduate examination preparation
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Formerly known as: South and Southeast Asian Studies 602C
Individual Study for Doctoral Students: Hindi-Urdu: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013
Individual study in consultation with the major field adviser, intended to provide an opportunity for qualified students to prepare themselves for the various examinations required for candidates for the Ph.D.
Individual Study for Doctoral Students: Malay-Indonesian: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: For candidates for doctoral degree
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 0-0 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South and Southeast Asian Studies/Graduate examination preparation
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Formerly known as: South and Southeast Asian Studies 602D
Individual Study for Doctoral Students: Malay-Indonesian: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Spring 2024, Summer 2020 Second 6 Week Session, Fall 2016
Individual study in consultation with the major field adviser, intended to provide an opportunity for qualified students to prepare themselves for the various examinations required for candidates for the Ph.D.
Individual Study for Doctoral Students: Southeast Asian Studies: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: For candidates for doctoral degree
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 0-0 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South and Southeast Asian Studies/Graduate examination preparation
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Formerly known as: South and Southeast Asian Studies 602E
Individual Study for Doctoral Students: Southeast Asian Studies: Read Less [-]
Southeast Asian Studies
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
This course is devoted to a study of selected literary texts set in various regions of Southeast Asia. The readings will include works by foreign authors who lived and traveled in Southeast Asia and translations of works by Southeast Asian writers. These texts will be used to make comparisons and observations with which to characterize coloniality, nationalism, and postcoloniality. This course satisfies the first half of the Reading and Composition requirement.
Self, Representation, and Nation: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing Requirement
Requirements this course satisfies: Satisfies the first half of the Reading and Composition requirement
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 10 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Southeast Asian/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Final exam not required.
Formerly known as: South and Southeast Asian Studies R5A
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023
In this course, the student will read selections from the large body of scholarly texts that have been written about Southeast Asia. Expository and argumentative essays by premier scholars such as Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, Margaret Mead, Clifford Geertz, and Benedict Anderson will be examined. Discussions will cover a broad range of theoretical issues including power, gender, and space. This course satisfies the second half of the Reading and Composition requirement.
Under Western Eyes: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Previously passed an R_A course with a letter grade of C- or better. Previously passed an articulated R_A course with a letter grade of C- or better. Score a 4 on the Advanced Placement Exam in English Literature and Composition. Score a 4 or 5 on the Advanced Placement Exam in English Language and Composition. Score of 5, 6, or 7 on the International Baccalaureate Higher Level Examination in English
Requirements this course satisfies: Satisfies the second half of the Reading and Composition requirement
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Southeast Asian/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Alternative to final exam.
Formerly known as: South and Southeast Asian Studies R5B
Terms offered: Fall 2022, Summer 2021 Second 6 Week Session, Fall 2020
Readings, lectures, and discussion of the culture and civilization of Southeast Asia. Mainland Southeast Asia: Covers the modern-day nations of Burma, Cambodia, Thailand, etc., with special emphasis on the impact of Hinduism and Buddhism. (F,SP) Staff
Introduction to the Civilization of Southeast Asia: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Summer:
6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture and 2.5 hours of discussion per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture and 1.5 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Southeast Asian/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructor: Tiwon
Introduction to the Civilization of Southeast Asia: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021
Readings, lectures, and discussion of the culture and civilization of Southeast Asia. Insular Southeast Asia: Covers the modern-day nations of Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines. Special emphasis on the arts and their social and political context, with discussions on the impact of the colonial experience and the question of modernization vs. tradition.
Introduction to the Civilization of Southeast Asia: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Summer:
6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture and 2.5 hours of discussion per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture and 1.5 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Southeast Asian/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructor: Hadler
Introduction to the Civilization of Southeast Asia: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023
This course is a survey of the histories, cultures, and religions of mainland Southeast Asia from the period of the early Khmer empire until the 2000s. It surveys the countries of Cambodia, Myanmar/Burma, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. By the end of the course, students are expected to: (a) explain the broad patterns of historical change in mainland Southeast Asia from the 10th century to the present, (b) explain the major cultural shifts and religious formations that have shaped mainland Southeast Asia over the past thousand-plus years, (c) discuss cultural texts that reflect the history of mainland Southeast Asia, and (d) explain mainland Southeast Asia’s shifting relations with the world over the longue durée.
Introduction to the History, Religion, and Culture of Mainland Southeast Asia: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for SEASIAN 101A after completing SEASIAN 10A.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Southeast Asian/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Introduction to the History, Religion, and Culture of Mainland Southeast Asia: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024
This course is a survey of the histories, cultures, and religions of insular Southeast Asia from the
early modern period until the 2000s. It surveys the countries of Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia,
Brunei, East Timor, and Singapore. By the end of the course, students are expected to: (a) explain
the broad patterns of historical change in insular Southeast Asia from the early modern period to the
present, (b) explain the major cultural shifts and religious formations that have shaped insular
Southeast Asia over the period covered, (c) discuss cultural texts that reflect the history of insular
Southeast Asia, and (d) explain insular Southeast Asia’s shifting relations with the world over the
longue durée.
Introduction to the History, Religion, and Culture of Insular Southeast Asia: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for SEASIAN 101B after completing SEASIAN 10B.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Southeast Asian/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Introduction to the History, Religion, and Culture of Insular Southeast Asia: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Prior to 2007
The eleven nation-states that comprise the region of Southeast Asia are defined by their linguistic, cultural, economic, and sociopolitical diversity. One facet that plays a crucial role in binding this region is its environment. In order to explore both how the natural world has shaped the history of Southeast Asia and how the human relationship to the environment has changed over time, this course takes as its focus an examination of how “nature” or the environment in Southeast Asia has been and is being represented through various forms of visual culture. Each week we will focus our inquiry on a different theme including: the history of Hindu/Buddhist temple architecture and the arrival of Islam and its impact on visual representation.
Visual Culture and the Environment in Southeast Asia: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Summer: 6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Southeast Asian/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Instructor: Bruhn
Visual Culture and the Environment in Southeast Asia: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Fall 2014, Fall 2011, Fall 2009
This course will examine the role of contemporary literature in Indonesian/Malaysian society. Emphasis on the socio-political aspects of this literature in historical context. Genres discussed will include poetry, the novel, the short story, and drama.
Introduction to Modern Indonesian and Malaysian Literature in Translation: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Southeast Asian/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Introduction to Modern Indonesian and Malaysian Literature in Translation: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2020
Readings and lectures focus on Thailand, Vietnam and Burma; Cambodian and Laotian materials as available. After brief attention to the influence of oral tradition, classical poetry, and dance drama, emphasis will be on modern novels, short stories, film, and television in their cultural/historical context.
Mainland Southeast Asian Literature: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Upper division standing or consent of instructor
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Southeast Asian/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Fall 2016, Spring 2014, Fall 2012
This course examines the impact of the history of literacy and literature upon the ways in which perceptions and roles of women are constructed and reinforced in a developing non-Western society. Course material includes literature, oral and manuscript narratives, ritual performance.
Articulations of the Female in Indonesia: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Southeast Asian/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructor: Tiwon
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2022, Fall 2016
This undergraduate seminar will be an investigation into key discourses on Islam in Southeast Asia, focusing on history, literature, and culture. We will trace the processes through which Islam entered the Malay world in the 13th century, and explore the European colonial encounters with Islam in Southeast Asia and the ways that Islam interacted with and resisted colonialism. We will discuss the role of mysticism and of reformists and will also explore the struggles of Islam as a minority religion in the Philippines and Thailand. Readings will include primary sources in translation, literary texts, ethnographic works, and writings by colonial and local scholars.
Islam and Society in Southeast Asia: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Southeast Asian/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructor: Hadler
Terms offered: Fall 2010, Fall 2008, Fall 2006
This seminar will focus on the late colonial and national periods in Southeast Asia. Through literary and political texts as well as classical anthropological sources, we will explore different approaches to reading and analyzing Southeast Asian source material. There will be extensive readings of works of fiction and primary source material in translation, as well as occasional screenings of films. We will tackle broader themes and theoretical approaches to Southeast Asian sources and literatures and will discuss different approaches to reading modern Southeast Asian texts. The course is open to advanced undergraduates and graduate students.
Southeast Asian Cultures, Texts, and Politics: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Southeast Asian 10B or consent of instructor
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Southeast Asian/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
Instructor: Hadler
Southeast Asian Cultures, Texts, and Politics: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Summer 2021 First 6 Week Session, Spring 2021, Summer 2020 First 6 Week Session
The course focuses on Philippine history through literature and performance. Among the texts to be discussed are: traditional forms (rituals, poetry, songs, dances) that give insights to belief systems and economic, political, and social life during the indigenous or precolonial period; performance and literary forms that were instruments both of colonial conquest and anti-colonial movements; and theater and literature that participated in discourse on agrarian issues, labor, martial law and militarism, gender rights, academic freedom, and human rights.
Philippines: History, Literature, Performance: Read More [+]
Objectives & Outcomes
Student Learning Outcomes: Students will be able to answer the following questions: what are the romantic, realist and radical conventions in Philippine literature and theater? How did literature and theater document significant events in Philippine history? How was literature instrumental in the shaping of history?
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Students who have passed S,SEASN 148 do not get credit for SEASIAN 148.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Southeast Asian/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Instructor: Barrios-Leblanc
Formerly known as: South and Southeast Asian Studies 148
Philippines: History, Literature, Performance: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Fall 2023, Fall 2021, Fall 2019
An introduction to the mythologies of Southeast Asia, providing a comparative overview of key myths. We will focus on indigenous narrative traditions encompassing myths of creation and origin, agricultural and maritime myths and practices, the founding of kingdoms, and indigenous geographies. We will further explore the role of myth in the contemporary world.
Southeast Asian Mythology: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Students who have passed S,SEASN 150 do not get credit for SEASIAN 150.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Southeast Asian/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Formerly known as: South and Southeast Asian Studies 150
Terms offered: Summer 2020 First 6 Week Session, Summer 2019 Second 6 Week Session
We will be reading Philippine myths, legends, indigenous poetry and epics. This
includes traditional narrative forms such as the alamat (legends) and the kuwentong-bayan
(folktales) and poetic forms such as the ambahan, diona, and tanaga. Among the
questions the course explores are: How can we understand the way of life and belief
systems of the ethnolinguistic groups of the Philippines through their literatures? How do
the dynamics between orality and literacy come into play in these Filipino literary texts?
How have traditional forms been revitalized and transformed by writers to articulate
contemporary concerns such as poverty, land reform, women’s issues, and human rights?
Filipino Mythology: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Summer: 6 weeks - 10 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Southeast Asian/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Instructor: Barrios
Terms offered: Summer 2024 10 Week Session, Summer 2023 10 Week Session, Summer 2021 Second 6 Week Session
The course brings students on a research trip to the Philippines to learn through interviews and interactions with Filipino people, selected lectures by
the Philippines’ leading scholars and interactive activities with the Philippines’ artists and
writers.
Philippines: Narratives of Tradition and Resistance: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Summer: 5 weeks - 6 hours of lecture, 8 hours of discussion, and 13 hours of fieldwork per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Southeast Asian/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Instructor: Barrios
Philippines: Narratives of Tradition and Resistance: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Summer 2021 First 6 Week Session, Summer 2020 First 6 Week Session, Summer 2019 First 6 Week Session
Can a song inspire a revolution? The course focuses on literary, visual, and performance texts that participated in political discourses in the Philippines. What strategies did the writers and artists employ? How did writers and artists face issues of censorship and persecution? How did social movements influence these texts, and in turn, how did these texts contribute to these social movements?
Philippine Cultural Politics: Read More [+]
Objectives & Outcomes
Student Learning Outcomes: At the end of the course, students should have: gained knowledge on the dynamics between politics and culture in the Philippines; interrogated strategies used by writers and artists to participate in discourses on social change; demonstrated critical thinking through class discussions, weekly papers, and research paper as they analyze the texts presented; demonstrated research skills through their final paper.
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Students who have passed S,SEASN 160 do not get credit for SEASIAN 160.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Southeast Asian/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Instructor: Barrios-Leblanc
Formerly known as: South and Southeast Asian Studies 160
Terms offered: Summer 2021 First 6 Week Session
Have you tasted sinigang, lumpia, adobo, or for the adventurous, even balut? This seminar course focuses on Philippine cuisine and literary works that use Filipino food as inspiration, theme, or metaphor. Each class uses a particular dish, cooking method, or Filipino ingredient as a starting point in the discussion of Philippine literature, culture, and history. Each lesson has several components: a literary text, recipe/s, a participative class activity and an essay(s) that will help the students to have a better understanding of Philippine society.
Philippine Cuisine Narratives: Sinigang Stories: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Southeast Asian/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Instructors: Aban, Llagas
Philippine Cuisine Narratives: Sinigang Stories: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Fall 2022, Spring 2018, Spring 2014
This course deals with the Dutch colonial history of Indonesia, the former Dutch East Indies. After studying the importance of the East India Company in Southeast Asia and the history of Indonesia under colonial rule, we analyze a number of works in Dutch literature and film with a focus on post-colonialism and interculturality. This course intends to give an opportunity to those who do not have a command of Dutch language, but wish to complete their knowledge of Southeast-Asian history and culture. All materials will be in English, no knowledge of Dutch is required.
DUTCH C164 The Indonesian Connection: Dutch (Post)colonial History and Culture in Southeast Asia: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Southeast Asian/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Also listed as: DUTCH C164
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023
This course is a cultural history of the Philippines, from the birth of the nation in the nineteenth century to the present. It outlines the major events in Philippine history through cultural texts that reflect the salient attitudes and ideas of key periods. Not only will this course cover canonical works, it will also examine popular texts. Expect to discuss everything from anti-colonial novels, Tagalog garage rock, third world brutalism, Manila disco, power ballads, protest songs, romantic comedies, to contemporary crime dramas.
Introduction to the History and Culture of the Philippines: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Southeast Asian/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Instructor: Claudio
Introduction to the History and Culture of the Philippines: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Fall 2020
This course uses biographies to narrate the history of modern Southeast Asia. It will not only examine prominent individuals who have shaped history, but also ordinary lives that reflect this history. This course will also investigate life writing as a non-fiction genre. For the final requirement, students will write a short biography of a Southeast Asian of their choice.
Southeast Asian Life Writing: Biography and the History of the Everyday: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Southeast Asian/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Instructors: Claudio, Lisandro
Southeast Asian Life Writing: Biography and the History of the Everyday: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021
This course is an overview of Philippine culture from the mid-twentieth century until present, with an emphasis on film, pop music, television, popular journalism, and food cultures. It examines the evolution of Philippine culture in light of broadcast and digital media.
Contemporary Popular Cultures of the Philippines: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Southeast Asian/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Instructor: Claudio
Contemporary Popular Cultures of the Philippines: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Prior to 2007
Together we will read and view a variety of stories—told primarily in the form of prose fiction, poetry, essays, films and other visual art—by Vietnamese and overseas Vietnamese writers and artists who explore the consequences of colonialism, war, migration and resettlement for individuals, families and communities using vastly different aesthetic techniques and registering multiple social, cultural, political and personal concerns. We will attend especially to the ways in which war and postwar generation artists and writers define and refine what it means to be Vietnamese and diasporic Vietnamese in changing local, regional and global contexts, and how the past and present continue to be intertwined in our lives and narratives.
Narratives of Vietnam and Vietnamese Diaspora: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer:
3 weeks - 15 hours of lecture per week
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Southeast Asian/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Narratives of Vietnam and Vietnamese Diaspora: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Spring 2024, Fall 2021
This seminar will explore the cultural, economic, social, political and religious history of the Chinese diaspora in 19 to 21 century Southeast Asia. Our focus is the shifting contexts of migration, representation and strategies of cultural identification/survival. We will explore colonial and nationalist projects, both in Southeast Asia and in China, to categorize “Overseas” Chinese through policies of taxation, and examine cultural flows, the role of religious and educational and associations and institutions, print and cinematic media, and material culture. Our primary focus countries are Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand.
Chinese Diaspora in Southeast Asia: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Southeast Asian/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Instructor: Edwards
Terms offered: Spring 2021
This Upper Division, seminar-style class introduces students to the modern history and politics of Southeast Asia, from the 1940s to the 2010s, through the lens of cinema and the frame of memory. From American B-Movies to Japanese anti-war features, media monarchs to Indie film-makers, spectral spouses to exorcist monks, Cambodian Claymation to Indonesia film noir, we explore cinema as a vehicle of propaganda, remembrance, experimentation, repression, expression and resistance – but most of all, as a theater of memory.
Southeast Asian Cinema: History, Memory, Politics: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Southeast Asian/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Instructor: Edwards
Southeast Asian Cinema: History, Memory, Politics: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Spring 2022
This course offers an advanced introduction to the literary history, cultural norms,
poetic forms and textual traditions of 17 th to 19 th century Southeast Asia through a
comparative study of three epic poems: Tum Teav (Cambodia), Khun Chang Khun
Phaen (Thailand), and Tale of Kieu (Vietnam). We will explore the dynamics of desire
and transgression, duty and sacrifice, kinship and kingship, and the interplay between
folk, court, Buddhist, Confucian, and Hindu values. Finally, we will consider the
contemporary currency and iconic status of these works in Southeast Asia and in
diaspora; what makes a national canon, and why these epic tales of love, loss and war,
remain strangers to the west.
Love Craft: Epic Romance of Southeast Asia: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Southeast Asian/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Instructor: Edwards
South Asian Studies
Terms offered: Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020
This course offers a broad historical, political, ethnographical and and cultural survey of the civilizations of the Indian subcontinent from the earliest period known to archaeology to the advent of Islam as a major cultural and political force around the 13th century CE. Lectures, readings, and class discussions will center on seminal texts that have influenced South Asian civilizations from the earliest antiquity to the late medieval period. This course is open to all interested students and is required for those majoring or minoring in South Asian Studies.
Introduction to the Civilization of Early India: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South Asian/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Formerly known as: South Asian 1A
Introduction to the Civilization of Early India: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021
This course offers a broad historical and cultural survey of the civilizations of the Indian subcontinent from the 12th century to Partition in 1947. Attention will be paid to the geography and ethnography of the region, its political history, and the religious, philosophical, literary, and artistic movements that have shaped it and contributed to its development as a unique, diverse, and fascinating world civilization. Lectures, readings, and class discussions will center on texts that have characterized major cultural, religious, and political formations from the medieval period to the 20th century. This course is open to all interested students and is required for those majoring or minoring in South Asian Studies.
Introduction to the Civilization of Medieval and Modern India: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South Asian/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Formerly known as: South Asian 1B
Introduction to the Civilization of Medieval and Modern India: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
Reading and composition based on 10 classic works of Indian literature ranging from the ancient Sanskrit epics to modern novels by Indian and western authors. Weekly composition on texts and topics read and discussed in class. Satisfies the first half of the Reading and Composition requirement.
Great Books of India: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing Requirement
Requirements this course satisfies: Satisfies the first half of the Reading and Composition requirement
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 10 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South Asian/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Final exam not required.
Formerly known as: South Asian R5A
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023
Reading and composition in connection with eastern and western representations of India, and other Asian cultures, in great works of modern literature. Satisfies the second half of the reading and composition requirement.
India in the Writer's Eye: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Previously passed an R_A course with a letter grade of C- or better. Previously passed an articulated R_A course with a letter grade of C- or better. Score a 4 on the Advanced Placement Exam in English Literature and Composition. Score a 4 or 5 on the Advanced Placement Exam in English Language and Composition. Score of 5, 6, or 7 on the International Baccalaureate Higher Level Examination in English
Requirements this course satisfies: Satisfies the second half of the Reading and Composition requirement
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer:
6 weeks - 10 hours of lecture per week
10 weeks - 4.5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South Asian/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Final exam not required.
Formerly known as: South Asian R5B
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023
This course is a survey of ancient South Asia, from around 2500 BCE to the 10th century CE. Close attention will be paid to the geography and ethnography of the region, its political and economic history, the religious, philosophical, literary, and artistic movements that have shaped it and contributed to its development as a unique, diverse, and fascinating civilization. We will cover broad patterns of historical change in ancient South Asia from the 10th century to the present, major cultural shifts and religious formations that have shaped South Asia over the past thousand-plus years, cultural texts that reflect the history of South Asia, and South Asia’s shifting relations with the world over the longue duree.
Introduction to Ancient South Asia: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for SASIAN 100A after completing SASIAN 1A.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South Asian/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024
This course is a survey of South Asia from the 10th century to the present. Close attention will be paid to the geography and ethnography of the region, its political and economic history, the religious, philosophical, literary, and artistic movements that have shaped it and contributed to its development as a unique, diverse, and fascinating civilization. Students will study the broad patterns of historical change in South Asia from the 10th century to the present, the major cultural shifts and religious formations that have shaped South Asia over the past thousand-plus years, discuss cultural texts that reflect the history of South Asia and explain South Asia’s shifting relations with the world over the longue duree.
Introduction to Medieval and Modern South Asia: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for SASIAN 100B after completing SASIAN 1B.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South Asian/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Introduction to Medieval and Modern South Asia: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2017
The course will provide through lecture, discussion and course readings a comprehensive introduction to the major texts, doctrines, beliefs and practices of classical Hinduism from antiquity to modernity. Special emphasis will be placed on Vedic and Āgamic traditions and on the rise and development of the major Hindu saṃpradāyas, including those of Vaiṣṇavism, Śaivism, Śaktism and Tantrism. Attention will be paid to Hinduism's relationships with non Hindu traditions of South Asia, the rise of political Hinduism and Hinduism in the Indian Diaspora.
Introduction to Hinduism: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Students who have passed S ASIAN 110 do not get credit for SASIAN 110.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South Asian/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Formerly known as: South Asian 110
Terms offered: Spring 2024, Spring 2022, Spring 2021
This course is an advanced introduction to the major teachings of Indian Buddhism and their philosophical elaborations. We will cover the core tenets attributed to the Buddha, and the later doctrinal and scholastic developments that turned Buddhism into one of the principal philosophical traditions of India. For this we will read select primary sources—in principle, extracts of the scriptures and later treatises—and academic articles and book chapters. Rather than offering a broad introductory survey of Buddhist traditions across space and time, this class is geared towards students who are already familiar with the basics of Buddhism and want to deepen their understanding of the principal teachings of Buddhism originating in India.
Buddhist Thought in India: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Students who have passed S ASIAN C113 will not get credit for SASIAN C113.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3-3 hours of lecture and 0-1 hours of discussion per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 8-8 hours of lecture and 0-2 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South Asian/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Also listed as: BUDDSTD C113
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2020
This course is a broad introduction to the history, doctrine, and culture of the Buddhism of Tibet. We will begin with the introduction of Buddhism to Tibet in the eighth century and move on to the evolution of the major schools of Tibetan Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhist literature, ritual and monastic practice, the place of Buddhism in Tibetan political history, and the contemporary situation of Tibetan Buddhism both inside and outside of Tibet.
Tibetan Buddhism: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Students who have passed S ASIAN C114 will not get credit for SASIAN C114.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South Asian/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Also listed as: BUDDSTD C114/TIBETAN C114
Terms offered: Prior to 2007
The purpose of this course is to examine how gender forms an important critical lens through which South Asia can be studied. Through a focus on literary and visual texts, this course will interrogate how gender forms an important component in the social and cultural construction of the self and community in South Asia through an exploration of perspectives on genders, bodies and sexualities and their historical, cultural and social and political dimensions.
Gender and Sexualities in South Asian Literature and Film: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South Asian/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Instructor: Kailasam
Gender and Sexualities in South Asian Literature and Film: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Fall 2009
Literary works of ancient India are read in English translation and studied critically. The course aims at giving a comprehensive picture of many important areas of the Indian literary heritage.
Classical Indian Literature in Translation: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Students passing S ASIAN 121 will not get credit for SASIAN 121
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South Asian/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Formerly known as: South Asian 121
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2022
Lecture and discussion on the novel as it arose on the Indian subcontinent during the 19th and 20th centuries, using English translations and original works in English. Critical discussion of the novel as a modern genre adapted to local conditions and coexisting with older traditions of writing. Examines the novel as a window on Indian modernities. Interpretation of Indian society, culture, and history through literature.
The Novel in India: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Students who passed S ASIAN 122 do not get credit for SASIAN 122.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South Asian/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructor: Parson
Formerly known as: South Asian 122
Terms offered: Fall 2022
The period between 600 and 1600 C.E. witnessed the growth of a number of religious traditions that challenged prevailing orthodoxies and reshaped South Asian society and culture. This course will examine the major developments within Hindu traditions, focusing on popular traditions known as bhakti (devotion). Examines the growth and spread of Islam (particularly, Sufism) and the emergence of Sikhism. The focus of readings is on primary sources – poetry, extracts from theological literature, autobiographical narratives etc. These will be supplemented by secondary sources as appropriate.
Religion in Medieval India: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Students who have passed S ASIAN 123 do not get credit for SASIAN 123.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South Asian/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructor: Paramasivan
Formerly known as: South Asian 123
Terms offered: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2021
Lectures and discussion of 19th and 20th century Indian literature through English translations and original works in English. Interpretation of Indian society and culture through literature.
Modern Indian Literature: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Students who have passed S ASIAN 124 do not get credit for SASIAN 124.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 6 hours of lecture and 4 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South Asian/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Formerly known as: South Asian 124
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2023
This course provides an overview of one of the world's largest and most beloved
film industries, the popular Hindi cinema produced in Bombay (Mumbai) and consumed around
the world under the label "Bollywood." The films and readings range from the post-
Independence era to the present, with introduction to key films, directors, stars, genres, formal
techniques, and themes. Our readings and viewings allow us to question and discuss the ways
these films reflect and influence the cultures and society from which they emerge. We shall
reflect on our own practices of spectatorship and how we consume and label non-western
cultures and culture industries. Together we'll develop a critical vocabulary to help us analyze
and critique Hindi cinema.
Screening India: Bollywood Cinema: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South Asian/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Instructor: Parson
Terms offered: Summer 2008 First 6 Week Session, Summer 2004 10 Week Session, Fall 1996
This course is an introduction to the religions that have their origin on the India subcontinent--Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, and tribal religions--as well as those that originated in other regions such as Islam, Christianity, Judaism, and Zoroastrianism. Organizing this material chronologically rather than teaching it by separate religious traditions facilitates comparisons and promotes an understanding not only of the differences among these religions but also some of their commonalities in philosophy, theology, and praxis.
Religion in Early India: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South Asian/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Formerly known as: South Asian 127
Terms offered: Fall 2018, Fall 2016, Spring 1997
This course considers the co-option, reinterpretation and dissemination of sacred texts and religious practices in various political and cultural projects in India during the colonial and post-colonial periods. Students will be introduced to religious “reform” movements, cross-cultural debates during the colonial period, and how the concept of a secular state in post-Independence India has shaped and continues to shape religious practice and public policy. Important themes include transformations in the role of women, debates around caste and “untouchability”, and religious conversions. Although the emphasis is on Hindu traditions, attention will also be given to other Indian traditions such as Islam, Christianity and Buddhism.
Religion in Modern India: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: South Asian 1A or South Asian 1B or South Asian 110 or permission of instructor
Credit Restrictions: Students who have passed S ASIAN 128 do not get credit for SASIAN 128
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South Asian/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Formerly known as: South Asian 128
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Fall 2021, Spring 2021
This course will examine the role of film, visual media and spectatorship practices in the construction and narration of modern South Asia. In particular, this course will interrogate how modern South Asia has been produced and represented in different visual aesthetic forms such as popular film, arthouse cinema, documentaries, the graphic novel and contemporary digital media spaces such as YouTube. The course will introduce visual and media theories that frame the South Asian filmic and popular cultural forms, the intersections of South Asian visual media in the production of the ‘everyday’ in South Asia and the visual pleasures associated with these spectatorship practices.
Film, Visual Media and Spectatorship Practices in Modern South Asia: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South Asian/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Instructor: Kailasam
Film, Visual Media and Spectatorship Practices in Modern South Asia: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022
This course aims to introduce modern literatures in the Tamil language written in India, Sri Lanka, Singapore and Malaysia and other Tamil diasporic spaces. During the course, students will encounter a wide variety of literary aesthetic practices that shape contemporary Tamil literary histories and their interactions with the larger national literary discourses that shape South and South East Asia. Through critical reading and analysis from mid-19th century to the present historical moment, students will discover how literature is closely linked to the creation and evolution of global Tamil history, culture and identity. There are no prerequisites in terms of a working knowledge of the Tamil language. All texts are in English translation.
Introduction to Contemporary Tamil literature: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South Asian/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Instructor: Kailasam
Introduction to Contemporary Tamil literature: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Spring 2021, Spring 2020
Tamil is a Dravidian language that is spoken by approximately 77 million speakers around the world. Used as an official language in Sri Lanka and Singapore, Tamil’s classical status makes it an exciting language through which diverse modes of ethnic and linguistic belonging can be studied in South Asia. This course is meant to study global Tamil societies through the interdisciplinary lenses of literary and cultural studies; knowledge of the Tamil language is not required. This course will introduce students to the histories, growth and formation of Tamil societies within different national contexts such as India, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, Myanmar and diasporic spaces.
Framing Tamil Worlds: Histories, Cultures and Identities: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Knowledge of the Tamil language not required
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South Asian/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Instructor: Kailasam
Framing Tamil Worlds: Histories, Cultures and Identities: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Fall 2021, Summer 2021 Second 6 Week Session, Fall 2020
Literary and religious aspects of Hindu myths. Reading of selected mythological texts in translation.
Hindu Mythology: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Students passing S ASIAN 140 will not get credit for SASIAN 140
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 7 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South Asian/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructor: Goldman
Formerly known as: South Asian 140
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2021
The course entails substantial selected readings from the great Sanskirt epic poems--the Mahabharata and the Ramayana in translation, selected readings from the corpus of secondary literature on Indian epic studies as well as lectures on salient issues in both. Discussion will focus on a variety of historical and theoretical approaches to the study of the poems and their extraordinary influence on Indian culture. Readings will be supplemented with selected showings of popular cinematic and television versions of the epics.
India's Great Epics: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Students who have passed S ASIAN 142 do not get credit for SASIAN 142
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South Asian/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructor: Goldman
Formerly known as: South Asian 142
Terms offered: Fall 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2015
The aim of this course on the culture and history of Muslim communities and institutions in South Asia is to introduce students to the broad historical currents of the expansion of Islam in the Indian subcontinent, the nature of Muslim political authority, the interaction between religious communities, Islamic aesthetics and contributions to material culture, the varied engagements and reactions of Muslims to colonial rule, and the contemporary concerns of South Asia's Muslims. While this is a lecture course, ample time will be set aside for discussion and the active engagement of participants will be expected. Lectures will be supplemented with visual material, music, and movies where possible.
Islam in South Asia: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor
Credit Restrictions: Students who have passed S ASIAN 144 do not get credit for SASIAN 144
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 8 weeks - 5.5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South Asian/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructor: Faruqui
Formerly known as: South Asian 144
Terms offered: Fall 2021
The aim of this course on the culture and history of Muslim communities and institutions in South Asia is to introduce students to the broad historical currents of the expansion of Islam in the Indian subcontinent, the nature of Muslim political authority, the interaction between religious communities, Islamic aesthetics and contributions to material culture, the varied engagements and reactions of Muslims to colonial rule, and the contemporary concerns of South Asia's Muslims. While this is a lecture course, ample time will be set aside for discussion and the active engagement of participants will be expected. Lectures will be supplemented with visual material, music, and movies where possible.
Islam in South Asia: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for SASIAN C144 after completing HISTORY 144, or SASIAN 144. A deficient grade in SASIAN C144 may be removed by taking HISTORY 144, or SASIAN 144.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South Asian/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructors: Faruqui, Kaicker
Also listed as: HISTORY C114
Terms offered: Fall 2022, Fall 2019, Fall 2013
This course provides a dual chronological and thematic approach to the study of one of the greatest empires in human civilization: the Mughal Empire. Although the bulk of this course will focus on the political, social and economic aspects of Mughal Empire during its heyday between the 1550s and the early 1700s, careful attention will also be paid to the larger historical and geographical contexts that both enabled the emergence and, ultimately, decentralization of Mughal power.
Mughal India: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Students who have passed S ASIAN 146 will not get credit for SASIAN 146.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South Asian/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructor: Faruqui
Formerly known as: South Asian 146
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2019, Fall 2014
Whenever Pakistan comes up as a subject of sustained conversation in the US it usually is for all the wrong reasons: the worst nuclear proliferator in recent history, the refuge of Osama bin Laden, a major source of regional instability in South and Central Asia. Although Pakistan may be viewed with deep mistrust by US policy planners and the American public alike, this course seeks to remind us that it is also a country of great political, economic, religious, and social complexity. This course will situate Pakistan in its historical, political, literary, religious, economic and social contexts with the hope that students will develop nuanced and deeply grounded perspectives on a country that in fact defies easy stereotypes.
Pakistan: An Introduction: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for South Asian 147 after completing South Asian 120 or S ASIAN 147.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South Asian/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Instructor: Faruqui
Formerly known as: South Asian 147
Terms offered: Fall 2023, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2014
Tibetan Buddhists view the moment of death as a rare opportunity for transformation. This course examines how Tibetans have used death and dying in the path to enlightenment. Readings will address how Tibetan funerary rituals work to assist the dying toward this end, and how Buddhist practitioners prepare for this crucial moment through tantric meditation, imaginative rehearsals, and explorations of the dream state.
Death, Dreams, and Visions in Tibetan Buddhism: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Students receiving credit for S ASIAN C154 will not get credit for SASIAN C154.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South Asian/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructor: Dalton
Also listed as: BUDDSTD C154/TIBETAN C154
Death, Dreams, and Visions in Tibetan Buddhism: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Fall 2018, Fall 2012
This course provides a place for graduate-level seminars in Tibetan Buddhism that rely primarily on secondary sources and Tibetan texts in translation. Content will vary between semesters but will typically focus on a particular theme. Themes will be chosen according to student interests, with an eye toward introducing students to the breadth of available western scholarship on Tibet, from classics in the field to the latest publications.
Seminar in Tibetan Buddhism: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Students who have passed S ASIAN C214 will not get credit for SASIAN C214.
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3-3 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South Asian/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Instructor: Dalton
Also listed as: BUDDSTD C214/TIBETAN C214
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023
This graduate seminar focuses on reading a wide spectrum of Indian Buddhist texts in the Sanskrit (or Pali) original introducing the students to different genres, and different aspects of Indian Buddhism. The students taking the course for two units (rather than four) will be expected to prepare thoroughly every week for the reading of Buddhist texts in the original. They will also be expected to read all related secondary literature that is assigned to supplement the study of the primary source material. In contrast to the students taking the course for four units, they will not be expected to write a term paper or to prepare special presentations for class.
Readings in Indian Buddhist Texts: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for S ASIAN C215 after completing S ASIAN 215A, or S ASIAN 215. A deficient grade in S ASIAN C215 may be removed by taking S ASIAN 215.
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3-3 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South Asian/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Instructor: Rospatt
Formerly known as: South Asian C215/Buddhist Studies C215
Also listed as: BUDDSTD C215
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023
This seminar provides an introduction to a broad range of Tibetan Buddhist texts, including chronicles and histories, biographical literature, doctrinal treatises, canonical texts, ritual manuals, pilgrimage guides, and liturgical texts. It is intended for graduate students interested in premodern Tibet from any perspective. Students are required to do all of the readings in the original classical Tibetan. It will also serve as a tools and methods for the study of Tibetan Buddhist literature, including standard lexical and bibliographic references, digital resources, and secondary literature in modern languages. The content of the course will vary from semester to semester to account for the needs and interests of particular students.
Readings in Tibetan Buddhist Texts: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor
Credit Restrictions: Students who have passed S ASIAN C224 will not get credit for SASIAN C224
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3-3 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South Asian/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Instructor: Dalton
Also listed as: BUDDSTD C224/TIBETAN C224
Terms offered: Spring 2022
This course looks at the histories and the contexts of the realist novel through a comparative literary focus on South and South East Asia. By examining novels produced in both South and South East Asia from the 1900’s to the present, this course will look at how the writers in these regions deployed realism in complex and innovative ways to represent ideas of the individual and the collective.
The Realist Novel in South and South East Asia: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: South Asian/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Instructor: Kailasam
The Realist Novel in South and South East Asia: Read Less [-]
Bengali
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2021, Fall 2019
Students will be expected to acquire knowledge of the basic grammar of Bengali, such that they learn to read simple graded texts and to speak at the "low intermediate" level by the end of the year.
Introductory Bengali: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 1A is prerequisite to 1B, or consent of instructor
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 4 hours of lecture and 1 hour of laboratory per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Bengali/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2022, Spring 2020
Students will be expected to acquire knowledge of the basic grammar of Bengali, such that they learn to read simple graded texts and to speak at the "low intermediate" level by the end of the year.
Introductory Bengali: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 1A is prerequisite to 1B, or consent of instructor
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Bengali/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Fall 2023, Fall 2020, Fall 2018
Students are expected to be able to read, with the aid of a dictionary, modern Bengali literature, and speak at a "high-intermediate" level by the end of the year. There will be viewing of Bengali videos at a mutually agreed upon time and in class from time to time.
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Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 1B is prerequisite to 101A; 101A is prerequisite to 101B; or consent of instructor
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 5 hours of session per week
Summer: 10 weeks - 7.5 hours of session per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Bengali/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Spring 2024, Spring 2021, Spring 2019
Students are expected to be able to read, with the aid of a dictionary, modern Bengali literature, and speak at a "high-intermediate" level by the end of the year. There will be viewing of Bengali videos at a mutually agreed upon time and in class from time to time.
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Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 101A or consent of instructor
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 5 hours of session per week
Summer: 10 weeks - 7.5 hours of session per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Bengali/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Filipino
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
A systematic introduction to the grammar, sentence patterns, and essential vocabulary of modern standard Filipino. Emphasis is placed on extensive practice in idiomatic Filipino conversation, with additional practice in reading and writing Filipino.
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Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 1A: None. 1B: 1A
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Filipino/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructor: Barrios-Leblanc
Formerly known as: Tagalog 1A
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024
A systematic introduction to the grammar, sentence patterns, and essential vocabulary of modern standard Filipino. Emphasis is placed on extensive practice in idiomatic Filipino conversation, with additional practice in reading and writing Filipino.
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Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 1B
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Filipino/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructor: Gosalvez
Formerly known as: Tagalog 1B
Terms offered: Summer 2012 8 Week Session
Provides the learner with essential vocabulary and study of sentence structures and grammar. Topics include: everyday life, the use of language in negotiations in the community, language and culture; and the history of Tagalog/Pilipino/Filipino. Students read simple texts and write short essays/creative pieces.
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Hours & Format
Summer: 8 weeks - 20 hours of lecture and 5 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Filipino/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructor: Aban
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
The goal of this course is to enable students to increase their proficiency in Filipino to at least the intermediate-high level of the national ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines. While speaking and listening comprehension will be stressed, training in reading and writing Filipino will be an integral part of instruction. Films and video/audio materials will supplement written texts.
Intermediate Filipino: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 1A-1B
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 5 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 12.5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Filipino/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructor: Barrios-Leblanc
Terms offered: Summer 2019 8 Week Session, Summer 2018 8 Week Session
This is an intermediate class with emphasis on four basic skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. The first part of the course involves a review and expansion of vocabulary and grammar learned in Introductory Filipino through dialogues, listening, reading and writing exercises. Then, students learn four necessary skills in the effective use of Filipino: describing a person, place, or feelings; narrating a story or an incident; defining and explaining; and reasoning.
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Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Filipino 1AB or Filipino 15 or Filipino XY or Placement Exam or Consent of Instructor
Hours & Format
Summer: 8 weeks - 10 hours of lecture and 7 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Filipino/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required, with common exam group.
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023
The goal of this course is to enable students to increase their proficiency in Filipino to at least the intermediate-high level of the national ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines. While speaking and listening comprehension will be stressed, training in reading and writing Filipino will be an integral part of instruction. Films and video/audio materials will supplement written texts.
Intermediate Filipino: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 1A-1B
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 5 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 12.5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Filipino/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructor: Barrios-Leblanc
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
Students read and discuss essays on language, literature, and Phillippine society, and literary texts. Topics include language and the nation; poetry and discourse; language and ideology; and "pananalinghaga" (tropes/metaphors) in understanding society. The students choose whether they would like to go on a creative (poetry, fiction) or a research track (essay).
Advanced Filipino: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 100A-100B or equivalent, or consent of instructor
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Filipino/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructor: Barrios-Leblanc
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023
Students read and discuss essays on language, literature, and Phillippine society, and literary texts. Topics include language and the nation; poetry and discourse; language and ideology; and "pananalinghaga" (tropes/metaphors) in understanding society. The students choose whether they would like to go on a creative (poetry, fiction) or a research track (essay).
Advanced Filipino: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 100A-100B, or equivalent, or consent of instructor
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Filipino/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructor: Barrios-Leblanc
Hindi
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
This course emphasizes development of the full range of Hindi language skills: reading, listening, comprehension, the use of grammatical structures, and oral and written communication—through a variety of learning themes. Individual and small group activities, interactive work and multimedia-based activities reinforce language skills and provide the platform for adapting the curriculum to specific student learning goals. Use of graded exercises and readings drawn from Hindi literature, leads to the mastery of grammatical structures, essential vocabulary and achievement of basic reading and writing competence.
Introductory Hindi: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Students who have passed HIN-URD 1A do not get credit for HINDI 1A
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Hindi/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Formerly known as: Hindi-Urdu 1A
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023
Hindi writing systems. Survey of grammar. Graded exercises and readings drawn from Hindi literature, leading to mastery of grammatical structures and essential vocabulary and achievement of basic reading and writing competence.
Introductory Hindi: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Completion of HINDI 1A (or HIN-URD 1A) or consent of instructor
Credit Restrictions: Students who have passed HINDURD 1B do not get credit for HINDI 1B
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Hindi/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Formerly known as: Hindi-Urdu 1B
Terms offered: Prior to 2007
A comprehensive introduction to modern standard Hindi. The Hindi (Devanagari) writing system; pronunciation; acquisition of grammar and basic vocabulary through graded exercises and readings; special emphasis on the ability to speak and understand Hindi (and spoken Urdu).
Intensive Elementary Hindi: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Students who have passed HINURD 15 do not get credit for HINDI 15
Hours & Format
Summer: 8 weeks - 20 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Hindi/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
Formerly known as: Hindi-Urdu 15
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
Intermediate language course will focus on expanding all language skills (reading, writing, speaking), mastering grammar patterns and new vocabulary through authentic readings from classical and contemporary Hindi literature, epics, mythology and current events. This course acquaints students with representative readings from Hindi texts on pivotal cultural issues from a wide variety of sources, to enable them to acquire cultural competence in the language. Systematic training in advanced grammar and syntax, reinforced by exercises in composition, both oral and written will be integral part of the course. Special attention is given towards developing communication skills through audio/video, digital media and current events.
Intermediate Hindi: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Hindi 1A or 1B (or HINDURD 1A or 1B) or consent of instructor
Credit Restrictions: Students who have passed HINURD 100A do not get credit for HINDI 100A
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Hindi/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructor: Melnikova
Formerly known as: Hindi-Urdu 100A
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023
This course acquaints students with representative readings from Hindi texts on pivotal cultural issues from a wide variety of sources, to enable them to acquire cultural competence in the language. Systematic training in advanced grammar and syntax, reinforced by exercises in composition, both oral and written. Special attention to developing communication skills.
Intermediate Hindi: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 1A-1B
Credit Restrictions: Students who have passed HINURD 100B do not get credit for HINDI 100B
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Hindi/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructor: Jain
Formerly known as: Hindi-Urdu 100B
Terms offered: Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021
This course, conducted entirely in Hindi, is for students who have achieved an intermediate level of proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing. Its objective is to move students toward a greater level of fluency in each of these key areas and to acquire language skills sufficient to approach literary texts on their own. Students use written assignments and discussions to explore contemporary literary genres including short stories, poems, and dramatic sketches from representative authors, focusing on various social, cultural, political, and historical aspects of Indian society. Includes advanced grammar & composition with special emphasis on vocabulary building, idioms, and problems of syntax.
Readings in Modern Hindi: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Two years of Hindi or consent of instructor
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Hindi/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructor: Melnikova
Formerly known as: Hindi-Urdu 101A
Terms offered: Prior to 2007
This course, conducted entirely in Hindi, is for students who have achieved an intermediate level of proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing. Its objective is to move students toward a greater level of fluency in each of these key areas and to acquire language skills sufficient to approach literary texts on their own. Students use written assignments and discussions to explore contemporary literary genres including short stories, poems, and dramatic sketches from representative authors, focusing on various social, cultural, political, and historical aspects of Indian society. Includes advanced grammar & composition with special emphasis on vocabulary building, idioms, and problems of syntax.
Readings in Modern Hindi: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Two years of Hindi or consent of instructor
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Hindi/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructor: Jain
Formerly known as: Hindi-Urdu 101B
Terms offered: Spring 2019
The course will focus on Hindi literature from the pre-modern and the modern periods. Topics will vary from year to year. Students will be expected to write a 25-30 page research paper.
Hindi Literature: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Two years of Hindi or equivalent
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Hindi/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Instructor: Paramasivan
Formerly known as: Hindi-Urdu 221
Indonesian
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
Survey of grammar, graded exercises, and readings drawn from Indonesian texts, leading to a mastery of basic language patterns, essential vocabulary, and to achievement of basic reading, writing, and conversational competence. Emphasis on developing communicative skills.
Introductory Indonesian: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Students who have passed MALAY/I 1A will not get credit for INDONES 1A
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Indonesian/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructor: Lunde
Formerly known as: Malay/Indonesian 1A
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023
Survey of grammar, graded exercises, and readings drawn from Indonesian texts, leading to a mastery of basic language patterns, essential vocabulary, and to achievement of basic reading, writing, and conversational competence. Emphasis on developing communicative skills.
Introductory Indonesian: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Completion of INDONES 1A (formerly MALAYI 1A) or consent of instructor
Credit Restrictions: Students who have passed MALAY/I 1B do not get credit for INDONES 1B
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Indonesian/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructor: Lunde
Formerly known as: Malay/Indonesian 1B
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
Readings in Indonesian texts, including newspapers, journals, and literature exploring a variety of styles. Systematic study of grammatical and lexical problems arising from these readings. Advanced exercises in composition, oral and written communicative skills, and cultural competence.
Intermediate Indonesian: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 1A-1B
Credit Restrictions: Students who have passed MALAY/I 100A do not get credit for INDONES 100A
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Indonesian/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructor: Lunde
Formerly known as: Malay/Indonesian 100A
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023
Readings in Indonesian texts, including newspapers, journals, and literature exploring a variety of styles. Systematic study of grammatical and lexical problems arising from these readings. Advanced exercises in composition, oral and written communicative skills, and cultural competence.
Intermediate Indonesian: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Successful completion of INDONES 1B (formerly MALAY/I 1B) or consent of instructor
Credit Restrictions: Students who have passed MALAY/I 100B do not get credit for INDONES 100B
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Indonesian/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Formerly known as: Malay/Indonesian 100B
Terms offered: Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2019
Various aspects of Indonesian and Malay language, history and development of the language, classical literature, drama, oral literature, modern literature of Indonesia and Malaysia, and dialect studies. Applies various theoretical approaches to the study of the language and literature.
Seminar in Malay Letters and Oral Traditions: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with instructor consent.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Indonesian/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Instructor: Tiwon
Formerly known as: Malay/Indonesian 210A
Terms offered: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022
Various aspects of Malay language and literature, history and development of the language, classical literature, drama, oral literature, modern literature of Indonesia and Malaysia, and dialect studies. Applies various theoretical approaches to the study of the language and literature.
Seminar in Malay Letters and Oral Traditions: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Indonesian/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Instructor: Tiwon
Formerly known as: Malay/Indonesian 210B
Terms offered: Prior to 2007
This course will focus on the 20th century literatures of Indonesia and Malaysia. Emphasis will be on the socio-cultural matrix of such modern genres as the novel, the short story, and poetry. Lectures and most course work in Indonesian.
Readings in Modern Indonesian and Malaysian Literature: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Two years of Malay/Indonesian or consent of instructor
Credit Restrictions: Students who have taken MAYALY/I 132 or MALAY/I 232 will not receive credit for INDONES 232
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Indonesian/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Formerly known as: Malay/Indonesian 232
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Khmer
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
Provides a command of the basic structures of standard spoken Cambodian and tools for reading and writing elementary texts. Through use of computer-based materials, a textbook, and communicative practice, students gain a foundation in "survival" spoken Khmer. This involves memorization of question and answer exchanges in Khmer which students are likely to encounter in modern Cambodia. Topics include greetings, speaking to teachers and elders and discussing language learning, talking about family and personal history, and food. Students learn the Khmer alphabet and important sight-words and to read and write simple sentences on everyday topics. Intended for non-native speakers of Khmer with no oral or aural comprehension in the language. Students will also learn important basic behaviors and courtesies necessary for smooth interaction in Khmer society and culture.
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Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Khmer/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructors: Smith, F.
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023
Students complete their study of everyday standard Khmer to a "survival" level. While the memorization of vocabulary and common personal exchanges practiced in 1A will make up the majority of material studied, students will have some opportunity to learn to improvise and talk about personal work and research interests in Khmer. Topics include transportation and directions, the world of work, religion, health, and conducting daily life in Cambodia. Students learn to read simple authentic texts such as folk tales, personal letters, forms, and roadside signs. Students continue their study of culturally appropriate behavior in the context of Khmer culture, including notions of "saving face" and maintaining social harmony.
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Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 1A or equivalent
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Khmer/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructors: Smith, F.
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
Non-native speakers who have completed Beginning Khmer will build spoken proficiency with emphasis on everyday "storytelling" and the expression of emotions, feelings, and opinions. Students will gain experience reading progressively difficult authentic Khmer texts, including folk tales and newspaper articles. Native speakers with family exposure to Khmer will be introduced to the writing system. They will quickly "catch up" with non-native classmates who have studied the writing system before. All students will study important patterns and structures in Khmer grammar and morphology, and gain a foundation in formal spoken Khmer, express opinions and positions, form arguments, and learn to discuss a variety of topics with educated Khmer speakers. These include Khmer religion, village culture, news, and advertising.
Intermediate Khmer: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 1A-1B or equivalent, or home exposure to Khmer
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Khmer/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructors: Smith, F.
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023
Students learn to read roadside signs, scholarly articles, and an entire Khmer novel. Topics include current events in Cambodia, Cambodian history and politics, and a basic overview of traditional Khmer literature. Much of this study will be accomplished by working on projects in groups with other students. One such project will involve the preparation and performance of a play based on sections of the modern Khmer novel students read in this course. All students will design and carry out an independent research project on the topic of their choice (which will account for 30% of the final grade), and present their research at the end of the second semester to an audience of their peers, entirely in Khmer.
Intermediate Khmer: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 100A
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Khmer/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructors: Smith, F.
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
This course continues the themes and goals of 100B. Students will focus on the same broad topics covered in Intermediate Khmer--religion, traditional culture, and the language of public information (news and advertising)--but they will learn more advanced vocabulary and grammatical structures necessary for the discussion of these topics with educated native speakers, and read more advanced texts dealing with these topics than the Intermediate students. Additional material beyond the Intermediate curriculum includes reading and analyzing historical folk tales, learning to discuss the rice-farming cycle, and acquiring the tools to discuss research and "development" work in Cambodia at a sophisticated level.
Advanced Khmer: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Two years of Khmer or consent of instructor
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Khmer/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructors: Smith, F.
Terms offered: Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016
Students will read advanced texts dealing with the topics of politics and history. They will also gain exposure to traditional verse texts, and read, discuss, and undertake group projects based on a variety of modern Khmer short stories. As in the case with Intermediate Khmer, students will also undertake substantial independent study, culminating in a final oral presentation. However, the standard by which both written and oral material will be judged will be much higher for Advanced students. Special attention will be paid to formal speaking style and advanced grammatical structures in Khmer for all students, and colloquial spoken expression for non-native speakers.
Advanced Khmer: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Two years of Khmer or consent of instructor
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Khmer/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructors: Smith, F.
Punjabi
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
Gurmukhi script. Survey of grammar. Graded exercises, leading to a mastery of basic language patterns, essential vocabulary, and achievement of basic reading and writing skills.
Introductory Punjabi: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 1A is prerequisite to 1B
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 2 hours of laboratory per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Punjabi/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructors: Ubhi, Upkar
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023
Gurmukhi script. Survey of grammar. Graded exercises, leading to a mastery of basic language patterns, essential vocabulary, and achievement of basic reading and writing skills.
Introductory Punjabi: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 1A
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 2 hours of laboratory per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Punjabi/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructor: Ubhi
Terms offered: Summer 2000 10 Week Session, Summer 1998 10 Week Session, Summer 1997 10 Week Session
A comprehensive introduction to modern standard Punjabi as spoken in India and Pakistan. The Gurmukhi writing system; pronunciation; asquisition of grammar and basic vocabulary through graded exercises and readings; special emphasis on the ability to speak and understand Punjabi.
Intensive Elementary Punjabi: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Summer: 8 weeks - 20 hours of lecture and 5 hours of laboratory per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Punjabi/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructor: Singh
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
Focus on reading, writing and speaking Punjabi more fluently in formal and informal contexts. Selected readings vary every semester. These form the starting point to stimulate students' own writings which include a long interview with a Punjabi elder from the wider community. These may be recorded in the students' own voices and form a contribution to the ongoing "Punjabi Voices" project. Review of grammar provided as needed in addition to the introduction of more complex grammatical structures. Grading based on performance in class and final presentation, weekly quizzes, two midterms, and a final.
Intermediate Punjabi: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 1B is prerequisite to 100A; 100A is prerequisite to 100B
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 2 hours of laboratory per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Punjabi/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructors: Ubhi, Upkar
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023
Focus on reading, writing and speaking Punjabi more fluently in formal and informal contexts. Selected readings vary every semester. These form the starting point to stimulate students' own writings which include a long interview with a Punjabi elder from the wider community. These may be recorded in the students' own voices and form a contribution to the ongoing "Punjabi Voices" project. Review of grammar provided as needed in addition to the introduction of more complex grammatical structures. Grading based on performance in class and final presentation, weekly quizzes, two midterms, and a final.
Intermediate Punjabi: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 100A
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 2 hours of laboratory per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Punjabi/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructor: Ubhi
Sanskrit
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
Elements of Sanskrit grammar and practice in reading Sanskrit texts.
Elementary Sanskrit: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Sanskrit/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructor: S. Goldman
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023
Elements of Sanskrit grammar and practice in reading Sanskrit texts.
Elementary Sanskrit: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Completion of SANSKR 100A or equivalent
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Sanskrit/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructor: S. Goldman
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
Introduces students to the itihasa/puraic traditions and related commentarial style of Sanskrit. An extended passage from Valmiki's Ramayaada, Vyasa's Mahabharata, or one of the Mahapuradas is normally read with commentary, if available. The development of strong reading skills is the focus of the class. Additionally, students are introduced to the use of hard copy and web-based resources. Grammar is reviewed and explained as needed. Students are also introduced to the current scholarship on epic literature. Students are expected to memorize at least one verse per class for recitation. Emphasis is placed on correct prosody and pronunciation. Submission of an annotated translation project, assigned in class, is required.
Intermediate Sanskrit: Epic and Puracic Sanskrit: Read More [+]
Objectives & Outcomes
Course Objectives: Course content changes every semester and may be repeated for credit. Reading of texts in the original language. Students are expected to prepare readings for translation in class. Mastering of grammar and genre-specific style is emphasized. Additionally students skills in writing, listening, and speaking of Sanskrit are further developed.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 100B. 101B may be taken before 101A with consent of instructor
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 4.5 hours of lecture per week
Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Sanskrit/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructor: S. Goldman
Intermediate Sanskrit: Epic and Puracic Sanskrit: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023
Introduces students to Sanskrit sastra and related commentary. Reading selections are generally taken from either the grammatical (vyakaraada), literary critical )alakarasatra) or the philosophical (darsana) tradition, including such works as Mahabhaya, Tarkasagraha, Kavyadarsa, etc. Reading skills and familiarity with resources - hard copy and web-based - as well as current trends and scholarship in the relevant areas are emphasized. Grammar is reviewed and explained as needed. Students are expected to memorize at least one verse per class. Emphasis is placed on correct prosody and pronunciation. Submission of an annotated translation or similar project, assigned in class, is required.
Intermediate Sanskrit: Sastraic (Scientific) Sanskrit: Read More [+]
Objectives & Outcomes
Course Objectives: Course content changes every semester and may be repeated for credit. Intensive language instruction - reading of texts in the original language. Students are expected to prepare readings for translation in class. Mastering of grammar and genre-specific style is emphasized. Additionally students' skills in writing, listening, and speaking of Sanskrit are further developed.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 100B. 101B may be taken before 101A with consent of instructor
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 4.5 hours of lecture per week
Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Sanskrit/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructor: S. Goldman
Intermediate Sanskrit: Sastraic (Scientific) Sanskrit: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Spring 2022, Fall 2020, Spring 2019
Introduces students to classical literary Sanskrit (sahitya) and commentary, where available. An extended passage of a kavya and/or an entire plat (naaka) is read, Works of Kalidasa, Bhasa, and the like are normally read. Developing strong reading skills is the focus of the class. Students develop skills to use hard copy and web-based resources. Grammar is reviewed and explained as needed. Students are also introduced to current scholarship and trends in literary analysis. Students are expected to memorize at least one verse per class. Emphasis is placed on correct prosody and pronunciation. Submission of an annotated translation project, assigned in class, is required. Course content changes every semester and may be repeated for credit.
Intermediate Sanskrit: Sahitya (Literary Sanskrit): Read More [+]
Objectives & Outcomes
Course Objectives: Intensive language instruction - reading of texts in the original language. Students are expected to prepare readings for translation in class. Mastering of grammar and genre-specific style is emphasized. Additionally students' skills in writing, listening, and speaking of Sanskrit are further developed.
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: Sanskrit 100AB or equivalent
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 4.5 hours of lecture per week
Summer:
6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Sanskrit/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructor: S. Goldman
Intermediate Sanskrit: Sahitya (Literary Sanskrit): Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2021
Advanced readings in Sanskrit literature, including Sanskrit ornate poetry with emphasis on the canons of poetic analysis of the Indian aesthetic tradition.
Sanskrit Literature: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 101B or equivalent
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Sanskrit/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Instructor: R.P. Goldman
Terms offered: Spring 2024, Spring 2022, Spring 2021
Advanced readings in Sanskrit literature, including Sanskrit ornate poetry with emphasis on the canons of poetic analysis of the Indian aesthetic tradition.
Sanskrit Literature: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 101B or equivalent
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Sanskrit/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Instructor: R.P. Goldman
Terms offered: Fall 2009, Fall 2000, Spring 1999
Readings from the and other Vedic texts, including and . Knowledge of German and/or French is recommended.
Vedic Sanskrit: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 101B or equivalent
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Sanskrit/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Terms offered: Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2008
Introduction to Middle Indic. An intensive study of texts in one or more of the Prakrit dialects, Pali, or Apabhramsa.
Middle Indic: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 101B or equivalent
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Sanskrit/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Terms offered: Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Fall 2009
Reading of a Sanskrit philosophical, logical, or grammatical text, with attention to philosophical, logical, or grammatical features. Text to be chosen in consultation with students.
Sanskrit Philosophical Texts: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Two years of Sanskrit or equivalent
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar and 1 hour of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Sanskrit/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Tamil
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
The grammar of modern Tamil will be covered followed by readings in simple texts. Practice will also be given in spoken Tamil.
Introductory Tamil: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Tamil/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructor: K. Hart
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023
The grammar of modern Tamil will be covered followed by readings in simple texts. Practice will also be given in spoken Tamil.
Introductory Tamil: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Tamil/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructor: K. Hart
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
These courses introduce students to a variety of literary styles. 101A will consist of weekly readings and discussions of short stories, poems, and dramatic sketches from representative authors. Short written assignments on themes suggested by the readings are required. Special attention is paid to matters of style and idiom. 101B is devoted to viewing films based on a variety of themes (social, village, mythological, classical Tamil) and to reading scripts and oral written exercises. Students will acquire language skills sufficient to approach literary texts on their own.
Readings in Tamil: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: one-year of Tamil or consent of instructor
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Tamil/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructor: K. Hart
Terms offered: Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016
These courses introduce students to a variety of literary styles. 101A will consist of weekly readings and discussions of short stories, poems, and dramatic sketches from representative authors. Short written assignments on themes suggested by the readings are required. Special attention is paid to matters of style and idiom. 101B is devoted to viewing films based on a variety of themes (social, village, mythological, classical Tamil) and to reading scripts and oral written exercises. Students will acquire language skills sufficient to approach literary texts on their own.
Readings in Tamil: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 1-year of Tamil or consent of instructor
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Tamil/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructor: K. Hart
Terms offered: Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014
Readings in advanced Tamil. Texts to be determined by the needs of the student.
Seminar in Tamil Literature: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Tamil 100B or consent of instructor
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with instructor consent.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Tamil/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Terms offered: Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017
Readings in advanced Tamil. Texts to be determined by the needs of the student.
Seminar in Tamil Literature: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 100B
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with instructor consent.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar and 1 hour of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Tamil/Graduate
Grading: Letter grade.
Instructor: G. Hart
Telugu
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
The focus of this course will be on systematic grammar, essential vocabulary, and conversations. The goal is to achieve basic reading, writing, and conversational competence as well as exposure to Telugu culture and traditions through language learning. Students will be able to read short stories by the end of this course with some facility.
Elementary Telugu: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 1A is prerequisite to 1B
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 4 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Telugu/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructor: Rajulu
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023
The focus of this course will be on systematic grammar, essential vocabulary, and conversations. The goal is to achieve basic reading, writing, and conversational competence as well as exposure to Telugu culture and traditions through language learning. Students will be able to read short stories by the end of this course with some facility.
Elementary Telugu: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 1A is a prerequisite for 1B
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 4 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Telugu/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructor: Rajulu
Thai
Terms offered: Fall 2023, Fall 2020, Fall 2018
This course is designed for students who have little or no knowledge of the Thai language. The focus of Thai 1A is to build vocabulary and develop the ability to speak with correct pronunciation through basic conversation in day-to-day settings. Students will be introduced to the Thai alphabets and syllable construction rules. To prepare students for intensive literacy acquisition in the spring semester, students are expected to read and write simple words and short sentences by the end of the semester. The class will study common facts about Thailand, etiquette, customs, and values in contemporary Thai culture, through discussion, proverbs, and participation in cultural activities.
Introduction to Thai: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Thai/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructor: Hope
Terms offered: Spring 2024, Spring 2021, Spring 2019
Continuing on from the fundamental knowledge of syllable construction learned in Thai 1A, this course is designed to rapidly elevate student's literacy, with the goal of completely abandoning transcription by mid-semester. By the end of the course, students should be reading and writing short descriptive and creative essays, equivalent to 2nd grade students in Thai school. Students continue to learn new vocabulary, grammar and practical thematic conversation with the opportunity to practice with native speakers. Students will also be introduced to Thai customs, culture and value, through a variety of media and cultural activities. Thai is used as the language of instruction up to 20% of the time.
Introduction to Thai: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Thai 1A, (Beginning Introductory Thai) or equivalent, by consent of instructor. Ability to speak some Thai and carry out basic conversation about oneself, family, food, and numbers. Knowledge of the alphabet, and ability to read and write simple words at rudimentary level
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Thai/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructor: Hope
Terms offered: Fall 2021, Fall 2019, Fall 2017
This course continues to integrate cultural awareness into language education. The emphasis shifts from the concrete to the abstract. Students will begin to read and write compound sentences, formal essays, and letters. Students will have the opportunity to practice conversation with native speakers. Students will also watch Thai films throughout the semester. Thai as the language of instruction will gradually increase from 20% up to 50%. By the end of the semester, students should have acquired a level of literacy equivalent to 4th grade in Thai schools.
Intermediate Thai: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Thai 1B (Upper Introductory Thai) or equivalent, by consent of instructor. At least medium fluency in spoken and written Thai. Ability to conduct small talk with sufficient fluency. Ability to read and write equivalent to 2nd grade level in Thai school
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Thai/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Spring 2018
A continuation of Intermediate Thai 100A. Students will learn to read longer and more abstract writing, advertisements from newspapers, and articles from magazines and webpage. The class will cover expressions, figures of speech, higher level grammar, and hierarchical pronouns. Writing will move from descriptive to expository. To increase verbal skills and cultural education, students will watch karaoke, TV advertisements, and films. Students will also have regular intensive conversation practice and in-class presentation. The language of instruction will be in Thai approximately 50% to 70% of the time. By the end of the semester, the average student should have acquired a level of literacy equivalent to 5th to 6th grade in Thai schools.
Intermediate Thai: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Thai 100A (Lower Intermediate Thai) or equivalent, by consent of instructor. Ability to read descriptive articles, and write short composition equivalent to 3rd - 4th grade students in Thai school. Capable of carrying informal conversation on a general subject with medium fluency
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Thai/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2018
In this third-year course, students further improve active literacy by reading and listening to authentic materials from a variety of contemporary sources including print, web, and broadcast media, and short stories. The class will learn the history of Thailand in the Ayuddhaya period and explore the Thai cultural psyche in order to gain a deeper understanding of cultural values and constructs, their historical development, and the dialectical forces of the old and the new. Students will be required to employ the language in critical analysis and debate in both writing and speech.
Advanced Thai: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 100A
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of reading per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Thai/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019
This course is designed to enhance students’ competence in reading and writing Thai. Students will be reading texts from "The Thai Cultural Reader," newspapers, news from the internet, and selected short stories. The students will improve their listening skills and will discuss selected topics both orally and in writing. The language of instruction is Thai.
Advanced Thai: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 100A
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of reading per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Thai/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Urdu
Terms offered: Fall 2023, Summer 2023 First 6 Week Session, Fall 2022
The course concentrates on developing skills in reading, writing, speaking, and aural comprehension. Evaluation is based on attendance, written homework assignments, quizzes, dictations, and examinations. Conventional teaching materials may be supplemented by popular songs and clips from contemporary Indian cinema.
Introductory Urdu: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for URDU 1A after completing HINDURD 2A.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 5 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 10 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Urdu/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Formerly known as: Hindi-Urdu 2A
Terms offered: Spring 2024, Summer 2023 Second 6 Week Session, Spring 2023
The course concentrates on developing skills in reading, writing, speaking, and aural comprehension. Evaluation is based on attendance, written homework assignments, quizzes, dictations, and examinations. Conventional teaching materials may be supplemented by popular songs and clips from contemporary Indian cinema.
Introductory Urdu: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Completion of URDU 1A (formerly HINURD 2A) or consent of the instructor
Credit Restrictions: Students who have passed HINURD 2B will not receive credit for URDU 1B.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 5 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 10 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Urdu/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Formerly known as: Hindi-Urdu 2B
Terms offered: Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021
Introduces various types of written and spoken Urdu; vocabulary building, idioms, and problems of syntax; and conversation. Reading of selected fiction and nonfiction in modern Urdu, including fables, short stories, and poetry. Exercises in grammar, conversation, and composition.
Intermediate Urdu: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Successful completion of Urdu 1A-1B (formerly HINURD 2A - 2B)
Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for HINURD 100A after completing HINURD 103A.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Urdu/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Formerly known as: Hindi-Urdu 103A
Terms offered: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022
Introduces various types of written and spoken Urdu; vocabulary building, idioms, and problems of syntax; and conversation. Reading of selected fiction and nonfiction in modern Urdu, including fables, short stories, and poetry. Exercises in grammar, conversation, and composition.
Intermediate Urdu: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Successful completion of URDU 1A - 1B (formerly HINURD 2A-2B) or permission by the instructor
Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for HINURD 100B after completing HINURD 103B.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Urdu/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Formerly known as: Hindi-Urdu 103B
Terms offered: Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021
Reading of Urdu prose and poetry in a variety of literary and scholarly styles; composition. Topics in advanced grammar; designed to improve proficiency in speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Students will be expected to converse in a clearly participatory fashion, initiate, sustain, and bring to closure a wide variety of communicative tasks using diverse language strategies.
Advanced Urdu: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Two years of Urdu or consent of instructor
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Summer: 6 weeks - 4 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Urdu/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Instructor: Bruce
Formerly known as: Hindi-Urdu 104A
Terms offered: Prior to 2007
Reading of Urdu prose and poetry in a variety of literary and scholarly styles; composition. Topics in advanced grammar; designed to improve proficiency in speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Students will be expected to converse in a clearly participatory fashion, initiate, sustain, and bring to closure a wide variety of communicative tasks using diverse language strategies.
Advanced Urdu: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Two years of Urdu or consent of instructor
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Urdu/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Formerly known as: Hindi-Urdu 104B
Vietnamese
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
An introduction to modern spoken and written Vietnamese, including intensive drill on basic phonology and grammar. By the end of the second semester the student should be able to function successfully in ordinary Vietnamese conversation and read simple texts of moderate difficulty.
Introductory Vietnamese: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 1A or equivalent or consent of instructor is a prerequiste for 1B
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 5-5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Vietnamese/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023
An introduction to modern spoken and written Vietnamese, including intensive drill on basic phonology and grammar. By the end of the second semester the student should be able to function successfully in ordinary Vietnamese conversation and read simple texts of moderate difficulty.
Introductory Vietnamese: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 1A or equivalent or consent of instructor
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Vietnamese/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Summer 2016 8 Week Session, Summer 2012 10 Week Session, Summer 2012 8 Week Session
Provides the learner with essential vocabulary, grammar, and literacy through intensive drills and written and oral exercises. By the end of the course, students should be able to function successfully in everyday Vietnamese conversation and read simple texts of moderate difficulty.
Intensive Introductory Vietnamese: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Summer: 8 weeks - 20 hours of lecture and 5 hours of discussion per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Vietnamese/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructor: Tran
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
A second-year course in Vietnamese vocabulary and syntax with intensive drills on short colloquial expressions and auditory recognition of speech patterns. First semester course stresses phraseology, sentence building, rules of composition and development of students' communicative skills. By the end of the second semester students will learn to speak and write simple compositions and will have a cursory introduction to Vietnamese literature and sample readings from contemporary Vietnamese writers.
Intermediate Vietnamese: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 1A-1B, or consent of instructor; 100A or consent of instructor is a prerequisite for 100B
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 5-5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Vietnamese/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023
A second-year course in Vietnamese vocabulary and syntax with intensive drills on short colloquial expressions and auditory recognition of speech patterns. First semester course stresses phraseology, sentence building, rules of composition and development of students' communicative skills. By the end of the second semester students will learn to speak and write simple compositions and will have a cursory introduction to Vietnamese literature and sample readings from contemporary Vietnamese writers.
Intermediate Vietnamese: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 100A, or consent of instructor
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 5 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Vietnamese/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Prior to 2007
The goal of Late Intermediate/Early Advanced Vietnamese is to improve conversational fluency,advanced reading competence, and facility in writing. This course also provides an introduction to Vietnamese literature and culture. Readings will include folk tales, short stories, and poems. By the end of the course, students should have built solid skills in reading, speaking, and writing Vietnamese and be prepared to take advanced Vietnamese language and literature courses.Regular attendance and participation in classroom activities is mandatory. Little English will be spoken in class.
Late Intermediate/Early Advanced Vietnamese: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Summer: 6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Vietnamese/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.
Instructors: Nguyen, Tran
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
This course is intended to help students with an intermediate knowledge of Vietnamese improve their capacity to read advanced literary texts. It will also enhance the speaking and listening skills of students and their writing ability. The course also aims to introduce students to Vietnamese literature during the immediate post-war and Renovation periods, from 1976 to 1995. Students will also listen to songs composed during the same period, and watch 3 movies.
Advanced Vietnamese: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 100B or equivalent
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with instructor consent.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Vietnamese/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023
This course is intended to help students with an intermediate knowledge of Vietnamese improve their capacity to read advanced literary texts. It will also enhance the speaking and listening skills of students and their writing ability. The course also provides an introduction to the literature and culture of Vietnam. Readings vary from semester to semester and will include novels, short stories, and poems from the classical, colonial, and contemporary periods. The course may also include Vietnamese modern songs and movies.
Advanced Vietnamese: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Vietnamese 101A or equivalent
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with instructor consent.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Vietnamese/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Contact Information
Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies
7233 Dwinelle Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720-2540
Phone: 510-642-4218
Undergraduate Faculty Adviser
Jacob Dalton
3114 Dwinelle Hall
Graduate Advisor
Kristen Brooks
3411 Dwinelle Hall
Phone: 510-642-4219
Undergraduate Advisor
Cassandra Dunn
7228 Dwinelle Hall
Equity and Inclusion Officer
Munis D. Faruqui
358 Dwinelle Hall