Southeast Asia

Program Requirements

Students may choose between three degree options when considering a study focus on Southeast Asia. Two B.A. Major degree options and a General/Minor program option exist.

I. Southeast Asian Language and Literature Concentration B.A. Major Degree.

The first is a Major degree option focused on literature, culture and language, with Indonesian-Malay being the Southeast Asian language offered. However, this degree option also includes Pacific Studies courses surveying the entire Asia-Pacific region and the history of Southeast Asia, a course surveying the literature of a second Pacific-Asia area (China, Japan), and the possibility to take courses on Southeast Asian Art History.

II. Pacific Studies Southeast Asia Concentration B.A. Major Degree

The second major degree option focuses on the Pacific Studies courses on the history and social structure of Southeast Asian societies, but includes training in Indonesian language, and courses on Southeast Asian literature, as well as courses on theory and in a second Pacific-Asian area of concentration (China, Japan, Oceania).

III. General/Minor Program in Southeast Asian Studies

The third degree option is the General/Minor program requiring fewer units for completion. This program option focuses on language and literature, but includes the possibility to take a survey of the history and social structure of Southeast Asian societies.

Requirements:
Southeast Asian Language and Literature Concentration

1st and 2nd Years	PACI 210 (1.5 units)
	PACI 290 (1.5 units)
	SEA 100A and B (3 units)
	SEA 200A and B (3 units)
	SEA 201A and B (3 units)

3rd and 4th Years	3 units selected from SEA 302A and B, SEA 320, SEA 324
	1.5 units of upper level language/literature/culture courses from Chinese or Japanese concentration
	3 units of PACI 323A and B
	PACI 392
	3 units of SEA 300 (or if not available 3 units selected from History in Art 330A/B, PACI 411, PACI 412)
	3 units selected from History in Art 430, 431, 432, SEA 481

Requirements:
Pacific Studies Southeast Asia Area Concentration

1st and 2nd Years	PACI 210 (1.5 units)
	PACI 290 (1.5 units)
	SEA 100A and B (3 units)
	SEA 200A and B (3 units)
	SEA 201A and B (3 units)

3rd and 4th Years	SEA 300 (3 units) or 3 units selected from SEA 302A and B, SEA 320, SEA 324, SEA 481
	PACI 323A and B (3 units)
	3 units selected from one of the following sequences: --PACI 319A and B (China) --PACI 321A and B (Japan) --PACI 328A and B (Oceania)
	PACI 325 or 390 or equivalent (1.5 units)
	A Southeast Asia Seminar (PACI 411, 412) (1.5 units)
	A 400-level seminar on China, Taiwan, Japan, or Oceania selected from PACI 413, 414, 417, 420, 422, 440 (1.5 units)
	PACI 490A (1.5 units)

Requirements:
General Program in Southeast Asian Studies

1st Year

SEA 100A and B (3 units)

2nd Year	SEA 200A and B (3 units)
	SEA 201A and B (3 units)

3rd and 4th Years	SEA 300
	6 units of 300 and 400 level courses related to Southeast Asia to be chosen from the following 1.5 unit courses: SEA 302A and B, 320, 324, 481, PACI 323A and B, Anthropology 329, History in Art 333A and B, 359, 411, 431, 433.

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Courses

SEA 100A	[view outline]	Introduction to Indonesian-Malay: I
SEA 100B	[view outline]	Introduction to Indonesian-Malay: II

SEA 200A	[view outline]	Intermediate Indonesian-Malay I
SEA 200B	[view outline]	Intermediate Indonesian-Malay II
SEA 201A	[view outline]	Southeast Asian Cultures and Societies: I
SEA 201B	[view outline]	Southeast Asian Cultures and Societies: II
SEA 300	[view outline]	Advanced-Intermediate Indonesian-Malay

SEA 302A	[view outline]	Southeast Asian Literature in Translation
SEA 302B	[view outline]	Modern Indonesian and Pacific Literature
SEA 320	[view outline]	The Theatre of Indonesia
SEA 324	[view outline]	Southeast Asian Cinema

SEA 481	[view outline]	Special Topics

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