Timetable

Courses Offered in AY2025-2026
The Department reserves the right to change the courses offered and content of the courses offered.
Students are strongly advised to check NUSMods for the latest timetable in July (for Semester 1) and December (for Semester 2) each year.
IMPORTANT NOTE FOR UGRD STUDENTS:
Please refer to the CourseReg Course Setup for SE Guide before course registration in CourseReg@EduRec.
SEMESTER 1
Course Code | Course Title | Lecturer(s) |
GEC1048 | Death and Dying in the Human Experience | Mohamed Effendy |
SE1101E | The Lands Below the Winds: Southeast Asia in the World | Irving Johnson Mohamed Effendy |
SE2214 | Beyond the Frame: Arts and Lives in Southeast Asia | Jan Mrazek |
SE2221 | Old and New Music in Southeast Asia | Jan Mrazek |
SE2224 | Unmasked! An Introduction to Traditional Dance in SEA | Irving Johnson |
SE2230 | Modern Southeast Asia Through Film | Douglas Kammen |
SE2660^ | Independent Study | All Staff |
SE3211 | Religion, Society & Politics in Southeast Asia | Serina A Rahman |
SE3216 | Migration, Diaspora and Refugees in Southeast Asia | Simon Rowedder |
SE3220 | Country Studies: Mainland Southeast Asia | Michael Dunford |
SE3550/ISE3550 | Southeast Asian Studies Internship/Extended Internship | All Staff |
SE3660^ | Independent Study | All Staff |
SE4101 | Southeast Asia Studies: Theory & Practice | Faizah Zakaria |
SE4218 | Majorities and Minorities in Southeast Asia | Vatthana Pholsena |
SE4223 | Knowledge, Power and Colonialism in Southeast Asia | Siew Han Yeo |
SE4225 | The Cold War in Southeast Asia | Vatthana Pholsena |
SE4401 | Honours Thesis | All Staff |
SE4660 | Independent Study | All Staff |
^For students on Semester-in-SEA Exchange Programme only.
SEMESTER 2
Course Code | Course Title | Lecturer(s) |
GEC1013 | World Religions | Serina A Rahman Kuah Khun Eng (Adjunct) |
GEC1046 | Magic, Myths and Society in Southeast Asia | Serina A Rahman |
SE1101E | Southeast Asia: A Changing Region | Mohamed Effendy Irving Johnson |
HS2905 | Cheeseburger in Paradise: Why we eat what we eat | Lin Hongxuan Liu Mei Hui (NUS Food Science & Technology) |
SE2217 | War and Southeast Asia | Mohamed Effendy |
SE2880 | Topics in Southeast Asian Studies | TBC |
SE3219 | Country Studies: Island Southeast Asia | Lin Hongxuan |
SE3221 | Traditional Music in a SE Asian Country | Jan Mrazek |
SE3224 | Thai Drawing and Painting | Irving Johnson |
SE3233 | Martial Arts in Southeast Asia | Mohamed Effendy |
SE3880 | Topics in Southeast Asian Studies | TBC |
SE3550/ISE3550 | Southeast Asian Studies Internship/Extended Internship | All Staff |
SE4401 | Honours Thesis | All Staff |
SE4660 | Independent Study | All Staff |
Important Notes:
- Class timetable is available on NUSMods.
- GEH/GEQ/GER/GES/GET modules are offered to students from Cohort 2015 to 2020 only.
- GESS/GEC/GEX/GEA/GEI/GEN modules are offered to students from Cohort 2021 onwards.
- All language modules are offered by the Centre for Language Studies (CLS). Southeast Asian Studies major students who wish to plan for the modules may view the language modules offered from CLS website.