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:

  1. Class timetable is available on NUSMods.
  2. GEH/GEQ/GER/GES/GET modules are offered to students from Cohort 2015 to 2020 only.
  3. GESS/GEC/GEX/GEA/GEI/GEN modules are offered to students from Cohort 2021 onwards.
  4. 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.