Timetable
Courses Offered in AY2026-2027
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.
Please refer to the CourseReg UG Course Setup before course registration in CourseReg@EduRec.
SEMESTER 1
| Course Code | Course Title | Lecturer(s) |
| GEC1013 | World Religions | Serina Rahman Irving Johnson |
| GEC1034 | Understanding the Changing Global Economic Landscape | Teofilo Daquila |
| GEC1048 | Death and Dying in the Human Experience | Mohamed Effendy |
| GESS1035 | Singapore and the Sea | Serina Rahman Hamzah Muzaini |
| SE1101E | The Lands Below the Winds: Southeast Asia in the World | Mohamed Effendy |
| SE2214 | Beyond the Frame: Arts and Lives in Southeast Asia | Jan Mrazek |
| SE2217 | War & Southeast Asia | Mohamed Effendy |
| SE2224 | Unmasked! An Introduction to Traditional Dance in SEA | Irving Johnson |
| SE3220 | Country Studies: Mainland Southeast Asia | Michael Dunford |
| SE3550/ISE3550 | Southeast Asian Studies Internship/Extended Internship | All Staff |
| SE4101 | Southeast Asia Studies: Theory & Practice | Faizah Zakaria |
| SE4218 | Majorities and Minorities 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 Rahman |
| GEC1046 | Magic, Myths and Society in Southeast Asia | Serina Rahman |
| HS2905 | Cheeseburger in Paradise: Why we eat what we eat | Lin Hongxuan Liu Mei Hui (NUS Food Science & Technology) |
| SE2210 | Popular Culture in Southeast Asia | TBC |
| SE2221 | Old and New Music in Southeast Asia | Jan Mrazek |
| SE2225 | Forbidden Pleasures: Vice in Southeast Asia | Hamzah Muzaini |
| SE3211 | Religion, Society & Politics in Southeast Asia | Serina Rahman |
| SE3219 | Country Studies: Island Southeast Asia | Lin Hongxuan |
| SE3224 | Thai Drawing and Painting | Irving Johnson |
| SE3233 | Martial Arts in Southeast Asia | Mohamed Effendy |
| 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.