Northern Illinois University
Center for Southeast Asian Studies
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Burmese

FLBU 104 - Beginning Burmese II

Class #3202-Section 0001
Hybrid: Online w/face-to-face
Monday, Wednesday, 11-11:50 a.m. (Online 100%: Synchronous)
Tuesday, Thursday – 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. (DuSable Hall 246)
Tharaphi Than
5 credit hours
20 student capacity

FLBU 204 – Intermediate Burmese II

Class #3203-Section 0001
Monday, Wednesday, 12:30-1:45 p.m. (DuSable Hall 428)
Tharaphi Than
3 credit hours
20 student capacity

FLBU 400 – Special Topics in Burmese Language, Literature, Linguistics or Culture

Class #3840-Section 0001
Online 100%: Synchronous
Tuesday, Thursday, 12:30-1:45 p.m.
Tharaphi Than
3 credit hours
15 student capacity

Indonesian

FLIN 104 – Beginning Indonesian II

Class #3214-Section 0001
Hybrid: Online w/face-to-face
Monday, Wednesday, 1-1:50 p.m. (Online 100%: Synchronous)
Tuesday, Thursday, 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. (DuSable Hall 268)
Rahmi Aoyama
5 credit hours
20 student capacity

FLIN 204 - Intermediate Indonesian II

Class #3215-Section 0001
Face-to-face
Tuesday, Thursday, 9:30-10:45 a.m. (DuSable Hall 268)
Rahmi Aoyama
3 credit hours
20 student capacity

FLIN 300 - Special Topics in Indonesian Language, Literature, Linguistics or Culture

Class #3792-Section 00P1
Face-to-face
Tuesday, Thursday, 12:30-1:45 p.m. (DuSable Hall 256)
Rahmi Aoyama
3 credit hours
10 student capacity

Khmer

FLKH 104 - Beginning Khmer II

Class #3720-Section 0001
Online 100%: Synchronous
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, 2-2:50 p.m.
Kheang Leang
5 credit hours
20 student capacity

FLKH 204 - Intermediate Khmer II

Class #3721-Section 0001
Online 100%: Synchronous
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 11 -11:50 a.m.
Kheang Leang
3 credit hours
20 student capacity

Tagalog

FLTA 104 - Beginning Tagalog II

Class #3258-Section 0001
face-to-face
Monday, Wednesday, 2-2:50 p.m. (DuSable Hall 452)
Tuesday, Thursday, 2-3:15 p.m. (DuSable Hall 268)
Rhodalyne Gallo-Crail
5 credit hours
20 student capacity

FLTA 204 - Intermediate Tagalog II

Class #3259-Section 0001
Face-to-face
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 1-1:50 p.m. (DuSable Hall 400)
Rhodalyne Gallo-Crail
3 credit hours
20 student capacity

FLTA 300 - Special Topics in Tagalog Language, Literature, Linguistics or Culture

Class #4754-Section 0Y01
Online 100%: Asynchronous
Rhodalyne Gallo-Crail
3 credit hours
5 student capacity

FLTA 400 - Special Topics in Tagalog Language, Literature, Linguistics or Culture

Class #4755-Section 0Y01
Online 100%: Asynchronous
Rhodalyne Gallo-Crail
3 credit hours
5 student capacity

FLTA 500 - Special Topics in Tagalog Language, Literature, Linguistics or Culture

Class #4756-Section 0Y01
Online 100%: Asynchronous
Rhodalyne Gallo-Crail
3 credit hours
5 student capacity

Thai

FLTH 104 - Beginning Thai II

Class #3260-Section 0001
Face-to-face
Monday, Wednesday, 2-2:50 p.m. (DuSable Hall 256)
Tuesday, Thursday, 2-3:15 p.m. (DuSable Hall 248)
Kanjana Thepboriruk
5 credit hours
20 student capacity

FLTH 204 - Intermediate Thai II

Class #3261-Section 0001
Face-to-face
Monday, Wednesday, 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. (DuSable Hall 268)
Kanjana Thepboriruk
3 credit hours
20 student capacity

FLTH 400 – Special Topics in Thai Language, Literature, Linguistics or Culture

Class #3992-Section 0001
Face-to-face
Tuesday, Thursday, 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. (DuSable Hall 212)
Kanjana Thepboriruk
3 credit hours
10 student capacity

FLTH 500 – Special Topics in Thai Language, Literature, Linguistics or Culture

Class #4095-Section 0001
Face-to-face
Tuesday, Thursday, 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. (DuSable Hall 212)
Kanjana Thepboriruk
3 credit hours
10 student capacity

ANTH 328 - Anthropology of Religion

Class #7183-Section 0001, face-to-face
Tuesdays, 6-8:40 p.m.
Stevens Building 173
Micah Morton
3 credit hours

Description and analysis of religious and ritual activities and how they articulate with other aspects of culture. PRQ: ANTH 220.

Class capacity: 30

EAE 303 - Water Resources and The Environment

Class #4743-Section 0001, face-to-face
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 9-9:50 a.m.
Davis Hall 308
Melissa Lenczewski, Bao-Son Trinh
3 credit hours

Evaluation of water as a resource; its availability, distribution, use, and quality. Operation of the hydrologic cycle and relationships between surface water and the soil, groundwater, and atmosphere. Human impacts on water resources and the management of water-related hazards, including flooding, drought, and the spread of disease. Lecture and field experience.

Class capacity: 50

EAE 459 - Geographic Information Systems

Class #4859-Section 0001, Hybrid: Online w/ face-to-face (Days, Times, Room TBA)
Class #4767-Section 0Y01, Online, Asynchronous: 100% (No face-to-face, no specific meeting times)
Wei Luo
3 credit hours

Study of the conceptual framework and development of geographic information systems. Emphasis on the actual application of a GIS to spatial analysis. Two hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory.

Prerequisite: EAE 359 or consent of department.

Combined section capacity 30

Note: this course only satisfies SEAS Minor requirements if student chooses SEA-related projects in consultation with professor.

EAE 492 - Hydrology (Lecture and Lab)

Class #7197-Section 0001, Lecture: face-to-face
Davis Hall 116
Class #7198-Section 00L1, Lab: face-to-face
Davis Hall 217
Wei Luo
3 credit hours

Quantitative examination of the properties, occurrence, distribution, and circulation of water near the earth's surface and its relation to the environment. Emphasis on applying fundamental physical principles to understand surface and subsurface hydrological processes. Lecture, laboratory, and field trip.

Prerequisite: EAE 101 and EAE 102, or EAE 120; and MATH 210 or MATH 211 or MATH 229.

Combined section capacity 27

Note: this course only satisfies SEAS Minor requirements if student chooses SEA-related projects in consultation with professor.

EAE 495 - Seminar in Current Problems

Class #7124-Section 0001, face-to-face
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 10-10:50 a.m.
Davis Hall 121
James Wilson
3 credit hours

Selected topics in the various subfields of earth, atmosphere, and environmental topics. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours as the topic changes. Students may register for multiple sections of EAE 495 simultaneously. No more than 3 semester hours may be applied toward a major in meteorology or earth, atmosphere and environment, or a minor in geology or geography.

Prerequisite: Consent of department.

Topics:

• Climate Science
• Earth and Planetary Science
• Earth and Space Science Education
• Environment and Society
• Geospatial Systems
• Water and Soil Science

Combined section capacity 30

Note: this course only satisfies SEAS Minor requirements if student chooses SEA-related projects in consultation with professor.

HIST 442 - History of Buddhist Southeast Asia

Class # 6992-Section 0Y01, Online: 100% (No face-to-face)
Asynchronous: no specific meeting time
Aurore Candier
3 credit hours

History of Southeast Asian countries whose rulers adopted Buddhism (Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam), as well as parts of island Southeast Asia. Colonialism, modernity, and conflict are discussed, with special attention to relationship between Buddhism and the nationalist and popular movements of the twentieth century.

Combined section capacity 25

HIST 480 - Spies, Lies and Secret Wars: CIA in the World

Class # 6996-Section 0Y01, Online: 100% (No face-to-face)
Asynchronous: no specific meeting time
Eric Jones
3 credit hours

Involvement of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) with various peoples, governments and events around the globe.

Combined section capacity 25

KNPE 436 - Advanced Experience in Physical Activity, Life Skills, and Sport (Southeast Asian Martial Arts)

Class #7675-Section 0001, face-to-face
Tuesday and Thursday, 10-10:50 a.m.
Anderson Hall 130
Paul Wright
1 credit hour

This one-credit-hour class will introduce the history and practice of these arts. Physical training will focus heavily on skills from Arnis (stick fighting and empty hand techniques). A secondary emphasis will be on punches, kicks, and elbow and knee strikes used in Muay Thai boxing. Through readings, guest lectures and discussions, students will learn about other arts such as Pencak Silat from Indonesia.

Enhancement of students' practical experiences in the area of physical activity, life skills, and sport. Via a series of guest lecturers, individual and group assignments, and practical experiences, students will hone organizational, planning, managing, and leadership skills. May be repeated to a maximum of 9 semester hours.

Combined section capacity 25

MUSE 321 - Mixed Ensemble: Thai Music Ensemble

Class #5206-Section 0002, face-to-face
Tuesday, 4-6 p.m.
Music Building 101, 103
Chamni Sripraram
1 credit hour

Ensemble performance. Participation for credit in more than one ensemble during the same semester permitted. May be repeated. Students can enroll in more than one section in a term.

Combined section capacity 40

PHHE 351 – Elements of Environmental Health

Class # 3258-Section 0001, face-to-face
Tuesday, 3:30-6 p.m.
Wirtz Hall 103B
Tomoyuki Shibata
3 credit hours

Analysis and control of current environmental health problems. Discussion of the effects of environmental factors on human health, and the organization and administration of environmental health programs. PRQ: MATH 105 with a grade of C or better and MATH 104 with an S grade; or MATH 110 with a grade of C or better; or B-level or higher score on the Math Placement Examination.

Corequisite: BIOS 213 or BIOS 313; and CHEM 110 or CHEM 210; or consent of school.

Class capacity: 30

Note: this course only satisfies SEAS Minor requirements if student chooses SEA-related projects in consultation with professor.

POLS 260 - Introduction to Comparative Politics

Class #3339-Section 0001, face-to-face
Tuesday and Thursday, 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
DuSable Hall 440
Mai Van Tran
3 credit hours

Comparative analysis of values, structures, and processes of selected foreign political systems, noting similarities to and differences from those of the United States.

Class capacity: 35

Note: this course only satisfies SEAS Minor requirements if student chooses SEA-related projects in consultation with professor.

POLS 285 - Introduction to International Relations

Class #7165-Section 0Y02, Online: 100% (No face-to-face)
Asynchronous: no specific meeting time
Aarie Glas
3 credit hours

Theories, models, and concepts commonly used to explain international relations with an emphasis on the use of these constructs to analyze contemporary international problems and issues.

Class capacity: 35

Note: this course only satisfies SEAS Minor requirements if student chooses SEA-related projects in consultation with professor.

POLS 378 – Political Islam

Class #6053-Section 0Y01, Online: 100% (No face-to-face)
Asynchronous: no specific meeting time
Kikue Hamayotsu
3 credit hours

Analysis of various political and social phenomena in predominantly-Muslim nations including Islamic movements, religious parties, Islam and democracy, Islamic courts and laws, women's rights, religious radicalism and violence.

Class capacity: 35

POLS 384 - Contemporary Foreign Policy

Class #7173-Section 0001, face-to-face
Tuesday and Thursday, 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
DuSable Hall 440
Aarie Glas
3 credit hours

Examination of contemporary foreign policy, with emphasis on the determinants, objectives, and strategies of selected states and regions. May be repeated to a maximum of 9 hours. Recommended POLS 285.

Prerequisite: At least a sophomore standing.

Class capacity: 35

Note: this course only satisfies SEAS Minor requirements if student chooses SEA-related projects in consultation with professor.

SEAS 225 - Southeast Asia: Crossroads of The World

Class # 3706-Section 0003, face-to-face
Class # 3779-Section 00H4 (HONORS), face-to-face
Tuesday and Thursday, 12:30-1:45 p.m.
DuSable Hall 204
Melissa Lenczewski, Court Hansen
3 credit hours

Interdisciplinary introduction to the varied cultures of Southeast Asia focused on the general theme of unity within diversity. Examination of the linkage of Southeast Asian art, music, dance, literature, and architecture with other segments of the Buddhist, Islamic, Christian, and animistic societies of the region.

Combined section capacity 40

ANTH 790 - Anthropology of Religion

Class #7567-Section 0001, face-to-face
Tuesdays, 6-8:40 p.m.
Stevens Building 173
Micah Morton
3 credit hours

Intensive study of a specific area, topic, or problem of the indicated subdiscipline. Any one course may be repeated to a maximum of 9 semester hours.

Prerequisite: Consent of department.

Topics:

• Cultural Anthropology
• Ethnology
• Archaeology
• Biological Anthropology
• Ethnohistory
• Linguistics

Class capacity: 30

EAE 559 - Geographic Information Systems

Class #4863-Section 0001, Hybrid: Online w/ face-to-face (Days, Times, Room TBA)
Class #4768-Section 0Y01, Online, Asynchronous: 100% (No face-to-face, no specific meeting times)
Wei Luo
3 credit hours

Study of the conceptual framework and development of geographic information systems. Emphasis on the actual application of a GIS to spatial analysis. Two hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory.

Prerequisite: EAE 557 or consent of department.

Combined section capacity 30

Note: this course only satisfies SEAS Graduate Certificate requirements if student chooses SEA-related projects in consultation with professor.

EAE 592 - Hydrology (Lecture and Lab)

Class #7199-Section 0001, Lecture: face-to-face
Davis Hall 116
Class #7200-Section 00L1, Lab: face-to-face
Davis Hall 217
Wei Luo
3 credit hours

Quantitative examination of the properties, occurrence, distribution, and circulation of water near the earth's surface and its relation to the environment. Emphasis on applying fundamental physical principles to understand surface and subsurface hydrological processes. Lecture, laboratory, and field trip.

Combined section capacity 27

Note: this course only satisfies SEAS Graduate Certificate requirements if student chooses SEA-related projects in consultation with professor.

EAE 790 – Advanced Seminar

Class #4771-Section 0001, face-to-face
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 10-10:50 a.m.
Davis Hall 121
James Wilson
3 credit hours

Lectures, discussions, and reports on topics of special interest in a particular field of geography. Each field may be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours; students may register for multiple sections under different topics simultaneously.

Topics:

• Physical Geography
• Environmental Management
• Meteorology/Climatology
• Regional Geography
• Human Geography
• Urban/Economic Geography
• Methods and Techniques
• Mapping/Geovisualization

Combined section capacity 30

Note: this course only satisfies SEAS Graduate Certificate requirements if student chooses SEA-related projects in consultation with professor.

ENGL 671 - Postcolonial Literatures in English (Topic: Pramoedya Ananta Toer and Indonesian Postcolonial)

Class #7272-Section 0001, face-to-face
Tuesdays, 6-8:40 p.m.
Reavis Hall 203
Reuven Pinnata
3 credit hours

This course serves as an introduction to Marxist-inflected postcolonial thought (or postcolonially inflected Marxist thought) through the Indonesian writer Pramoedya Ananta Toer’s masterwork, the four novels that comprise the Buru Quartet (This Earth of Mankind, Child of All Nations, Footsteps, and House of Glass). We will read the novels alongside excerpts from important works in Marxist literary theory.

Class capacity: 10

HIST 542 - History of Buddhist Southeast Asia

Class # 6997-Section 0YP1, Online: 100% (No face-to-face)
Asynchronous: no specific meeting time
Aurore Candier
3 credit hours

History of Southeast Asian countries whose rulers adopted Buddhism (Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam), as well as parts of island Southeast Asia. Colonialism, modernity, and conflict are discussed, with special attention to relationship between Buddhism and the nationalist and popular movements of the twentieth century.

Combined section capacity 25

HIST 580 - Spies, Lies and Secret Wars: CIA in the World

Class # 7001-Section 0YP1, Online: 100% (No face-to-face)
Asynchronous: no specific meeting time
Eric Jones
3 credit hours

Involvement of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) with various peoples, governments and events around the globe.

Combined section capacity 25

KNPE 510 - Advanced Experience in Physical Activity, Life Skills, and Sport (Southeast Asian Martial Arts)

Class #7676-Section 0001, face-to-face
Tuesday and Thursday, 10-10:50 a.m.
Anderson Hall 130
Paul Wright
1 credit hour

This one-credit-hour class will introduce the history and practice of these arts. Physical training will focus heavily on skills from Arnis (stick fighting and empty hand techniques). A secondary emphasis will be on punches, kicks, and elbow and knee strikes used in Muay Thai boxing. Through readings, guest lectures and discussions, students will learn about other arts such as Pencak Silat from Indonesia.

Enhancement of students' practical experiences in the area of physical activity, life skills, and sport. Via a series of guest lecturers, individual and group assignments, and practical experiences, students will hone organizational, planning, managing, and leadership skills. May be repeated to a maximum of 9 semester hours.

Combined section capacity 25

MUSE 621 - Mixed Ensemble: Thai Music Ensemble

Class #5205-Section 0002, face-to-face
Tuesday, 4-6 p.m.
Music Building 101, 103
Chamni Sripraram
1 credit hour

Ensemble performance. Participation for credit in more than one ensemble during the same semester permitted. May be repeated. Students can enroll in more than one section in a term.

Combined section capacity 40

PHHE 609 - Problems and Issues in Environmental Health

Class # 6873-Section 0Y01, Online: 100% (No face-to-face)
Asynchronous: no specific meeting time
Tomoyuki Shibata
3 credit hours

Analysis of contemporary national and international environmental problems and issues related to public health. Topics include principles of environmental toxicology, environmental risk assessment and risk communication, food safety, air quality, water contamination, solid and hazardous waste management, occupational injuries and diseases, and environmental health legislation and policy.

Prerequisite: Admitted MPH students or consent of school.

Class capacity: 20

Note: this course only satisfies SEAS Graduate Certificate requirements if student chooses SEA-related projects in consultation with professor.

POLS 378 – Political Islam

Class #6053-Section 0Y01, Online: 100% (No face-to-face)
Asynchronous: no specific meeting time
Kikue Hamayotsu
3 credit hours

Analysis of various political and social phenomena in predominantly-Muslim nations including Islamic movements, religious parties, Islam and democracy, Islamic courts and laws, women's rights, religious radicalism and violence.

Class capacity: 35

POLS 664 - Politics of Identity: Ethnicity, Religion and Conflict

Class #7181-Section 0001, face-to-face
Mondays, 3:30-6:10 p.m.
DuSable Hall 400
Kikue Hamayotsu
3 credit hours

Analysis of the various sources and forms of identity politics across the world with special reference to Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe as well as the U.S. Focuses on issues such as nationalism, ethnic and sectarian violence, culture and democracy, political Islam, ethnic/religious minorities, and religious movements and parties.

Class capacity: 20