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Southeast Asian Cultures

Course Overview

Date / Time Location Credits Minimium Tuition*
1/26/26 - 5/13/26
TuTh 12:30p.m. – 1:45p.m.		 McCormack M01-0619 3 $2065 (guest students)
Date
1/26/26 - 5/13/26
Time
TuTh 12:30p.m. – 1:45p.m.
Location
McCormack M01-0619
Credits
3
Min. Tuition*
$2065 (guest students)

Description

Southeast Asia is a crucial world region that is home to diverse peoples, languages, and religions and has been influenced by migration, trade and colonialism. This course examines themes in the cultures, history, and politics of the countries that constitute Southeast Asia: the mainland states of Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam and the island states of Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, East Timor, and Brunei. The central aim is to study this region's cultural diversity across complex geographies, cross-cultural transactions, and periods of dramatic social change. Understandings of culture will be informed especially by its interconnections with race, ethnicity, nationality, class, and gender.

Guest registration opens January 12

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Course Details

Session

Regular Academic Session

Class Dates

1/26/2026 - 5/13/2026

Location

McCormack M01-0619

General Ed Requirements

World Cultures

Enrolled / Capacity

30 / 30

Status

Closed

Instructor

Charles Carstens

Tuition*

$2065 (guest students)

* The tuition estimate is based on minimum, single-course cost to a new student who is a Massachusetts resident and not enrolled in a multi-course program. State residency, online/in person modality, and matriculation to a degree program may affect cost.

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