
Course Offerings
Learn about A/PI/SWANA topics!
Take advantage of all the great classes offered at UCSC and learn more about A/PI/SWANA history and culture while you’re here!
Near the end of each quarter, we typically create a list to showcase the A/PI/SWANA courses offered for the following quarter.

Winter 2026 A/PI/SWANA course offerings
CRES 45 – Pilipinx Historical Dialogue: MW 5:20–6:55 p.m. (ER)
CRES 70S – Introduction to the Sikhs: Asynchronous
CRES 70U – (Un)docu Studies: TuTh 11:40 a.m.–1:15 p.m.
CRES 153 – A Radical History of the Korean War: Asynchronous + Th 11:40 a.m.–12:45 p.m. section (CC)
CRES 173 – Palestine: A History from Below: TuTh 11:40 a.m.–1:15 p.m. (ER)
CRES 190I – Talanoa—Talkin Story: Indigenous, Decolonial Research and Methodologies: Th 9:50 a.m.–12:50 p.m. (ER)
ECON 149 – The Economies of East and Southeast Asia: MWF 9:20–10:25 a.m. + section
HIS 40B – The Making of Modern East Asia: MWF 4–5:05 p.m. + section (CC)
HIS 143B – History of the Philippines, 1815 to the Present: MWF 10:40–11:45 a.m. + section (CC)
HIS 159C – Temple and City: The Egyptian New Kingdom and the City of Thebes: TuTh 1:30–3:05 p.m. + section (IM)
HIS 194U – The Cold War and East Asia: TuTh 9:50–11:25 a.m.
LIT 1336 – Nuclear Pacific: MW 5:20–6:55 p.m. + section (CC)
MUSC 5A – Beginning Sundanese Gamelan: M 6:30–8:30 p.m. (PR-C)
MUSC 5B – Intermediate Sundanese Gamelan: Tu 6:30–8:30 p.m. (PR-C)
MUSC 8A – Beginning Balinese Gamelan: F 12–1:30 p.m. (PR-C)
MUSC 8B – Advanced Balinese Gamelan: F 1:30–3:05 p.m. (PR-C)
MUSC 10 – Central Asian Ensemble: TuTh 1:30–3:05 p.m. (PR-C)
MUSC 55A – Intermediate Rhythms of North India: TuTh 11:40 a.m.–1:15 p.m. (PR-C)
MUSC 80X – Musics of South Asia: Asynchronous (CC)
MUSC 101G – Musics of Central Asia: TuTh 11:40 a.m.–1:15 p.m.
THEA 100A – Asian Theater/Dance and Global Impacts: MW 4–5:35 p.m.
UCSC also offers language courses for Arabic, Chinese, and Japanese!
