
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. Check out the courses for Fall 2025 or explore previous offerings below!

Fall 2025 A/PI/SWANA course offerings
ANTH 130D – The Cultural Aspects of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (CC; Tuesday and Thursday, 11:40 a.m.–1:15 p.m.)
ANTH 130I – Cultures of India (ER; asynchronous)
CRES 170 – Arab Diasporic Communities (ER; Monday and Wednesday, 5:20–6:55 p.m. + section)
CRES 190E – Thinking Palestine (Monday, 1:20–4:20 p.m.)
HIS 44 – Modern South Asia, 1500 to Present (ER; Tuesday and Thursday, 3:20–4:55 p.m. + section)
HIS 80C – Global China (PR-E; asynchronous)
HIS 150C – Inventing Modern Japan: The State and the People (CC; Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 9:20–10:25 a.m. + section)
HIS 150E – History and Memory in the Okinawan Islands (IM; asynchronous)
HAVC 20 – Visual Cultures of Asia (CC; Monday, Wednesday and Friday, noon–1:05 p.m.)
HAVC 28 – Ghosts, Haunting, Memory, and Erasure in the Films of Asia (CC; Tuesday and Thursday, 5:20–6:55 p.m.)
HAVC 70 – Visual Cultures of the Pacific Islands (CC; Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 10:40–11:45 a.m. + section)
MUSC 150D – Theory of Southeast Asia (Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 10:40–11:45 a.m.)
POLI 140E – Middle East Politics (Tuesday and Thursday, 3:20–4:55 p.m.)
POLI 161 – The Rise of China (Tuesday and Thursday 1:30–3:05 p.m.)
