
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; TuTh 11:40AM-1:15PM)
ANTH 130I – Cultures of India (ER; asynchronous)
CRES 170 – Arab Diasporic Communities (ER; MW 5:20PM-6:55PM + section)
CRES 190E – Thinking Palestine (M 1:20PM-4:20PM)
HIS 44 – Modern South Asia, 1500 to Present (ER; TuTh 3:20PM-4:55PM + section)
HIS 80C – Global China (PR-E; asynchronous)
HIS 150C – Inventing Modern Japan: The State and the People (CC; MWF 9:20AM-10:25AM + section)
HIS 150E – History and Memory in the Okinawan Islands (IM; asynchronous)
HAVC 20 – Visual Cultures of Asia (CC; MWF 12:00PM-1:05PM)
HAVC 28 – Ghosts, Haunting, Memory, and Erasure in the Films of Asia (CC; TuTh 5:20PM-6:55PM)
HAVC 70 – Visual Cultures of the Pacific Islands (CC; MWF 10:40AM-11:45AM + section)
MUSC 150D – Theory of Southeast Asia (MWF 10:40AM-11:45AM)
POLI 140E – Middle East Politics (TuTh 3:20PM-4:55PM)
POLI 161 – The Rise of China (TuTh 1:30PM-3:05PM)
