SEAS Related Courses 2007-08
ANTH
541a Agrarian
Societies: Culture, Society, History, and Development
See also F&ES 753a /HIST 965a
/ PLSC 779a
James C. Scott, Robert
Harms, Amity
Doolittle
(partial Southeast
Asian content)
An interdisciplinary examination of
agrarian societies, contemporary and historical, Western and non-Western.
Major analytical perspectives from anthropology, economics, history,
political science, and environmental studies are used to develop a meaning-centered
and historically-grounded account of the transformation of rural societies.
Four-hour lecture-plus-discussion.
ANTH 581a Society
and Environment: Introduction to Theory and Method
See
also F&ES
747a
Michael
R. Dove
(Substantial
Southeast Asian content)
An introductory course on the social scientific contributions to the
study of the environment and natural resources, designed as the first
course for students who specialize in the social sciences as well as
the only course for students who take just one course in this field.The
approach taken is inductive, problem-oriented, and case study-based.
Subjects covered include the framing of environmental "problems,"
social science field methods, re-thinking environmental perturbatin
and change, and the environmental relations of local communities. It
offers students an opportunity to develop analytic frameworks for past
or proposed research projects. 3 hr lecture plus discussion sections.
Enrollment limited to thirty.
ANTH
598b Social
Science of Developoment and Conservation: Advanced Readings.
See also F&ES
80157b Michael
R. Dove and Carol Carpenter
(Some/partial
Southeast Asian content)
951a or b Directed Research in Ethnology
& Social Anthropology
952a or b Directed Research in Linguistics
ECON
899a or b Individual Reading and Research
by arrangement with faculty
FORESTRY & ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
F&ES
384a Environmental Anthropology See ANTH
a
Michael
R. Dove and Carol Carpenter
(Some/partial
Southeast Asian content)
F&ES 753a Agrarian Societies: Culture,
Society, History, and Development See
ANTH 541a
F&ES 83050a Society and Environment: Introduction to Theory and
Method See ANTH 581a
Michael
R. Dove
(Substantial
Southeast Asian content)
F&ES
80157b Society and Environment: Introduction to Theory and Method See
ANTH 581a
Michael
R. Dove
(Substantial
Southeast Asian content)
HIST
138a The Vietnam War
Mark
Lawrence
The causes, course, and consequences of the Vietnam
War, with emphasis on political and diplomatic aspects. The role of
the United States considered in a broadly international framework.
HIST
323b Southeast Asia Since 1900
Ben
Kiernan
Comparative colonialism, nationalism,
revolution, and independence in modern Southeast Asia. Topics include
Indonesia and the Dutch, Indonchina under French rule, the United States
in the Philippines and Vietnam, Buddhism in Burma and Thailand, communist
and peasant movements, and the Cambodian revolution and its regional
repercussions.
HIST
479b Vietnamese History from Earliest Times to 1920
Ben
Kiernan
Evolution
of a Vietnamese national identity, from Chinese colonlzation to medieval
statehood, to French conquest and capitalist development. Topics include
the roles of Confucianism, Buddhism, gender, and ethnicity in a Southeast
Asian context.
HIST
965a Agrarian Societies:
Culture, Society, History, and Development See
ANTH 541a
998a/b
Directed Readings
999a/b Directed Research
Offered by arrangement with instructor
and permission of Director of Graduate Studies
(Some graduate and professional school courses are open to qualified undergraduates with permission of the instructor and the DGS)
INDONESIAN
(Click
on ->
Indonesian Studies at Yale)
INDN
115 / 520a/b Elementary Indonesian.
Indriyo
Sukmono
An introductory course in standard
Indonesian with emphasis on developing communicative skills through
systematic survey of grammar and graded exercises. Introduction to reading
in the second term, leading to mastery of language patterns, essential
vocabulary, and basic cultural competence.
INDN
130 / 527a/b Intermediate Indonesian. Indriyo
Sukmono
Continued practice in colloquial
Indonesian conversation and reading and discussion of texts. (After
INDN 115 or equivalent)
INDN
470 a/b Independent Tutorial. Indriyo
Sukmono
For students with advanced Indonesian
language skills who wish to engage in concentrated reading and research
on material not otherwise offered in courses. The work must be supervised
by an adviser and must terminate in a term paper or its equivalent.
(Permission of instructor/submission of project proposal)
INDN
560 a/b Readings in Indonesian. Indriyo
Sukmono
For students with advanced
Indonesian language skills working on modern Indonesian literature.
MUSI
225a Javanese Gamelan Performance.
Sarah
Weiss
A study of Javanese musical
genres from the eighteenth century to the twenty-first. Introduction
to the playing techniques of multiple instruments. Survey of theoretical
and aesthetic discourses on gamelan and other Indonesian performance.
Members of the class form the nucleus of the Yale Javanese Gamelan Ensemble.
(No previous experience in gamelan performance required. May be repeated
for course credit, but not for distributional credit.) See Yale
Gamelan Suprabanggo
PHIL
210a Eastern Philosophy. Quang
Phu Van
An
Introduction to Eastern philosophy through the study of philosophical
and religious texts. Topics include reality and illusion, knowledge,
self, right and wrong, nonattachment, meditation, aesthetics, meaning
of life, and death. (Limited enrollment- To
be offered alternate years and occasional summers - anticipated Summer
2008; Fall 2009)
POLITICAL
SCIENCE
PLSC
449b Southeast Asian Politics. Takeshi
Ito
An
introduction to Southeast Asian politics. Topics include thepolitics
and societies of each
country in the region, and socio-political issues such as nationalism
and nation-building, ethnic and religious pluralism, developmentalism
and the recent economic crisis, reformist movements, and regional initiatives.
Prior knowledge of one or more countries in the region helpful but not
required.
PLSC
779A Agarian Societies: Culture, society, History, and Development.
See ANTH 541a for description. (partial
Southeast Asian content)
James
C. Scott, Robert Harms, Amity
Doolittle
VIETNAMESE
LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
(Click
on -> Vietnamese
Studies at Yale)
VIET
115 / 515a/b Elementary Vietnamese.
Quang
Phu Van
Students acquire basic working ability in Vietnamese including sociocultural
knowledge. Attention paid to integrated skills such as speaking, listening,
writing (Roman script), and reading. No previous knowledge of or experience
with Vietnamese language required.
VIET
130 / 530 a/b Intermediate Vietnamese.
Quang Phu Van
An integrated approach to language
learning aimed at strengthening students' listening, speaking, reading,
and writing skills in Vietnamese. Students are thoroughly grounded in
communicative activities such as conversations, performance simulation,
drills, role playing, and games. Discussion of aspects of Vietnamese
society and culture. Prior knowledge of Vietnamese required.
*VIET
220b Introduction to Vietnamese Culture, Values, and Literature.
Quang
Phu Van
NOT OFFERED THIS YEAR
- IT WILL BE OFFERED IN 2008-2009 AND ALTERNATE YEARS THEREAFTER
A brief introduction to Vietnamese culture
and values. Topics include cultural and national identity, aesthetics,
meaning of life, war, and death. Selected readings from Zen poems, folklore,
autobiographies, and religious and philosophical writings.
* All readings in translation. No previous knowledge of Vietnamese
required.
VIET
470 a/b Independent Tutorial Quang
Phu Van
For students with advanced Vietnamese language skills who wish to engage
in concentrated reading and research on material not otherwise offered
in courses. The work must be supervised byan adviser and must terminate
in a term paper or its equivalent. (Permission of instructor/submission
of project proposal)
VIET 560 a/b Readings in Vietnamese
al
Quang
Phu Van
For students with advanced Vietnamese language skills who wish to engage
in concentrated reading and research.