Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025

HIST 3390 Modern Southeast Asia

The modern transformation of Southeast Asia, focusing on the colonial encounter and its transformational impact on the Southeast Asians.

Registration Name

Modern Southeast Asia

Lecture Hours

3

Lab Hours

0

Credits

3

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon the completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate the following outcome-based learning skills:

  1. Ability to evaluate the impact of the major dynasties and personalities of Asian history.
  2. Ability to analyze the evolution of Asia’s traditional cultural, social, and political systems into modern entities. 
  3. Ability to apply knowledge of the West’s impact on East Asia to explain the regions current “psyche.”
  4. Ability to synthesize into a coherent thesis the rise of the Communist state in modern China and North Korea.