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.Potential Elective Courses

Below is a list of elective courses that have been offered in past years of the Thai and Southeast Asian Studies Certificate Program. Only a select number of elective courses are offered each semester. Please contact program staff to find out what is being offered in coming semesters.

SOCIOLOGY / ANTHROPOLOGY
SA335 The Culture of Ethnic Minority Groups in Thailand (3.0 credits)
SA462 Study and Analyses of Modern Social Problems (3.0 credits)
SA493 Selected Topics: "Sustainable Development, Environmental Justice, and Ethnic Minorities" (3.0 credits) 
SA493 Selected Topics: "Women in Thailand" (3.0 credits)
SA493 Selected Topics: "Nature-Making and Society: The Politics of Global Environmentalism" (3.0 credits) 
SA493 Selected Topics: Globalization and the Greater Mekong Sub-Region (3.0 credits)
   
RELIGION
AR461 History of Buddhism I (3.0 credits)
AR466 History of Islam II: "Islam in Southeast Asia" (3.0 credits)
TS261 Major Southeast Asian Religions (3.0 credits)
TS493 Selected Topics: "Comparative Religion" (3.0 credits)
   
HISTORY
HI492 Seminar: "Lanna History" (3.0 credits)
HI493 Selected Topics: "History of Modern Southeast Asia" (3.0 credits)
HI493 Selected Topics: "Cultural History of Southeast Asia" (3.0 credits)
HI493 Selected Topics: Seminar on Lao: The History and Politics of a Buddhist/Communist Hinterland (3.0 credits)
   
POLITICAL SCIENCE
SA454 Political Sociology: "Politics of Southeast Asia" (3.0 credits)
SA454 Political Sociology: "Government and Politics of Contemporary Thailand" (3.0 credits)
   
FINE ARTS
AM107 Foundations of Thai Drama and Dance (3.0 credits)
AM167/168 Thai Musical Instrument Performance (taken with AM 215) (3.0 credits)
AM215 Asian Music (taken with AM 167/168) (3.0 credits)
TH321
Literature of Thai Drama (3.0 credits)
AM413 Ethnomusicology (3.0 credits)
CA492 Seminar: "Comparative Visual Culture" (3.0 credits)
AE493 Selected Topics: "Southeast Asian Literature" (3.0 credits)
   
MODULE COURSES
MOD1 Important Plants of Southeast Asia (1 credit)
   

Please note:

Elective courses depend upon faculty availability and can only be confirmed approximately two to three months prior to the start of each term.

Students enrolling for a second term may work with a Payap University faculty member to develop an independent study. Preparation for such study must begin mid-way through the first term.

The courses and curriculum of the Thai and Southeast Asian Studies Certificate Program have been approved and are fully accredited by the Ministry of University Affairs of the Royal Thai Government.