Courses

Philippine Studies Courses at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Courses with substantive content (at least 25%) on the Philippines/Filipinos at UHM are listed below. These courses are not identified as Philippine Studies courses in the University UH Catalog 2022-2023. They carry the name of the department offering them, for example, Asian Studies (ASAN), Political Science (POLS), etc. See UH Catalog for full description of courses.
**Denotes class offering in Fall 2024
ANTHROPOLOGY (ANTH)

  • ANTH 446: Southeast Asian Cultures**
  • ANTH 461: Southeast Asian Archaeology
  • ANTH 486: Peoples of Hawaii**

AMERICAN STUDIES (AMST)

  • AMST 318 (cross-listed ES 318): Asian America**
  • AMST 373: (cross-listed ES 373): Filipino Americans: History, Culture and Politics**

ASIAN STUDIES (ASAN)

  • ASAN 202: Intro to Asian Studies: Southeast Asia**
  • ASAN 320S: Asia Past & Present: SE Asia**
  • ASAN 356: Geography of Southeast Asia**
  • ASAN 407 (cross-listed PACE 407): Peace processes in Philippines & Hawaii**
  • ASAN 406: Modern Philippines**
  • ASAN 484: Political Violence in SE Asia**

DANCE (DNCE)

  • DNCE 107: Intro to Philippine Dance**
  • DNCE 307: Philippine Dance I**
  • DNCE 407: Philippine Dance II

ECONOMICS (ECON)

  • ECON 311: The Economy of Hawaiʻi**

EDUCATION: EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONS (EDEF)

  • EDEF 360: Intro to Multicultural Education**
  • EDEF 470: Ethnic Groups and Education in Hawai’i**

ETHNIC STUDIES (ES)

  • ES 301: Ethnic Identity**
  • ES 333: Filipinos in Hawaiʻi**
  • ES 360: Immigration to Hawai’i
  • ES 486: Peoples of Hawaii**
  • ES 495: Hawaiian Labor History**

FILIPINO (FIL)

  • FIL 101/102: Beginning Filipino**
  • FIL 201/202:  Intermediate Filipino**
  • FIL 302: Third Level Filipino I**
  • FIL 402: Fourth-Level Filipino I**
  • FIL 315: Filipino Aural Comprehension
  • FIL 330: Filipino Film: Art and History
  • FIL 415: Advanced Aural Comprehension
  • FIL 435: Filipino Translation Techniques
  • FIL 461: Philippine Literature
  • FIL 462: Tagalog Traditional Literature

HISTORY (HIST)

  • HIST 305/306: History of Southeast Asia**
  • HIST 406: Modern Philippines**
  • HIST 655: Seminar: Island Southeast Asia
  • HIST 656: Topics in Southeast Asia

ILOKANO (ILO)

  • ILO 101/102: Beginning Ilokano**
  • ILO 202: Intermediate Ilokano**
  • ILO 302: Third-Level Ilokano**
  • ILO 315: Ilokano Aural Comprehension
  • ILO 331: Contemporary Ilokano Literature
  • ILO 424: Intro to Ilokano for Interpreters
  • ILO 451: Structure of Ilokano

INDO-PACIFIC LANGUAGES & LITERATURE (IPLL)

  • IP 360P: SE Asian Food, Music and Rituals**
  • IP 361: SE Asian Lit & Translation**
  • IP 363: Philippine Literature in English**
  • IP 364: Philippine Popular Culture**
  • IP 370P: SE Travelogue, PHL**
  • IP 376: Filipino Diasporic Literature**
  • IP 394: Philippine Sociolinguistics**
  • IP 396: Philippine Lit/Folklore in Translation**
  • IP 411: Ilokano Lit in Translation**
  • IP 431: Rizal’s Literary Works in Translation**
  • IP 432: The Writings of Carlos Bulosan

LINGUISTICS (LING)

  • LING 346: The Philippine Language Family
  • LING 770: Areal Linguistics: Philippines

MUSIC (MUS)

  • MUS 478G Musical Cultures: Philippines

POLITICAL SCIENCE (POLS)

  • POLS 307B Topics in Comparative Politics: Southeast Asia
  • POLS 307G Topics in Comparative Politics: Philippines
  • POLS 640: Comparative Politics**

SOCIOLOGY (SOC)

  •  SOC 456 Ethnicity and Racism in Hawaii**

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