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 2024-2025. 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 was offered 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** (Cross-listed as ED 318)
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 361: Southeast Asian Literature in Translation (Cross-listed as IP 361)
ASAN 406: Modern Philippines** (Cross-listed as HIST 406)
ASAN 407 (cross-listed PACE 407): Peace processes in Philippines & Hawaii**
ASAN 478: Musical Cultures: Philippines included (Cross-listed as MUS 478)
ASAN 484: Political Violence in SE Asia**
ASAN 491P: Topics in Asian Studies (Philippines)
ASAN 600 (Alpha): Approaches to Asian Studies (Philippines)
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**
ETHNIC STUDIES (ES)
ES 101A: Introduction to Ethnic Studies
ES 233: Filipinos in Diaspora
ES 301: Ethnic Identity**
ES 318: Asian America (Cross-listed as AMST 361)
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 301: Third Level Filipino I**
FIL 315: Filipino Aural Comprehension
FIL 330: Filipino Film: Art and History
Fil 401/402: Fourth Level Filipino**
FIL 415: Advanced Filipino Aural Comprehension
FIL 435: Filipino Translation Techniques
FIL 451: Structure of Filipino
FIL 461: Philippine Contemporary Literature
FIL 462: Filipino Contemporary Literature – 1980s to Present
HISTORY (HIST)
HIST 305/306: History of Southeast Asia**
HIST 406: Modern Philippines** (Cross-listed as ASAN 406)
HIST 655: Seminar: Island Southeast Asia
HIST 656: Topics in Southeast Asia
ILOKANO (ILO)
ILO 101/102: Beginning Ilokano**
ILO 201/202: Intermediate Ilokano**
ILO 301/302: Third-Level Ilokano**
ILO 315: Ilokano Aural Comprehension
ILO 331: Contemporary Ilokano Literature
ILO 401/402: Fourth Level Ilokano
ILO 424: Intro to Ilokano for Interpreters
ILO 425: Ilokano Interpretation Field Practicum
ILO 451: Structure of Ilokano
ILO 486: Ilokano for the Mass Media
INDO-PACIFIC LANGUAGES & LITERATURE (IPLL)
IP 360P: SE Asian Food, Music and Rituals**
IP 361: SE Asian Lit & Translation** (Cross-listed as IP 361)
IP 362: Philippne Drama – History, Art, Culture
IP 363: Philippine Literature in English**
IP 364: Philippine Popular Culture**
IP 368: Introduction to Southeast Asian Film, History, Theory and Appreciation
IP 370P: SE Travelogue, PHL**
IP 375: Philippine Games, Sports and Martial Arts
IP 376: Filipino Diasporic Literature**
IP 377: Critical Discourses in IPLL Studies (Philippines)
IP 382: Philippine Visual Art from Burial Jars to Burning Effigies
IP 389: Theories in Ilokano Studies
IP 391: Literary Cultural Relations (Philippines & Southeast Asia)
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 394: Philippine Sociolinguistics – Language Use, Ideologies and Identities
LING 770: Areal Linguistics: Philippines
MUSIC (MUS)
MUS 311G: Philippine Ensemble I
MUS 478: Musical Cultures: Philippines and other countries (Cross-listed as ASAN 478)
PACIFIC ISLANDS STUDIES (PACS)
PACS 301: Pacific Communities in Hawaii
PEACE & CONFLICT EDUCATION (PACE)
PACE 407: Peace processes in Philippines & Hawaii** (Cross-listed as ASAN 407)
POLITICAL SCIENCE (POLS)
POLS 307B: Topics in Comparative Politics: Philippines**
POLS 685: Topics in Asian/Pacific Politics**
POL 686: Politics in Hawaii**
SOCIOLOGY (SOC)
SOC 456 Ethnicity and Racism in Hawaii**
SOC 492: Politics of Multiculturalism
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