This course considers a period in American and Philippine history when the two countries were formally intertwined through law and violence. It begins with the Philippine-American War of 1898 and ends at the start of the postwar Philippine Republic in 1946. The Philippines is the only former formal colony of the US. Yet its history is understudied, mainly because it is inconvenient to think of the US as a European-style colonial power. This course’s primary goal is to help write the colonialism of the Philippines back into US history.

This course is designed to give students an introduction to the Sikh tradition through a historical lens, from its founding by Guru Nanak in the sixteenth century through the present day. The course draws on historical as well as other interdisciplinary approaches to contextualize the development of the Sikh panth (community) and its institutional, political, and diasporic forms. No prior background knowledge of the Sikh tradition is expected or required to take the course.

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This course is an elementary Filipino class designed for heritage learners, and the second course in a sequence (Filipino W1X and W1Y). Using the functional-situational approach, the course builds on students’ passive vocabulary to harness four skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Students develop skills enabling them to: talk/write about the self, family, and community; talk/write about activities and interactions such as going to the doctor or shopping; read simple texts; and write short paragraphs.

This course is an elementary Filipino class designed for heritage learners, and the first course in a sequence (Filipino 1X and 1Y). Using the functional-situational approach, the course builds on students’ passive vocabulary to harness four skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Students develop skills enabling them to: talk/write about the self, family, and community; talk/write about activities and interactions such as going to the doctor or shopping; read simple texts; and write short paragraphs.