ASIA AM 171FU.S. Empire in Southeast Asia
Asian American Studies · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Limited to juniors/seniors. Interdisciplinary examination of historical trajectory that led U.S. Empire to Southeast Asia and conditions that led to migration of refugees from Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam to U.S. with focus on settler colonialism, imperialism, and global racial warfare.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
- Spring 2026
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.