Mini-Courses

GETSEA offers free and virtual mini-courses on topics in Southeast Asian studies, incorporating voices and perspectives from Southeast Asia, and open to graduate students from a wide range of backgrounds. Current graduate students at a GETSEA member institution receive first priority in admission to the courses, though graduate students at any institution who research in and around Southeast Asia may apply for admission to take a mini-course.

These courses do not offer course credit for students at their home institutions. However, students are encouraged to work with a faculty member at their home institution to count the course towards an independent/directed study/reading credit. Whether or not students seek credit at their own institution, all students are expected to attend all session and complete all coursework. There is no auditing of GETSEA mini-courses.

Mini-courses have a workload roughly equivalent to that of a one-credit course – approximately 45 hours in total, including class time, readings, and other work.

Mini-courses are typically held in the evenings Eastern Time, which makes them early in the morning in Southeast Asia. We highly recommend using a time zone converter to make sure you know what time the course will take place in your location.

If you are a faculty member at a university or college and are interested in offering a mini-course for graduate students on a particular topic, please reach out to us at getsea@cornell.edu. A new call for mini-course proposals is linked below, with submissions due by December 5, 2025.

Details about our previous mini-courses are available here, and any questions or proposals can be submitted to us at getsea@cornell.edu.

Spring 2026 Mini-Courses: