Learn about Indonesia — a rising Southeast Asian economic
powerhouse — while exploring its rich history and geography, as
well as contemporary social, political, economic, and
environmental issues. With 17,000 islands connecting the Indian
Ocean, South China Sea, and Pacific Ocean and its vast reserves
of oil, natural gas, gold, nickel, coal, and other resources,
Indonesia is an increasingly strategic archipelago. The class
will engage Indonesia as it preserves rich and diverse traditions
in the face of modernity.
