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DE Courses 2025-26

Below is a list of approved graduate seminars for the CRES Designated Emphasis by quarter. Click the course number link for further information about the course - including a description, prerequisites, and enrollment restrictions - in the official Schedule of Classes.

Courses in bold are taught by CRES principal faculty.

NOTE: This is a preliminary course list and will be updated as new courses become available in the Schedule of Classes. As always, please check the Schedule of Classes as the official source for the quarter, instructor, and meeting times.  Courses may be added as they become available.

CRES DE students should consult their CRES advisor on which graduate seminars to take outside of this list.

Fall 2025 

Course Number

Course Title

Meeting Times

Instructor
*new* CRES 217 Indigenous Politics Casumbal-Salazar, Iokepa

Kahoʻokahi Kanuha and Hawaiʻi County Sheriff's Officers at the Mauna Kea Summit Access Road. July 15, 2019. Photograph by Cory Lum.

Kahoʻokahi Kanuha and Hawaiʻi County Sheriff's Officers at the Mauna Kea Summit Access Road. July 15, 2019. Photograph by Cory Lum.

Winter 2026

Course Number

Course Title

Meeting Times

Instructor
*new* CRES 209 Ethnographies of Empire Kelly, Jenny
SOCY-CRES-FMST-BME 268A Science and Justice: Experiments in Collaboration Sharma, Kriti

Spring 2026

Course Number

Course Title

Meeting Times

Instructor
*new* CRES 207 Decolonial Ecologies Ty, M.
*new* CRES 228 Indigenous California and Oceania Niumeitolu, Fui