South Asian Studies Minor

South Asian Studies
346 Eggers Hall
315-443-2553

Faculty

Ahmed E. Abdel-Meguid, Sarosh Anklesaria, Shobha K. Bhatia, Tej K. Bhatia, Himika Bhattacharya, Mehrzad Boroujerdi, Richard L. Breyer, Tom Brutsaert, Manan Desai, Rashmi Gangamma, Tula Goenka, Ann Grodzins Gold, Roger Hallas, Tazim R. Kassam, Prema Kurien, Devashish Mitra, Chandra Talpade Mohanty, Iswari P. Pandey, Sudha Raj, Kamala Ramadoss, Romita Ray, Lars Rodseth, Jaipaul L. Roopnarine, Anoop Sadanandan, Larry Schroeder, Yüksel Sezgin, Farhana Sultana, Cecilia Van Hollen, Susan S. Wadley, Joanne P. Waghorne

The minor in South Asian Studies provides an understanding of the religious, historical, economic, political and artistic dimensions of the nations of South Asia: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka. In consultation with the advisor, students plan the minor according to their individual interests.

Requirements

The minor requires 18 credits, 12 of which are in courses numbered 300 or above. While not required we urge students to take at least one, if not more, courses in Hindi-Urdu.

Students are required to take one of these two courses:

In addition, at least three more courses are to be selected from the following list:

Students may choose one course from the following list:

Additional Information

In addition, students may petition to fulfill their requirements using selected topics courses dealing with South Asia or courses taken on study abroad programs in South Asia, as well as the Muslim Cultures Program in London.