Bachelor degrees in South Asian Studies: A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the peoples of South Asia, defined as including Afghanistan, India, the Maldives, Myanmar (Burma), Pakistan, and Sri Lanka and related borderlands and island groups; and including the study of migration patterns and overseas diasporas.
There is a certain amount of overlap in courses between the Political Economy and Development (PED) track of the IR concentration and the Development Studies concentration. The primary differences are: 1) the IR concentration has more requirements in order to ensure a broad-based study of international politics. Even for those doing the PED track, for example, the IR concentration requires courses in diplomatic history, anthropology, sociology, and...
Students who concentrate in South Asian Studies must complete a total of twelve courses and should emphasize one or several aspects of this broad field. They may work primarily in a given chronological period (e.g. ancient, medieval, early modern, or contemporary) or in a given geographical area (e.g. Bangladesh, Bengal, Maharashtra, North India, Pakistan, South India) or in a given discipline (e.g. Anthropology, Hindi/Urdu, History, Religion, or...
South Asia, which contains nearly a quarter of the world's people, refers to the countries comprising the South Asian subcontinent: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and sometimes Afghanistan, Myanmar, and Tibet. The concentration consists of a program of study combining language training, off-campus study, required core courses in various disciplines, and supporting courses, including a designated capstone course. The purpose...
The Department of South Asia Studies offers students a multi-disciplinary exposure to the cultures and languages of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Nepal, Tibet, as well as the South Asian diaspora. We offer courses in a wide range of disciplines such as archaeology, history, philosophy, religion, art, music, folklore, anthropology, sociology, politics, and economics, as well as in the major classical and modern languages of the...
The Asian studies minor complements the skills the student gains in his or her major discipline by providing an interdisciplinary study of the cultural, historical, political, and contemporary business reality of the Asian/Pacific world.
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