Coordinator: Professor Roger Jackson

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 of the concentration is to provide cross-cultural interdisciplinary understanding of a complex civilization that is both ancient and modern, and of great significance in the contemporary world.

Requirements for the Concentration:

A total of 42 credits, with at least 6 credits drawn from each of the three ASST distribution areas (Artistic/Lterary analysis, Humanistic inquiry and Social inquiry)

18 credits in core courses, drawn from at least two of the three ASST distribution areas

24 credits from supporting courses, drawn from at least two of the three ASST distribution areas, and including a designated South Asia-related capstone courses

Courses taken on off-campus programs in South Asia may be applied to the concentration

Normally, at least one term of off-campus study in South Asia

The closest equivalent to one year of study of a South Asian language, obtained through one or more of the following: off-campus study; summer programs at colleges, universities, or institutes; independent study at Carleton

Core courses

18 credits from among the following; courses must be from at least two distribution areas:

ENGL 250 Modern India Fiction (not offered in 2012-2013)

ENGL 251 Contemporary Indian Fiction

HIST 160 History of Classical India (not offered in 2012-2013)

HIST 161 History of Modern India

HIST 167 History of Modern South Asia

HIST 266 History of Islam in India (not offered in 2012-2013)

MUSC 248 Music of India (not offered in 2012-2013)

RELG 150 Religions of South Asia

SOAN 157 Cultures and Politics in India

SOAN 257 Culture and Politics in India (not offered in 2012-2013)

Supporting courses

ARTH 164 Buddhist Art (not offered in 2012-2013)

CCST 210 Global/Local Perspectives (not offered in 2012-2013)

ECON 240 Microeconomics of Development

ECON 241 Growth and Development (not offered in 2012-2013)

ENGL 245 Bollywood Nation (not offered in 2012-2013)

ENGL 250 Modern Indian Fiction (not offered in 2012-2013)

ENGL 251 Contemporary Indian Fiction

ENGL 335 Post Colonial Literature (not offered in 2012-2013)

HIST 161 History of Modern India

HIST 167 History of Modern South Asia

HIST 259 Women in South Asia: Histories, Narratives and Representation

HIST 262 Post-Colonial South Asia, 1947-present (not offered in 2012-2013)

HIST 266 History of Islam in South Asia (not offered in 2012-2013)

MUSC 180 Raga: Vocal or Instrumental Study of Hindustani Music

MUSC 180J Raga: Vocal or Instrumental Study of Hindustani Music

MUSC 181 Sitar

MUSC 248 Music of India (not offered in 2012-2013)

MUSC 280 Raga: Vocal or Instrumental Study of Hindustani Music

MUSC 281 Sitar

POSC 170 International Relations and World Politics

POSC 237 Southeast Asian Politics

POSC 241 Ethnic Conflict

POSC 247 Comparative Nationalism (not offered in 2012-2013)

RELG 122 Muhammad and the Qur'an: Introduction to Islam

RELG 150 Religions of South Asia

RELG 163 The Qur'an (not offered in 2012-2013)

RELG 250 Buddhism and Ecology

RELG 251 Theravada Buddhism (not offered in 2012-2013)

RELG 252 Mahabharata: The Hindu Book of Peace and War (not offered in 2012-2013)

RELG 253 Tibetan Buddhism

RELG 256 Modern Hinduism: Encounters with the West

RELG 257 Buddha (not offered in 2012-2013)

RELG 258 Women and Buddhism (not offered in 2012-2013)

RELG 259 Gandhi 

RELG 259 Visual Cultures of South Asia (not offered in 2012-2013)

RELG 261 Beyond Hindu and Muslim: The Lives of Indian Saints (not offered in 2012-2013)

RELG 264 Islamic Politics

RELG 265 Religion and Violence: Hindus, Muslims, Jews (not offered in 2012-2013)

RELG 268 Encountering Islam (not offered in 2012-2013)

RELG 288 Women and Religion: India and Abroad (not offered in 2012-2013)

RELG 350 Emptiness

SOAN 157 Culture and Politics in India

SOAN 257 Culture and Politics in India (not offered in 2012-2013)

SOAN 261 Imagining Indonesia: Pluralism and Unity (not offered in 2012-2013)

WGST 310 Mystiques Demystified (not offered in 2012-2013)

Capstone Course: For 2012-2013, the designated capstone course is RELG 259 Gandhi