South Asian Studies

Requirements

1. Six Courses, including:

Any five other courses, drawn from the list below or approved by the Director of the South Asian Studies interdisciplinary minor.

2. An international experience in South Asia.  For most students, this will involve participation in Davidson’s Semester-in-India program.  With the approval of the Director of South Asian Studies Interdisciplinary Minor, students may substitute participation in another approved semester- or year-long or summertime academic program in the region.   Alternatively, students may substitute an experience that will include an independent project supervised by a member of the South Asian Studies Interdisciplinary Minor faculty.  In cases of financial or other exigency, the Director may approve some other means of satisfying the international experience requirement.

Notes

1. Normally, at least three of the courses must be at the 300-level or above, although the coordinator of the Interdisciplinary Minor may approve alternatives.
2. No more than two courses may also be applied to a departmental major.
3. The six courses applied to the interdisciplinary minor must come from at least three different departments or programs.
4. No more than three courses taken abroad, whether on Davidson’s Semester-in-India or on another program, may count towards the South Asian Studies interdisciplinary minor. 

South Asian Studies courses offered at Davidson

• HIS 171 - Introduction to Modern South Asia
• HIS 379 - Islam in South Asia
• HIS 380 - Travel and Cultures of the Indian Ocean World
• HIS 474 - History of Indian Cinema
• MUS 242 - Music of Asia
• REL 270 - Classical Hinduism
• REL 271 - Classical Buddhism
• REL 272 - Classical Islam
• REL 276 - The Shi’ite Tradition
• REL 277 - Islamic Mysticism
• REL 282 - Tibetan Religions
• REL 370 - Asian Meditation Texts
• REL 371 - Varieties of Hindu Mysticism
• REL 378 - Islam in the Modern Age: Tradition, Fundamentalism and Reform
• SIL 171 - Beginning Hindi
• SIL 172 - Continuing Hindi

South Asian Studies courses offered as part of the Davidson in India Program

• SOU 310 - India: Past and Present
• SOU 354 - Issues in Contemporary India
• SOU 375 - Urban India
• SOU 385 - Public Health in India

• These and other courses are offered each year on an occasional basis as part of Davidson’s study abroad program in Chennai.  Typically, these course are offered at the 300-level.

Contact

Contact Professor Jonathan Berkey for additional information on this interdisciplinary minor.