HIS 3750 - India and South Asia since 1500

Credits: 3

Prerequisite(s): ENG 1010 or equivalent with a grade of D or better, and any course with HIS prefix or that is crosslisted with HIS prefix, or permission of instructor

Description: The course covers religious and linguistic diversity in India; the nature of the Indian state; comparative colonial regimes; the complexity of responses to colonialism; and ideas of gender in colonial and modem South Asia. Students gain a more developed understanding of the political, social and economic geography of South Asia, as well as some familiarity with several South Asian religions, including Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism and Sikhism.