South Asia Courses
Below is a partial listing of South Asia courses offered by numerous departments; course offerings vary each semester.
The courses listed on this page may have some content related to South Asia; however, not all courses on this page will be eligible to fulfill requirements for the MESAS major or MESAS minor. Please refer to the pages linked below for more information regarding the requirements.
Link to MESAS Major Requirements
Link to MESAS Minor Requirements
Department of Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies
MESAS 102 Intro to South Asian Civilizations
MESAS 130 Harem Tales
MESAS 160 Sacred Texts of Middle East and South Asia
MESAS 190 Hindu Myth: Stories of God
MESAS 190 God, Kings and Sages
MESAS 202 South Asian History and Identity
MESAS 203 Viewing Middle East and South Asia
MESAS 270 Modern India through its Literature
MESAS 270 Popular Culture in South Asia
MESAS 270 Tibetan History
MESAS 300 Beyond Borders: Imagine Middle East and South Asia
MESAS 304 South Asian Epics
MESAS 311 The Sufi Way
MESAS 335 South Asian Languages, Politics and Identity
MESAS 337 Women in India
MESAS 362 Trade and Travel in Middle East and South Asia
MESAS 365 Orientalism: Self and Other
MESAS 370 Cultural Nationalism in India
MESAS 370 Gandhi: Non-Violence and Freedom
MESAS 370 Family in South Asia
MESAS 370 Hyderabad
MESAS 370 Intro to Reading/Writing Urdu
MESAS 370 Urdu Literary Culture
MESAS 370 Tibetan Culture
MESAS 490 Senior Seminar in MESAS
HNDI 101 Elementary Hindi I
HNDI 102 Elementary Hindi II
HNDI 201 Intermediate Hindi I
HNDI 202 Intermediate Hindi II
HNDI 301 Advanced Hindi I
HNDI 302 Advanced Hindi II
HNDI 410 Advanced Language and Culture
TBT 101 Elementary Tibetan I
TBT 102 Elementary Tibetan II
TBT 201 Intermediate Tibetan I
TBT 202 Intermediate Tibetan II
Photo of Golden Temple; Amritsar, India
Department of Religion
REL 100 Intro to Religion: Christianity and Hinduism
REL 100 Intro to Religion: Buddhism and Christianity
REL 100 Intro to Religion: Hinduism and Judaism
REL 190 Religion and Politics
REL 190 Buddhism and Social Change
REL 190 Buddhist Women through the Ages
REL 190 Meditation, Science and Religion
REL 200 Religion and Contemporary Experience
REL 210 Buddhist Narrative Literature
REL 212 Asian Religious Traditions
REL 300 Interpreting Religion
REL 301 Early and Medieval Hinduism
REL 302 Religions in Colonial India
REL 303 Modern Hinduism
REL 305 Introduction to Buddhism
REL 306 Tibetan Buddhism: Psychology of Enlightenment
REL 310 Modern Buddhism
REL 328 Women, Religion and Ethnography
REL 334 Dance and Embodied Knowledge
REL 353 Mystical Thought and Practice
REL 354 Secular Ethics: The Dalai Lama¿s Approach
REL 358 Buddhist Meditation
REL 358 Tibetan and Western Perspectives
REL 358 Religion and Healing
REL 369 Religion, Film and Media: Picturing Tibet
REL 370 Tibetan Mandalas
REL 370 Religion and Visual Culture
REL 370 Buddhism and Activism
REL 370 Life and Works of the Dalai Lama
REL 490 Senior Symposium: Critique of Religion
Other Departments
ENG 214 Global Literature in English
ENG 345 Post-Colonial Literature
HIST 265 Making of Modern South Asia
HIST 489 Partition: British India, 1947
POLS 385 South Asian Politics since 1945
POLS 385 India Today: Politics, Economics, Innovation, Sustainability
MUS 200 Music, Culture and Society
MUS 270 Sacred Soundscapes: Music and Religion
MUS 300 Music Ensemble