South Asian Culture and Society I

Catalog description

This course begins a survey of the cultures of South Asia, including India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Nepal, and Bhutan. It examines the cultural, religious, and historic influences that have shaped the South Asian region throughout the centuries and which continue to play a key role within contemporary South Asian societies. The course is designed to be taken in sequence with SACS 102 as an intensive study of the people of South Asia.