Minor in South Asian Studies
The following are approved introductory Asian civilization courses for the Asia minors in the Jackson School: SISA 209, 210; SISEA/HSTAS 212 (Korea); SISEA/HSTAS 241 (Japan); SISEA 242 (Japan); SISSE/HSTAS 221 (Southeast Asia); HSTAS 201 (India), HSTAS 202 (India); HSTAS 211 (China).
Requirements
30 credits, to include the following:
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HSTAS 202 or SISSA 200 (5 credits)
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One additional introductory Asian civilization course from those listed above (5 credits)
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15 credits of electives taken at the UW, chosen from the approved list*
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5 additional credits in South Asian language beyond second-year level, or in upper-division transfer courses on South Asia, or in additional electives chosen from the approved list*
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Minimum grade of 2.0 required in each course applied toward the minor.
Electives List
*South Asia Electives
Any SISSA-prefix course or its joint-listed equivalent
| ANTH 437 | Political Anthropology and Social Change (5) |
| ANTH 471 | Colonialism and Culture (5) |
| ANTH/ENVIR 371 | Anthropology of Development (5) |
| ANTH/ENVIR 451 | Compar Historical and Social Ecology of Tropics (5) |
| ANTH/RELIG 321 | Comparative Religion (3) |
| ART H 204 | Survey of Asian Art (5) |
| ASIAN 203 | Literature and Culture of Ancient and Classical India (5) |
| ASIAN 206 | Lit and Culture of So Asia from Tradition to Modernity (5) |
| ASIAN 263 | Great Works of Asian Literature (5) |
| ASIAN 411 | Buddhist Literature (5) |
| HSTAS 401 | History of Ancient India (5) |
| HSTAS 402 | History of Medieval and Mughal India (5) |
| HSTAS 403 | History of Modern India to 1900 (5) |
| HSTAS 404 | History of Twentieth-Century India (5) |
| HSTAS 431 | Tibetan History (3) |
| MUSIC 428 | Music of North India (3) |
| MUSIC 447 | Music of Southern India (3) |
| PHIL 412 | Indian Philosophy (5) |
| PHIL 418 | Indian Buddhist Philosophy (3) |
| RELIG 202 | Introduction to World Religions: Eastern Traditions (5) |
| RELIG 350/ANTH 352 | Buddhism and Society (5) |
| RELIG 352 | Hinduism (5) |
| RELIG 354 | Buddhism (5) |
| SIS/POL S 337 | Collective Violence and the State (5) |
| SIS/POL S 436 | Ethnic Politics & Nationalism in Multi-Ethnic Societies (5) |
| WOMEN/SIS 333 | Gender and Globalization: Theory and Process (5) |
| WOMENSIS/ANTH/ 345 | Women and International Economic Development (5) |
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