Concentration: Hinduism

Prerequisite: demonstrated interest in Hinduism: sufficient coursework and paper writing on topics related to Hinduism

Primary Source Languages: Languages of India such as Sanskrit or Hindi

Requirements:

(a) Core courses Credits
RELIG 352 Overview of Hinduism taken as RELIG 600 Independent study
RELIG 580 Seminar in Hinduism Studies

(b) at least one History class of the following:
HSTAS 401 History of Ancient India
HSTAS 402 History of Medieval and Mughal India

(c) at least two of the following:
ANTH 412 South Asian Social Structure
ASIAN/ The Ramayana in comparative perspective
SISSA 494
HINDI 501-04 Studies in Medieval Hindi Literature: Krishna, Rama, Nirguna and Rajasthani devotional literature
INDN 590 Special topics in Indology (when of relevance to Hinduism)
RELIG 454 Perceptions of the Feminine Divine in Hinduism
RELIG 490 Special topics (when of relevance to Hinduism)
SNKRT 491-493 Vedic Studies
SNKRT 494 Readings in the Religious Classics of India
SNKRT 495 Studies in Indian Thought
SNKRT 560 Philosophical texts in Sanskrit

Other Options:

ANTH 517 Seminar On South Asia
ARCH 466 South Asian Architecture
HSTAS 403 Modern India To 1900
HSTAS 404 Hist Of 20th Cent India
HSTAS 501 Indian History
MUSIC 428 Music Of North India
SISSA 490 SPEC Topics: (Media & Society In South Asia)
SISSA 510 Introducton To Interdisciplinary Study Of South Asia
SISSA 511 Seminar On South Asia
SNKRT 550 Seminar On Sanskrit Lit
SNKRT 570 Seminar In Indian Epigraphy and Paleography