Requirements

1. Core. One (1) course:
   • INST-I 100
   • Additional courses taught by core Dhar India Studies faculty (with program approval)
2. Culture, Art, Religion. Four (4) courses:
   • INST-I 370 Literature of India in Translation: Ancient and Classical i
   • INST-I 371 Songs of Ecstasy: Loving God in Medieval India i
   • INST-I 380 Women in South Asian Religious Traditions i
   • INST-I 414 India: Lost and Found in Translation i
   • INST-X 490 Individual Readings in India Studies i
   • ENG-L 383 Studies in British or Commonwealth Culture i
   • FOLK-F 121 World Arts and Cultures i
   • REL-B 202 Issues in South and East Asian Religions i
   • REL-B 210 Introduction to Buddhism i
   • REL-B 220 Introduction to Hinduism i
   • REL-B 315 Tantric Buddhism i
   • REL-B 320 Hindu Goddesses i
   • REL-B 330 Women in South Asian Religious Traditions i
   • REL-B 333 Seeing the Buddha: Buddhist Art of India and Tibet i
   • REL-B 335 Bollywood and Beyond: Religion in South Asian Film i
   • REL-B 414 Buddhist Philosophy in India i
   • REL-B 420 Topics in Hindu Religious Traditions i
   • REL-B 420 Topics in Hindu Religious Traditions i
   • REL-B 433 Embodying Nirvana i
   • REL-D 375 Religion and Literature i
   • REL-R 153 Religions of Asia i
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3. Society, History, Political, and Historical Studies. Two (2) courses:
   • INST-I 211 Introduction to South Asian History i
   • INST-I 362 International Relations of South Asia i
   • CEUS-R 329 Topics in Central Asian Studies i
   • CEUS-R 351 Prophets, Poets, and Kings: Iranian Civilization i
   • CEUS-R 370 Introduction to the History of Tibet i
   • CEUS-R 371 Tibet and the West i
   • CJUS-P 407 Terrorism i
   • GEOG-G 220 Social and Historical Studies Topics in Geography i
   • GEOG-G 415 Advanced Urban Geography i
   • GEOG-G 441 Migration and Mobility i
   • HIST-G 300 Issues in Asian History i
   • HIST-G 350 Modern South Asia: Eighteenth to Twentieth Century i
   • HIST-H 238 Introduction to South Asian History and Civilization i
   • HIST-J 300
   • HIST-W 300 Issues in World History i
   • INTL-I 422 Contested Territories/Conflicted Identities i
   • INTL-I 423 Postcolonial/Postcommunist Discourses i
   • INTL-I 425 Gender: International Perspectives i
   • MSCH-J 448 Global Journalism: Issues and Research i
   • POLS-Y 300
   • POLS-Y 356 South Asian Politics i
   • POLS-Y 362 International Politics of Selected Regions i
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4. Electives. Additional credit hours from Culture, Art, Religion, or Society, History, Political, and Historical Studies.
5. Upper level. 15 credit hours must be taken from courses at the 300–499 level.
6. Certificate GPA, Hours, and Minimum Grade Requirements.
   1. At least 9 credit hours in the certificate must be completed in courses taken through the Indiana University Bloomington campus or an IU-administered or IU co-sponsored Overseas Study program.
   2. At least 9 credit hours in the certificate must be completed at the 300–499 level.
   3. Except for the GPA requirement, a grade of C- or higher is required for a course to count toward a requirement in the certificate.
   4. A GPA of at least 2.000 for all courses taken in the certificate—including those where a grade lower than C- is earned—is required.
   5. Exceptions to certificate requirements may be made with the approval of the department's Director of Undergraduate Studies, subject to final approval by the College of Arts and Sciences.