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 courses, as needed, to fulfill remaining requirements:
   • Additional courses from the Culture, Art, Religion list
   • Additional courses from the Society, History, Politics list
5. Certificate GPA, Hours, and Minimum Grade Requirements.
   1. Certificate GPA. 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.
   2. Certificate Minimum Grade. Except for the GPA requirement, a grade of C- or higher is required for a course to count toward a requirement in the certificate.
   3. Certificate Upper Division Credit Hours. At least 15 credit hours in the certificate must be completed at the 300–499 level.
   4. Certificate Residency. 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.