Minor in India Studies

Students on Summer 2021, Fall 2021, or Spring 2022 requirements INSTMIN

Requirements

The minor requires at least 15 credit hours, including the requirements listed below.

Core. One (1) course:
- INST-I 100 Introduction to India
- Additional courses taught by core Dhar India Studies faculty (with program approval)
INST-I 100 Introduction to India
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Basic cultural literacy in India Studies through critical reading/lectures from India Studies faculty/film/discussion to discover what makes India the world power it is today, and why we need to know more about it, from its bloody birth in Partition to her ancient history and back to contemporary India.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
  
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Culture, Art, Religion. Two (2) courses:
- INST-I 370 Literature of India in Translation: Ancient and Classical
- INST-I 371 Songs of Ecstasy: Loving God in Medieval India
- INST-I 380 Women in South Asian Religious Traditions
- INST-I 414 India: Lost and Found in Translation
- INST-X 490 Individual Readings in India Studies
- ENG-L 383 Studies in British or Commonwealth Culture
- FOLK-F 121 World Arts and Cultures
- REL-B 202 Issues in South and East Asian Religions
- REL-B 210 Introduction to Buddhism
- REL-B 220 Introduction to Hinduism
- REL-B 315 Tantric Buddhism
- REL-B 320 Hindu Goddesses
- REL-B 330 Women in South Asian Religious Traditions
- REL-B 333 Seeing the Buddha: Buddhist Art of India and Tibet
- REL-B 335 Bollywood and Beyond: Religion in South Asian Film
- REL-B 414 Buddhist Philosophy in India
- REL-B 420 Topics in Hindu Religious Traditions
- REL-B 433 Embodying Nirvana
- REL-D 375 Religion and Literature
- REL-R 153 Religions of Asia
INST-I 370 Literature of India in Translation: Ancient and Classical
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Survey of the ancient and classical Sanskrit literature of India in translation, presented in cultural context.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
  
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INST-I 371 Songs of Ecstasy: Loving God in Medieval India
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Explore how some of the poets of medieval India couched their devotion for Krishna in erotic, seemingly transgressive language, and the circumstances that permitted them to do so.
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INST-I 380 Women in South Asian Religious Traditions
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
A historical view of the officially sanctioned roles for women in several religious traditions in South Asia, and women\'s efforts to become agents and participants in the religious expressions of their own lives.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of INST-I 380, REL-B 330, or REL-R 382.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
  
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INST-I 414 India: Lost and Found in Translation

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
An ethnographic approach to international fictional films produced in recent decades that treat both the political/public and domestic/private spheres of Indian life as sites that invite cultural critique and debate over the success of India as a modern and modernizing nation.

INST-X 490 Individual Readings in India Studies

Credits
1–6 credit hours
Prerequisites
None
Notes
R: Reading knowledge of Sanskrit and Hindi
Description
Selected substantive topics investigated from ancient, medieval, and modern texts about the civilization of India.
Repeatability
May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 6 credit hours in INST-I 496 and INST-X 490.
ENG-L 383 Studies in British or Commonwealth Culture
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Study of a coherent period of British or Commonwealth culture (such as medieval, Elizabethan, or Victorian England, or modern Canada), with attention to the relations between literature, the other arts, and the intellectual milieu.
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FOLK-F 121 World Arts and Cultures
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Surveying the customary arts of the world’s peoples offers a means of comprehending the human condition today. This course explores how culture is made manifest, especially in such media as landscapes, architecture, material culture, and expressive performances. A sampling of world arts, it also provides an introduction to folklife studies.
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REL-B 202 Issues in South and East Asian Religions
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Selected issues and movements in South and East Asian religions.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
  
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REL-B 210 Introduction to Buddhism
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Introduction to the basic beliefs and practices of Buddhism from its beginnings to the present. Special attention to the life and teachings of the founder, significant developments in India, and the diffusion of the tradition to East Asia, Central Asia, and the West.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of REL-B 210 or REL-R 250.
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REL-B 220 Introduction to Hinduism
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Beliefs, rites, and institutions of Hinduism from the Vedic (c. 1200 B.C.) to modern times: religion of the Vedas and the Upanishads, epics and the rise of devotional religion, philosophical systems (Yoga and Vedanta), sectarian theism, monasticism, socioreligious institutions, popular religion (temples and pilgrimages), modern Hindu syncretism.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of REL-B 220 or REL-R 255.
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REL-B 315 Tantric Buddhism
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
This class explores the rise and circulation of tantric practices, ideas, and texts among Indian and Tibetan Buddhists. The class also considers the advantages and limitations of various approaches that modern scholars have taken in their attempts to make sense of these practices, ideas, and texts.
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REL-B 320 Hindu Goddesses
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Introduction to the goddesses in Hindu traditions, including Lakshmi, Saraswati, Sita, Radha, Parvati, Durga, Kali, Ganga, and Sitala. Focus on the mythology, iconography, cultic practices, embodied forms, and theology associated with these goddesses.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of REL-B 320 or REL-R 348.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
  
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  Spring 2024CASE AHcourse
REL-B 330 Women in South Asian Religious Traditions
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Historical view of the officially sanctioned roles for women in several religious traditions in South Asia, and women\'s efforts to become agents and participants in the religious expressions of their own lives.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of INST-I 380, REL-B 330, or REL-R 382.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Summer 2024CASE AHcourse
  
  Spring 2024CASE AHcourse
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
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  Spring 2024CASE GCCcourse
REL-B 333 Seeing the Buddha: Buddhist Art of India and Tibet
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
An exploration of Buddhist art and its multiple social and ritual contexts, with particular attention given to works produced in India and Tibet. Designed to provoke reflection on the roles played by images in the religious life of Buddhist communities and in other religions over time.
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REL-B 335 Bollywood and Beyond: Religion in South Asian Film
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
A consideration of the nature and meaning of religion in South Asia using film as the lens to explore the South Asian continuum running from the sacred to the secular.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of REL-B 335 or REL-R 388.
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REL-B 414 Buddhist Philosophy in India
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Examines ideas, methods, and practices of seminal importance for Buddhist philosophical traditions in and beyond the Indian subcontinent. Explores how certain Buddhist thinkers have asked and attempted to answer questions regarding the self, reality, knowledge, conduct, and liberation.
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- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
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REL-B 420 Topics in Hindu Religious Traditions
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Selected topics such as Upanishadic thought, the Bhagavad Gita, Advaita Vedanta, Hindu ethics, monastic traditions, Hindu soteriology.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours in REL-B 420 and REL-R 458.
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REL-B 433 Embodying Nirvana
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Addresses the divergent ways in which Buddhists have understood the figure of the Buddha and the nature of Buddhahood. Draws from a number of primary texts in translation, concentrating principally (although not exclusively) on Indian Buddhist materials.
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REL-D 375 Religion and Literature
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Examines how literature furthers and also critiques religious agendas. Studies specific genres (e.g., poetry, fiction, epic, diaries) with an eye to the interplay between religious realities and literary expressions in specific cultural contexts (e.g., medieval Hindu devotion or twentieth-century North American counter-culture).
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
  
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REL-R 153 Religions of Asia
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Introduction to the religious traditions of Asia as integral to culture and society. Examines sacred stories, beliefs, values, and practices from multiple Asian religions in historical and comparative perspectives. Reveals how concepts of how the world works and what it means to be human vary across time and place, influencing domains not conventionally deemed religious in the U.S.
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- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
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Social, Political, and Historical Studies. One (1) course:
- INST-I 211 Introduction to South Asian History
- INST-I 362 International Relations of South Asia
- CEUS-R 329 Topics in Central Asian Studies
- CEUS-R 351 Prophets, Poets, and Kings: Iranian Civilization
- CEUS-R 370 Introduction to the History of Tibet
- CEUS-R 371 Tibet and the West
- CJUS-P 407 Terrorism
- GEOG-G 220 Social and Historical Studies Topics in Geography
- GEOG-G 415 Advanced Urban Geography
- GEOG-G 441 Migration and Mobility
- HIST-G 300 Issues in Asian History
- HIST-G 350 Modern South Asia: Eighteenth to Twentieth Century
- HIST-H 238 Introduction to South Asian History and Civilization
- HIST-J 300 Seminar In History
- HIST-W 300 Issues in World History
- INTL-I 422 Contested Territories/Conflicted Identities
- INTL-I 423 Postcolonial/Postcommunist Discourses
- INTL-I 425 Gender: International Perspectives
- MSCH-J 448 Global Journalism: Issues and Research
- POLS-Y 300 Topics in Current Politics and Governance
- POLS-Y 356 South Asian Politics
- POLS-Y 362 International Politics of Selected Regions
INST-I 211 Introduction to South Asian History
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
South Asia today encompasses India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Nepal, Bhutan, and Sri Lanka. Introduction to some of the principal historical themes and cultural features of this diverse region from the Neolithic era to the present day.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
  
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  Spring 2024CASE SHcourse
INST-I 362 International Relations of South Asia
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Focuses on terrorism, nuclear proliferation, inter-state war and ethnic conflict in South Asia as these issues relate to American foreign and security policy.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
  
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  Spring 2024CASE SHcourse
CEUS-R 329 Topics in Central Asian Studies

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Variable title course for topics in Central Asian studies.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
CEUS-R 351 Prophets, Poets, and Kings: Iranian Civilization
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Traces the history of Iranians from ancient times through the Arab conquest to today. Focuses on institutions, religious, secular and ecclesiastic hierarchies, minorities, devotional and communal change, and Iranian influences on Islam. Visual and archaeological aids used. No previous knowledge of subject matter required.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of CEUS-R 351 or CEUS-U 311.
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
  
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CEUS-R 370 Introduction to the History of Tibet
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Survey of Tibet's history from its beginning to present. Studies facets of Tibet's history including the Tibetan empire of the seventh to ninth centuries, the impact of Buddhism, Tibet's relations with neighboring peoples, the rise of the Dalai Lama, and current issues of Tibet.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of CEUS-R 370 or CEUS-U 483.
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CEUS-R 371 Tibet and the West
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Examines Western perception of Tibet during the past 700 years and compares Tibetan civilization with popular conceptions that prevailed in the West during corresponding periods. Subjects include Tibet as "Shangri-La," reflected in such novels and films as 'Lost Horizon', along with Tibetan perceptions of Westerners and Western civilization.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of CEUS-R 371 or CEUS-U 489.
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
  
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CJUS-P 407 Terrorism
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Terrorism is a serious challenge today and its policing demands varied responses. In this course we study how terrorists evolve and carry out their operations. The course will analyze police responses and debate the issues of legal boundaries and systems of checks and balances using case studies.
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GEOG-G 220 Social and Historical Studies Topics in Geography
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Exploration of an intriguing topic from a geographic perspective. Topics vary.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
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GEOG-G 415 Advanced Urban Geography
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
An in-depth examination of modern cities, growth dynamics, and sustainability. Explores a range of contemporary socioeconomic topics in an urban setting, including housing markets, segregation, crime, telecommunication, transportation, and regional development. Basic geographic models and spatial statistics are used to explore differences in urban areas.
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GEOG-G 441 Migration and Mobility
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Geographers are turning attention to the processes that drive, regulate and accompany various scales of movement, the politics of mobility, and the experience and effect of mobility. A better understanding of mobility helps them investigate processes like globalization, migration, tourism, homelessness, security and transport, international flows as well as micro-scale bodily movements in more nuanced ways.
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HIST-G 300 Issues in Asian History
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems of limited scope. Topics vary but usually cut across fields, regions, and periods.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
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HIST-G 350 Modern South Asia: Eighteenth to Twentieth Century
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
In-depth examination of the \"making of modern South Asia\" through this region\'s experience as an imperial territory of Great Britain. The focus of the course is upon social and cultural change, colonial governance, and forms of Indian nationalism.
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HIST-H 238 Introduction to South Asian History and Civilization
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Survey course which examines some of the important problems and debates current in South Asian history. Topics covered range from the Neolithic period to the present day, and include the nature of ancient South Asian society, medieval Islamic empires, and British imperialism in the region.
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HIST-J 300 Seminar In History
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
The refinement of students\' skills as historians; will focus on the skills of writing, interpretation, historical reasoning, discussion, and research.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic and the authorization of the history undergraduate advisor for a total of 6 credit hours.
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HIST-W 300 Issues in World History
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems of general import. Topics will vary from semester to semester but will usually be broad subjects that cut across fields, regions, and periods.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
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INTL-I 422 Contested Territories/Conflicted Identities

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Study of nationalism to explore how history, politics and culture conflict and converge in shaping multiple identities.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.

INTL-I 423 Postcolonial/Postcommunist Discourses

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Study of emergence and use of postcolonial and postcommunist theories to analyze colonial and communist discourses as well as their political and cultural legacies.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.

INTL-I 425 Gender: International Perspectives

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Examination of gender issues from international and interdisciplinary perspectives.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
MSCH-J 448 Global Journalism: Issues and Research
Credits
3
Prerequisites
At least junior standing; or consent of instructor
Description
Structure and function of international communication systems and barrier to flow of information among nations. Emphasis on gathering and disseminating information around the world. Study of the major newspapers of the world, international news agencies, and international broadcasting and satellite networks.
Repeatability
Credit given for only one of JOUR-J 448 or MSCH-J 448.
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POLS-Y 300 Topics in Current Politics and Governance
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
What's happening in current politics and governance? This course focuses on a contemporary issue or political event or process, covered at a more advanced level than POLS-Y 200. Topics vary from semester to semester and are listed in the online schedule of classes.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
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POLS-Y 356 South Asian Politics
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Introduction to the legacy of British colonialism in South Asia, to the development and decay of political institutions, to questions of economic growth, to social movements, and to regional conflicts.
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POLS-Y 362 International Politics of Selected Regions
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
The region studied will vary with the instructor and the year. Current information may be obtained from the Department of Political Science.
Repeatability
May be repeated once for credit, with permission of the departmental undergraduate advisor.
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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
Minor GPA, Hours, and Minimum Grade Requirements.
1. Minor GPA. A GPA of at least 2.000 for all courses taken in the minor—including those where a grade lower than C- is earned—is required.
2. Minor 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 minor.
3. Minor Upper Division Credit Hours. At least 9 credit hours in the minor must be completed at the 300–499 level.
4. Minor Residency. At least 9 credit hours in the minor must be completed in courses taken through the Indiana University Bloomington campus or an IU-administered or IU co-sponsored Overseas Study program.

Minor Area Courses

Unless otherwise noted below, the following courses are considered in the academic program and will count toward academic program requirements as appropriate:

Any course contained on the course lists for the academic program requirements at the time the course is taken—as well as any other courses that are deemed functionally equivalent—except for those listed only under Addenda Requirements
Any course directed to a non-Addenda requirement through an approved exception

This program of study cannot be combined with the following:

Bachelor of Arts in India Studies (INSTBA1)
Certificate in India Studies (INSTACRT1)

Exceptions to and substitutions for minor requirements may be made with the approval of the unit's Director of Undergraduate Studies, subject to final approval by the College of Arts and Sciences.

Minor in India Studies

Requirements

Minor hours and GPA

Minor Area Courses

Restrictions on combining this minor with other academic programs

Minor requirement exceptions and substitutions