Course Listings
Below is a list of courses that fulfill certificate requirements and reflect the breadth of disciplines that correspond with the study of South Asia. Not every course is offered every year; some may be one-time-only offerings. In addition, there may be courses not listed below which qualify toward the SAS certificate. Please consult with the program director or program manager.
Fall 2020
HIN 101/URD 101 Elementary Hindi and Urdu I
HIN 304 /URD 304 /COM 378 /TRA 302 Topics in Hindi-Urdu: Art and Practice of Translation
SAN 105 Intermediate Sanskrit I
SAS 309 /REL 300 Hinduism: Visions and Ideas
SAS 335 /GSS 335 Gender and Performing Arts in South Asia
SAS 345 /REL 345 Islam in South Asia through Literature and Film
Cross-listed with the Program in South Asian Studies:
HIS 436 /SAS 436 Working Class Lives on the Indian Subcontinent
Spring 2020
HIN 102 /URD 102 Elementary Hindi and Urdu II
HIN 303 /URD 303 /COM 395 Topics in Hindi/Urdu: Literature and Cinema
SAN 102 Elementary Sanskrit II
SAN 107 Intermediate Sanskrit II
SAN 300 /TRA 300 Advanced Sanskrit: Vedic Language, Grammar, and Literature
SAS 210 /LIN 213 Languages and Culture in South Asia
SAS 328 /COM 352 /ASA 328 South Asian American Literature and Film
Cross-listed with the Program in South Asian Studies:
ARC 396 /SAS 396 Comparing the Urban in the Americas and South Asia
HIS 317 /SAS 317 The Making of Modern India and Pakistan
REL 216 /SAS 216 Philosophical Debates between Buddhists and Jains
Fall 2019
HIN 101 /URD 101 Elementary Hindi and Urdu I
HIN 305 /URD 305 Topics in Hindi/Urdu: Postcolonial Literature
SAN 105 Intermediate Sanskrit I
SAS 303 /GSS 412 Gender, Sexuality, and Feminisms in South Asia
SAS 345 /REL 345 Islam in South Asia through Literature and Film
Languages
Hindi
HIN 101/ Elementary Hindi and Urdu I
URD 101
HIN 102/ Elementary Hindi and Urdu II
URD 102
HIN 105 Intermediate Hindi I
HIN 107 Intermediate Hindi II
HIN 301/ Advanced Hindi-Urdu I
URD 301
HIN 302/ Advanced Hindi-Urdu II
URD 302
Sanskrit
SAN 101 Elementary Sanskrit I
SAN 102 Elementary Sanskrit II
SAN 105 Intermediate Sanskrit I
SAN 107 Intermediate Sanskrit II
SAN 300 Advanced Sanskrit: Vedic Language, Grammar, and Literature
Urdu
HIN 101/ Elementary Hindi and Urdu I
URD 101
HIN 102/ Elementary Hindi and Urdu II
URD 102
URD 105 Intermediate Urdu I
URD 107 Intermediate Urdu II
HIN 301/ Advanced Hindi-Urdu I
URD 301/
HIN 302/ Advanced Hindi-Urdu II
URD 302
Anthropology
ANT 321 Ritual, Myth and Worldview
ANT 337 Social Change in Contemporary India
ANT 339 Peoples and Cultures of South Asia
Comparative Literature
COM 336 Indian Texts and Contexts: Ancient to Medieval
COM 397 Modern South Asian Literature
History
HIS 241 Faith and Power in the Indian Ocean Arena
HIS 317 The Making of Modern India and Pakistan
HIS 332 India before Europe: Politics, Religion, and Culture in South Asia: 1000-1857 A.D.
HIS 417 Gandhi: The Making of the Mahatma
HIS 420 Modern India: History and Political Theory
HIS 422 Hindu, Muslim, Untouchable: Society and Politics in Pre-Modern South Asia, c. 1100-1800
HIS 436 Working Class Lives on the Indian Subcontinent
Near Eastern Studies
NES 240 Muslims and the Qur’an
NES 307 Afghanistan and the Great Powers, 1747-2001
NES 319 South Asian Islam, 998-1803
NES 323 Introduction to Early Sufism (ca. AD 800-AD 1200)
NES 324 Introduction to Later Sufism (ca. AD 1200 to present)
NES 334 Modern Islamic Political Thought
NES 397 Thus Spoke Zarathustra: The Zoroastrian Tradition from Ancient Iran to Contemporary India
NES 418 Religion and State Relations in Comparative Perspective
Politics
POL 351 The Politics of Development
POL 377 Rise of Asia: Political Economy of Development
POL 378 Politics in India
POL 440 Seminar in International Relations
POL 476 Democracy in India
Princeton School of Public and International Affairs
WWS 319 Society and Politics in Pakistan
Religion
REL 210 Religions of India
REL 216 Philosophical Debates between Buddhists and Jains
REL 224 Nonviolence Across Religious History
REL 225 The Buddhist World of Thought and Practice
REL 281 Buddhist Philosophy
REL 308 The Buddhist Individual
REL 325 Hindu Scriptures
REL 326 Buddhist Literature: Interpreting the Lotus Sutra
REL 331 Islamic Liberalism
REL 338 Islam in India and Pakistan
REL 382 Death and the Afterlife in Buddhist Cultures
South Asian Studies
SAS 210 Languages and Culture in South Asia
SAS 301 Introduction to Indian Art
SAS 303 Gender, Sexuality, and Feminisms in South Asia
SAS 309 Hinduism: Visions and Ideas
SAS 320 Science, Technology, and Society: South Asian Perspectives
SAS 321 The Politics of Pakistan
SAS 322 South Asian Popular Culture
SAS 325 Experiencing India through Bollywood
SAS 328 South Asian American Literature and Film
SAS 330 Mahabharata as Literature, Performance, Ideology
SAS 332 Mythology of Classical India
SAS 335 Gender and Performing Arts in South Asia
SAS 340 Popular Trends in South Asian Literature
SAS 345 Islam in South Asia: Literary Perspectives
SAS 350 Development and Dissent in India - South Asia
SAS 360 Reporting Inequality: The Media and the Marginalized