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South Asian Studies

South Asian Studies began in the early 1960s when Hindi was first taught on campus, and the South Asia Center was developed with Ford Foundation and U.S. Dept. of Education funding. The minor in South Asian Studies was developed in the early 1990s.

Tamil and Bengali were added in 2005 and 2007, respectively. Given the importance of religion throughout the region, note that Arabic, important to Muslims in western China, South Asia and Indonesia, has been available at SU since the late 1990s.

List of Courses, Fall, 2008:

Artwork entitled "Fish-Band"

• *ARB 101 Arabic I
• *ARB 101 Arabic I
• *ARB 201 Arabic III
• *ARB 620 Arabic for Research Purposes
• BNG 101 Bengali I
• BNG 201 Bengali III
• BNG 610 Bengali for Research Purposes
• HIN 101 Hindi/ Urdu I
• HIN 201 Hindi/ Urdu III
• HIN 520 Advanced Hindi
• HST 329 Making of Modern India
• SAS 101 Hindi/Urdu I
• SAS 103 Tamil I
• SAS 165 Islam
• SAS 186 Buddhism
• SAS 201 Hindi/Urdu II
• SAS 300 Health, Healing & Culture
• SAS 400 Gender and Power in South Asia
• SAS 465 Gender in Islam
• SAS 600 Globalization and Religion
• TML 101 Tamil I
• TML 201 Tamil III
• TML 620 Tamil for Research Purposes
• ETS 350: South Asian Literature in English

SU Abroad:

Mysore

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*Arabic is the religious/ritual language of large sections of Asia, outside of the Middle East, including Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, and western China.