The Center for South Asian & Middle Eastern Studies offers an interdisciplinary minor in South Asian Studies.
The minor is especially suited for students with a South Asia focus as a complement to their disciplinary study. The structure of the minor provides students a great amount of flexibility; possible areas of emphasis include language and literature, as well as history and social sciences.

A minimum grade-point average of 2.75 in South Asian Studies courses is required for completion of the minor.
The 18-20 hours of courses selected by students for the South Asian Studies Minor should form a coherent program of study and must meet the approval of an advisor in the Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies.
The program must include at least 6 hours at the advanced level (400 or approved 300). A student’s plan of courses for the minor must be approved by the Center. The Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will verify that students have completed the program, on the recommendation of the Director of the Center for South Asian & Middle Eastern Studies.

Note: Students intending to pursue the South Asian Studies Minor have to fill the Statement of Intent to Pursue a Campus-Approved Minor. Click here to download the form. Please return the completed form to Marilyn Booth, Director, CSAMES. Email: mbooth@uiuc.edu

HOURS
                                 REQUIREMENTS
 3-5 hrs
   Fourth-semester course work in an area-relevant language
    Courses that meet this requirement and are currently offered on a regular basis are HNDI 404 (5 hours) and SNSK 404 (3 hours). The requirement may also be met by comparable courses in these and other South Asian and South Asia-related languages, taught at UIUC or at other universities, through online courses (where available), and through a proficiency examination.
3 hrs
   HIST 130: Civilization of India (same as ANTH 130)
12 hrs
   Courses on South Asian history, language, literature, culture and society from the following list:*
    ACE 453: Economic Development in India & Southeast Asia
ANTH 499: Topics in Anthropolgy (appropriate sections)
ASST 398: Colloquium in Asian Studies (appropriate sections)
CWL 189 or CWL 190: Non-Western Classics I and II (appropriate sections)
ECON 450: Development Economics (appropriate sections)
HNDI 405- HNDI 406: Advanced Hindi I and II
HINDI 408: Introduction to South Asian Literature
HIST 430: India from Colony to Nation
LA 218: Cultural Landscapes of South Asia (same as ASST 218)
MUSIC 417: Area Studies in Ethnomusicology (same as ANTH 417) (appropriate sections)
PS 346: Governments and Politics of South Asia (same as ASST 346)
RLST 104: Asian Mythology
RLST 213: Introduction to Islam-ACP
RLST 260: Mystics and Saints in Islam
RLST 286: Introduction to Hinduism
RLST 494: Topics in Religious Thought (appropriate sections)
RLST 403: Women in Muslim Societies (same as ANTH and GWS 403 and HIST 434)
RLST 408: Islam and Modern Society
RSOC 443: Social Change in Developing Areas (same as SOC 463)
18-20 hrs total
   
    *Other area-relevant courses may be substituted as they are offered, with approval of the advisor. These include courses in languages other than Hindi and independent study courses with South Asia teaching faculty and with appropriate topics, such as the following ANTH 290, HIST 290, LING 290, POL S 290, RELST 290, SOC 290. Students wanting to take such independent study courses need to get permission from the instructor; not more than two independent study courses may be taken to meet the degree requirements.
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