CONTEMPORARY INDIAN SOCIETY
An interdisciplinary exploration of contemporary Indian society, politics, and culture. Consider the diverse, complex, and often contradictory fabric of modern India through the lens of several conceptual themes which consider emergent discourses and dynamics of change as the joint product of India's classical heritage and its transformation into a post-colonial nation-state since 1947. Explores tensions and continuities between the pre-modern and modern.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Humanities or Social Science Level - Elementary L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2024 Learning Outcomes: 1. Prepare and present well-researched and persuasive arguments. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Demonstrate knowledge about modern India and its recent history in their final projects. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Show evidence of critical thinking by writing balanced responses to readings that challenge their existing world views. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Integrate academic knowledge gleaned from scholarly readings with popular viewpoints presented in the media. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Prepare and present well-researched and persuasive arguments. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Demonstrate knowledge about modern India and its recent history in their final projects. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Show evidence of critical thinking by writing balanced responses to readings that challenge their existing world views. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Integrate academic knowledge gleaned from scholarly readings with popular viewpoints presented in the media. Audience: Undergraduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027