HISTORY OF SOUTH ASIA TO THE PRESENT

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Breadth - Social Science Level - Elementary L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2025 Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify and describe the contours and stakes of conversations among historians about South Asia. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Apply historical methods to evaluate critically the record of the past and how historians of South Asia and British imperialism have interpreted it. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Conduct historical research, including (as appropriate) the effective use of libraries, archives, and digital databases. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Organize and express their thoughts clearly and coherently both in writing and orally and thereby offer their own analytical critique of major historical events and their legacies in South Asia. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Conceptualize and execute a significant piece of historical research. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify and describe the contours and stakes of conversations among historians about South Asia. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Apply historical methods to evaluate critically the record of the past and how historians of South Asia and British imperialism have interpreted it. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Conduct historical research, including (as appropriate) the effective use of libraries, archives, and digital databases. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Organize and express their thoughts clearly and coherently both in writing and orally and thereby offer their own analytical critique of major historical events and their legacies in South Asia. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Conceptualize and execute a significant piece of historical research. Audience: Undergraduate