GODS AND GODDESSES OF SOUTH ASIA

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Humanities Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Understand ways of conceiving of divinity and its presence in the world and in the life of the practitioner Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Interpret forms of religious expression, representations of deities and their function in ritual Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Critically examine taken-for-granted notions and stereotypes pertaining to image worship and to inquire into the process of their construction Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Articulate in writing a critical perspective on image worship and devotional practices Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Learn critical analysis and research skills Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Improve skills in delivering oral presentations Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Refine writing skills Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 8. Become familiar with multiple perspectives scholars use to study gods and goddesses of South Asia and use these perspectives in self-reflective thinking Audience: Graduate 9. Refine critical analysis and research skills Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Understand ways of conceiving of divinity and its presence in the world and in the life of the practitioner Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Interpret forms of religious expression, representations of deities and their function in ritual Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Critically examine taken-for-granted notions and stereotypes pertaining to image worship and to inquire into the process of their construction Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Articulate in writing a critical perspective on image worship and devotional practices Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Learn critical analysis and research skills Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Improve skills in delivering oral presentations Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Refine writing skills Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 8. Become familiar with multiple perspectives scholars use to study gods and goddesses of South Asia and use these perspectives in self-reflective thinking Audience: Graduate 9. Refine critical analysis and research skills Audience: Graduate