South and Southeast Asian Studies Minor

Minor - South & Southeast Asian Stds (Minor)

College Humanities & Sciences

Catalog Year: 2016-2017

Degree Specific Credits: 18

Required Cumulative GPA: 2.0

SSEA Minor Lower Division Requirements

Rule: Complete the following subcategories of courses

Note: All substitutions must be approved by the SSEA faculty advisor

Minimum Required Grade: C-
9 Total Credits Required

Introductory Course

Rule: Complete the following course

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Show Description SSEA 102H - Intro to South & S. East Asia
Offered intermittently. Same as ANTY 102H/LS 102H.  An introduction to South and Southeast Asian regions, cultures, societies, and histories, with particular emphasis on artistic, religious and literary traditions from prehistory to the present.  An overview approach with different materials and emphases.
 3 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 3 Total Credits Required

Lower Division Electives

Rule: Choose 2 of the following courses

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Show Description SSEA 202X - Introduction to India
Offered alternate years. This course introduces students to the history, economy, political and legal system, society, culture, religions, and literary and artistic traditions of India, which is the world's largest secular democracy and the birthplace of four major world religions.
 3 Credits
Show Description SSEA 212S - Southeast Asian Cult & Civ
Offered intermittently. Introduction to the cultures, social organization, and contemporary events of Southeast Asia.
 3 Credits
Show Description SSEA 232H - Buddhism
Offered autumn.  Same as RLST 232H.  A historical introduction to the development of Buddhist thought and practice in the cultures of Asia and the West.
 3 Credits
Show Description SSEA 234X - Hindu Religious Traditions
Offered spring, odd-numbered years.  Same as RLST 234X.  Critical exploration of selected aspects of Hindu thought, narrative and practice, both in contemporary and historical perspective.  Focus primarily on India, but with consideration of Hinduism's transformation and impact beyond South Asia.
 3 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 6 Total Credits Required

SSEA minor Upper Division Requirements

Rule: Complete the following subcategories

Note: All substitutions must be approved by the SSEA faculty advisor

Minimum Required Grade: C-
9 Total Credits Required

SSEA Humanities courses

Rule: Choose 3-6 credits from the following courses.

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Show Description LSH 328 - Love in Bombay Cinema
Offered intermittently. Examines the representation of romantic love in Bombay cinema, in the context of the representation of many types of love, familial, friendly and devotional.
 3 Credits
Show Description LSH 415 - Same Sex Unions Literature
Offered intermittently. Examines the literary representation of same-sex unions in European and Indian literary traditions.
 3 Credits
Show Description LSH 416 - The Bhagavad Gita
Offered every year or alternate year. Close reading of the Hindi Scripture, Bhagavad Gita in translation, examining its literary, philosophical, ethical and religious dimensions, its influence on Western and Indian literatures, and the way Indian and Western commentators have interpreted and used it.
 3 Credits
Show Description SSEA 342 - Topics Comparative Lit & Rel
Offered intermittently.  Same as LSH 342.  These courses compare major traditions, texts and trends in two or more world civilizations or cultures.  Works of literature and/or philosophy are examined in their historical contexts, and in relation to each other.
 3 Credits
Show Description SSEA 353 - Topics So. Asian Religions
Offered intermittently.  No prerequisites.  This course will examine select topics of central importance with respect to the history of interaction between the major religions (Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism) of South Asia.
 3 Credits
Show Description SSEA 366 - Tibetan Civilization
Offered intermittently. No prerequisites.  An exploration of the history and culture of a unique civilization that has influenced greatly the cultures of Himalayan, East and South Asia.  Special attention will be given to Tibetan religions, modernity, and globalization as they have presented profound challenges to Buddhist traditions. 
 3 Credits
Show Description SSEA 368 - Contemporary Buddhism in SSEA
Offered intermittently. No prerequisites.  Like other major religions, modernity and globalization have presented profound challenges to Buddhist traditions.  In this course we will explore various contemporary issues that have affected Theravada Buddhist societies-colonial and post-colonial revivalism, religious nationalism, women's rights and social reform-as case studies of some of the major ways religions have confronted modernity.
 3 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 3-6 Total Credits Required

SSEA Social Sciences courses

Rule: Choose 3-6 credits from the following courses.

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Show Description SSEA 330X - Peoples and Cultures of World
Offered intermittently. Same as ANTY 330X. Ethnographic survey of societies and cultures of Indonesia and the Philippines.
 3 Credits
Show Description SSEA 440 - Contemporary Issues of SE Asia
Offered spring odd years.  Same as ANTY 440 (ANTH 340). Prereq. SSEA 102. An examination of the major issues that affect the contemporary experience of Southeast Asians.
 3 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 3-6 Total Credits Required