Return to Table of Contents
Go to Course Listings
Go to bottom of document
Go to: Program Requirements
Go to: Summary of Requirements
Go to: Faculty
South Asian
Languages and Civilizations
Departmental Adviser: Clinton Seely, F 213, 702-8645,
c-seely@uchicago.edu
Departmental Secretary: Katherine Mosely, F 212, 702-8373,
k-mosely@uchicago.edu
World Wide Web: http://humanities.uchicago.edu/humanities/sasian/
Program of Study
The Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations offers a Bachelor
of Arts concentration for students whose primary interests lie in language
and literature. Sudents whose interest in South Asia is more general should
consult the concentration listing under South Asian Studies.
Program Requirements
Prior to starting the concentration program, students must take South Asian
Civilization 200-201-202 and the first year of a South Asian language, both
of which should be taken to satisfy the Common Core civilization and language
requirements. Students may take an examination to place out of the Common
Core foreign language requirement. However, if those Common Core requirements
are fulfilled in other ways, these courses must still be taken as prerequisites
for the concentration.
The concentration program consists of at least three courses in a South
Asian language at or above the intermediate level and six additional courses
on South Asia. Students currently may concentrate in Bengali, Hindi, Sanskrit,
Tamil, and Urdu. Any courses offered in the department may be used to fulfill
the requirement of six additional courses on South Asia, although only three
of the six may be language courses; courses offered in other departments
may also be used in this respect, upon prior approval of the departmental
adviser.
Summary of Requirements
General South Asian Civilization
Education (SoAsia 200-201-202)
one year (or equivalent) of a South Asian language
Concentration 3 quarters of a single South Asian language, intermediate
level or higher (with possible substitutions as noted above)
6 quarters of courses on South Asia
9
Honors. No bachelor's thesis is required for graduation, but if a student
wishes to participate in the honors program, an honors paper should be submitted.
Interested students should consult the departmental adviser at the beginning
of their fourth year.
Faculty
ARJUN APPADURAI, Barbara E. and Richard J. Franke Professor, Departments
of South Asian Languages & Civilizations and Anthropology
CAROL BRECKENRIDGE, Senior Lecturer, Division of the Humanities
DIPESH CHAKRABARTY, Professor, Department of South Asian Languages &
Civilizations and the College
STEVEN COLLINS, Associate Professor, Department of South Asian Languages
& Civilizations and the College
NORMAN J. CUTLER, Associate Professor, Department of South Asian Languages
& Civilizations
WENDY DONIGER, Mircea Eliade Professor, the Divinity School, Department
of South Asian Languages & Civilizations, Committee on Social Thought,
and the College
PAUL J. GRIFFITHS, Associate Professor, the Divinity School and Department
of South Asian Languages & Civilizations
RONALD B. INDEN, Professor, Departments of History and South Asian Languages
& Civilizations, and the College
C. M. NAIM, Associate Professor, Department of South Asian Languages &
Civilizations
SHELDON POLLOCK, George V. Bobrinskoy Professor, Department of South Asian
Languages & Civilizations and the College; Chairman, Department of South
Asian Languages & Civilizations
FRANK E. REYNOLDS, Professor, the Divinity
School, Department of South Asian Languages & Civilizations, and the
College
CLINTON BOOTH SEELY, Associate Professor, Department of South Asian Languages
& Civilizations; Chairman, Committee on Southern Asian Studies
Go to top of document