Topic 1: Buddhist Studies: The Indian Monastery.
Topic 2: Communalism in Colonial India. Same as: HIS 382N.4
Topic 3: Ethnicity, Religion, and Politics in South Asia. Same as: GOV 390L.17 Additional prerequisite: Twenty-four semester hours of coursework in government or related fields, and consent of the graduate adviser.
Topic 4: Historiography in Premodern India. Asian Studies 384 (Topic 4) and History 381 (Topic: Historiography in Premodern India) may not both be counted.
Topic 5: Social and Religious Reform in Modern India. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies (Topic 5), History 382N (Topic 1), Religious Studies 394T (Topic: Social and Religious Reform in Modern India). Same as: HIS 382N.1
Topic 6: South Asian Diaspora.
Topic 7: Middle Indic Languages and Literature. Survey of the Middle Indic languages of South Asia, the communities that used these languages, and the literature composed in them. Asian Studies 384 (Topic: Middle Indic Languages and Literature) and 384 (Topic 7) may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: Basic reading comprehension of Sanskrit equivalent to one academic year's study of Sanskrit.
Topic 8: The Body in Indian Medicine and Myth. Examines issues of embodiment in South Asia in various life stages, including conception, infancy, childhood, adulthood, and death drawn from various historical periods, medical traditions, religious narratives, and sociological and anthropological studies. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 384 (Topic: Body in Indian Medicine/Myth), 384 (Topic 8), Religious Studies 394T (Topic: Body in Indian Medicine/Myth), 394T (Topic 1). Same as: R S 394T.1