MA South Asian Area Studies

Master

In City of London

£ 9,225 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    City of london

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Start of programme: September intake only
Mode of Attendance: Full-time or Part-time
The MA in South Asian Studies provides exceptional opportunities for advanced study of one of the world’s most diverse and important regions.
Students can choose to concentrate on pre-modern or modern South Asia and can acquire a basic knowledge of one of the area’s languages.
The degree provides a wide-ranging interdisciplinary analysis of the South Asian countries – India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan and Sri Lanka. Disciplines available include Politics, Economics,Anthropology, Law and History.
The programme attracts students from a variety of backgrounds. While some wish to broaden their previous studies or experience of South Asia, others approach the programme without having a South Asian element to their first degree, but with a desire to focus their previous training on the region.
Convenors
Francesca Orsini

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City of London (London)
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Subjects

  • IT Law
  • Politics
  • Basic
  • IT
  • Basic IT training
  • Basic IT
  • Economics
  • Cinema
  • Hindi
  • Urdu
  • Law
  • Sanskrit
  • Religions
  • Culture
  • Analytical skills
  • Intercultural awareness
  • Transferable skills
  • South Asian
  • South
  • Area

Course programme

Learn a language as part of this programme

Degree programmes at SOAS - including this one - can include language courses in more than forty African and Asian languages. It is SOAS students’ command of an African or Asian language which sets SOAS apart from other universities.

Students take 180 credits, 60 of which are a dissertation and a 120 from taught modules. A maximum of 60 credits can be taken from one discipline and a minimum of three disciplines must be covered. For students opting to take two language acquisition modules, only one of these can be from an introductory level.

Some disciplines, such as Politics, Economics or Social Anthropology, require an appropriate qualification (such as part of a first degree) if any of their modules are to be taken as the major subject.

All modules are subject to availability

Anthropology (minor only)
  • Culture and Society of South Asia
  • African and Asian Diasporas in the Modern World
Art and Archaeology
  • The Indian Temple
Cinema
  • Indian Cinema: Its History and Social Context
  • Indian Cinema: Key Issues
Culture
  • Contemporary Punjab: Society and Culture across Borders
  • The Politics of Culture in Contemporary South Asia
Economics

Some background in Economics is a prerequisite for these modules. Please contact the convenor for details.

  • Economic development of South Asia a) the macroeconomy
  • Economic Development of South Asia B) Major Sectors & The International Economy
History
  • Islam in South Asia
  • Environmental History of Asia
  • Colonialism and Nationalism in South Asia
  • Gender, law and the family in the history of modern South Asia
Language [one language option as minor only]
  • Bengali Language 1 (PG)
  • Bengali Language 2 (PG)
  • Hindi Language 2 (PG)
  • Hindi Language 3 (PG)
  • Hindi Language 4 (PG)
  • Readings in Contemporary Hindi (PG)
  • Nepali Language 1 (PG)
  • Nepali Language 2 (PG)
  • Prakrit Language 1 (PG)
  • Sanskrit Language 1 (PG)
  • Sanskrit Language 2 (PG)
  • Punjabi Language 1
  • Urdu Language 1 (PG)
  • Urdu Language 2 (PG)
  • Urdu Literacy (PG)
  • Elementary Written Persian
  • Intensive Persian Language
  • Intermediate Persian Language
  • Advanced Persian Language
  • Intermediate Persian Language (PG)
  • Tibetan (Classical) 1 (PG)
LawLiterature
  • Literatures of South Asia
  • Postcolonial Theory and Practice
  • Theory and techniques of Comparative Literature
  • Sanskrit Literature
  • Directed Readings in the Literature of a Modern South Asian Language
  • Sanskrit Texts from the Hindu Tradition
  • Literature & Colonialism in North India (Masters)
  • Narratives of Mobility in Contemporary Hindi Literature (Masters)
Music
  • Raga: concept and practice (PG)
  • Indian vocal music: Styles and histories
  • Sacred Sound in South Asia
Politics
  • Government and politics of modern South Asia
Study of Religions
  • Imag(in)ing Buddhahood in South Asia (1)
  • Imag(in)ing Buddhahood in South Asia (2)
  • Religions and Development
  • Issues in Religion and Media
  • Buddhism in Tibet
  • Jainism: History, Doctrine and the Contemporary World
  • Buddhist Meditation in India and Tibet
  • The Origins and Development of Yoga in Ancient India

This is the structure for 2018/19 applicants

If you are a current student you can find structure information on Moodle or through your Department.

Programme Specification
  • MA South Asian Area Studies - Programme Specifications 2012/13 (pdf; 34kb)
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MA South Asian Area Studies

£ 9,225 + VAT