| source Yale (X) |
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department South Asian Studies (X) |
M-F 10.30-11.20 Fall 2009 No regular final examination Skills L1 An in-depth introduction to modern Hindi, including the Devanagari script. A combination of graded texts, written assignments, audiovisual material, and computer-based exercises provides cultural insights and increases proficiency in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing Hindi. Emphasis on spontaneous self-expression in the language.
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M-F 1.30-2.20 Fall 2009 No regular final examination Skills L1 An in-depth introduction to modern Hindi, including the Devanagari script. A combination of graded texts, written assignments, audiovisual material, and computer-based exercises provides cultural insights and increases proficiency in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing Hindi. Emphasis on spontaneous self-expression in the language.
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M-F 11.35-12.25 Fall 2009 No regular final examination Skills L3 The first half of a two-term sequence designed to develop proficiency in the four language skill areas. Extensive use of cultural documents including feature films, radio broadcasts, and literary and nonliterary texts to increase proficiency in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing Hindi. Focus on cultural nuances and Hindi literary traditions. Emphasis on spontaneous self-expression in the language.
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M-F 2.30-3.20 Fall 2009 No regular final examination Skills L3 The first half of a two-term sequence designed to develop proficiency in the four language skill areas. Extensive use of cultural documents including feature films, radio broadcasts, and literary and nonliterary texts to increase proficiency in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing Hindi. Focus on cultural nuances and Hindi literary traditions. Emphasis on spontaneous self-expression in the language.
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TTh 4.00-5.15 Fall 2009 No regular final examination Skills L2, L3 A fast-paced course designed for students who are able to understand basic conversational Hindi but have minimal or no literacy skills. Introduction to the Devanagari script; development of listening and speaking skills; vocabulary enrichment; attention to sociocultural rules that affect language use. Students learn to read simple texts and to converse on a variety of everyday personal and social topics.
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TTh 4.00-5.15 Fall 2009 No regular final examination Skills L5 An advanced language course aimed at enabling students to engage in fluent discourse in Hindi and to achieve a comprehensive knowledge of formal grammar. Introduction to a variety of styles and levels of discourse and usage. Emphasis on the written language, with readings on general topics from newspapers, books, and magazines.
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1 HTBA Fall 2009 No regular final examination Permission of instructor required For students with advanced Hindi language skills who wish to engage in concentrated reading and research on material not otherwise offered by the department. The work must be supervised by an adviser and must terminate in a term paper or its equivalent. Permission to enroll requires submission of a detailed project proposal and its approval by the language studies coordinator.
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HNDI 510 01 (13192) /HNDI110 M-F 10.30-11.20 Fall 2009 An in-depth introduction to modern Hindi, including the Devanagari script. Through a combination of graded texts, written assignments, audiovisual material, and computer-based exercises, the course provides cultural insights and increases proficiency in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing Hindi. Emphasis placed on spontaneous self-expression in the language. No prior background in Hindi assumed.
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HNDI 510 02 (13193) /HNDI110 M-F 1.30-2.20 Fall 2009 An in-depth introduction to modern Hindi, including the Devanagari script. Through a combination of graded texts, written assignments, audiovisual material, and computer-based exercises, the course provides cultural insights and increases proficiency in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing Hindi. Emphasis placed on spontaneous self-expression in the language. No prior background in Hindi assumed.
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HNDI 530 01 (13194) /HNDI130 M-F 11.35-12.25 Fall 2009 First half of a two-term sequence designed to develop proficiency in the four language skill areas. Extensive use of cultural documents including feature films, radio broadcasts, and literary and nonliterary texts to increase proficiency in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing Hindi. Focus on cultural nuances and various Hindi literary traditions. Emphasis on spontaneous self-expression in the language. After HNDI 510 or equivalent.
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HNDI 530 02 (13195) /HNDI130 M-F 2.30-3.20 Fall 2009 First half of a two-term sequence designed to develop proficiency in the four language skill areas. Extensive use of cultural documents including feature films, radio broadcasts, and literary and nonliterary texts to increase proficiency in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing Hindi. Focus on cultural nuances and various Hindi literary traditions. Emphasis on spontaneous self-expression in the language. After HNDI 510 or equivalent.
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HNDI 532 01 (14212) /HNDI132 TTh 4.00-5.15 Fall 2009 A fast-paced course designed for students who are able to understand basic conversational Hindi but have minimal or no literacy skills. Introduction to the Devanagari script; development of listening and speaking skills; vocabulary enrichment; attention to sociocultural rules that affect language use. Students learn to read simple texts and to converse on a variety of everyday personal and social topics.
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HNDI 550 01 (13196) /HNDI150 TTh 4.00-5.15 Fall 2009 An advanced language course aimed at enabling students to engage in fluent discourse in Hindi and to achieve a comprehensive knowledge of formal grammar. Introduction to a variety of styles and levels of discourse and usage. Emphasis on the written language, with readings on general topics from newspapers, books, and magazines. Prerequisite: HNDI 540b or permission of instructor.
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HNDI 598 01 (13197) /HNDI198 HTBA Fall 2009 For students with advanced Hindi language skills who wish to engage in concentrated reading and research on material not otherwise offered by the department. The work must be supervised by an adviser and must terminate in a term paper or its equivalent. Prerequisites: HNDI 540a, and submission of a detailed project proposal and its approval by the language studies coordinator.
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SAST 203 01 (12443) /ANTH266 TTh 9.00-10.15 Fall 2009 No regular final examination Areas So Historical, political, and ethnographic examination of state and society in Afghanistan. Ecology and economy, social and political organization, and ethnicity and transnational networks explored as bases for understanding the causes and consequences of domestic political turmoil and foreign interventions over the last thirty years. Attention to contemporary reconstruction and the country's prospects for the future.
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SAST 221 01 (14331) /HIST310 TTh 1.00-2.15 Fall 2009 Final exam scheduled (Group 26) 12/15/2009 T 2.00 Areas Hu Survey of the Indian subcontinent's history from colonial rule, through nationalist resistance, to postcolonial history. The establishment of British dominion; colonial transformation of Indian politics, society, economy, and culture; nationalism before and after Gandhi; the partition of India; and recent developments in South Asia.
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SAST 256 01 (12545) /HSAR383 MW 2.30-3.45 Fall 2009 Final exam scheduled (Group 37) 12/18/2009 F 2.00 Areas Hu Introduction to the art and architectural history of the Indian subcontinent from the rise of the Mauryan Empire to the building of the Taj Mahal. The development of early Buddhist and Jain art and of Hindu temples and icons; the efflorescence of Islamic visual culture under the Mughal Empire.
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SAST 300 01 (12678) /WGSS685/ANTH619/ANTH419 T 1.30-3.20 Fall 2009 No regular final examination Skills WR Areas So Permission of instructor required Exploration of the relationship between language and the public sphere. Consideration of the theoretical perspectives of Jürgen Habermas and Benedict Anderson. Ethnographic and historical examination of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century America and Europe, nineteenth- and twentieth-century Arabia, and India from the third to the twentieth centuries.
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SAST 301 01 (12677) Fall 2009 No regular final examination Areas So Permission of instructor required Historical and anthropological investigation of science, state, and technology in the making of colonial India, the transformation of India into a postcolonial nation, and India's rise to global prominence in the area of information technology. Topics include colonial medicine, the Gandhian critique of science, big dams, the Bhopal gas disaster, nuclear energy, and the Indian space program.
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SAST 310 01 (12519) /FILM317 MW 4.00-5.15 Fall 2009 No regular final examination Skills WR Areas Hu Permission of instructor required Critical introduction to popular cinema of South Asia, its history, culture, and politics. Topics include nationalism, partition, gender, secularism, development, globalization, and diaspora.
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SAST 323 01 (12462) /HIST395J T 2.30-4.30 Fall 2009 No regular final examination Areas Hu Permission of instructor required India's role in the world economy from the eighteenth century through the twentieth. Global factors that influenced economic change in India. The part India has played in international transactions of goods, people, and money. South Asia?s contributions to economic change in the rest of the world.
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SAST 340 01 (12397) /PLSC374 T 9.25-11.15 Fall 2009 No regular final examination Skills WR Areas So Permission of instructor required The history of political violence in South Asia from the colonial period to the present. Topics include violence and nonviolence during the nationalist movement; the violence that accompanied the formation of India and Pakistan in 1947; and recent riots in Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra, and Gujarat.
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SAST 341 01 (12489) /PLSC442 W 7.00-8.50p Fall 2009 No regular final examination Areas So Permission of instructor required Introduction to issues surrounding political and economic development in South Asia. Successes and failures of modernization, including the influence of intellectual trends and their derivative policy prescriptions. Foundational perspectives on development and the policies they yielded; empirical treatments of the experiences of South Asian countries in the postcolonial era.
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SAST 357 01 (12630) /RLST549/RLST129 Th 9.25-11.15 Fall 2009 No regular final examination Areas Hu Permission of instructor required The development of Buddhism and Hinduism explored through examination of the archaeological record. Study of well-known sculptures and structural remains, as well as newly discovered material that challenges current reconstructions of the history of Buddhism and Hinduism in the Gandhara region.
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SAST 362 01 (10150) /HIST389J/HSHM417 Fall 2009 No regular final examination Areas Hu Permission of instructor required The history of modern medicine in colonial South Asia (India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan) and Southeast and East Asia (Malay Straits, Philippines, Sumatra, Hong Kong). Western medical institutions and practices; town planning and urbanization; theories and construction of diseases of the tropics; colonial discourse on race and disease; twentieth-century implementation of international health programs.
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