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South Asia Program

Cornell University

Courses

Fall 2026

Area Studies Courses

Course CodeTitleCreditsInstructor(s)
AAS 2620Introduction to Asian American Literature
Combined with: AMST 2620, ENGL 2620		3Hu Pegues, J
AAS 3030Asians in the Americas: A Comparative Perspective
Combined with: AMST 3703, AMST 6703, ANTHR 3703, ANTHR 6703		3Munasinghe, V
AEM 4545Money and Finance in the Digital Age
Combined with: ECON 3545		3Prasad, E
AEM 4880Global Food, Energy, and Water Nexus - Engage the US, China, and India for Sustainable Future
Combined with: AEM 4880, AEM 6880, ANSC 4880, ANSC 6880, CEE 5820, CHEME 4880, CHEME 6780, FDSC 4880, FDSC 6880, GDEV 4880, GDEV 6880		3Lei, X
Li, T
Miller, D
Pingali, P
Tester, J
Zhang, K
AIIS 3330Ways of Knowing: Indigenous and Place-Based Ecological Knowledge
Combined with: AMST 3330, NTRES 3330		3Kassam, K
ANTHR 2546South Asian Religions in Practice: The Healing Traditions
Combined with: ASIAN 2254, RELST 2546		3Willford, A
ANTHR 3520Kingship, Nation, and Heritage in Asia
Combined with: ANTHR 6520, ARKEO 3520, ARKEO 6530, ASIAN 3362, ASIAN 6652		3Fiskesjo, M
ANTHR 4418Writing Ethnography: Theory, Genre, and Practice
Combined with: ANTHR 7418, FGSS 4418, FGSS 7418		3Ramberg, L
ANTHR 7530South Asia: Readings in Special Problems1Holmberg, D
Munasinghe, V
Ramberg, L
Willford, A
ARTH 3850The Arts of Southeast Asia
Combined with: ARTH 6850, ASIAN 3350, MEDVL 3850, MEDVL 6850, VISST 3696		3McGowan, K
ASIAN 1104FWS: Songs of Love and War: South Asian Lyrics3Staff
ASIAN 1106FWS: The Great Epic of India3McCrea, L
ASIAN 1111FWS: To Sense and be Sensed: Writing the Nonverbal3Sethia, S
ASIAN 1118FWS: Power, Protection, and Liberation: Buddhist Paths to Flourishing3Blackburn, A
ASIAN 2299Buddhism
Combined with: RELST 2299		3Boucher, D
ASIAN 3049History, Theory, and Methods in the Academic Study of Religion
Combined with: ASIAN 6049, RELST 3049, RELST 6049		3Boucher, D
ASIAN 3380The Asian Century: The Rise of China and India
Combined with: AEM 3388, ASIAN 6680, CAPS 3387, GOVT 3384, GOVT 6384, ILRGL 3380, ILRGL 5380		3Friedman, E
Kuruvilla, S
ASIAN 4023Buddhism and Politics in South and Southeast Asia
Combined with: ASIAN 6023, RELST 4023, RELST 6023		3Blackburn, A
ASIAN 4377Issues in South Asian Studies
Combined with: ASIAN 6377		1Bass, D
ASIAN 4401Asian Studies Honors Course4McCrea, L
CRP 3850Special Topics in Planning-Basic Urban Services:Design & Delivery to Startups
Combined with: CRP 5850		3Kudva, N
ECON 2801Game Theory: For Economics, Politics, Knowledge and Rationality
Combined with: COGST 2801, ECON 2801, GOVT 2803, PHIL 2835		3Basu, K
GOVT 4000Comparative Politics of Developing Countries
Combined with: GOVT 6364		4Thompson, S
GOVT 4194Asian Political Economy
Combined with: ASIAN 4498 		4Pepinsky, T
HIST 1400FWS: Rudyard Kipling's India: Literature, History, and Empire3Travers, T
HIST 2749Mughal India and the Early Modern World, c. 1500-1800
Combined with: ASIAN 2274 		4Travers, T
HIST 3950Monsoon Kingdoms: Pre-Modern Southeast Asian History
Combined with: ASIAN 3397, ASIAN 6697, HIST 6950		4Tagliacozzo, E
ILRGL 2350Work, Labor, and Capital in the Global Economy3Doellgast, V
Friedman, E
Garay, C
Kuruvilla, S
ILRGL 3375Labor Practices in Global Supply Chains: Multi-Stakeholder Perspectives
Combined with: ILRGL 5375		3Kuruvilla, S
INFO 4505Computing and Global Development
Combined with: INFO 5505		3Vashistha, A
LAW 7084Asian Americans and the Law2Hahn, A
NTRES 3311Environmental Governance
Combined with: BSOC 3311, GDEV 3311, GDEV 6320, NTRES 6310, STS 3311		3Wolf, S
NTRES 4400Nature-Based Climate Solutions?
Combined with: ENVS 4400		3Wolf, S
PE 1427Ashtanga Yoga Foundations1Cunningham, J
PE 1429Vinyasa Yoga1Cunningham, J
PLSCI 6017Cropping Systems Ecology2McDonald, A

Language Courses

Course CodeTitleCreditsInstructor(s)
BENGL 1121Elementary Bangla-Bengali I4Chowdhury, R
BENGL 2201Intermediate Bangla-Bengali I3Chowdhury, R
BENGL 3301Advanced Bangla-Bengali I3Chowdhury, R
CLASS 3391Independent Study in Sanskrit, Undergraduate Level1Staff
HINDI 1121Elementary Hindi I4Singh, S
HINDI 2201Intermediate Hindi I3Singh, S
HINDI 2203Intermediate Hindi Reading and Writing for Heritage Students I3Singh, S
HINDI 3301Advanced Hindi I3Singh, S
NEPAL 1121Elementary Nepali I4Acharya, H
NEPAL 2201Intermediate Nepali I3Acharya, H
NEPAL 3301High Intermediate Nepali I3Acharya, H
PERSN 1320Elementary Persian-Farsi I4Gocheleishvili, I
PERSN 1322Intermediate Persian-Farsi I3Gocheleishvili, I
PERSN 5509Graduate Studies in Persian3Gocheleishvili, I
PUNJB 1121Elementary Punjabi I4Staff
PUNJB 2201Intermediate Punjabi I4Staff
SANSK 1131Elementary Sanskrit I
Combined with: CLASS 1331		4Clary, T
SANSK 2251Intermediate Sanskrit I
Combined with: CLASS 2351		3Staff
SANSK 3301Advanced Sanskrit I
Combined with: CLASS 3395		4McCrea, L
SINHA 1100Elements of Sinhala Language and Culture1Herath, B
SINHA 1121Elementary Sinhala I4Herath, B
SINHA 2201Intermediate Sinhala I3Herath, B
SINHA 3301Literary Sinhala I3Herath, B
SINHA 4400Literary Sinhala II2Herath, B
SNLIT 6601Topics in Sanskrit Literature I4McCrea, L
TAMIL 1121Elementary Tamil I4Staff
TIBET 1111Elementary Modern Tibetan I4Staff
TIBET 1121Elementary Classical Tibetan I4Staff
TIBET 2201Intermediate Classical Tibetan I4Staff
TIBET 2211Intermediate Modern Tibetan I3Staff
TIBET 3301Advanced Classical Tibetan I4Staff
TIBET 3311Advanced Modern Tibetan I3Staff
URDU 5509Graduate Studies in Urdu3Staff