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  • ECON 240 Microeconomics of Development 6 credits

    This course explores household behavior in developing countries. We will cover areas including fertility decisions, health and mortality, investment in education, the intra-household allocation of resources, household structure, and the marriage market. We will also look at the characteristics of land, labor, and credit markets, particularly technology adoption; land tenure and tenancy arrangements; the role of agrarian institutions in the development process; and the impacts of alternative politics and strategies in developing countries. The course complements Economics 241.

    • Winter 2025
    • IS, International Studies QRE, Quantitative Reasoning SI, Social Inquiry
    • Student has completed any of the following course(s): ECON 111 with a grade of C- or better or ECON AL (Cambridge A Level Economics) with a grade of B or better or has received a score of 5 on the AP Microeconomics test or a score of 6 or better on the IB Economics test or received an ECON 111 requisite equivalency.

    • AFST Pertinent ASST Central Asia ASST East Asia ASST South Asia CL: 200 level EAST Supporting ECON Elective ENTS Society, Culture and Policy LTAM 300 HIST/SOAN/POSC LTAM Electives LTAM Pertinent Courses POSI Elective/Non POSC ASST Social Inquiry PPOL Economic Policy Making & Development SAST Support Social Inquiry
    • ECON  240.00 Winter 2025

    • Faculty:Faress Bhuiyan 🏫 👤
    • Size:25
    • M, WWillis 211 9:50am-11:00am
    • FWillis 211 9:40am-10:40am
  • ENGL 245 Bollywood Nation 6 credits

    This course will serve as an introduction to Bollywood or popular Hindi cinema from India. We will trace the history of this cinema and analyze its formal components. We will watch and discuss some of the most celebrated and popular films of the last 60 years with particular emphasis on urban thrillers and social dramas.

    • Winter 2025
    • IS, International Studies LA, Literary/Artistic Analysis WR2 Writing Requirement 2
    • ASST South Asia CAMS Extra Departmental CL: 200 level ENGL Historical Era 3 ENGL Tradition 3 ASST Literary Artistic Analysis SAST Support Literary Artistic Analysis
    • ENGL  245.00 Winter 2025

    • Faculty:Arnab Chakladar 🏫 👤
    • Size:25
    • M, WLaird 205 1:50pm-3:00pm
    • FLaird 205 2:20pm-3:20pm
  • HIST 161 From Mughals to Mahatma Gandhi: An Introduction to Modern Indian History 6 credits

    An introductory survey course to familiarize students with some of the key themes and debates in the historiography of modern India. Beginning with an overview of Mughal rule in India, the main focus of the course is the colonial period. The course ends with a discussion of 1947: the hour of independence as well as the creation of two new nation-states, India and Pakistan. Topics include Oriental Despotism, colonial rule, nationalism, communalism, gender, caste and race. No prior knowledge of South Asian History required.

    • Winter 2025
    • HI, Humanistic Inquiry IS, International Studies CX, Cultural/Literature
    • ASST South Asia CL: 100 level HIST Asia HIST Modern POSI Elective/Non POSC SAST Humanistic Inquiry ASST Humanistic Inquiry
    • HIST  161.00 Winter 2025

    • Faculty:Amna Khalid 🏫 👤
    • Size:30
    • M, WLeighton 202 11:10am-12:20pm
    • FLeighton 202 12:00pm-1:00pm
  • HIST 262 Borders Drawn in Blood: The Partition of Modern India 6 credits

    India’s independence in 1947 was marred by its bloody partition into two nation states. Neighbors turned on each other, millions were rendered homeless and without kin, and gendered violence became rampant, all in the name of religion. Political accounts of Partition are plentiful, but how did ordinary people experience it? Centering the accounts of people who lived through Partition, this course explores how divisions and differences calcified, giving birth to national and religious narratives that obscure histories of intersecting identities. With right wing Hindu nationalism ascendant in India and Islamic nationalism in Pakistan on the rise, Partition alas is not over. 

    • Fall 2024
    • HI, Humanistic Inquiry IS, International Studies
    • ASST South Asia CL: 200 level HIST Asia HIST Modern SAST Humanistic Inquiry
    • HIST  262.00 Fall 2024

    • Faculty:Amna Khalid 🏫 👤
    • Size:25
    • T, THLeighton 426 1:15pm-3:00pm
  • HIST 270 Nuclear Nations: India and Pakistan as Rival Siblings 6 credits

    At the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947 India and Pakistan, two new nation states emerged from the shadow of British colonialism. This course focuses on the political trajectories of these two rival siblings and looks at the ways in which both states use the other to forge antagonistic and belligerent nations. While this is a survey course it is not a comprehensive overview of the history of the two countries. Instead it covers some of the more significant moments of rupture and violence in the political history of the two states. The first two-thirds of the course offers a top-down, macro overview of these events and processes whereas the last third examines the ways in which people experienced these developments. We use the lens of gender to see how the physical body, especially the body of the woman, is central to the process of nation building. We will consider how women’s bodies become sites of contestation and how they are disciplined and policed by the postcolonial state(s).

    • Spring 2025
    • HI, Humanistic Inquiry IS, International Studies WR2 Writing Requirement 2
    • ASST South Asia CCST Encounters CL: 200 level GWSS Elective HIST Asia HIST Modern POSI Elective/Non POSC SAST Humanistic Inquiry ASST Humanistic Inquiry SAST Support Humanities
    • HIST  270.00 Spring 2025

    • Faculty:Amna Khalid 🏫 👤
    • Size:25
    • M, WLeighton 236 12:30pm-1:40pm
    • FLeighton 236 1:10pm-2:10pm
  • MUSC 180 Raga: Vocal or Instrumental Study of Hindustani Music 1 credits

    Beginning, intermediate, and advanced students of voice, guitar, violin, flute, clarinet, etc., approach raga from their current level of musicianship. In all cases, traditional practical instruction is complemented by some theoretical and philosophical exploration of the underpinnings of the music.

    Students may enroll for lessons in multiple terms. If you are changing aspects of your lesson (shift from half-hour to hour lessons, or from S/CR/NC to graded lessons (i.e.100-level to 200-level lessons), or vice-versa, you should consult with your instructor ahead of registration.

    Additional lesson fees are applied (see Music Department website for lesson fee information).

    • Fall 2024, Winter 2025, Spring 2025
    • ARP, Arts Practice
    • ASST South Asia ASST Literary Artistic Analysis SAST Support Literary Artistic Analysis
    • MUSC  180.00 Fall 2024

    • Faculty:David Whetstone 🏫 👤
    • Size:50
    • Grading:S/CR/NC
    • Lessons are scheduled individually with the instructor. Music lesson fee information can be found on the Music Department website.

    • MUSC  180.00 Winter 2025

    • Faculty:David Whetstone 🏫 👤
    • Size:50
    • Grading:S/CR/NC
    • Lessons are scheduled individually with the instructor. Music lesson fee information can be found on the Music Department website.

    • MUSC  180.00 Spring 2025

    • Faculty:David Whetstone 🏫 👤
    • Size:50
    • Grading:S/CR/NC
    • Lessons are scheduled individually with the instructor. Music lesson fee information can be found on the Music Department website.

  • MUSC 180J Raga: Vocal or Instrumental Study of Hindustani Music (Juried) 1 credits

    Beginning, intermediate, and advanced students of voice, guitar, violin, flute, clarinet, etc., approach raga from their current level of musicianship. In all cases, traditional practical instruction is complemented by some theoretical and philosophical exploration of the underpinnings of the music.

    Students may enroll for lessons in multiple terms. If you are changing aspects of your lesson (shift from half-hour to hour lessons, or from S/CR/NC to graded lessons (i.e.100-level to 200-level lessons), or vice-versa, you should consult with your instructor ahead of registration.

    Additional lesson fees are applied (see Music Department website for lesson fee information).

    • Fall 2024, Winter 2025, Spring 2025
    • ARP, Arts Practice
    • ASST South Asia MUSC Juried ASST Literary Artistic Analysis
    • MUSC  180J.00 Fall 2024

    • Faculty:David Whetstone 🏫 👤
    • Size:50
    • Lessons are scheduled individually with the instructor. Music lesson fee information can be found on the Music Department website.

    • MUSC  180J.00 Winter 2025

    • Faculty:David Whetstone 🏫 👤
    • Size:50
    • Lessons are scheduled individually with the instructor. Music lesson fee information can be found on the Music Department website.

    • MUSC  180J.00 Spring 2025

    • Faculty:David Whetstone 🏫 👤
    • Size:50
    • Lessons are scheduled individually with the instructor. Music lesson fee information can be found on the Music Department website.

  • MUSC 181 Sitar 1 credits

    Beginning through advanced study of sitar in the gayaki ang style of Ustad Vilayat Khan. Previous musical experience is not necessary. Sitars are provided.

    Students may enroll for lessons in multiple terms. If you are changing aspects of your lesson (shift from half-hour to hour lessons, or from S/CR/NC to graded lessons (i.e.100-level to 200-level lessons), or vice-versa, you should consult with your instructor ahead of registration.

    Additional lesson fees are applied (see Music Department website for lesson fee information).

    • Fall 2024, Winter 2025, Spring 2025
    • ARP, Arts Practice
    • ASST South Asia ASST Literary Artistic Analysis SAST Support Literary Artistic Analysis
    • MUSC  181.00 Fall 2024

    • Faculty:David Whetstone 🏫 👤
    • Size:50
    • Grading:S/CR/NC
    • Lessons are scheduled individually with the instructor. Music lesson fee information can be found on the Music Department website.

    • MUSC  181.00 Winter 2025

    • Faculty:David Whetstone 🏫 👤
    • Size:50
    • Grading:S/CR/NC
    • Lessons are scheduled individually with the instructor. Music lesson fee information can be found on the Music Department website.

    • MUSC  181.00 Spring 2025

    • Faculty:David Whetstone 🏫 👤
    • Size:50
    • Grading:S/CR/NC
    • Lessons are scheduled individually with the instructor. Music lesson fee information can be found on the Music Department website.

  • MUSC 181J Sitar (Juried) 1 credits

    Beginning through advanced study of sitar in the gayaki ang style of Ustad Vilayat Khan. Previous musical experience is not necessary. Sitars are provided.

    Students may enroll for lessons in multiple terms. If you are changing aspects of your lesson (shift from half-hour to hour lessons, or from S/CR/NC to graded lessons (i.e.100-level to 200-level lessons), or vice-versa, you should consult with your instructor ahead of registration.

    Additional lesson fees are applied (see Music Department website for lesson fee information).

    • Fall 2024, Winter 2025, Spring 2025
    • ARP, Arts Practice
    • ASST South Asia MUSC Juried ASST Literary Artistic Analysis
    • MUSC  181J.00 Fall 2024

    • Faculty:David Whetstone 🏫 👤
    • Size:50
    • Lessons are scheduled individually with the instructor. Music lesson fee information can be found on the Music Department website.

    • MUSC  181J.00 Winter 2025

    • Faculty:David Whetstone 🏫 👤
    • Size:50
    • Lessons are scheduled individually with the instructor. Music lesson fee information can be found on the Music Department website.

    • MUSC  181J.00 Spring 2025

    • Faculty:David Whetstone 🏫 👤
    • Size:50
    • Lessons are scheduled individually with the instructor. Music lesson fee information can be found on the Music Department website.

  • MUSC 280 Raga: Vocal or Instrumental Study of Hindustani Music 2 credits

    Beginning, intermediate, and advanced students of voice, guitar, violin, flute, clarinet, etc., approach raga from their current level of musicianship. In all cases, traditional practical instruction is complemented by some theoretical and philosophical exploration of the underpinnings of the music.

    Lessons are scheduled individually with the instructor. Music lesson fee information can be found on the Music Department website.

    • Fall 2024, Winter 2025, Spring 2025
    • ARP, Arts Practice
    • ASST South Asia ASST Literary Artistic Analysis SAST Support Literary Artistic Analysis
    • MUSC  280.00 Fall 2024

    • Faculty:David Whetstone 🏫 👤
    • Size:50
    • Grading:S/CR/NC
    • Section Prerequisites:

      This course requires permission from the instructor.

      To request permission, follow the instructions for requesting a prerequisite override.

      Please note: the link will open in a new window. Once you have received permission from the instructor, you will be able to return to this page to register for the course.

    • MUSC  280.00 Winter 2025

    • Faculty:David Whetstone 🏫 👤
    • Size:50
    • Grading:S/CR/NC
    • MUSC  280.00 Spring 2025

    • Faculty:David Whetstone 🏫 👤
    • Size:50
    • Grading:S/CR/NC
  • MUSC 280J Raga:Voc/Instr Study Hindustani (Juried) 2 credits

    Beginning, intermediate, and advanced students of voice, guitar, violin, flute, clarinet, etc., approach raga from their current level of musicianship. In all cases, traditional practical instruction is complemented by some theoretical and philosophical exploration of the underpinnings of the music.

    Lessons are scheduled individually with the instructor. Music lesson fee information can be found on the Music Department website.

    • Fall 2024, Winter 2025, Spring 2025
    • ARP, Arts Practice
    • ASST South Asia MUSC Juried ASST Literary Artistic Analysis
    • MUSC  280J.00 Fall 2024

    • Faculty:David Whetstone 🏫 👤
    • Size:50
    • Section Prerequisites:

      This course requires permission from the instructor.

      To request permission, follow the instructions for requesting a prerequisite override.

      Please note: the link will open in a new window. Once you have received permission from the instructor, you will be able to return to this page to register for the course.

    • MUSC  280J.00 Winter 2025

    • Faculty:David Whetstone 🏫 👤
    • Size:50
    • MUSC  280J.00 Spring 2025

    • Faculty:David Whetstone 🏫 👤
    • Size:50
  • MUSC 281 Sitar 2 credits

    Beginning through advanced study of sitar in the gayaki ang style of Ustad Vilayat Khan. Previous musical experience is not necessary. Sitars are provided. Expected preparation: students should consult with their instructor before singing up for the 2-credit lessons.

    Lessons are scheduled individually with the instructor. Music lesson fee information can be found on the Music Department website.

    • Fall 2024, Winter 2025, Spring 2025
    • ARP, Arts Practice
    • ASST South Asia ASST Literary Artistic Analysis SAST Support Literary Artistic Analysis
    • MUSC  281.00 Fall 2024

    • Faculty:David Whetstone 🏫 👤
    • Size:50
    • Grading:S/CR/NC
    • Section Prerequisites:

      This course requires permission from the instructor.

      To request permission, follow the instructions for requesting a prerequisite override.

      Please note: the link will open in a new window. Once you have received permission from the instructor, you will be able to return to this page to register for the course.

    • MUSC  281.00 Winter 2025

    • Faculty:David Whetstone 🏫 👤
    • Size:50
    • Grading:S/CR/NC
    • MUSC  281.00 Spring 2025

    • Faculty:David Whetstone 🏫 👤
    • Size:50
    • Grading:S/CR/NC
  • MUSC 281J Sitar (Juried) 2 credits

    Beginning through advanced study of sitar in the gayaki ang style of Ustad Vilayat Khan. Previous musical experience is not necessary. Sitars are provided. Expected preparation: students should consult with their instructor before singing up for the 2-credit lessons.

    Lessons are scheduled individually with the instructor. Music lesson fee information can be found on the Music Department website.

    • Fall 2024, Winter 2025, Spring 2025
    • ARP, Arts Practice
    • ASST South Asia MUSC Juried ASST Literary Artistic Analysis
    • MUSC  281J.00 Fall 2024

    • Faculty:David Whetstone 🏫 👤
    • Size:50
    • Section Prerequisites:

      This course requires permission from the instructor.

      To request permission, follow the instructions for requesting a prerequisite override.

      Please note: the link will open in a new window. Once you have received permission from the instructor, you will be able to return to this page to register for the course.

    • MUSC  281J.00 Winter 2025

    • Faculty:David Whetstone 🏫 👤
    • Size:50
    • Lessons are scheduled individually with the instructor. Music lesson fee information can be found on the Music Department website.

    • MUSC  281J.00 Spring 2025

    • Faculty:David Whetstone 🏫 👤
    • Size:50
  • POSC 170 International Relations and World Politics 6 credits

    What are the foundational theories and practices of international relations and world politics? This course addresses topics of a geopolitical, commercial and ideological character as they relate to global systems including: great power politics, polycentricity, and international organizations. It also explores the dynamic intersection of world politics with war, terrorism, nuclear weapons, national security, human security, human rights, and the globalization of economic and social development.

    • Fall 2024, Winter 2025, Spring 2025
    • IS, International Studies SI, Social Inquiry
    • ASST East Asia ASST Pertinent ASST South Asia CL: 100 level EAST Supporting POSI Core ASST Social Inquiry
    • POSC  170.00 Fall 2024

    • Faculty:Tun Myint 🏫 👤
    • Size:30
    • M, WHasenstab 002 9:50am-11:00am
    • FHasenstab 002 9:40am-10:40am
    • POSC  170.00 Winter 2025

    • Faculty:Summer Forester 🏫 👤
    • Size:30
    • M, WCMC 301 9:50am-11:00am
    • FCMC 301 9:40am-10:40am
    • POSC  170.00 Spring 2025

    • Faculty:Summer Forester 🏫 👤
    • Size:30
    • M, WHulings 316 8:30am-9:40am
    • FHulings 316 8:30am-9:30am
    • Extra Time Required for ISCNE simulation.

    • POSC  170.02 Spring 2025

    • Faculty:Tun Myint 🏫 👤
    • Size:30
    • T, THCMC 210 10:10am-11:55am
    • Extra Time Required for ISCNE simulation.

  • POSC 378 Political Economy & Ecology of Southeast Asia: Social Changes in Southeast Asia 6 credits

    Informed by the assigned readings, students will visit markets, factories, farms, and various cultural and natural sites to see first-hand the changes and challenges occurring in these areas. The course covers: (1) issues of livelihood transition from rural to urban; (2) the interaction between market systems and social relations; and (3) the impact on society of changes in physical infrastructures such as roads and telecommunication. Students will keep a journal and produce three thematic short essays, a 20-25-minute video, or a well-organized blog to document their learning.

    Participation in Carleton OCS Political Economy and Ecology in Southeast Asia Program

    • Winter 2025
    • IS, International Studies SI, Social Inquiry
    • Acceptance in the Political Economy and Ecology in Southeast Asia Program.

    • ASST South Asia CCST Encounters CL: 300 level POSI Elective ASST Social Inquiry SAST Support Social Inquiry
    • POSC  378.07 Winter 2025

    • Faculty:Tun Myint 🏫 👤
    • Open only to participants in Carleton Political Economy and Ecology in Southeast Asia program

  • POSC 379 Political Economy and Ecology of S.E. Asia: Diversity of Social Ecological Systems in Southeast Asia 6 credits

    Connecting the first and the second components, this course examines key actors, issues, and interests in the political economy of and ecology of Southeast Asia. Students will connect economy to ecology in Southeast Asia by connecting field experiences and observation to real data, facts, and cases that illustrate the interaction between economy and ecology. This course requires students to identify a topic of interest based on their field experience, research it using techniques taught in the field research and methods course, and write a research report in the form of a term paper. 

    Participation in Carleton OCS Political Economy and Ecology in Southeast Asia Program

    • Winter 2025
    • IS, International Studies SI, Social Inquiry
    • Acceptance in the Political Economy and Ecology in Southeast Asia Program.

    • ASST South Asia CCST Encounters CL: 300 level ENTS Society, Culture and Policy POSI Elective ASST Social Inquiry SAST Support Social Inquiry
    • POSC  379.07 Winter 2025

    • Faculty:Tun Myint 🏫 👤
    • Size:25
    • Open only to participants in Carleton Political Economy and Ecology in Southeast Asia

  • RELG 122 Introduction to Islam 6 credits

    This course is a general introduction to Islam as a prophetic religious tradition. It explores the different ways Muslims have interpreted and put into practice the prophetic message of Muhammad through analyses of varying theological, legal, political, mystical, and literary writings as well as through Muslims’ lived histories. These analyses aim for students to develop a framework for explaining the sources and vocabularies through which historically specific human experiences and understandings of the world have been signified as Islamic. The course will focus primarily on the early and modern periods of Islamic history.

    • Winter 2025
    • HI, Humanistic Inquiry IS, International Studies WR2 Writing Requirement 2
    • AFST Pertinent ASST Central Asia ASST South Asia CL: 100 level MARS Core Course MARS Supporting MEST Studies Foundation RELG Breadth RELG Islamic Traditions RELG Pertinent Course ASST Humanistic Inquiry SAST Support Humanities
    • RELG  122.00 Winter 2025

    • Faculty:Kambiz GhaneaBassiri 🏫 👤
    • Size:25
    • M, WLeighton 303 11:10am-12:20pm
    • FLeighton 303 12:00pm-1:00pm
  • RELG 155 Hinduism: An Introduction 6 credits

    Hinduism is the world’s third-largest religion (or, as some prefer, “way of life”), with about 1.2 billion followers. It is also one of its oldest, with roots dating back at least 3500 years. “Hinduism,” however, is a loosely defined, even contested term, designating the wide variety of beliefs and practices of the majority of the people of South Asia. This survey course introduces students to this great variety, including social structures (such as the caste system), rituals and scriptures, mythologies and epics, philosophies, life practices, politics, poetry, sex, gender, Bollywood, and—lest we forget—some 330 million gods and goddesses.

    • Spring 2025
    • HI, Humanistic Inquiry IS, International Studies QRE, Quantitative Reasoning WR2 Writing Requirement 2
    • ASST Pertinent ASST South Asia CCST Encounters CL: 100 level MARS Supporting RELG Breadth RELG Hindu Traditions RELG Pertinent Course SAST Humanistic Inquiry SDSC XDept Elective SAST Support Humanities
    • RELG  155.00 Spring 2025

    • Faculty:Kristin Bloomer 🏫 👤
    • Size:25
    • T, THLeighton 402 1:15pm-3:00pm
    • Extra Time Required. Students must attend a required field trip to the Hindu Temple of Maple Grove on a Saturday or Sunday morning (date TBD).

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