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- Effective Term:
- Fall 2017 through Winter 2019
- Course Number:
- HST 105
- Course Title:
- History of India and South Asia Region
- Credit Hours:
- 4
- Lecture Hours:
- 40
- Lecture/Lab Hours:
- 0
- Lab Hours:
- 0
Course Description
Introduces the history of India and the South Asian region. Includes political, diplomatic, economic, social, religious, and cultural themes from pre-history to modern times. Audit available.
Intended Outcomes for the course
Upon successful completion students should be able to:
- Articulate and interpret an understanding of key historical facts and events in the history of South Asia.
- Identify the influence of culturally based practices, values, and beliefs to analyze how historically defined meanings of difference affect human behavior.
- Identify and investigate historical theses, evaluate information and its sources, and use appropriate reasoning to construct evidence-based arguments on historical issues.
- Construct a well organized historical argument using effective, appropriate, and accurate language.
Social Inquiry and Analysis
Students completing an associate degree at Portland Community College will be able to apply methods of inquiry and analysis to examine social contexts and the diversity of human thought and experience.
Outcome Assessment Strategies
Assess by using any combination of the following:
- Exams
- Essays
- Oral presentations
- Research projects
- Service-learning projects
- Class participation and discussion
- Other creative assignments
Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)
Competencies and Skills:
- Identify the characteristics of South Asian civilization
- Identify key political, geographical, social, economic and cultural aspects of South Asian civilization
- Appraise how civilization changed over time
- Analyze and evaluate primary and secondary sources
- Connect evidence to its relevant historical context
- Evaluate different interpretations of past events and construct your own
- Recognize and understand the basis for various interpretations and views of historical issues
- Identify an historian's thesis and supporting evidence
- Select what is important from a large body of material
- Connect past and present
Themes, Concepts, Issues:
- Early Indus civilizations
- Aryan migrations
- Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism
- Mauryan Empire
- Gupta Dynasty and Classical Indian Culture
- Islamic Invasions and Influence
- Delhi Sultanate
- Sikhism
- Mughal Empire and rulers
- Initial European contacts
- East India Company
- British Raj
- Evolution of Indian Nationalism and British response
- Gandhi
- Impact of World Wars
- Independence
- Partition
- Jinnah
- Pakistan
- Kashmir
- Post-Independence
- Nehru
- Indira Gandhi
- Bangladesh
- Nuclear proliferation
- Current Issues
- Modernization
- Globalization
Considering such factors as:
- Geography
- Social hierarchy
- Gender
- Institutions
- Political and economic structures
- Law
- Cultural contributions
- Philosophies and religions