Introduction to Modern India and South Asia’s History, Culture, and Society 1

Curriculum in Danish:

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• Academic targets

At the examination, the student can demonstrate:

Knowledge and understanding of

Modern India and South Asia’s geography and demography and key political, economic, social, and cultural developments in relation to their historical context.

• Skills in

explaining and analysing stereotypical prejudices that colour attitudes towards Modern India and South Asia, such as eurocentrism.

communicating at a basic scholarly level, particularly in relation to referencing sources and editing bibliographies based on author-date documentation (as in The Chicago Manual of Style).

• Competencies in

finding, structuring and critically evaluating information on a topic related to Modern India and South Asia’s history and culture.

Syllabus
The examiner specifies a syllabus of 600 standard pages.

Teaching and working methods
Compulsory classroom instruction with active student participation.

Exam provisions
Form of exam: Take-home assignment on set subject, following approval of active class participation.

Active class participation consists of:

Attendance in at least 75%.

Scope: 6-10 standard pages. The students have 7 days to complete their paper.

Assessment: Internal exam with a single examiner with assessment based on the 7-point grading scale. Active class attendance must be approved by the lecturer.

Regulations for group exams: The exam can only be taken individually.

Exam language(s): Danish or English.

Permitted exam aids: All.

Make-up exam/resit if active class participation is not approved: Take-home assignment on set subject, 9-10 standard pages. The students have 7 days to complete their paper.