SAS4013 – New Themes in South Asia Studies

Course description

• Course content
• Learning outcome
• Admission
• Prerequisites

• Teaching
• Examination
• Evaluation

Course content

The course code is used to offer intensive teaching of brief duration on topics relevant to South Asia Studies. It is built around visits by guest professors, small conferences or seminars, new research initiatives or similar events that bring us resources in terms of new people for a brief period or enable us to include students in new research projects.

Learning outcome

The course will offer intensive introduction to new themes in South Asia studies, with the teaching at a level closely related to research projects. The course will introduce the student properly to the topic but will often presuppose knowledge about the field. The specific content of the course will vary from semester to semester.

Admission

Students who are admitted to study programmes at UiO must each semester register which courses and exams they wish to sign up for in Studentweb.

Students enrolled in other Master's Degree Programmes can, on application, be admitted to the course if this is cleared by their own study programme.

If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures.

Prerequisites

Formal prerequisite knowledge

Admission to the Master Programme in Asian and African Studies.

Recommended previous knowledge

The course consists of seminars and lectures and requires active participation from the students.

Teaching

Teaching will normally take place over a brief period of time, at any point during the semester.

Examination

Essay, 5-7 pages.

The essay is to be submitted in Fronter. The Obligatory statement concerning cheating must be submitted in the designated folder.

Grading scale

Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about the grading system.

Explanations and appeals

• Explanation of grades and appeals

Evaluation

The course is subject to continuous evaluation. At regular intervals we also ask students to participate in a more comprehensive evaluation.