HIST 314
IMPERIAL INDIA: INDIA FROM MUGHAL TIMES TO THE PRESENT
- Catalog Entry
HIST 314. Imperial India (C)
Three hours lecture (3).
Prerequisite: Three hours of HIST at 100 level.
A general survey of South Asian history from the building of the Mughal empire to the present. Topics include the nature of Mughal and British rule in India, the many peoples who have coexisted in India, and the blending of Muslim, Hindu, and British traditions. Also emphasizes developments in South Asia since the end of British rule in 1947.
- Detailed Description of Content of Course
This course will provide students with a chance to become acquainted with the history of South Asia, helping them to acquire knowledge and understanding of a part of the world unfamiliar to most of them. The course will attempt to create awareness of how South Asia came to be the way it is and how South Asian history has been important. Major topics include:
(1) Ancient Cultures of South Asia
(2) Arrival of Islam and the Mughal Conquest of India
(3) Hindu-Muslim Relations under Mughal Rule
(4) Arrival of Europeans in South Asia
(5) British Conquest of India
(6) Nature of British Rule in India
(7) Independence Movements
(8) South Asia since Independence
- Detailed Description of Conduct of Course
This course will combine lectures, class discussions based on assigned readings, media presentations, diverse writing assignments, and in-class exercises. In all cases, the course will be learner-centered. The course will also offer research opportunities, as students will be able to explore in greater depth topics of special interest through secondary and primary source readings. The course will provide the academic support services that students need in order to succeed.
- Goals and Objectives of the Course
Having successfully completed the course, the student will:
- Be better able to understand history and historical methodologies, and the student will have a more fully developed historiographical personality, and this outcome is critical to the achievement of all the other course goals.
- Be better prepared to live in the emerging global economy by gaining knowledge and understanding of South Asia, an important region for the emerging global economy.
- Better see historical connectivity and thus will be better able to apply historical knowledge to a variety of contemporary issues.
- Have navigated individualized analysis and assessment programs and thus be better able to direct autonomous learning experiences.
- Be more competent in reading, writing, and oral communication.
- Have participated in active-learning exercises and thus be better prepared for authentic experiences.
- Have been exposed to a variety of peoples and beliefs and thus better understand identity, appreciate diversity, and participate in global communities.
- Assessment Measures
The course will employ a variety of assessment measures. These instruments may include identification exercises that test overall command of course material; in-class essays that assess memory and critical thinking skills; out-of-class writing assignments that judge analysis, research, and writing; document-analysis assignments that test historiographical ability; and in-class discussions that assess oral communication skills.
- Other Course Information
None.
- Review and Approval
Date Action Reviewed by
November 2005 Approved Charles McClellan