GEOG 375 - Geography of South Asia

(3 credits)
 

See Addenda  for changes to this course, effective Spring 2018.

This course provides a survey of the physical and human geography of South Asia, particularly India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives, and Sri Lanka. This course emphasizes the region’s major environmental, economic and cultural geography patterns, processes and issues. Problems related to religious, ethnic and linguistic diversity are examined in the context of modernization and economic development. Interrelationships between South Asian nations will also be explored. (CGCL; CMCL; CSOC)