This course will offer a comprehensive idea on South Asian art and architecture from the beginning to the present. Through this course students will learn about the patterns of development in the field of art and architecture, painting, sculpture, famous monuments and minor art objects of South Asia, major artists and architects. Besides, the course will interpret the varied ways in which South Asian art reflects and shapes social, religious, cultural, political and economic milieu of South Asia.
Course Catalogue
Course Code: GED 418
Course Name:
South Asian Art and Architecture
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
Course Code: GED 419
Course Name:
Ethnic Identity and Nationalism
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
This course focuses on study of key issues debated by anthropologists regarding ethnicity and nationalism, with examination of concepts such as identity, cultural citizenship, transnationalism-globalization, gender, home, and acculturation-hybridity.
Course Code: GED 429
Course Name:
The Visual Culture of South Asian Women
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
Considers women as patrons and producers of ancient and medieval art and architecture, and examines the imaging of women in ancient and medieval works of art. Topics include feminist perspectives in ancient medieval history and art history, patronage by royal and aristocratic women, costume and textile production, and the art and architecture of female monastic communities.
Course Code: GED 438
Course Name:
Origin and Development of Bangla Language*
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
This course is designed to provide a comprehensive idea of the Indo-European parent speech, Indo-Iranian, Old Indo-Aryan, Middle Indo-Aryan, Old Bangla, Modern Bangla languages and the evolution of Bangla scripts.
* This course will be taught in Bangla
Course Code: GED 439
Course Name:
Science, Perceptions and Reality
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
It is improbable that scientific discoveries could make us give up commonsensical beliefs. It is even less plausible that commonsense could make us reject established scientific theories. So when science and commonsense appear to clash, as they do over colors, solidity, mental content, values, and death, serious philosophical problems arise. The course will investigate possible responses to these problems.
Course Code: GED 443
Course Name:
Gender and Society
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
The course focuses on various contemporary issues on gender and society. Topics include Theories of gender and their development, origin of family, feminist theories, feminist anthropology, women and gender, nature, culture and gender, patriarchy vs. matriarchy, kinship and gender, psychology of gender, women and religion, gender and society in the developing countries, gender and nationalism.
Course Code: GED 444
Course Name:
Women Studies
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
The course is designed to study historical and cross-cultural introduction to the various strands of feminist theory, examine the connections and discomforts between theory and activism, and explore the impact of feminist theories on contemporary thought. Students will learn the implications of women’s presence in political institutions, issues of substantive and symbolic representation, public policy agendas and outcomes, and constituent level benefits of representation by women. An introductory investigation of women’s practices and beliefs in a wide range of traditions, ancient and modern, Western and Eastern will also be discussed under this course.
Course Code: GED 451
Course Name:
Qazi Nazrul Islam: Life and Works*
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
This course will provide the students a clear notion of Qazi Nazrul Islam’s life and his creative works (poems, novels, short stories, plays, essays, letters etc).
* This course will be taught in Bangla
Course Code: GED 452
Course Name:
Rabindranath Tagore: Life and Works*
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
This course is designed to offer the students a lucid impression about Rabindranath Tagore’s life and his literary works (poems, novels, short stories, plays, essays, letters etc).
• This course will be taught in Bangla
Course Code: GED 453
Course Name:
Living with Conflict
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
Exploration into ways in which cultural groups perceive and approach situations of conflict and how these situations in turn shape cultural practices, beliefs, and norms within the group. Examples are taken from ethnographies of different parts of the world and include a discussion of customs that help mitigate conflict among members of the group as well as conflict between groups.