ProgramCIP 05.0112

South Asian Studies

A program that focuses on the history, society, politics, culture, and economics of one or more of the peoples of South Asia, defined as including Afghanistan, India, the Maldives, Myanmar (Burma), Pakistan, and Sri Lanka and related borderlands and island groups; and including the study of migration patterns and overseas diasporas.

Definition from U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (CIP 2020).

Also called Indian/South Asian Studies.