South Asian Studies is an interdisciplinary program focusing on an important region of the nonwestern world: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. The program's courses provide opportunities for students to explore the arts, economics, history, languages, politics, religions, and social structures of a culture other than their own.

Study Abroad: Davidson College conducts a Semester-in-India program, which combines a period of residence in Madras and a time of travel/study to major archaeological and historical sites in India. A fuller description is given in the Educational Programs section; details are also available from the Office of Study Abroad. (abroad@davidson.edu)