SWEDISH SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES NETWORK

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Asian Section, Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies,
University of Copenhagen

Address: Institut for Tværkulturelle og Regionale Studier, Københavns Universitet, Snorresgade 17-19, DK 2300 København S, Denmark

The Asian Section at the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies includes sections for Chinese Studies, Japanese Studies, Indology, Indonesian Studies, Korean Studies, Thai Studies, and Tibetology. More information

Section for Indology

Web page: http://www.indologi.ku.dk/
Contact person: Asst. Professor Kenneth G. Zysk, phone +45 35 32 88 32.

The study of Indology in the Asien-Institut is subdivided into a four-year BA phase, leading to the award of the BA degree, and a two-year kandidatuddannelse, leading to the cand.mag. degree.
In the first year of their BA studies, students have to take Sanskrit I which introduces them to the writing system and grammar of Sanskrit, and the Introduktion til Indienstudiet (* årsværk), which provides an overview of Indian culture and history as well as an introduction to research methodology. Following on Sanskrit I, Sanskrit II provides practice in reading easy Sanskrit texts.
Passing the Sanskrit II exam qualifies students for the more advanced Indian language courses: Sanskrit III, Pali I, and Hindi I. Sanskrit III introduces students to new genres of Sanskrit literature (the epics, the Veda, classical court literature/kavya), while Pali and Hindi I provide introductions to the language and introductory text reading. Students have to take altogether three advanced language courses, and any combination of them is admissible. At present, however, the study of Hindi, as of modern India in general, would require much self-study, as classroom teaching is irregular.
Passing the Introduktion til Indienstudiet qualifies students for the so-called realia courses (De indiske sprog, Indiens historie, Indiens kunsthistorie, Indiens litteraturhistorie, Indiens religions- og idéhistorie, Indiens samfund, Indiens buddhisme), of which one has to take three.
Students also have to take four so-called tilvalg courses in other disciplines, which are meant to broaden their education in terms of subject matter and methods. It is recommended that advanced language courses and realia courses are taken in parallel starting in the second year, and that not all the tilvalg courses are kept till the end of the BA education.
BA studies are concluded by the BA project. Thematically, it should fall within the range of one of the seven realia modules. It consists of an approximately 30-page BA dissertation and an oral examination.