Students

Since English is spoken widely in most parts of India, MIT-India has no language requirement. In lieu of a language requirement, however, you must take at least one course on India that introduces you to the important cultural, social, and political aspects of the country, preferably:

Fall

• 21F.011 Topics in India Popular Culture (Fall 2009)
• 21F.041 Topics in South Asian Literature and Culture (Fall 2009)
  
• 15.229 'China and India: Opportunities and Issues'
• 21H.571 "The Making of Modern South Asia' (Fall 2009)
• 21H.575J/SP.459 "Women in South Asia from 1800 to Present' (Fall 2009)
• 21H.579 Gandhi's India (Fall 2009)
  

Spring

• 21F.040 'A Passage to India : Introduction to Modern Indian Culture and Society'
• 15.229 'China and India: Opportunities and Issues'
• 21H.573 "Religion and Politics in Modern South Asia' (Spring 2010)
• 21H.577J/CMS.882J "Re-Casting the Past: Film, Fiction, and History in India, 1905-2005" (Spring 2010)

Courses at Harvard

MIT students may cross-register at Harvard to fulfill the requirement.

Here's the link to the list of courses below:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=58279851972

• Historical Study A-16. The Making of Modern South Asia
• Social Analysis 36. Religion and Modernization: Cultural Revolutions and Secularism
• Freshman Seminar 44p. Contemporary India: Fact and Fiction
• Economics 1312. India in the Global Economy
• English 90ix. India in English
• Indian Studies 107. Tradition and Modernity in the Urdu-Hindi Short Story
• Religion 1600. Introduction to the Hindu Traditions of India
• Sanskrit 101a. Elementary Sanskrit
• Urdu 101. Introductory Urdu-Hindi
• Urdu 106r. Advanced Oral Proficiency in Urdu-Hindi
• Bengali for Beginners
• First Year Tamil