Yale Daily News

Updated: Saturday, November 21, 2009 7:35 p.m.

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S. Asian major easier said than done

Staff Reporter
Published Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Despite piquing the interest of a handful of students on campus, Yale College’s first new major in almost a decade is still sorting through some initial growing pains.

After a joint effort by students and faculty last year enshrined South Asian Studies in the Yale College curriculum, the major has seen early signs of interest among students this year. But both undergraduates and professors said a wider variety of courses and professors are needed to offer a more complete understanding of the region, and students complained about what they called the major’s “burdensome” language...

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