Variant of the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2021 Version 1.0 for Alternative primary groupings

• 04 - Social and behavioural sciences and law
• 05. - Area, ethnic, cultural, gender, and group studies
• 05.01 - Area studies

05.0112 - South Asian studies

This instructional program class comprises any 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.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • Indian/South Asian studies
  • Indology
  • South Asian studies

  All examples

• Exclusion(s)

  • Asian history(54.0106)
  • Asian studies(05.0103)
  • South Asian languages(16.0700)