Participation (20%) (Learning Outcomes 1,2,3,4), equivalent to 1500
1 x 2000 word essay (30%) (Learning Outcomes 1,2,3, 4,5 and 6)
1 x 3000 word essay (50%)(Learning Outcomes 1,2,3, 4,5 and 6) – final work

This course will look at modern relationships in South Asia between India and Pakistan.
It will explore the intertwined history of these countries, with a particular focus on Mughal and British periods, and then examine the Partition in 1947 and consequences of that epoch-marking event, including the issue of Kashmir. Post independence developments in each country, explaining the divergent paths of India and Pakistan, the creation of Bangla Desh and the consequences of the Soviet and American invasions of Afghanistan will be explored, as will current dynamics in the relationship between the two countries.

1. DEMONSTRATE A SOUND UNDERSTANDING OF THE INTERCONNECTED HISTORY OF THE SOUTH ASIAN REGION.
Knowledge and Understanding

2. DEMONSTRATE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF THE COMPLEX POLITICS THAT LED TO PARTITION OF BRITISH INDIA INTO THE TWO STATES OF INDIA AND PAKISTAN.
Knowledge and Understanding

3. DEMONSTRATE A SOUND UNDERSTANDING OF THE POLITICAL SYSTEMS AND POLITICAL AFFAIRS OF INDIA AND PAKISTAN.
Knowledge and Understanding

4. CRITICALLY ANALYSE KEY HISTORICAL EVENTS IN PAKISTAN, INDIA AND, AND UNDERSTAND THEIR CONTEMPORARY SIGNIFICANCE.
Analysis
Reflection

5. CRITICALLY EVALUATE THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE COUNTRIES, AND THE IMPACT ON OTHERS IN THE REGION, SUCH AS AFGHANISTAN.
Analysis
Reflection
Problem Solving

6. BE ABLE TO WRITE ANALYTICALLY AND COHERENTLY ABOUT THE SOUTH ASIAN REGION USING ALL THE NORMAL ACADEMIC CONVENTIONS.
Knowledge and Understanding
Analysis
Reflection
Problem Solving
Communication

The module incorporates inter-dependent learning strategies. The topic introductions provide the framework, delivering material and setting up setting up key issues for analysis. The discussion board provides for follow up discussion and clarification of the key issues. Independent learning will be focused on directed reading and note-taking in preparation for discussion board participation and assessment.
Key Information Set:
16% scheduled learning and teaching activities
84% guided independent learning

• Students’ own textbooks; supplied course packs of readings; e-books; e-journals; relevant websites.
• Blackboard VLE
• Computer with internet access

Navnita Chadha (2006). Demystifying Kashmir. Washington, DC, USA : Brookings Institution Press .
Schofield, V (2010). Kashmir in Conflict : India, Pakistan and the Unending War (3rd Edition). London: I.B. Tauris
Ganguly, S (2010). Contemporary Asia in the World : India, Pakistan, and the Bomb : Debating Nuclear Stability in South Asia. NY, USA: Columbia University Press
Ahmed Rashid, (2009) Descent into Chaos: How the war against Islamic extremism is being lost in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia, (2nd ed)Allen Lane, London,.
Bruce O. Riedel (2013) Avoiding Armageddon: America, India, and Pakistan to the Brink and Back, Brookings Institution Press, Washington.
Yasmin Khan (2007) The Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan, Yale University Press.
Peter Lyon (2008) Conflict Between India and Pakistan: An Encyclopedia, ABC-CLIO, Oxford.