2026-2027 Course Catalog
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for the Undergraduate Minor in Hindi Studies
The minor in Hindi Studies is designed for students interested in receiving training in processing and using Hindi in a wide variety of authentic (from informal to institutional) contexts. Students will be encouraged to read authentic Hindi material from different genres and registers (including Hindi print media). Completion of the minor requires at least 19 hours in applicable courses.
for the Undergraduate Minor in Hindi Studies
Course List
| Code | Title | Hours |
| --- | --- | --- | | Hindi language requirement | | 10 | | HNDI 404 | Intermediate Hindi II | | | HNDI 405 | Advanced Hindi I | | | HNDI 406 | Advanced Hindi II | | | Two courses in Indian Linguistics/sociolinguistics (to be chosen from the following list in consultation with advisor) | | 6 | | LING 115 | Language and Culture in India | | | HNDI 412 | Business Hindi | | | LING 222 | Language in Globalization | | | One historically significant language course related to Modern Hindi or a course on Indian/South Asian Literature | | 3-5 | | SNSK 201 | Elementary Sanskrit I | | | SNSK 202 | Elementary Sanskrit II | | | ARAB 201 | Elementary Standard Arabic I | | | ARAB 202 | Elementary Standard Arabic II | | | PERS 201 | Elementary Persian I | | | PERS 202 | Elementary Persian II | | | HNDI 408 | Intro to South Asian Lit | | | Students with prior knowledge of any of the languages mentioned above can also meet the 3-5 credit requirement by taking upper level courses of the languages. | | | | Total Hours | | 19-21 |
for the Undergraduate Minor in Hindi Studies
- Students will acquire advanced level proficiency in speaking, listening, reading, writing in Hindi.
- Students will acquire knowledge of products, practices, and perspectives of culture related to Hindi.
- Students will be able to connect knowledge from the Hindi minor to other disciplines, especially business, literature, dynamics of global communication, women and gender studies, education, and health.
- Students will be able to develop knowledge of a variety of texts (including films), contexts, genres, registers and styles of Modern Hindi.
- Students will be able to learn the linguistically distinct varieties of Hindi and the role and impact of other Indian languages in variations in Hindi.
for the Undergraduate Minor in Hindi Studies
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