Language Offerings
The four campuses of the Consortium offer instruction in a wide selection of South Asian languages, in regular and tele-video formats, including Bengali, Hindi, Persian, Sanskrit, Tamil, and Urdu. If you are thinking of learning a South Asian language, this article contains a vaulable introduction.
Learning a South Asian Language (36 KB)
Hindi-Urdu
Hindi-Urdu is offered with regular instruction by faculty at NCSU, Duke, and UNC-CH, and by televideo instruction at NCCU.
Hindi-Urdu - NCSU
Hindi - Duke
Hindi-Urdu - UNC-CH
Sanskrit
Sanskrit will be offered in Fall, 2009 at North Carolina State University. Contact Dr. Pankaj Jain, NCSU Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, pjain5@unity.ncsu.edu for information. This course will be housed at NCSU but may be offered via video-conferencing to UNC and Duke. See this Sanskrit flyer. From UNC or Duke, you may register through Inter-institutional Registration. Cf. below.
Fast Track to Urdu
In Fall, 2009 at North Carolina State University a new one- or two-credit course will be offered for students who have acquired the basic grammatical structure of Hindi, to allow them to make a rapid transition to Urdu script. The course will focus on Urdu script, vocabulary, and cultural differences, with simple prose and poetry readings. Contact Dr. Sujata Mody, ssmody@ncsu.edu, NCSU Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, or Baishakhi Taylor, bbane2@duke.edu, for information. This course will be housed at NCSU but may be offered via video-conferencing to UNC and Duke.
Other South Asian Languages
Classes in four less-commonly-taught South Asian languages are offered across our three Triangle consortium campuses, Duke University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and North Carolina State University.
Even more South Asian languages, such as Assamese, Dari, Gujarati, Kannada, Panjabi, Malayalam, Marathi, Pashtu, Tamil, Telugu, etc., can be studied through the Language Independent Study Program.Inter-institutional Registration
A
number of South Asian languages are taught at NCSU and all students at
UNC, Duke, or NCSU who want to take one of these languages may do so
through inter-institutional registration. These students may elect to
travel to NCSU but if there is enough enrollment we will try to provide
video-conferencing to your campus. Here is how to register:
1.
Download this form: http://www.ncsu.edu/registrar/forms/pdf/iiregistration.pdf
2. Choose the course name and number you want:
Elementary Bengali I, FL 295-006
Intermediate Bengali I, FL 295-007
Elementary Nepali I, FL 295-008
Intermediate Nepali I, FL 295-009
Elementary Persian I, PER 101
Intermediate Persian I, PER 201
Advanced Persian I, FL 295-011
Elementary Sanskrit I, FL 295-005
Elementary Tamil I, FL 295-010
Fast Track to Urdu, FL 295-011
3. Fill out the form, obtain the appropriate signatures, and deliver or fax to the interinstitutional contact person on your own campus:
4. Email Baishakhi Taylor, bbane2@duke.edu, notify her that you have registered, and tell her whether you plan to travel to NCSU or whether you would like video-conferencing. This must be arranged at least a month before the first day of class.Duke Students, your form goes to:
Dawn Schaefer
705 Broad Street
Phone: (919) 684-4225
dawn.schaefer@duke.eduUNC Students, your form goes to:
Daniel Collins
105 Hanes Hall
Phone: (919) 962-0505
daniel.collins@unc.edu
NC State Students, your form goes to:
Kia Bradsher
1000 Harris Hall
Phone: (919) 515-1496
kia_bradsher@ncsu.edu