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Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts
HINU: Hindi-Urdu
- HINU 100 (3) Introductory Hindi-Urdu I
- Spoken Hindi and Urdu, and written Hindi. Credit will be granted for only one of HINU 100 or 102.
- HINU 101 (3) Introductory Hindi-Urdu II
- Continuation of HINU 100. Credit will be granted for only one of HINU 101 or 102.
Prerequisite: HINU 100.
- HINU 102 (6) Introductory Hindi-Urdu
- Spoken and written Hindi and Urdu. As of 2011W, credit will be granted for only one of HINU 100/101 or HINU 102.
- HINU 200 (6) Intermediate Hindi-Urdu
- Conversation and grammar; an introduction to Hindi literature; an introduction to the Urdu script. As of 2011W, credit will be granted for only one of HINU 201/202 or HINU 200.
Prerequisite: One of HINU 101, HINU 102.
- HINU 201 (3) Intermediate Hindi-Urdu I
- Conversation and grammar; an introduction to Hindi literature; an introduction to the Urdu script. Credit will be granted for only one of HINU 200 or 201.
Prerequisite: HINU 101.
- HINU 202 (3) Intermediate Hindi-Urdu II
- Continuation of HINU 201. Credit will be granted for only one of HINU 200 or 202.
Prerequisite: HINU 201.
- HINU 205 (1) Introduction to the Devanagari Script
- The writing system of Hindi for those with some background in the spoken language. May be taken at the same time as HINU 200.
- HINU 300 (6) Advanced Hindi-Urdu
- Further study of the grammar of Hindi and Urdu; advanced conversation; literary readings in Hindi and Urdu; Hindi film. As of 2011W, credit will be granted for only one of HINU 301/302 or HINU 300.
Prerequisite: One of HINU 200, HINU 202.
- HINU 301 (3) Advanced Hindi-Urdu I
- Further study of the grammar of Hindi and Urdu; advanced conversation; literary readings in Hindi and Urdu; Hindi film. Credit will be granted for only one of HINU 301 or HINU 300.
Prerequisite: HINU 202.
- HINU 302 (3) Advanced Hindi-Urdu II
- Continuation of HINU 301. Credit will be granted for only one of HINU 302 or HINU 300.
Prerequisite: HINU 301.
- HINU 305 (2) Introduction to the Perso-Arabic (Urdu) Script
- The writing system of Urdu for those with some background in the spoken language.
Corequisite: One of HINU 300, HINU 400.
- HINU 400 (6) Introduction to Hindi and Urdu Literature
- Readings of various literary genres in Hindi, Urdu and their medieval equivalents. Modern fiction from India and Pakistan; the Urdu ghazal; medieval Hindi bhakti poetry; readings from the Adi Granth of the Sikhs Hindi film. Discussion in Hindi-Urdu of all materials.
Prerequisite: HINU 300.
- HINU 450 (3) Hindi Film
- Regional, religious, and historical dialects of Hindi and Urdu as repesented in films.
Prerequisite: HINU 200. Or fluency in Hindi.
