Hindi Studies Minor

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


Hindi language requirement10
Intermediate Hindi II
Advanced Hindi I
Advanced Hindi II
Two courses in Indian Linguistics/sociolinguistics (to be chosen from the following list in consultation with advisor)6
Language and Culture in India
Business Hindi
Language in Globalization
One historically significant language course related to Modern Hindi or a course on Indian/South Asian Literature 3-5
Elementary Sanskrit I
Elementary Sanskrit II
Elementary Standard Arabic I
Elementary Standard Arabic II
Elementary Persian I
Elementary Persian II
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 Hours19-21

for the Undergraduate Minor in Hindi Studies


  1. Students will acquire advanced level proficiency in speaking, listening, reading, writing in Hindi.
  2. Students will acquire knowledge of products, practices, and perspectives of culture related to Hindi.
  3. 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.
  4. Students will be able to develop knowledge of a variety of texts (including films), contexts, genres, registers and styles of Modern Hindi.
  5. 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.