Designed for students who have some knowledge of spoken Urdu but have not studied Urdu formally.

Continuation of Urdu 604.

Introduction to the Urdu script, followed by Urdu reading, composition, and conversation.

Continuation of Urdu 312K.

Instruction and practice in conversation for intermediate-level students.

This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the Department of Asian Studies. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program.

This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the Department of Asian Studies. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program.

Study of specific subjects related to Urdu culture as reflected in literary productions and other modes of expression.

Survey of prose and poetry written in Urdu by women during the last three centuries.

Examination of various literary genres that are shaped by discourses on the love of God and devotion to the prophet Muhammad.

Explores the prose and poetry written by the most influential twentieth-century Muslim reformer in South Asia, Muhammad Iqbal.

Intensive overview of the most popular lyrical genre of Urdu poetry, the ghazal, and the standards used to judge a good ghazal.

Survey of the writings of Sadat Hasan Manto. Primary texts in Urdu, secondary materials in English.

Examination of the devotional currency of Qawwali, and issues of gender, class, religious differences, and nationalism. Explores the relationship between oral and written literature and tensions between local aesthetics and the process of globalization.

Reading of Urdu language materials related to the subject matter of another designated course in Asian studies.

Practice of skills in reading, listening, writing, and speaking for everyday social situations and some formal situations. Relevant to students working toward the "Advanced" level on the American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) proficiency scale, equivalent to level 2 on the Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) scale.

Supervised individual study of selected problems in Urdu language or literature.

Supervised individual study.

Study of various aspects and periods of Urdu language and culture.

Examination of the devotional currency of Qawwali, and issues of gender, class, religious differences, and nationalism. Explores the relationship between oral and written literature and tensions between local aesthetics and the process of globalization.

Survey of prose and poetry written in Urdu by women during the last three centuries.

Examination of various literary genres that are shaped by discourses on the love of God and devotion to the prophet Muhammad.

Explores the prose and poetry written by the most influential twentieth-century Muslim reformer in South Asia, Muhammad Iqbal.

Intensive overview of the most popular lyrical genre of Urdu poetry, the ghazal, and the standards used to judge a good ghazal.

Practice of skills in reading, listening, writing, and speaking for everyday social situations and some formal situations. Relevant to students working toward the "Advanced" level on the American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) proficiency scale, equivalent to level 2 on the Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) scale.

Survey of the writings of Sadat Hasan Manto. Primary texts in Urdu, secondary materials in English.