Urdu: URD

Lower-Division Courses

URD X04. Accelerated First-Year Urdu.

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

URD X06. First-Year Urdu I.

URD X07. First-Year Urdu II.

URD X12. Accelerated Second-Year Urdu.

Continuation of Urdu 604.

URD X12K. Second-Year Urdu I.

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

URD X12L. Second-Year Urdu II.

Continuation of Urdu 312K.

URD X18K. Practice in Spoken Urdu I.

Instruction and practice in conversation for intermediate-level students.

URD X18L. Practice in Spoken Urdu II.

URD X19S. Topics in Urdu.

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.

URD X29S. Topics in Urdu.

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.

Upper-Division Courses

URD X29S. Topics in Urdu.

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.

URD X30. Topics in Urdu Language and Literature.

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

URD X30.1. Female Voices in Urdu Literature.

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

URD X30.2. Love and Devotion in Urdu Literature.

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

URD X30.3. Philosophy and Poetry of Iqbal.

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

URD X30.4. Urdu Aesthetics.

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

URD X30.5. Urdu Short Stories: Manto.

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

URD X30.6. Qawwali Aesthetics.

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.

URD X30.7. Partition in Literature and Film.

URD X30D. Urdu Across Disciplines.

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

URD X30G. Gender and Sexuality in Urdu-Hindi.

URD X32. Style and Register in Urdu.

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.

URD X60. Conference Course in Urdu Language and Literature.

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

Graduate Courses

URD X29S. Topics in Urdu.

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.

URD X81. Conference Course in Urdu Language and Culture.

Supervised individual study.

URD X84. Topics in Urdu Language and Culture.

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

URD X84.1. Advanced Reading, Composition, and Conversation I.

URD X84.10. Qawwali Aesthetics.

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.

URD X84.11. Gender and Sexuality in Urdu-Hindi.

URD X84.2. Advanced Reading, Composition, and Conversation II.

URD X84.3. Readings in Urdu.

URD X84.4. Female Voices in Urdu Literature.

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

URD X84.5. Love and Devotion in Urdu Literature.

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

URD X84.6. Philosophy and Poetry of Iqbal.

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

URD X84.7. Urdu Aesthetics.

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

URD X84.8. Style and Register in Urdu.

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.

URD X84.9. Urdu Short Stories: Manto.

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

Professional Courses

URD X29S. Topics in Urdu.

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.