This December the Department will be celebrating our 50th Anniversary with a banquet to be held at the Renissance Hotel downtown, join us for a night of more...
Each year the department offers a variety of topics under the course numbed 360B. This year we are offering courses in Modern Japanese Literature, Cultures of Manga and Anime More...
Hindi
*Placement of students in all Hindi-Urdu courses will be at the discretion of the instructor. Please contact Dr. Kenneth Bryant (ken.bryant(at)ubc.ca) for more information.
Introductory Hindi - HINU 102 (6) Spoken Hindi and Urdu, and written Hindi
Intermediate Hindi-Urdu - HINU 200 (6) Conversation and grammar; an introduction to Hindi literature; an introduction to the Urdu script. Prerequisite: HINU 102, or background in Hindi or Punjabi
Introduction to the Devanagari Script - HINU 205 (1) The writing system of Hindi for those with some background in the spoken language. May be taken at the same time as HINU 200.
Advanced Hindi-Urdu - HINU 300 (6) Further study of the grammar of Hindi and Urdu; advanced conversation; literary readings in Hindi and Urdu; Hindi film. Prerequisite(s): HINU 200
Introduction to the Perso-Arabic (Urdu) Script - HINU 305 (2) The writing system of Urdu for those with some background in the spoken language. May be taken at the same time as HINU 300 or HINU 400 Prerequisite(s): HINU 300 or HINU 400.
Introduction to Hindi and Urdu Literature - HINU 400 (6) 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(s): HINU 300.