Offered By	ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
Academic Contact	Richard Barz

Description

Hindi is the primary official language of India, and as such is crucial for a student with a passion for India and its culture and society. India lies just over the horizon of most Australians’ perceptions, but the coming rise of this massive nation and its concomitant importance for Australia means that a knowledge of Hindi will be economically invaluable in the very near future.

Students in this major are encouraged to spend time studying at a tertiary institution in India through a year of study in the flagship Year in Asia program. Competitive scholarships are available to qualified students.

A student may not take a course if that course is a prerequisite for another course which they have already passed.

Students with prior knowledge of the language will be required to take a placement test and may be exempted from the compulsory course.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the Hindi language major students should be able to:

1. express themselves well in a formal or informal register, appropriate to the situation and to the people to whom one is speaking.
2. read and understand newspapers and other texts in Hindi
3. engage with authentic Hindi language media
4. write in Hindi in an appropriate style in the Devanagari script using the correct grammar and the vocabulary appropriate the genre, contents and audience
5. Write, perform and record presentations or interviews in Hindi either individually or in cooperative groups, and answer questions based on those performances or interviews

 

Course Lists

The course lists in the "Requirements" section below is a definitive list and includes all courses that can be counted towards the major, whether or not they are offered in the current year. For a list of courses that will be offered in the current year, please see the Summary of Courses page.

Requirements

This major requires the completion of 48 units, which must include:

6 units from the completion of the following course:

HIND2600           Hindi 2D

 

A maximum of 42 units from the completion of courses from the following list:

ASIA2103            Language in Asia (L)

ASIA3006            Practical Assignment in Asia and the Pacific

HIND1008           Hindi 1A in-country

HIND1009           Hindi 1B in-country

HIND1100           Hindi 1A

HIND1200           Hindi 1B

HIND2002           Hindi 2 A-B in-country

HIND2300           Hindi 2A

HIND2400           Hindi 2B

HIND2500           Hindi 2C

HIND2600           Hindi 2D

HIND2108           Readings in South Asian Cultures

HIND3002           Hindi 2 C-D in-country

HIND3108           Advanced Readings in South Asian Cultures

HIND3501           Seminar on Hindi Language and Literature

URDU2300          Urdu 2A

URDU2400          Urdu 2B

The information published on the Study at ANU 2012 website applies to the 2012 academic year only. All information provided on this website replaces the information contained in the Study at ANU 2011 website.