Bengali

Levels: Elementary (1st year), Intermediate (2nd year), and Advanced (3rd year and beyond)

Frequency: Yearly

Distance/Online: Yes, see additional info

Department/Program: Department of Asian & Middle Eastern Cultures – South Asia Track

URL: https://amec.barnard.edu/

Tuition/Fees: https://barnard.edu/bursar/tuition-and-fees

Additional Info: Course taught at Cornell University, but available to Columbia students through Shared Course Initiative. Barnard students may go to Columbia campus and join videoconferencing course for language credit.

Levels: Elementary (1st year), Intermediate (2nd year), and Advanced (3rd year and beyond)

Frequency: Yearly

Distance/Online: No

Department/Program: Language Resource Center

URL: http://www.lrc.columbia.edu/

Tuition/Fees: http://sfs.columbia.edu/tuition

Additional Info: Course taught at Cornell University, but available to Columbia students through Shared Course Initiative.

Levels: Elementary (1st year), Intermediate (2nd year), and Advanced (3rd year and beyond)

Frequency: Yearly

Distance/Online: Yes, see additional info

Department/Program: Department of Asian Studies

URL: http://asianstudies.cornell.edu/

Tuition/Fees: http://finaid.cornell.edu/cost-attend

Additional Info: Course taught at Cornell, but available to Columbia University students through Shared Course Initiative.

Levels: Elementary (1st year), Intermediate (2nd year), and Advanced (3rd year and beyond)

Frequency: Independent study/offered by request

Distance/Online: No

Department/Program: Five College Center for World Languages

URL: https://www.fivecolleges.edu/fclang

Tuition/Fees: See institution’s tuition (Amherst College, Hampshire College, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College, University of Massachusetts – Amherst) 

Additional Info: Consortium offers independent language study through five colleges (Amherst College, Hampshire College, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College, University of Massachusetts – Amherst) 

Levels: 

Frequency: Independent study/offered by request

Distance/Online: No

Department/Program: Department of South Asian Studies

URL: https://sas.fas.harvard.edu/

Tuition/Fees: https://college.harvard.edu/financial-aid/how-aid-works/cost-attendance

Additional Info: 

Levels: Elementary (1st year), Intermediate (2nd year)

Frequency: Yearly

Distance/Online: No

Department/Program: Dhar India Studies Program

URL: http://www.indiana.edu/~isp/

Tuition/Fees: https://admissions.indiana.edu/cost-financial-aid/tuition-fees.html

Additional Info: 

Levels: Elementary (1st year)

Frequency: Yearly

Distance/Online: No

Department/Program: Department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies Studies

URL: http://as.nyu.edu/meis.html

Tuition/Fees: https://www.nyu.edu/students/student-information-and-resources/bills-payments-and-refunds/tuition-and-fee-rates.html

Additional Info: 

Levels: Elementary (1st year)

Frequency: Yearly

Distance/Online: No

Department/Program: Department of African, Middle Eastern, and South Asian Languages and Literatures

URL: http://www.amesall.rutgers.edu/languages

Tuition/Fees: https://financialaid.rutgers.edu/cost-of-attendance/rutgers/

Additional Info: 

Levels: Elementary (1st year)

Frequency: Yearly 

Distance/Online: No

Department/Program: Special Language Program

URL: https://slp.stanford.edu/

Tuition/Fees: https://registrar.stanford.edu/students/tuition-and-fees

Additional Info: 

Levels: Elementary (1st year), Intermediate (2nd year)

Frequency: Elementary offered one year. Intermediate offered the following year. (Alternate each year)

Distance/Online: No

Department/Program: Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies

URL: http://sseas.berkeley.edu/

Tuition/Fees: http://admissions.berkeley.edu/tuition 

Additional Info: Non-UC Berkeley students can take this course via Concurrent Enrollment: https://extension.berkeley.edu/static/studentservices/concurrent/

Levels: Elementary (1st year), Intermediate (2nd year), and Advanced (3rd year and beyond)

Frequency: Yearly 

Distance/Online: No

Department/Program: South Asian Languages and Civilizations

URL: http://salc.uchicago.edu/

Tuition/Fees: https://financialaid.uchicago.edu/current-students/costs

Additional Info: 

Levels: Elementary (1st year)

Frequency: Yearly

Distance/Online: No

Department/Program:Department of Linguistics – Less Commonly Taught Languages Program

URL: http://lctl.linguistics.illinois.edu/

Tuition/Fees: https://admissions.illinois.edu/Invest/tuition

Additional Info: 

Levels: Elementary (1st year), Intermediate (2nd year)

Frequency: Yearly

Distance/Online: No

Department/Program: Department of Asian Languages and Cultures – South Asian Language Program

URL: https://lsa.umich.edu/asian/language-and-academic-programs/south-asian-programs.html

Tuition/Fees: http://ro.umich.edu/tuition/

Additional Info:  

Levels: Elementary (1st year), Intermediate (2nd year)

Frequency:  Fall and spring semester/Yearly 

Distance/Online: No

Department/Program: South Asia Studies Department

URL: https://www.southasia.upenn.edu

Tuition/Fees: http://www.sfs.upenn.edu/paying/cost-of-attendance.htm

Additional Info: 

Levels: Elementary (1st year), Intermediate (2nd year), and Advanced (3rd year and beyond)

Frequency: Yearly

Distance/Online: No

Department/Program: Department of Asian Studies

URL: https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/asianstudies/index.php

Tuition/Fees: https://tuition.utexas.edu/

Additional Info: 

Levels: Elementary (1st year), Intermediate (2nd year), and Advanced (3rd year and beyond)

Frequency: Fall, winter, and spring quarter/Yearly

Distance/Online: No

Department/Program: Department of Asian Languages and Literature

URL: https://asian.washington.edu/fields/bengali-bangla

Tuition/Fees: https://www.washington.edu/financialaid/getting-started/student-budgets/

Additional Info:

Levels: Elementary (1st year), Intermediate (2nd year)

Frequency: Summer institute/Yearly 

Distance/Online: Yes, available upon request and enrollment 

Department/Program: South Asia Summer Language Institute

URL: http://sasli.wisc.edu/

Tuition/Fees: https://sasli.wisc.edu/tuition-and-fees/

Additional Info: Intensive summer institute.