Bengali

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Barnard College

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.

Columbia University

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.

Cornell University

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.

Five College Consortium

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) 

Harvard University

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

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Indiana University

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

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New York University

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

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Rutgers University - New Brunswick

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/

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Stanford University

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: 

University of California - Berkeley

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/

University of Chicago

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

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University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign

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

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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

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/

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University of Pennsylvania

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

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University of Texas - Austin

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: 

University of Washington

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:

University of Wisconsin - Madison

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.