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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
Additional Info:
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
Additional Info:
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
Additional Info:
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/
Additional Info:
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
Additional Info:
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
Additional Info:
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/
Additional Info:
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
Additional Info:
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
Tuition/Fees: https://sasli.wisc.edu/tuition-and-fees/
Additional Info: Intensive summer institute.