Note: The universities listed below offer courses that may teach Hindi and Urdu together and/or teach certain levels together while other levels are taught separately.
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Barnard College
Levels: Elementary (1st year), Intermediate (2nd year), and Advanced (3rd year and beyond)
Frequency: Yearly
Distance/Online: No
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: Hindi-Urdu course taught at Columbia University but available to Barnard College students through university agreement. Elementary and intermediate Hindi-Urdu courses taught together but advanced courses are taught separately.
Boston University
Levels: Elementary (1st year), Intermediate (2nd year), and Advanced (3rd year and beyond)
Frequency: Yearly
Distance/Online: No
Department/Program: Department of World Languages and Literatures
Tuition/Fees: https://www.bu.edu/admissions/admitted/tuition-and-fees/
Additional Info: Hindi-Urdu, Urdu, and Hindi courses available. Regular classes of Hindi-Urdu are offered at elementary, intermediate, and advanced levels are taught together. Separate Hindi and Urdu literature courses are available. Directed study is also offered.
Brigham Young University
Levels: Elementary (1st year), Intermediate (2nd year), and Advanced (3rd year)
Frequency: Fall and winter semester/Yearly
Distance/Online: No
Department/Program: Center for Language Studies
URL: https://cls.byu.edu/
Tuition/Fees: https://finserve.byu.edu/content/tuition-and-general-fees
Additional Info: Hindi-Urdu courses taught together.
Brown University
Levels: Elementary (1st year), Intermediate (2nd year), and Advanced (3rd year and beyond)
Frequency: Yearly
Distance/Online: No
Department/Program: Center for Contemporary South Asia
URL: https://www.brown.edu/academics/language-studies/courses/hndi
Tuition/Fees: https://www.brown.edu/admission/undergraduate/apply/tuition-fees-and-financial-aid-filing-deadlines
Additional Info: Hindi-Urdu courses taught together.
Harvard University
Levels: Elementary (1st year), Intermediate (2nd year), and Advanced (3rd year and beyond)
Frequency: Yearly
Distance/Online: No
Department/Program: Department of South Asian Studies
URL: https://sas.fas.harvard.edu/
https://sas.fas.harvard.edu/hindi-urdu
Tuition/Fees: https://college.harvard.edu/financial-aid/how-aid-works/cost-attendance
Additional Info: Hindi-Urdu courses taught together. All classes together, after 3 years there is a class focusing in just Urdu.
Johns Hopkins University
Levels: Elementary (1st year), Intermediate (2nd year), and Advanced (3rd year and beyond)
Frequency: Fall and spring semester/Yearly
Distance/Online: No
Department/Program: Krieger School of Arts & Sciences (Baltimore) – Center for Language Education, School of Advanced International Studies (Washington DC) – South Asian Languages Program
URL: http://krieger.jhu.edu/cle/language-programs/hindi/
Tuition/Fees: https://www.jhu.edu/admissions/tuition/
Additional Info: Hindi-Urdu courses offered at the elementary and intermediate levels at the School of Advanced International Studies (Washington DC). For just Hindi courses at an elementary, intermediate, and/or advanced levels, they are offered at the Center for Language Education (Baltimore).
Loyola University - Chicago
Levels: Elementary (1st year), Intermediate (2nd year)
Frequency: Yearly
Distance/Online: No
Department/Program: Department of Modern Languages and Literatures – Asian Languages and Literatures
URL: https://www.luc.edu/modernlang/index.shtml
Tuition/Fees: https://www.luc.edu/bursar/tuition.shtml
Additional Info: Offers Urdu separately and Hindi-Urdu courses. Hindi-Urdu is offered at the elementary and intermediate levels.
New York State University - Buffalo
Levels: Elementary (1st year)
Frequency: Fall and spring semester/Yearly
Distance/Online: No
Department/Program: Asian Studies Program
URL: http://arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/linguistics/undergraduate/non-degree-granting-languages.html & https://catalog.buffalo.edu/courses/hindi.html
Tuition/Fees: http://studentaccounts.buffalo.edu/tuition/index.php
Additional Info: Hindi-Urdu courses taught together.
North Carolina State University
Levels: Elementary (1st year), Intermediate (2nd year), and Advanced (3rd year and beyond)
Frequency: Fall and spring semester/Yearly
Distance/Online: No
Department/Program: Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
URL: https://fll.chass.ncsu.edu/hindi-urdu/
Tuition/Fees: https://studentservices.ncsu.edu/your-money/tuition-and-fees/
Additional Info:Online and script courses taught separately for Hindi, Urdu, but majority of the Hindi-Urdu language is taught together.
Northwestern University
Levels: Elementary (1st year), Intermediate (2nd year), and Advanced (3rd year and beyond)
Frequency: Yearly
Distance/Online: No
Department/Program: Department of Asian Languages and Cultures
URL: http://www.alc.northwestern.edu/
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Tuition/Fees: http://admissions.northwestern.edu/tuition-aid/
Additional Info: Hindi-Urdu courses taught together.
Oakton Community College
Levels: Elementary (1st year), Intermediate (2nd year)
Frequency: Yearly
Distance/Online: Yes, see additional info
Department/Program: Department of Modern Languages
URL: https://www.oakton.edu/academics/all_credit_courses/index.php?area=Hindi-Urdu#listings
Tuition/Fees: https://www.oakton.edu/admission/costs_financial_aid/tuition_fees/
Additional Info: Beginning Hindi taught separately and Urdu taught separately. Intermediate Hindi and Urdu taught together. Online course also available beginning spring 2018, see link: http://www.oakton.edu/course/index.php?area=Hindi-Urdu#listings
Princeton University
Levels: Elementary (1st year), Intermediate (2nd year), and Advanced (3rd year and beyond)
Frequency: Yearly
Distance/Online: No
Department/Program: South Asian Studies Program
URL: http://piirs.princeton.edu/sas
Tuition/Fees: https://admission.princeton.edu/cost-aid/fees-payment-options
Additional Info: Hindi-Urdu, Hindi, and Urdu courses available. Hindi-Urdu offered at elementary and advanced levels and are taught together. Students may study Hindi or Urdu in separate courses at the intermediate level.
University of Arizona
Levels: Elementary (1st year), Intermediate (2nd year), and Advanced (3rd year and beyond)
Frequency: Yearly
Distance/Online: No
Department/Program: South Asian Studies Program
Tuition/Fees: Tuition and Program Fee
Additional Info:Offers separate Urdu and Hindi courses. Both Hindi and Urdu are offered at the elementary, intermediate, and advanced levels.
University of California - San Diego
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: Linguistics Department
URL: http://ling.ucsd.edu/index.html
Tuition/Fees: https://students.ucsd.edu/finances/financial-aid/budgeting/
Additional Info: Only heritage and directed study courses. Hindi-Urdu course available as directed study. Hindi Heritage courses are also available.
University of Hawaii - Manoa
Levels: Elementary (1st year), Intermediate (2nd year), and Advanced (3rd year and beyond)
Frequency: Fall and spring semester/Yearly
Distance/Online: No
Department/Program: Department of Indo-Pacific Languages and Literatures
URL: http://ipll.manoa.hawaii.edu/
Tuition/Fees: http://www.catalog.hawaii.edu/tuitionfees/regtuition.htm
Additional Info: Hindi-Urdu courses taught together.
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Levels: Elementary (1st year), Intermediate (2nd year), and Advanced (3rd year and beyond)
Frequency: Yearly
Distance/Online: No
Department/Program: Department of Asian Languages and Literatures
URL: https://cla.umn.edu/asian-lang-lit
https://cla.umn.edu/asian-lang-lit/languages/hindi-and-urdu
Tuition/Fees: https://admissions.tc.umn.edu/costsaid/tuition.html
Additional Info: Beginning and intermediate courses taught together. Advanced Hindi-Urdu students are separated for writing and reading components.
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
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: http://asianstudies.unc.edu/
Tuition/Fees: https://cashier.unc.edu/tuition-fees/
Additional Info: Years one-three are taught together. Additional separate Hindi and Urdu script classes also available.
University of Pennsylvania
Levels: Elementary (1st year), Intermediate (2nd year), and Advanced (3rd year and beyond)
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: Offers Hindi, Urdu, and Hindi-Urdu courses. Hindi-Urdu classes are offered at the elementary level and taught together. Hindi and Urdu courses are then offered separately at the intermediate and advanced levels.
University of Utah
Levels: Elementary (1st year), Intermediate (2nd year)
Frequency: Fall and spring semester/Yearly
Distance/Online: No
Department/Program: Department of World Languages and Cultures
URL: https://languages.utah.edu/hindi-urdu/index.php
Tuition/Fees: Tuition, Continued Ed (for non-students, 466.50)
http://admissions.utah.edu/cost/
Additional Info: Hindi and Urdu taught together with Hindi elements taught first, then Urdu language second.
Vanderbilt University
Levels: Elementary (1st year), Intermediate (2nd year), Advanced
Frequency: Fall and spring semester/Yearly
Distance/Online: No
Department/Program: Asian Studies
URL: https://www.vanderbilt.edu/csls/languages/hindi.php
Tuition/Fees: https://www.vanderbilt.edu/financialaid/
Additional Info: Hindi and Urdu taught together at beginner through advanced levels (1-3year formal courses). Independent studies are available at higher levels and for graduate student work.
Wake Forest University
Levels: Beginning, Intermediate
Frequency: Fall and Spring semesters/Yearly
Distance/Online: No
Department/Program:Middle East and South Asia Studies
URL: http://hindiurdu.wfu.edu/
Tuition/Fees: Tuition
Additional Info: Hindi and Urdu are taught together. 1st semester Elementary Hindi-Urdu & Intermediate Hindi-Urdu is taught every fall; 2nd semester Elementary & Intermediate Hindi-Urdu is taught every spring.
Wellesley College
Levels: Elementary (1st year), Intermediate (2nd year)
Frequency: Yearly, Summer Program in India
Distance/Online: No
Department/Program: South Asian Studies Program
URL: https://www.wellesley.edu/southasiastudies
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Tuition/Fees: https://www.wellesley.edu/sfs/cost
Additional Info: Hindi-Urdu taught together.