Major & Minor

MAJOR

The requirements for a major in Asian Cultures & Languages: Sanskrit are (full details):

24 semester hours including at least 21 hours of upper-division coursework:

  • 9 hours upper-division Sanskrit
  • 15 hours (including 12 upper-division) additional Asian Studies coursework related to South Asia, which may include up to 3 hours of upper-division coursework in Bengali, Malayalam, Sanskrit, or Tamil. See the Area List page for a list of approved courses for this requirement.

MINOR

The requirements for the Sanskrit minor are:

19 semester credits of Sanskrit coursework (at least 8 credits in residence) which must include at least 3 hours upper-division coursework. Credit-by-exam is available for lower-division courses for qualified students, but still subject to in-residence minimums. Typically, the requirements will include:

  • SAN 506 First-Year Sanskrit I
  • SAN 507 First-Year Sanskrit II
  • SAN 312K Second-Year Sanskrit I
  • SAN 312L Second-Year Sanskrit II
  • Three semester credit hours upper-division Sanskrit (SAN 330 or equivalent)