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11 courses with the subject SKRT, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.

SKRT 0100Sanskrit 1st Year, Part I

During the first semester of beginning Sanskrit, students will be introduced to the script, phonetics, and grammar of the Sanskrit language. By the end of the semester they will be able to begin to read Sanskrit texts and compose Sanskrit sentences in addition to carrying out simple conversation. They will build the requisite skills to read, by the second semester, simple inscriptions and sections from texts like the Ramayana, the Mahabharata, the Bhagavad Gita, Pancatantra, and Yoga Sutra. Students will also be introduced to many features of Sanskrit culture.

Subject
SKRT
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
catalog.upenn.edu
SKRT 0200Sanskrit 1st Year Part II

During the first semester of beginning Sanskrit, students will be introduced to the script, phonetics, and grammar of the Sanskrit language. By the end of the semester they will be able to begin to read Sanskrit texts and compose Sanskrit sentences in addition to carrying out simple conversation. They will build the requisite skills to read, by the second semester, simple inscriptions and sections from texts like the Ramayana, the Mahabharata, the Bhagavad Gita, Pancatantra, and Yoga Sutra. Students will also be introduced to many features of Sanskrit culture.

Subject
SKRT
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
catalog.upenn.edu
SKRT 0300Sanskrit 2nd Year Part I

This course will lead students to consolidate their knowledge of Sanskrit grammar and increase their familiarity with Sanskrit literature of all kinds, including epic, literary, philosophical, and narrative genres of texts. It will also introduce students to the study and reading of inscriptional materials. Two Term Class, Student must enter first term; credit given even if second term not complete 1 Course Unit

Subject
SKRT
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
catalog.upenn.edu
SKRT 0400Intermediate Sanskrit Part II

This course will lead students to consolidate their knowledge of Sanskrit grammar and increase their familiarity with Sanskrit literature of all kinds, including epic, literary, philosophical, and narrative genres of texts. It will also introduce students to the study and reading of inscriptional materials. Two Term Class, Student must enter first term; credit given after both terms are complete 1 Course Unit

Subject
SKRT
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
catalog.upenn.edu
Prerequisite
SKRT 0300 OR SKRT 5300
SKRT 1000Readings in Sanskrit Literature

This course is for advanced students of Sanskrit. Designed as a seminar, the course aims to take students through the primary and secondary sources of Sanskrit literary and phlosophical production. Each semester will focus on a different genre: epic, belles-lettres, lyric poetry, drama, philosophy, shastra, advanced grammar, history, poetics, and epigraphy. We will focus on original sources, secondary scholarship, and theoretical approaches toward the translation and study of Sanskrit texts.

Subject
SKRT
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
catalog.upenn.edu
SKRT 4998Independent Study

Independent Study in Sanskrit 0.5-1 Course Unit

Subject
SKRT
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
catalog.upenn.edu
SKRT 5100Sanskrit 1st Year, Part I

During the first semester of beginning Sanskrit, students will be introduced to the script, phonetics, and grammar of the Sanskrit language. By the end of the semester they will be able to begin to read Sanskrit texts and compose Sanskrit sentences in addition to carrying out simple conversation. They will build the requisite skills to read, by the second semester, simple inscriptions and sections from texts like the Ramayana, the Mahabharata, the Bhagavad Gita, Pancatantra, and Yoga Sutra. Students will also be introduced to many features of Sanskrit culture.

Subject
SKRT
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
catalog.upenn.edu
SKRT 5200Sanskrit 1st Year Part II

During the first semester of beginning Sanskrit, students will be introduced to the script, phonetics, and grammar of the Sanskrit language. By the end of the semester they will be able to begin to read Sanskrit texts and compose Sanskrit sentences in addition to carrying out simple conversation. They will build the requisite skills to read, by the second semester, simple inscriptions and sections from texts like the Ramayana, the Mahabharata, the Bhagavad Gita, Pancatantra, and Yoga Sutra. Students will also be introduced to many features of Sanskrit culture.

Subject
SKRT
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
catalog.upenn.edu
SKRT 5300Sanskrit 2nd Year Part I

This course will lead students to consolidate their knowledge of Sanskrit grammar and increase their familiarity with Sanskrit literature of all kinds, including epic, literary, philosophical, and narrative genres of texts. It will also introduce students to the study and reading of inscriptional materials. Two Term Class, Student must enter first term; credit given even if second term not complete 1 Course Unit

Subject
SKRT
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
catalog.upenn.edu
SKRT 5400Intermediate Sanskrit Part II

This course will lead students to consolidate their knowledge of Sanskrit grammar and increase their familiarity with Sanskrit literature of all kinds, including epic, literary, philosophical, and narrative genres of texts. It will also introduce students to the study and reading of inscriptional materials. Two Term Class, Student must enter first term; credit given after both terms are complete 1 Course Unit

Subject
SKRT
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
catalog.upenn.edu
SKRT 6000Readings in Sanskrit Literature

This course is for advanced students of Sanskrit. Designed as a seminar, the course aims to take students through the primary and secondary sources of Sanskrit literary and phlosophical production. Each semester will focus on a different genre: epic, belles-lettres, lyric poetry, drama, philosophy, shastra, advanced grammar, history, poetics, and epigraphy. We will focus on original sources, secondary scholarship, and theoretical approaches toward the translation and study of Sanskrit texts. Two Term Class, Student may enter either term; credit given for either Mutually Exclusive: SKRT 1000 1 Course Unit 2026-27 Catalog | Generated 08/03/26

Subject
SKRT
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
catalog.upenn.edu

Source: University of Pennsylvania's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 59