11 courses with the subject URDU, 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.
URDU 1310Intensive Urdu Script & Grammar Review for Heritage Students4
Effective Date 03/24/2023 In this class we will conduct an intensive review of the Nastaliq script and the basic grammar of the Urdu language.This is not a class for students with no prior knowledge of Urdu. Rather it is designed to take advantage of the familiarity you already have with Urdu by virtue of growing up in a family where Urdu is frequently spoken. The pace will be quick, with an eye to enabling you to proceed directly to a 2000- or 3000-level Urdu class. Requisites Students can’t enroll if previously taken URDU 1559 topic #2 Heritage Speaker Script & Grammar Review
for URDU 2020: URDU 2010 or equivalent. Credits: 4
URDU 3030Prostitutes, Murder, and Insanity: The Fiction of Sa’adat Hassan Manto3
Effective Date 11/20/2024 In this class we will conduct close readings (in Urdu!) of several of Manto’s short fiction writings, and will discuss them in detail. There will be weekly assignments, a final take-home exam, and a final video project.
URDU 3040Magic, Dreams, and Absence: The Fiction of Naiyer Masud3
Effective Date 03/13/2025 In this class we will conduct close readings (in Urdu!) of several of Masud’s short fiction writings, and will discuss them in detail. There will be weekly assignments, a final take-home exam, and a final video project.
URDU 3050Born for the Stage: A Survey of Modern Urdu Drama3
Effective Date 01/01/2026 In this class we will conduct close readings (in Urdu!) of several 20th-century dramas/plays, and will discuss them in detail. There will be weekly assignments, a final take-home exam, and a final video project.
Effective Date 08/01/2026 In this class we will conduct close readings (in Urdu!) of a seminal Urdu newspaper textbook as well as current news articles, and will discuss them in detail. There will be weekly assignments, a final take-home exam, and a final video project.
URDU 3300Readings in Urdu Poetry: An Ongoing Mahfil3
Effective Date 12/04/2012 This course will introduce advanced Urdu and Hindi students to some of the finest poetry in Urdu. Those who cannot read the Urdu script will have the option of reading the texts in Devanagari (the Hindi script). Some of the poets we will read are Mir, Ghalib, Dagh and Faiz. Course work will include brief analytical papers, as well as in-class presentations.
