The Department of Asian Studies offers a four-semester sequence of lower-division Bangla courses that fulfills the intermediate proficiency in a foreign language requirement in the College of Liberal Arts. Upper-division courses are required for the major and minor in Bangla. These advanced courses rotate topics and may be repeated for credit. Graduate students should contact the department for appropriate placement.
All courses develop the four skills of language proficiency (reading, writing, speaking, and listening), but they also incorporate a wide range of cultural and contextual perspectives to help students connect their linguistic knowledge to the lived realities of Bangla speakers in Bangladesh, India, and elsewhere.
See below for a complete list of lower- and upper-division courses. For additional information, see the Bangla offerings in the course catalog.
BEN 506 | First-Year Bengali I
Not open to native speakers of Bengali. Five class hours a week for one semester.
BEN 507 | First-Year Bengali II
Not open to native speakers of Bengali. Continuation of Bengali 506. Five class hours a week for one semester.
Prerequisite: Bengali 506 with a grade of at least C.
BEN 312K | Second-Year Bengali I
Not open to native speakers of Bengali. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Prerequisite: Bengali 507 with a grade of at least C.
BEN 312L | Second-Year Bengali II
Not open to native speakers of Bengali. Continuation of Bengali 312K. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Prerequisite: Bengali 312K with a grade of at least C.
BEN 119S, 219S, 319S, 419S, 519S, 619S, 719S, 819S, 919S | Topics in Bengali.
This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University’s Study Abroad Office. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
BEN 320K | Advanced Bengali I
Not open to native speakers of Bengali. Three class hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Bengali 312L with a grade of at least C.
BEN 320L | Advanced Bengali II
Not open to native speakers of Bengali. Continuation of Bengali 320K. Three class hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Bengali 320K with a grade of at least C.
BEN 129S, 229S, 329S, 429S, 529S, 629S, 729S, 829S, 929S | Topics in Bengali
This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University’s Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the Department of Asian Studies. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
BEN 360 | Conference Course in Bengali Language and Literature
Supervised individual study of selected problems in Bengali language and literature. Conference course. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing and written consent of instructor on form obtained from the undergraduate adviser.
BEN 381 | Conference Course in Bengali Language and Culture
Supervised individual study in Bengali language or culture. The equivalent of 3 lecture hours a week for one semester. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Graduate standing and written consent of instructor on form obtained from the graduate coordinator.
