The Hindi Urdu Flagship at the University of Texas at Austin

The Hindi-Urdu Flagship program offers dedicated Hindi-Urdu language learners a four- to five-year honors level program. The curriculum is designed to help students develop superior-level language skills while pursing degrees in the academic major of their choice. Because of the number of credit hours achieved via HUF courses, many students can add a second major in Asian Cultures and Languages without significant extra coursework. Here is an overview of the HUF course sequence:

*Note: The Foundation Year and Foundation Summer in India are only for students with no background in Hindi or Urdu. If entering through the Foundation Year, the HUF curriculum usually takes five years to complete. Students with approximately "intermediate" proficiency in either Hindi or Urdu enter HUF at the first-year level with the program taking four years to complete.

**Note: The Summer in India prior to the second year of HUF is primarily intended for first-year HUF students who did not complete the Foundation Year. Students who can demonstrate satisfactory proficiency in the spoken language may be exempted from the overseas summer. Students who completed the Foundation Summer in India are also not required to spend a second summer in India.

The first-year consists of a core language course taken each semester, and the area content course, Introduction to India, taken in either the fall or spring. The first-year is followed by HUF's Summer in India program at the Jaipur campus of the American Institute of Indian Studies (not necessary for students who have participated in the Foundation Summer in India, first-year students who can demonstrate satisfactory proficiency in the spoken language may also be exempted). Second-year HUF scholars take a core language course each semester and take an advanced Hindi or Urdu literature course in either the fall or spring. The third-year consists of HUF's Year in India program, incorporating a language course with major-specific courses and a professional internship relevant to a scholar's chosen field of study. The fourth-year begins with HUF's innovative Hindi-Urdu Media course in the fall and culminates with the Senior Project in the spring.

Degree Plans

Filling out a degree plan may help scholars better organize the sequence of courses required to complete their major, HUF, and UT general education requirements. The College of Liberal Arts provides a large database of downloadable sample and blank degree plans (the Asian Cultures & Languages - Hindi/Urdu worksheet is particularly relevant to HUF scholars). Degree plans are also available from the academic advising units of each undergraduate college at UT.

Sample four-year plans are intended to serve as general examples of how a student can progress towards graduation; it is not an official degree plan. Students should consult with both their major and HUF academic advisors to determine the course of study best suited to their academic goals and interests.