Summer Quarter Course Catalogue 2023

Graduate Courses

Graduate program in Hindu studies ( M.A / DHS)

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Hours	Faculty	Required/Elective	Price	Day and Date	Time
HSF6006	Reason and Revelation in Hindu Philosophy	3 Hours	Dr. Joydeep Bagchee	Elective	$1,500.00	June 10, 2023	Saturday – 10 am EST – 1 pm EST. Wednesday – 7 pm EST – 10 pm EST.
HSF6007	Field-Based Learning	3 Hours	Dr. Indu Viswanathan	Required	$1,500.00	June 3, 2023

Master of Arts in Sanskrit and Vedic Studies

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Hours	Faculty	Elective	Price
SAN5101	Vedic Science Foundations	3 Hours	Prof Shrinivasa Varakhedi	Required	$900
SAN5103	Sahitya Landscape	3 Hours	Prof Madhusudan Penna	Required	$900
SAN7101	Nyaya-vaisesika Advanced	3 Hours	Dr. M A Alwar	Elective	$900
SAN7102	Vyakarana – III	3 Hours	Dr. Tilaka M Rao	Required	$900
SAN7104	The Vedas (Yajus-Sama)	3 Hours	Dr. M A Alwar Prof. Ramanujacharya	Elective	$900

Continuing Education Division

Certificate Program in Hindu Studies

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Hours	Faculty	Required / Core / Elective	Price	Day and Date	Time
YOG2001	The Yoga of the Bhagavad Gita	1.5 Hours	Dr. Shriram Sarvotham	Required	$300.00	Saturday, July 8, 2023	11:00 am EST – 12:30 pm EST
HSF1005	Lessons from Valmiki Ramayana	1 Hour	Mr. Shantanu Gupta	Required	$200.00	Saturday, July 15, 2023	9:00 pm EST – 10:30 pm EST
TAT4003	IsA-vAsya Upanishad – The three vedantic perspectives	1.5 Hours	Mr. Krishna Kashyap	Elective	$300.00	Sunday , July 9, 2023	11.00am EST – 12:30 pm EST
HSF2102	Self-knowledge and the quest for Happiness	1 Hour	Swamini Dr. Brahmaprajnananda Saraswati	Core	$200.00	Sunday , July 9, 2023	10.00am EST – 11:30 am EST
HSF1010	Growing up with the Gita	1 Hour	Dr. Shriram Sarvotham Dr. Kalika Uttarkar	Elective	$200.00	Sunday and Tuesday, July 16, 2023	Sunday – 11 am EST – 1 pm EST Tuesday – 8 pm EST – 10 pm EST
TAT1101	Ayurveda – The Wisdom of Wellbeing	1 Hour	Ms. Luvena Krishnamurthy	Required	$200.00	Monday , July 10, 2023	09:00 pm EST – 10:30 pm EST
TAT3102	The History of Shastriya Sangeet	1 Hour	Dr. Kanniks Kannikeswaran	Elective	$200.00	Tuesday , July 18, 2023	8:00 pm EST – 9:30 pm EST
TAT3001	Daksinamurtistotram by Adi Sankara	1 Hour	Dr. V. Swaminathan	Elective	$200.00	Tuesday , July 11, 2023	08:00 pm EST – 9:30 pm EST
TAT3204	Vedantasara of Sadananda – Part 2	1 Hour	Dr. Kuldip Dhiman	Elective	$200.00	Wednesday , July 12, 2023	09:00 pm EST – 10:30 pm EST
HSF3104	Sri Aurobindo and Sanatana Dharma	1.5 Hours	Dr. Sampadananda Mishra	Elective	$300.00	Wednesday , July 12, 2023	09:00 pm EST – 10:30 pm EST
TAT3202	Sankhya Darshana through the Sankhya Karika – Part 2	1 Hour	Dr. Kuldip Dhiman	Elective	$200.00	Thursday , July 13, 2023	09:00 pm EST – 10:30 pm EST (India – Friday 6:30 am)
HSF5000	Orientation to Hindu Studies	1.5 Hours	Mr. Kalyan Viswanathan	Core	$300.00	Friday , July 14, 2023	09:00 pm EST – 10:30 pm EST (India – Saturday – 6:30 am IST)
HSF2001	Introduction to Hindu Philosophy: Shad Darshanas.	1 Hour	Dr. Kalika Uttarkar	Core	$200.00	Friday , July 14, 2023	09:00 pm EST – 10:30 pm EST
TAT1303	Lalitha Sahasranama Stotram Part 1	1 Hour	Acharya Mrityunjay Mani Trivedi	Elective	$200.00	Friday , July 14, 2023	4:30 pm EST – 6:00 pm EST
HSF4000	Distinguishing Varna and Jati from Caste	1 Hour	Mr. Kalyan Viswanathan	Core	$200.00	Saturday, July 15, 2023	09:00 pm EST – 10:30 pm EST
YOG2101	Ahimsa and the Art of Nonviolent Communication	1 Hour	Dr. Vedabhyas Kundu Ms. Mansi Sharma	Elective	$200.00	Saturday, July 22, 2023	11:00 AM EST – 12:30 PM EST
							09:00 pm EST – 10:30 pm EST

Certificate Program in Sanskrit Proficiency – Beginner Phase

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Hours	Faculty	Core / Elective	Price	Day and Date	Time
SAN0103	Beginning Sanskrit – Sentences & Comprehension	1.5 Hours	Mr. Chandrasekar Raghu Smt. Parvathi Sriram	Required	$300.00 – $317.00	Sunday , July 9, 2023	8 pm EST – 9:30 pm EST
SAN0104	Beginning Sanskrit – Proverbs & Stories	1.5 Hours	Mr. Chandrasekar Raghu Smt. Parvathi Sriram	Required	$300.00 – $317.00	Saturday , July 8, 2023	08:00 PM EST – 09:30 PM EST

Certificate Program in Sanskrit Proficiency – Intermediate Phase

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Hours	Faculty	Elective	Price	Day and Date	Time
SAN0201	Intermediate Sanskrit – Stories & Songs	1.5 Hours	Mr. Chandrasekar Raghu Mr. Srinath S. Chakravarty	Required	$300.00 – $369.00	Sunday , July 9, 2023	8 pm EST – 9:30 pm EST
SAN0203	Intermediate Sanskrit – Vocabulary & Structure	1.5 Hours	Mr. Chandrasekar Raghu Smt. Parvathi Sriram Suryanarayan nanda	Required	$300.00 – $317.00	Thursday , July 13, 2023	08:00 pm EST – 9:30 pm EST

Certificate Program in Sanskrit Proficiency – Advanced Phase

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Hours	Faculty	Elective	Price	Day and Date	Time
SAN0302	Advanced Sanskrit – Cases Moods, and Suffixes	1.5 Hours	Mr. Chandrasekar Raghu Smt. Parvathi Sriram	Required	$300.00 – $368.00	Monday , July 10, 2023	08:00 pm EST – 9:30 pm EST

Micro Certificate in Spoken Samskritam

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Certificate Program in Bhagavad Geeta through Sanskrit (CSBG)

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Hours	Faculty	Required/Elective	Price	Day and Date	Time
SAN1011	Learn Bhagavad Geeta (Ch. 1) and simple Samskritam	1.5 Hours	Mr. Chandrasekar Raghu Mr. Srinath S. Chakravarty	Required	$300.00 – $335.00	Wednesday , July 12, 2023	8:00 pm EST – 9:30 pm EST
SAN1012	Learn Bhagavad Geeta (Ch. 1) and simple Samskritam -2	1.5 Hours	Mr. Chandrasekar Raghu Dr. Shraddha Modi Mr. Srinath S. Chakravarty	Required	$300.00 – $335.00	Saturday , July 8, 2023	8.00 pm EST – 9:30 pm EST
SAN1014	Learn Bhagavad Geeta (Ch. 2) and simple Samskritam	1.5 Hours	Mr. Chandrasekar Raghu Dr. Shraddha Modi Shri. Satish Srinivasan	Required	$300.00 – $335.00	Sunday , July 9, 2023	8 pm EST – 9:30 pm EST

Certificate Program in Shuddh Hindi – Beginner Phase

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Hours	Faculty	Elective	Price	Day and Date	Time
HIN0104	Beginning Shuddh Hindi – Tenses, Genders, and Adjectives	1.5 Hours	Dr. Shraddha Modi Mr. Chandrasekar Raghu	Required	$300.00	Wednesday , July 12, 2023	8:00 pm EST – 9:30 pm EST

Community Education Program (CEP)

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Fall Quarter Course Catalogue 2023

Graduate Division

Graduate program in Hindu studies ( M.A / DHS)

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Hours	Faculty	Required / Core / Elective	Price	Day and Date	Time
HSF6005	The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali	3 Hours	Mr. Raghu Anantha Narayanan	Core for the Yoga Studies – Distribution	$1,500.00	Friday and Saturday (Twice a week) August 25, 2023	9:30 PM to 11:00 PM EST
HAM6403	Readings in Modern Hinduism	3 Hours	Dr. Joydeep Bagchee	Elective for Hinduism and the West – Distribution	$1,500.00	Sunday August 27, 2023	10 am to 1 pm – EST
CPS6502	Hinduism and Conflict Resolution	3 Hours	Dr. Debidatta Aurobinda Mahapatra	Core for Applications of Hindu Thought – Distribution	$1,500.00	Saturday August 26, 2023	10 am to 1 pm – EST
HSF6007	Field-Based Learning	3 Hours	Dr. Indu Viswanathan	Required	$1,500.00	TBD	TBD
HSF5008	Introduction to Writing in the Humanities	3 Hours	Dr. Indu Viswanathan	Core for Academic Preparation – Distribution	$1,500.00	Tuesday August 29, 2023	10 AM to 12 NOON EST
HSF5001	The Vedic Origins of Hinduism	3 Hours	Dr. Sampadananda Mishra	Core for the Vedas – Distribution	$1,500.00	Monday and Friday (Twice a week) August 28, 2023	9 am EST – 10:30 am EST

Master of Arts in Sanskrit and Vedic Studies

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Hours	Faculty	Elective	Price	Day and Date	Time
SAN5102	Vyakarana – I	3 Hours	Dr. Tilaka M Rao	Required	$900	TBD	TBD
SAN5104	Introduction to Vedas	3 Hours	Dr. Dhananjaya Rao	Required	$900	TBD	TBD
SAN7103	Sahitya – III	3 Hours	Prof. Soorya Hebbar	Required	$900	TBD	TBD
SAN7105	Applied Vedic Science – Basic (Ayurveda)	3 Hours	Dr. Gokula Krishna	Elective	$900	TBD	TBD
SAN7106	Mimamsa Basic	3 Hours	Dr. Sowjanya Kumar	Required	$900	TBD	TBD
SAN7107	Applied Vedic Sciences – Jyotisha Basic	3 Hours	Dr. Dayananda Sharma	Elective	$900	TBD	TBD

Continuing Education Division

Certificate Program in Hindu Studies

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Hours	Faculty	Required / Core / Elective	Price	Day and Date	Time
AIH1100	Becoming an Ayurvedic Health Counselor	1.5 Hours	Dr. Mahadevan Seetharaman	Elective	$300	Saturday , October 7, 2023	10:00 am EST – 11:30 am EST
YOG2002	The Yoga of the Yoga Sutras	1.5 Hours	Dr. Shriram Sarvotham	Core	$300	Saturday, October 7, 2023	11:00 am EST – 12:30 pm EST
TAT1304	Lalitha Sahasranama Stotram Part 2	1 Hour	Acharya Mrityunjay Mani Trivedi	Elective	$200.00	Saturday, October 7, 2023	4:30 pm EST – 6:00 pm EST
HSF3301	Ramayana for Excellence in Management and Leadership	1 Hour	Dr. Balakrishnan Muniapan	Elective	$200.00	Saturday, October 7, 2023	9:00 pm EST – 10:30 pm EST
HSF1301	DEHA – The principles of sound body in Bhagavad Gita	1.5 Hours	Mr. Gopi V. Prasad	Elective	$300.00	Sunday, October 8, 2023	11:00 am EST – 12:30 pm EST
TAT4000	Adhyāsa bhāṣya of Ādi Śaṅkara	1.5 Hours	Dr. V. Swaminathan	Core	$300.00	Monday, October 9, 2023	8:00 pm EST – 9:30 pm EST
YOG2100	An Immersive exploration of the iconic “Autobiography of a Yogi”	1 Hour	Dr. Philip Goldberg	Elective	$200.00	Monday, October 9, 2023	8:00 pm EST – 9:30 pm EST
TAT3205	Understanding the Vedas	1.5 Hours	Dr. Ramakrishna Narayanaswami	Elective	$300.00	Tuesday, October 10, 2023	9:00 pm EST – 10:30 pm EST
HSF1401	Introduction to the Vedic Ritual	1 Hour	Sri. Sree Aswath	Core	$200.00	Tuesday, October 10, 2023	9:00 pm EST – 10:30 pm EST
HSF4100	Women in Hinduism	1.5 Hours	Dr. Sushumna Kannan	Core	$300.00	Tuesday, October 10, 2023	9:00 pm EST – 10:30 pm EST
TAT3104	Hindu Temples and Traditions	1 Hour	Dr. Kanniks Kannikeswaran	Core	$200.00	Tuesday,October 11, 2023	8 pm EST – 9:30 pm EST
HSF2201	Understanding Hinduphobia	1.5 Hours	Dr. Indu Viswanathan	Core	$300.00	Wednesday, October 11, 2023	8 pm EST – 9:30 pm EST
HSF3104	Sri Aurobindo and Sanatana Dharma	1.5 Hours	Dr. Sampadananda Mishra	Elective	$300.00	Wednesday, October 11, 2023	9 pm EST – 10:30 pm EST
TAT3206	Nyaya Darshana Part – 1	1.5 Hours	Dr. Kuldip Dhiman		$300.00	Thursday, October 12, 2023	9:00 pm EST – 10:30 pm EST
HSF2002	Introduction to Upanishads – Part 1	1.5 Hours	Dr. Kalika Uttarkar	Core	$300.00	Friday, October 20, 2023 (Only the first session will be on Thursday, October 19)	9:00 PM EST – 10: 30 PM EST
HSF4000	Distinguishing Varna and Jati from Caste	1.5 Hour	Mr. Kalyan Viswanathan	Core	$300.00	Friday, October 13, 2023	9:00 PM EST – 10: 30 PM EST
YOG2101	Ahimsa and the Art of Nonviolent Communication	1 Hour	Dr. Vedabhyas Kundu	Elective	$200.00	Saturday, October 7, 2023	11:00 AM EST – 12:30 PM EST
YOG4000	Masterclass in Yoga Concepts	2 Hours	Dr. Rajan Narayanan Sreejith Chundayil Kalam	Elective	$400.00	Saturday and Sunday, October 28, 2023	10:00 AM EST – 1:00 PM EST
YOG3301	Mother Womb: Engaging the Divine Feminine	1.5 Hours	Ms. Shilpa Agarwal	Elective	$300.00	Wednesday, October 18, 2023	9:00 PM EST – 10: 30 PM EST
YOG2201	Chakra Healing	1.5 Hours	Dr. Sahila	Elective	$300	Thursday, October 12, 2023	9:00 pm EST – 10:30 pm EST

Certificate in Sanskrit Proficiency for Vedic Studies – Beginner Phase

Certificate in Sanskrit Proficiency for Vedic Studies

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Hours	Faculty	Core / Elective	Price	Day and Date	Time
SAN0101	Beginning Sanskrit – Script & Sounds	1.5 Hours	Smt. Parvathi Sriram	Core	$300.00 – $327.00	Sunday , October 8, 2023	8 pm EST – 9:30 pm EST
SAN0104	Beginning Sanskrit – Proverbs & Stories	1.5 Hours	Smt. Deepa Rajaram	Core	$300.00 – $317.00	Sunday , October 8, 2023	08:00 PM EST – 09:30 PM EST

Certificate in Sanskrit Proficiency for Vedic Studies – Intermediate Phase

Certificate in Sanskrit Proficiency for Vedic Studies

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Hours	Faculty	Core / Elective	Price	Day and Date	Time
SAN0201	Intermediate Sanskrit – Stories & Songs	1.5 Hours	Smt. Parvathi Sriram	Core	$300.00 – $369.00	Saturday, October 7, 2023	08:00 PM EST – 09:30 PM EST
SAN0202	Intermediate Sanskrit – Words & Phrases	1.5 Hours	Mr. Srinath S. Chakravarty	Core	$300.00 – $369.00	Sunday, October 8, 2023	08:00 PM EST – 09:30 PM EST
SAN0204	Intermediate Sanskrit – Nouns & Declensions	1.5 Hours	Smt. Parvathi Sriram	Core	$300.00 – $317.00	Thursday, October 12, 2023	08:00 PM EST – 09:30 PM EST

Certificate in Sanskrit Proficiency for Vedic Studies – Advanced Phase

Certificate in Sanskrit Proficiency for Vedic Studies

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Hours	Faculty	Core / Elective	Price	Day and Date	Time
SAN0303	Advanced Sanskrit – Expressions, Prefixes, & Cases	1.5 Hours	Smt. Parvathi Sriram	Core	$300.00 – $368.00	Monday, October 9, 2023	08:00 PM EST – 09:30 PM EST

Certificate Program in Bhagavad Geeta through Sanskrit (CSBG)

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Hours	Faculty	Core / Elective	Price	Day and Date	Time
SAN1012	Learn Bhagavad Geeta (Ch. 1) and simple Samskritam -2	1.5 Hours	Mr. Srinath S. Chakravarty Sri. Suryanarayan nanda	Core	$300.00 – $335.00	Wednesday, October 11, 2023	08:00 PM EST – 09:30 PM EST
SAN1013	Learn Bhagavad Geeta (Ch. 2) and simple Samskritam	1.5 Hours	Dr. Shraddha Modi Mr. Srinath S. Chakravarty	Core	$300.00 – $335.00	Saturday, October 7, 2023	08:00 PM EST – 09:30 PM EST

Certificate Program in Bhagavad Geeta through Sanskrit – Intermediate Phase

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Hours	Faculty	Core / Elective	Price	Day and Date	Time
SAN1021	Learn Bhagavad Geeta (Ch. 3) and Intermediate Samskritam	1.5 Hours	Shri. Satish Srinivasan Dr. Shraddha Modi	Core	$300.00 – $335.00	Sunday,October 8, 2023	08:00 PM EST – 09:30 PM EST

Certificate Program in Certificate Program in Shuddh Hindi – Intermediate Phase

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Hours	Faculty	Required/ Elective	Price	Day and Date	Time
HIN0201	Intermediate Shuddh Hindi – Simple Poems and Letter-writing	1.5 Hours	Dr. Shraddha Modi	Required	$300.00	Wednesday, October 11, 2023	08:00 PM EST – 09:30 PM EST

Hindu University of America

Summer Quarter Course Catalogue 2023

Graduate Courses

Graduate program in Hindu studies ( M.A / DHS)

Master of Arts in Sanskrit and Vedic Studies

Continuing Education Division

Certificate Program in Hindu Studies

Certificate Program in Sanskrit Proficiency – Beginner Phase

Certificate Program in Sanskrit Proficiency – Intermediate Phase

Certificate Program in Sanskrit Proficiency – Advanced Phase

Micro Certificate in Spoken Samskritam

Certificate Program in Bhagavad Geeta through Sanskrit (CSBG)

Certificate Program in Shuddh Hindi – Beginner Phase

Community Education Program (CEP)

Fall Quarter Course Catalogue 2023

Graduate Division

Continuing Education Division

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