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

M.A in Sanskrit 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
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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 (BGTS)

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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Winter Quarter Course Catalogue 2024

Graduate Division

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

Master of Arts in Hindu Studies (MA)

Doctor of Hindu Studies (DHS)

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Hours	Faculty	Required / Core / Elective	Price	Date	Day and Time
CPS6505	Arthasastra	3	Dr. Debidatta Aurobinda Mahapatra	Core	$1,500.00	January 26, 2024 – May 17, 2024	Friday – 7 pm EST – 10 pm EST
HSF6008	Writing in the Humanities II	3	Dr. Indu Viswanathan	Core	$1,500.00	January 22, 2024 – May 14, 2024	Mondays – 7:30 PM EST – 9:30 PM EST, Tuesdays – 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EST (Optional Office Hours)
HSF6007	Field-Based Learning	3	Dr. Indu Viswanathan	Core	$1,500.00	Flexible	Flexible
TAT7301	The Bhagavata Purana	3	Dr. Vishwa Adluri	Core	$1,500.00	January 27, 2024 – May 18, 2024	Saturday – 10 am EST – 1 pm EST
HSF5003	Shaddarshanas – Introduction to Hindu Philosophy	3	Dr. Kalika Uttarkar	Core	$1,500.00 – closed for registration	January 30, 2024 – May 14, 2024	Tuesdays – 7 pm EST – 10 pm EST
HSF6005	The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali	3	Dr. Kuldip Dhiman	Core	$1,500.00	January 28, 2024 – May 22, 2024	Sundays and Wednesdays – 9 pm EST – 10.30 pm EST

Master of Arts in Sanskrit and Vedic Studies

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Hours	Faculty	Required / Core / Elective	Price
SAN6102	Vyakarana – II	3	Dr. Tilaka M Rao	Required	$900
SAN6104	The Vedas (Rgveda)	3	Dr. Dhananjaya Rao	Required	$900
SAN6105	Applied Vedic Sciences Basic (Yoga)	3	Dr . Sushruta	Elective	$900
SAN8101	Term Project	3	Dr. Suryanarayana Jammalamadaka	Required	$900
SAN8103	Sahitya – IV	3	Prof. Soorya Hebbar	Required	$900
SAN8107	Applied Vedic Science – Basic (Jyotish)	3	Dr Gokula Krishna	Elective	$900
SAN8108	Applied Vedic Science – Advanced (Ayurveda)	3	Dr Gokula Krishna	Elective	$900
SAN8109	Applied Vedic Science – Vedanta (Basic)	3	Prof. Suryanarayana/Dr. Dhananjaya Rao	Required	$900

Continuing Education Division

Certificate Program in Hindu Studies

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Hours	Faculty	Required / Core / Elective	Price	Day and Date	Time
YOG2002	The Yoga of the Yoga Sutras	1.5	Dr. Shriram Sarvotham	Core	$300.00	Saturday, January 13, 2024	11:00 a.m. EST – 12:30 p.m. EST
HSF1101	Svadharma – Discovering and Living our Life Purpose	1	Swamini Dr. Brahmaprajnananda Saraswati	Elective	$200.00 – Closed for registration	Sunday, January 14, 2024	10:00 a.m. EST – 11:30 a.m. EST
HSF1101	Bodhak – The Gita Vidya Teacher Training	1.5	Mr. Gopi Prasad	Elective	$300.00	Sunday, January 14, 2024	10:30 a.m. EST – 12:00 p.m. EST
TAT4003	IsA-vAsya Upanishad – The Three Vedantic Perspectives	1.5	Mr. Krishna Kashyap	Elective	$300.00	Sunday, January 14, 2024	11:00 am EST – 12:30 p.m. EST
HSF3401	Chanakya’s Leadership Principles for the 21st Century	1.5	Dr. Radhakrishnan Pillai, Mr. Pranav Patel	Elective	$300.00	Sunday, January 14, 2024	9:00 p.m. EST – 10:30 p.m. EST
TAT2100	Across the Universe: Hindu Dharma and Western Creative Arts	1	Dr. Philip Goldberg	Elective	$200.00	Monday, January 15, 2024	8 p.m. EST – 9.30 p.m. EST
TAT3104	Hindu Temples and Traditions	1	Dr. Kanniks Kannikeswaran	Elective	$200.00	Tuesday, January 16, 2024	8:00 p.m. EST – 9:30 p.m. EST
YOG3301	Mother Womb – Engaging the Divine Feminine	1.5	Ms. Shilpa Agarwal	Elective	$300.00	Wednesday, January 17, 2024	8:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. EST
YOG2201	Chakra Healing	1.5	Dr. Nirmala Chetty (Sahila)	Elective	$300.00	Wednesday, January 31, 2024	9:00 p.m. – 10:30 p.m. EST
TAT3207	Nyaya Darshana Part – 2	1.5	Dr. Kuldip Dhiman	Elective	$300.00	Thursday, January 18, 2024	9:00 p.m. EST – 10:30 p.m. EST
TAT1103	Ayurveda – Essential Nutrition	1.5	Dr. Rupali Panse	Elective	$300.00	Thursday, January 18, 2024	9:00 p.m. EST – 10:30 p.m. EST
HSF2002	Introduction to Upanishads – Part 1	1.5	Dr. Kalika Uttarkar	Elective	$300.00	Friday, January 19, 2024	9 p.m. EST – 10:30 p.m. EST
HSF5000	Orientation to Hindu Studies	1.5	Mr. Kalyan Viswanathan	Required	$300.00	Saturday, January 20, 2024	9 p.m. EST – 10:30 p.m. EST

Certificate in Sanskrit Proficiency for Vedic Studies – Beginner Phase

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Hours	Faculty	Core / Elective	Price	Day and Date	Time
SAN0102	Beginning Sanskrit – II	1.5	Smt. Parvathi Sriram	Required	$350.00 – $415.00	Sunday, January 14, 2024	8 p.m. EST – 9.30 p.m. 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
SAN0202	Intermediate Sanskrit – II	1.5	Smt. Parvathi Sriram	Required	$350.00 – $427.00	Saturday, January 13, 2024	8 p.m. EST – 9.30 p.m. EST
SAN0201	Intermediate Sanskrit – I	1.5	Smt. Parvathi Sriram	Elective	$350.00 – $427.00	Sunday, January 14, 2024	5 pm – EST – 6.30 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
SAN0301	Advanced Sanskrit – I	1.5	Smt. Parvathi Sriram	Required	$350.00 – $415.00	Thursday, January 18, 2024	8 p.m. EST – 9.30 p.m. EST
SAN0304	Advanced Sanskrit – IV	1.5	Smt. Parvathi Sriram	Required	$350.00 – $415.00	Monday, January 15, 2024	8 p.m. EST – 9.30 p.m. EST

Certificate Program in Bhagavad Geeta through Sanskrit (BGTS)

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Hours	Faculty	Core / Elective	Price	Day and Date	Time
SAN1014	Learn Bhagavad Geeta (Ch. 2) and Simple Samskritam – 2	1.5	Mr. Srinath S. Chakravarty	Required	$300.00 – $335.00	Sunday, January 13, 2024	08:00 p.m. EST – 09:30 p.m. EST

Certificate Program in Bhagavad Geeta through Sanskrit – Intermediate Phase

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Hours	Faculty	Core / Elective	Price	Day and Date	Time
SAN1022	Learn Bhagavad Geeta (Ch. 3) and Intermediate Samskritam – 2	1.5	Shri. Satish Srinivasan, Dr. Shraddha Modi	Required	$300.00 – $335.00	Sunday, January 14, 2023	08:00 p.m. EST – 09:30 p.m. EST

Micro-Certificate in Conversational Sanskrit for Hindu Studies

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Hours	Faculty	Required / Core / Elective	Price	Starting Day and Date	Time
SAN0001	Spoken Samskritam Beginner I	1.5 Hours	Parvathi Sriram	Required	$350.00	Wednesday, January 24, 2024	08:00 PM to 9:30 PM EST

Certificate in Hindu Civilizational Studies (CHCS)

Course Code	Course Name	Credit Hours	Faculty	Required/ Elective	Price	Day and Date	Time
HSF1203	Hindu Contributions to the World in the Realm of Mind – Towards Sciences and Arts	1.5	Dr. DK Hari, Dr. D.K Hema Hari	Elective	$300.00 – $600.00	Saturday, January 13, 2024	10:00 a.m. EST – 11:30 a.m. EST / 8:30 p.m. IST – 10:00 p.m. IST – Till March 9, 2024 11:00 a.m. EST – 12:30 p.m. EST / 8:30 p.m. IST – 10:00 p.m. IST – Till March 16, 2024

Hindu University of America

Summer Quarter Course Catalogue 2023

Graduate Courses

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

M.A in Sanskrit 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 (BGTS)

Certificate Program in Shuddh Hindi – Beginner Phase

Community Education Program (CEP)

Winter Quarter Course Catalogue 2024

Graduate Division

Continuing Education Division

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