Minor in Sanskrit Language
or Tibetan Language

Religious Studies majors may take either Sanskrit or Tibetan to fulfill their minor requirement. A sequence of at least four courses (4 credits each) is offered in each language. (Six courses are offered in Tibetan.) The requirement of the minor is to take the first three of these four courses. However, students are encouraged to consider taking the fourth semester of the language as an elective. Students who have completed all four Tibetan courses are eligible to apply to the Nalanda Translation Committee Apprenticeship Program, which provides funding for a year (or more) for further Tibetan language training with the Translation Committee after they graduate. Since the three (or four) language courses should be taken in three (or four) consecutive semesters, students considering a study abroad program should plan to do that program either before they start their language courses or after they have completed all of them.

Sanskrit I–III (12) or Tibetan I–III (12)
TOTAL CREDITS 12