Course Information

SASLI offers the first and second year study of modern South Asian languages and Sanskrit, as well as the third year study of Hindi and Urdu. It prepares students for subsequent training domestically and abroad. SASLI is currently held on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Students may only register for one language per summer. This 8-week program offers the equivalent of two full semesters of academic study and 160 contact hours. SASLI participants MUST complete the two consecutive 4-week sessions for a total of 8 weeks.

Upon completion of the program, students will receive 8 credits and two letter grades (A-F). Students can request a transcript from the Registrar’s Office of the University of Wisconsin-Madison for coursework at SASLI.

Classroom hours of instruction are Monday through Friday, 4 hours each day, from 8:30 AM – 1:00 PM (with a break from 10:30-11:00 AM). Due to the intensive nature of the summer session, absences for reasons other than illness are allowed only in special circumstances.

Summer 2021

Information regarding SASLI 2021 has yet to be released. Keep checking back in for updates, or indicate your interest at go.wisc.edu/wisliinfo.

Summer 2020

All SASLI 2020 courses were offered remotely.

Courses Confirmed

Courses Cancelled*

Online Malayalam will be offered by the University of Texas at Austin for the Summer of 2020. Please contact sai@austin.utexas.edu for more information.

*Some of the courses we are cancelling will be offered through other programs for summer 2020:

AIIS (https://www.indiastudies.org/) is offering many languages remotely

Elementary Pashto will be offered through Indiana University (https://languageworkshop.indiana.edu/)

The University of Washington is offering a short Nepali course this summer (https://jsis.washington.edu/southasia/nepal/programs/language/).

Please feel free to check in with these programs about their offerings, if you haven’t already done so. You can mention that SASLI has cancelled the class.

Classes may be cancelled due to low enrollment. Please be sure to apply to SASLI as early as possible to help ensure that your class will be offered. Those that apply to a course that is cancelled can receive a refund for the application fee.

Students sitting on Bascom Hill — Photo by Bryce Richter /UW-Madison

“This was my first every intensive language learning experience and I really was not sure what to expect especially because of the online structure that SASLI adopted, but honestly, it was a fantastic experience. I came out the other end better than I went in, and I feel like I have learned so much in such a short amount of time…it’s really not something that you can get from a Monday/Wednesday or similar type college course. I wouldn’t trade it for anything.”

SASLI 2020 Student