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 2020
**SASLI courses will be offered remotely for summer 2020.**
Courses Confirmed
- Elementary Bengali
- Elementary, Intermediate, and Advanced Hindi
- Elementary Punjabi
- Elementary and Intermediate Sanskrit
- Elementary Tamil
- Elementary Tibetan
- Elementary, Intermediate, and Advanced Urdu
Courses Cancelled*
- Intermediate Bengali
- Elementary and Intermediate Dari
- Elementary and Intermediate Gujarati
- Elementary and Intermediate Marathi
- Elementary and Intermediate Nepali
- Elementary and Intermediate Pashto
- Intermediate Punjabi
- Elementary and Intermediate Sinhala
- Intermediate Tamil
- Intermediate Tibetan
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.
“This program is amazing. I am thankful to be here.”
SASLI 2019 Student