• Offered by School of Culture History and Language
  • ANU College ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
  • Course subject Sanskrit
  • Areas of interest Asian Languages
  • Academic career UGRD
  • Course convener
    • Dr McComas Taylor
  • Mode of delivery Online or In Person
  • Co-taught Course
  • Offered in Second Semester 2015
    See Future Offerings

Further study of Sanskrit grammar and reading of selections from Sanskrit literature

Other Information

This course is delivered with the cooperation of the University of Sydney

Indicative Assessment

Assignment 1. Yogasūtras (20%)
Assignment 2. Sakuntala class notes, part 1 (20%)
Assignment 3. Yogasūtras (20%)
Assignment 4. Sakuntala class notes, part 2 (20%)
Assignment 5. Sakuntala creative project (20%)

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Workload

Face to face teaching in this course consists of two 1.5 hour reading classes each week. Along with the minimum requirements, it is expected that students will:
• attend all sessions
• catch up on any missed session by listening to it at the Wattle site
• prepare for each session by completing the exercises from the previous week (estimate 2-3 hours each week)
This level of participation can be expected to amount to around 8 hours of work each week.

Requisite and Incompatibility

To enrol in this course you must have completed SKRT2105.

Prescribed Texts

Macdonell, A. Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
Macdonell, A. Sanskrit Grammar for Students
Taylor, M. The Little Red Book of Sanskrit Paradigms
Other course materials will be available via Wattle

Majors

Minors

Fees

Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.  

If you are a domestic graduate coursework or international student you will be required to pay tuition fees. Tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.

Student Contribution Band:
1
Unit value:
6 units

If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees.  Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.

Units EFTSL
6.00 0.12500
Domestic fee paying students
Year Fee
2015 $2604
International fee paying students
Year Fee
2015 $3576
Note: Please note that fee information is for current year only.

Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links

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The list of offerings for future years is indicative only.
Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.

Second Semester

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
1628 20 Jul 2015 07 Aug 2015 31 Aug 2015 30 Oct 2015 In Person N/A
3675 20 Jul 2015 07 Aug 2015 31 Aug 2015 30 Oct 2015 Online N/A

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