Description
The Hindu University of America offers a four-year intensive program, Certificate Program in Bhagavad Gita through Sanskrit (BGTS), to teach the students to achieve proficiency in Bhagavad Geeta through the Sanskrit language.
Program Overview: The program is designed to prepare beginning students, with no prior fluency or knowledge of Sanskrit, to access the Bhagavad Geeta directly without translation or mediation. The medium of teaching is fully in Sanskrit, and the faculty leads the students verse by verse while simultaneously unfolding both the meanings of the verses and the nuances of the language.
Target Audience: This foundation curriculum is targeted at students of all ages ranging from High School onwards, with a passion to learn a new language and engage with the Bhagavad Geeta in its original language. No prior knowledge of Sanskrit is assumed, except for familiarity with the Devanagari script.
Program Learning Objectives: The program aims to enable the students to gain proficiency in six dimensions of the Sanskrit language, including reading, listening, speaking, understanding the structure, patterns, and technology of the language, comprehending the verses of the Bhagavad Geeta, and writing comprehensible passages in Sanskrit.