Duration: One year program (2 semesters each year).

Required Hours: A total of 255 hours

Required Units: A total of 5 courses (4 core- mandatory and 1 elective).

This program is aimed at enhancing the knowledge of the student where the student is familiar with different genres of Telugu literature. The Program envisages enriching the knowledge of the student in 6 parallel streams of literature:

• Prabhanda literature (romantic classical literature)
• Aesthetics the Rasa Theory
• Telugu Novel
• Folk Literature
• Lyrical Poetry and
• Classical Prose

General Admission Requirements

• A high school diploma or GED is required
• Certificate in Telugu from UofSA, or
• A score of 75% or above in the Assessment Examination for Diploma Course conducted by UofSA.

Required Core Courses

• DTL 301: Introduction to Prabandham – 3 Texts – 3 credit units.
• DTL 302: Introduction to Aesthetics – Rasalankaras – 3 credit units
• DTL 303: Introduction to Telugu Novel – 3 Novels – 3 credit units
• DTL 304: Introduction to Folk Literature – 3 credit units

Elective Courses (select 1)

• DTL 401: Padakavitha – 3 credit units
• DTL 402: Classical Prose Literature – 3 credit units

Evaluation

The evaluation has the following components:

• Final exams
• Mid-term exams
• Assignments
• Quizzes

Students will be awarded the diploma after they earn an overall combined GPA of 2.0 based on the evaluation weightages across the various methods/metrics.

Tuition Fee

Estimated Program Costs: $6,000.00 including Tuition fee of $5,400.00, Application Fee, Books, Registration Fees, etc.