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Slavic and Eastern European Studies

The Department of Central, Eastern and Northern European Studies offers courses and a Minor program in Slavic and Eastern European Studies.

Courses consist of Slavic language courses, namely Polish (POLS_V), Russian (RUSS_V) and Ukrainian (UKRN_V), and courses exploring the literature, film, culture, linguistics, politics, media, history, and society of the broad and complex region called Eastern Europe (SLAV_V). Students can find a list of all POLS_V, RUSS_V, SLAV_V and UKRN_V courses here.

Courses with a SLAV_V course code have “English-plus” as their language of instruction and do not require knowledge of a Slavic language. Courses with a POLS_V, RUSS_V or UKRN_V course code have “Polish-plus,” “Russian-plus” or “Ukrainian-plus” as their language of instruction. By “plus”, we mean that no classroom is ever monolingual; students bring all of their languages to class with them and use those languages implicitly to help improve their knowledge of the Slavic language taught.

The inter- and transdisciplinary character of the Slavic and Eastern European Studies (SLAV_V) courses make them especially interesting for students with a specialization in Language and Literature departments, History, Political Science, Anthropology, Modern European Studies, Sociology, Art History, Visual Art and Theory, and Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice Studies. SLAV_V courses also welcome students from all other programs. 

Minor in Slavic and Eastern European Studies 

The Slavic and Eastern European Studies Minor is made up of 12 foundational credits including a 9-credit language component, a 3-credit introductory SLAV_V course and 18 credits at the 300 and 400-level.  

Students who complete 9-credits in a Slavic language (Polish, Russian or Ukrainian) will achieve B1 proficiency in that language based on the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR). If the Director of Slavic and Eastern European Studies determines a student has demonstrated CEFR B1 or higher proficiency in any single Slavic or Eastern European language, the student is exempted from this foundational Language Component of the Minor. If a student is fully exempted from the 9-credit language component, they will take a total of 6 credits of SLAV_V courses at the 100 or 200-level. 

The entire Minor is 30 credits.  

Lower-level Requirements

Foundational

12 credits:

  • 9 credits of POLS_V, RUSS_V and/or UKRN_V (including a combination of these)
  • 3 credits of any 100 or 200-level SLAV_V courses

Upper-level Requirements

300-plus Level

18 credits:

  • Any combination of POLS_V, RUSS_V, SLAV_V or UKRN_V courses at the 300-level or above.

At the discretion of the Director of Slavic and Eastern European Studies, 3 credits or a maximum of 6 credits of Slavic and Eastern European Studies-themed courses at the 300-level or above with a different course code may be recognized for the Minor in Slavic and Eastern European Studies. 


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