• Minor in Cultures & Literatures of Eastern Europe
• Minor in Ukrainian
• Czech Language, Literature, and Culture
• Polish Language, Literature, and Culture
• Russian Language, Literature, and Culture
  

Minor in Cultures & Literatures of Eastern Europe
Students who have become interested in the literatures and cultures of Eastern Europe through courses taught in English may elect this minor, which enables them to develop significant knowledge of at least two cultures. No knowledge of the languages of Eastern Europe is required.

Prerequisites: none.
At least fifteen credits elected in the following courses in Eastern European Literatures and Cultures, of which only one course may be below the 300-level. Students may take as many courses as they like in one of the two groups, but must elect a minimum of six credits in the other group:

Category A: Polish 314, 325, 326; Czech 315, 484; BCS 436; Slavic 225, 240, 270, 312. 470. 480, 481, 488, 490.

Category B: Slavic 313; Russian 231, 322, 346, 347, 348, 356, 358, 444, 449, 450, 453, 454, 460, 462, 463, 464, 466, 467, 468, 469, 473, 474.

This program has been designed specifically for students who have either become interested in Slavic Studies later in their academic careers and are thus unable to complete a language requirement; or are in a demanding concentration program that does not include flexibility to take on an extensive course of language study but are interested in the literatures and cultures of Eastern Europe.

The minor is divided between Russian Studies, and Polish, BCS, Czech, Eastern-European Jewish studies, and cross-cultural Slavic studies. Students must take courses from both of these groups, and may choose to specialize in Russian studies, or in one or more other areas of Eastern and Central European culture. Thus, a student completing this minor will have acquired relatively detailed knowledge in at least one area of the Department’s specializations, while also having been exposed to the diversity of cultures found between the Danube and the Pacific Ocean.

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Minor in Ukrainian
For entry to the Minor, the prerequisite is a grade of "C" or better in Ukraine 251 language course or equivalent as determined by the Departmental placement examination.
Academic Minor Program includes at least 16 course credits including Ukraine 252 fourth semester language course (4 credits) and 12 credits in courses selected from the following two categories, with at least 6 credits from the category A.

Category A: Courses on Ukrainian Language, Literature, and Culture

• Ukraine 451 (Advanced Ukrainian),
  
• Ukraine 452 (Advanced Ukrainian: Contemporary Issues),
  
• Ukraine 421 (Directed Readings in Ukrainian Literature),
  
• Slavic 490. 003 (Introduction to Ukrainian Culture)

Category B: Courses on Eastern European Slavic Culture (No more than 6 credits from this category)

• Slavic 240 (Slavic Folklore)
  
• Slavic 270 (Meets with Judaic Studies 317.002.) (Contact and Conflict: Jewish Experience in Eastern Europe)
  
• Slavic 313 (Russian and Ukrainian Cinema)
  
• Slavic 395 (Survey of Russia: The Russian Empire, the Soviet Union, and the Successor States)
  
• Slavic 470.003 (Cultural History of Russian Jews)
  
• Slavic 490 (Rock Kills Communism), (Revolution the Attic) Mini courses on Eastern European Democracies deal with issues of “Orange Revolution” in Ukraine.
  
• History 330 (Eastern Europe from 1500 to 1900)
  
• History 391/591 (Topics in European History: Medieval and early Modern Russia)
  

Studying Ukraine in a comparative perspective will broaden the University of Michigan curriculum on strategically important parts of the world. The academic Minor in Ukrainian is a vibrant and multi-faceted program that integrates Ukrainian studies into broader intellectual and policy agendas while promoting research and scholarly work on contemporary Ukraine in the United States. Its curriculum will educate academics, diplomats, journalists, businesspersons, and future specialists on the history, language, literature, and politics of Ukraine. In addition, study of Ukraine brings an important comparative perspective to international and interdisciplinary studies at the University of Michigan taking into account the fact of Ukraine‘s being a historical meeting place of several major cultures: Slavic, Jewish, Austro-Hungarian, and others.

The Minor in Ukrainian is a great opportunity for students in many fields of undergraduate studies to supplement and make more coherent their knowledge in targeted concentrations such as Russian and East European Studies, Russian, Polish, Hebrew and Jewish Cultural Studies, History, Environmental Studies, Political Science, and Sociology.

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Czech Language, Literature, and Culture
Prerequisites to the Academic Minor: Czech 241 or equivalent.
Academic Minor Program: 16 credits of courses, including Czech 242 (4 credits) and 12 credits in courses selected from the following two categories, with at least 6 credits from category B.

Category A: Courses on Central European Slavic Culture (no more than 6 credits from category A may count in the Academic Minor):

• Slavic 225 (Arts and Cultures of Central Europe)
• Slavic 312 (Central European Cinema)
• Slavic 423 (Central European Literature in the Twentieth Century)
• Students may count up to 3 credits of Third-Year Czech (Czech 341 and 342) toward the Academic Minor.

Category B: Courses on Czech culture, literature, and cinema (at least 6 credits are required from category B):

• Czech 480 (Supervised Czech Reading)
• Czech 483 (Czech Literature from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment)
• Czech 484 (Modern Czech Literature)
• Slavic 490 (Issues of the Cultures of Eastern Europe)

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Polish Language, Literature, and Culture
Prerequisites to the Academic Minor: Polish 221 or equivalent.
Academic Minor Program: 16 credits of courses, including Polish 222 (4 credits), and 12 credits in courses selected from the following two categories, with at least 6 credits from category B.

Category A: Courses on Central European Slavic Culture (no more than 6 credits from category A may count in the Academic Minor):

• Slavic 225 (Arts and Cultures of Central Europe)
• Slavic 312 (Central European Cinema)
• Slavic 423 (Central European Literature in the Twentieth Century)

Students may count up to 3 credits of Third-Year Polish (Polish 321 and 322) toward the Academic Minor.

Category B: Courses on Polish culture, literature, and cinema (at least 6 credits are required from category B):

• Polish 325 (Polish Literature in English, to 1900)
• Polish 326 (Polish Literature in English, 1900 to present)
• Polish 432 (Topics in Polish Literature)
• Slavic 490 (Issues of the Cultures of Eastern Europe)RR

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Russian Language, Literature, and Culture
Prerequisites to the Academic Minor: Russian 201 or equivalent.
Academic Minor Program: Russian 202 or Russian 203/RCLANG 293, and 12 additional credits in courses selected from among the following, with at least 6 credits elected at the upper level:

Russian 222, 231, 301, 302, 347, 348, 449, 450, 451, 453, 462, 463, 464, 474, 478, 479, 480, 499

Slavic 240 and 313.

 

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Questions? Please contact Svitlana Rogovyk, our Language Program Coordinator for more information, at srogovyk@umich.edu.