The Slavic and East European Studies Minor

Goals of the Minor:

The Slavic and East European Studies Minor consists of a minimum of 25 credit hours divided between departmental and extra-departmental coursework.

Keep track of your requirements by printing the Slavic and East European Studies Worksheet here or download the Slavic and East European Studies Worksheet as a Microsoft Word document here.

In order to declare your major, please contact the Coordinating Advisor and fill out the Minor Program Form.

Download Minor Program Form as a Microsoft Word document here.

Prerequisites: (20 credits)

101-104 in any Slavic Language

Guidelines for the Slavic Minor:

No more than two 100-level and/or 200-level courses may be counted towards the minor. Transfer credits and Credit by Examination (EM) credits may only account for a maximum of 5 credit hours. Only one Russian literature course may be counted. Occasionally other courses may be substituted with departmental permission for the courses listed above. Courses which have been approved in the past include: International Studies 230: The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union (5 credits); International Studies 231: Introduction to Eastern Europe since World War II (5 credits); Polish 409: Adv. Polish Conversation and Composition (5 credits); any Slavic or East European language at the 580, 581, 582 level (1-3 credits each); and Slavic H583: Cinderella's Fantasy: Gender and Women in Western and Eastern Europe (5 credits).

Sample Programs:

East Slavic Focus:
Ukrainian 101-104
Economics 558.04
Russian 521
Slavic Languages and Literatures 130, 245, 367

South Slavic Focus:
Serbo-Croatian 101-104, 405, 407
History 519.03
Slavic Languages and Literatures 130, 245, 367

West Slavic Focus:
Polish 101-104, 405, 407, 631
History 519.02
Slavic Languages and Literatures 245

General Knowledge Focus:
Russian 101-104, 522
Geography 511
Polish 631
Slavic Languages and Literatures 245, 367

Departmental Coursework: (20 credits):

A minimum of 20 credit hours is required from the list below:
Slavic 130:	Introduction to Slavic Culture: The Vampire in East Europe and America (5 credits)
Slavic 245:	Introduction to Slavic Literature and Culture (5 credits)
Slavic 367:	The East European Experience in America (5 credits)
Slavic 519:	Slavic Literature in English Translation from the Beginning to the Present (5 credits)
Slavic 697:	Study at a Foreign Institution (5-15 credits)
Polish 630:	Polish Literature to 1900 (5 credits)
Polish 631:	Polish Literature 1900 to the Present (5 credits)
Russian 520:	Russian Literature in Translation: Pushkin to Turgenev (5 credits)
Russian 521:	Russian Literature in Translation: Dostoevsky to Chekhov (5 credits)
Russian 522:	20th Century Russian Literature in Translation: 1900-1928 (5 credits)
Russian 523:	20th Century Russian Literature in Translation: 1928-2000 (5 credits)
**Any Slavic or East European language at the 405-level
**Any Slavic or East European language at the 407-level

Extra-Departmental Coursework: (5 credits):

An additional 5 credit hours is required from one of the following courses:
Geography 511:	Geography of Eastern Europe (5 credits)
History 519.02:	East Central Europe since 1919 (5 credits)
History 519.03:	Balkans from the Ottoman Conquest until World War I (5 credits)
Political Science 530:	Politics of Post-Communist Societies in Eastern Europe (5 credits)
Political Science 533:	Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics (5 credits)