Why study Slavic languages and literatures?
The study of Russia, Eastern Europe, and Eurasia studying their languages and cultures gives you a different perspective on the world we live in and allows you to pursue in demand professional opportunities in business and national security.
The Department of Slavic, German, and Eurasian Studies offers comprehensive undergraduate programs in Russian, Polish, and Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian and their literatures, and cultures. For each language, we offer a core curriculum of 3+ years of language study emphasizing all four skills (speaking, listening, reading and writing), supplemented by courses in culture, literature and linguistics. We also offer intensive Russian in the summer. For study abroad, we offer summer and semester options at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow, Russia, as well as a summer study abroad programs in Lviv, Ukraine.
The minor can add a unique global aspect to another career choice and field of study. It prepares students for a variety of careers in teaching or in graduate studies, as well as in fields such as translation, international business, art, art history, and travel.
Requirements for the Minor
Course List | Code | Title | Hours |
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| Elementary Bosnian/Croatian/Montenegrin/Serbian II | |
| Elementary Czech II | |
| Elementary Polish II | |
| Elementary Russian II | |
| Elementary Iranian/Dari/Tajik Persian II | |
| Elementary Turkish II | |
| Elementary Ukrainian II | |
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| 3-5 |
| Intermediate Bosnian/Croatian/Montenegrin/Serbian I | |
| Intermediate Czech I | |
| Intermediate Polish I | |
| Intermediate Iranian/Dari/Tajik Persian I | |
| Intermediate Russian I | |
| Intermediate Turkish I | |
| Intermediate Ukrainian I | |
| 3-5 |
| Intermediate Bosnian/Croatian/Montenegrin/Serbian II | |
| Intermediate Polish II | |
| Intermediate Iranian/Dari/Tajik Persian II | |
| Intermediate Russian II | |
| Intermediate Turkish II | |
| Intermediate Ukrainian II | |
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| Readings in Bosnian/Croatian/Montenegrin/Serbian | |
| Readings in Czech | |
| Advanced Iranian/Dari/Tajik Persian I | |
| Advanced Iranian/Dari/Tajik Persian II | |
| Directed Study in Persian Culture and Literature: _____ | |
| Readings in Polish Language and Literature | |
| Understanding Russia and Eastern Europe | |
| Understanding Russia and Eastern Europe, Honors |
| Advanced Russian I | |
| Advanced Russian II | |
| Russian for the Professions I | |
| Russian for the Professions II | |
| Readings in Russian | |
| Modern Turkey: Culture and Society | |
| Readings in Turkish: _____ | |
| Advanced Ukrainian I | |
| Advanced Ukrainian II | |
| Readings in Ukrainian Language | |
| Bodies in Pain in Contemporary Central and Eastern European Literature | |
| Modern Turkey: Culture and Society | |
| The Peoples and Cultures of Southeastern Europe Through Film | |
| Graphic Novels as Memory | |
| Soviet and Post-Soviet Russian Cinema | |
| Russian Business Culture | |
| The Language Landscape of Eastern Europe | |
| The Language Landscape of Eastern Europe, Honors |
| War and Violence Russian Literature and Film | |
| Topics in: _____ | |
| Investigation and Conference: _____ | |
| Honors Thesis | |
| Post-Soviet Communication | |
| South Slavic Literature and Civilization | |
| Love, Lust and Liberty: Polish and Czech Film Adaptations | |
| The Grammatical Categories of Russian: Linguistic Units, Functions and Meanings | |
| The Pragmatics of Slavic Languages | |
| The Language Landscape of Eastern Europe | |
| The Russian Novel in the Age of Realism | |
| The Woman Question in Nineteenth-Century Russian Literature | |
| Marxism and Critical Theory | |
| Literature as a Cultural Institution in the Soviet Union | |
| Post-Soviet Literature | |
| War and Violence Russian Literature and Film | |
| Russian and East European Science Fiction | |
| Senior Capstone Seminar: Slavic-German-Eurasian Speaking Cultures and Identities Today | |
| Biography of a City: _____ | |
| The Cultural Impact of Ottoman Empire on the South Slavs | |
| Readings in Slavic Studies (English) | |
| Readings in Slavic Linguistics | |
| Topics in: _____ | |
| Total Hours | 18-22 |
Minor Hours & Minor GPA
While completing all required courses, minors must also meet each of the following hour and GPA minimum standards:
Minor Hours in Residence
Satisfied by a minimum of 9 hours of KU resident credit in the minor.
Minor Junior/Senior (300+) Hours
Satisfied by a minimum of 12 hours from junior/senior courses (300+) in the minor.
Minor Junior/Senior (300+) Graduation GPA
Satisfied by a minimum of a 2.0 KU GPA in all departmental courses (300+) in the minor. GPA calculations include all junior/senior courses in the field of study including F’s and repeated courses. See the Semester/Cumulative GPA Calculator.
Study Abroad
The department offers a semester study abroad program at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow, Russia, and in conjunction with the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies, conducts summer institutes at universities in
- L’viv, Ukraine (for Ukrainian)
Consult the Slavic department office or the Office of Study Abroad. Credit for non-KU programs is not automatic and is evaluated in consultation with the Slavic department undergraduate director.
Undergraduate and graduate students at KU are encouraged to spend a summer, semester, and/or year studying and conducting research in their country of interest.
Slavic Language Programs in Russia and Eastern Europe
KU students may take intermediate or advanced Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian at a 6-week summer institute in Croatia or attend a summer language program in Poland.
Graduate students at KU are encouraged to spend a summer, semester, and/or year studying and conducting research in their country of interest.
