Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures
Minor in Czech
Students on Summer 2024, Fall 2024, or Spring 2025 requirements CZECHMIN
Requirements
The minor requires at least 15 credit hours, including the requirements listed below.
- Minor Requirements. At least five (5) courses:
- SLAV-C 201 Intermediate Czech I
- SLAV-C 202 Intermediate Czech II
- SLAV-C 211 Summer Intensive Intermediate Czech I
- SLAV-C 222 Summer Intensive Intermediate Czech II
- SLAV-C 223 Introduction to Czech Culture
- SLAV-C 301 Advanced Intermediate Czech I
- SLAV-C 302 Advanced Intermediate Czech II
- SLAV-C 363 History of Czech Literature and Culture
- SLAV-C 364 Lovers & Murderers: Czech Literature and Culture from WWII to Today
- SLAV-C 365 Seminar in Czech and Central European Literatures and Cultures
- SLAV-C 366 Czech Cinema
- SLAV-T 230 Topics in Slavic Literatures and Cultures (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- SLAV-T 241 Central and East European Immigration and Ethnic Identity in the U.S. (requires special approval; see academic advisor)
- SLAV-T 252 Introduction to the Slavic Languages (requires special approval; see academic advisor)
- SLAV-T 260 The Vampire in European and American Culture (requires special approval; see academic advisor)
- SLAV-T 271 Central & East European Immigration and Ethnic Identity in the U.S. (requires special approval; see academic advisor)
- SLAV-T 282 Introduction to the Slavic Languages (requires special approval; see academic advisor)
- SLAV-T 365 Topics in Slavic and East European Literatures and Cultures (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- SLAV-T 499 (Approval of the Director of Undergraduate Studies required)
- SLAV-X 490 Supervised Individual Reading
SLAV-C 201 Intermediate Czech I
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- SLAV-C 102 with a grade of C or higher; or consent of department
- Description
- Continuation of work in structure and vocabulary acquisition through written exercises, study of word formation, drills, reading and discussion of short texts.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of SLAV-C 201, SLAV-C 211, or SLAV-C 313.
SLAV-C 202 Intermediate Czech II
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- SLAV-C 201 with a grade of C or higher; or consent of department
- Description
- Continuation of SLAV-C 201.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of SLAV-C 202, SLAV-C 222, or SLAV-C 314.
SLAV-C 211 Summer Intensive Intermediate Czech I
- Credits
- 5
- Prerequisites
- SLAV-C 102 with a grade of C or higher; or consent of department
- Description
- Intensive summer equivalent of SLAV-C 201.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of SLAV-C 201, SLAV-C 211, or SLAV-C 313.
SLAV-C 222 Summer Intensive Intermediate Czech II
- Credits
- 5
- Prerequisites
- SLAV-C 201 with a grade of C or higher; or consent of department
- Description
- Intensive summer equivalent of SLAV-C 202.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of SLAV-C 202, SLAV-C 222, or SLAV-C 314.
SLAV-C 223 Introduction to Czech Culture
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to history, literature, visual arts, music, film, and theatre of the Czechs.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
SLAV-C 301 Advanced Intermediate Czech I
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- SLAV-C 202 with a grade of B or higher; or consent of department
- Description
- Development of oral and written fluency and comprehension in Czech language based on morphological, lexical, and syntactical analysis of contemporary textual materials.
SLAV-C 302 Advanced Intermediate Czech II
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- SLAV-C 301 with a grade of B or higher
- Description
- Development of oral and written fluency and comprehension in Czech language based on morphological, lexical, and syntactical analysis of contemporary textual materials.
SLAV-C 363 History of Czech Literature and Culture
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- A history of the Czech lands and their art, literature, and music from the ninth through the late nineteenth centuries. Some discussion of Slovak language and literature also included.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
SLAV-C 364 Lovers & Murderers: Czech Literature and Culture from WWII to Today
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Survey of Czech fiction and drama from World War II to the present. Some discussion of émigré literature also included.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
SLAV-C 365 Seminar in Czech and Central European Literatures and Cultures
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Focus on either Czech or Central European literature and culture; intensive study of an author, a period, or a literary or cultural development. Readings and lectures in English.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
SLAV-C 366 Czech Cinema
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduces important trends and movements within the history of Czech cinematography. Places the films in their historical, cultural, and political contexts and illustrates how Czech films captured the life of Czech society during different periods. Examines the region of the Czech Republic/Czechoslovakia and Central Europe: its history, geography, ethnography and languages.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
- Fall 2024CASE GCCcourse
SLAV-T 230 Topics in Slavic Literatures and Cultures
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Selected topics from Slavic and East European literatures and cultures.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourse
SLAV-T 241 Central and East European Immigration and Ethnic Identity in the U.S.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- An area studies exploration of the ways in which people of Central and East European heritage express and adapt their ethnic identities in a United States context.
- Repeatability
- With departmental approval, may be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE DUScourse
- Fall 2024CASE SHcourse
SLAV-T 252 Introduction to the Slavic Languages
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- An introductory course on the linguistic analysis of Slavic languages.
- Repeatability
- With departmental approval, may be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Fall 2024CASE NMcourse
SLAV-T 260 The Vampire in European and American Culture
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Explores the eastern European origins of the vampire and how the vampire in its look, nature, vulnerabilities, and threat has changed over the centuries, from premodern belief systems to European literature to cinema and games, to subcultures today.
SLAV-T 271 Central & East European Immigration and Ethnic Identity in the U.S.
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines ethnic identity and its many manifestations through relevant disciplinary lenses in the social sciences; explores the history and development of Central and East European ethnic communities in Indiana, the Midwest, and the rest of the US; and asks what it means to be "ethnic" in America.
SLAV-T 282 Introduction to the Slavic Languages
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines the evolution from Indo-European through Proto-Slavic to over 18 modern Slavic languages and their sound and writing systems. Students acquire foundational concepts in linguistic analysis which they use to analyze an array of language materials, drawing conclusions about language evolution and the forces which shape it.
SLAV-T 365 Topics in Slavic and East European Literatures and Cultures
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Focuses on Slavic and East European literatures and cultures with comparisons to other world literatures and cultures; intensive study of a theme, a period, or a literary or cultural development. Readings and lectures in English. No previous knowledge of a Slavic and East European language required.
SLAV-X 490 Supervised Individual Reading
- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- Consent of the department
- Description
- Reading, in the original, of materials in field of Slavic studies of particular interest to student.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours in SLAV-S 498 and SLAV-X 490.
- Minor GPA, Hours, and Minimum Grade Requirements.
- Minor GPA. A GPA of at least 2.000 for all courses taken in the minor—including those where a grade lower than C- is earned—is required.
- Minor Minimum Grade. Except for the GPA requirement, a grade of C- or higher is required for a course to count toward a requirement in the minor.
- Minor Upper Division Credit Hours. At least 9 credit hours in the minor must be completed at the 300–499 level.
- Minor Residency. At least 9 credit hours in the minor must be completed in courses taken through the Indiana University Bloomington campus or an IU-administered or IU co-sponsored Overseas Study program.
Minor Area Courses
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Unless otherwise noted below, the following courses are considered in the academic program and will count toward academic program requirements as appropriate:
- Any course at the 100–499 level with the
SLAV-Csubject area prefix—as well as any other subject areas that are deemed functionally equivalent - Any course contained on the course lists for the academic program requirements at the time the course is taken—as well as any other courses that are deemed functionally equivalent—except for those listed only under Addenda Requirements
- Any course directed to a non-Addenda requirement through an approved exception
- Any course at the 100–499 level with the
This program of study cannot be combined with the following:
- Czech Track (Bachelor of Arts in Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures) (SLVCZCHTRK)
Exceptions to and substitutions for minor requirements may be made with the approval of the unit's Director of Undergraduate Studies, subject to final approval by the College of Arts and Sciences.