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Undergraduate Bulletin College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures

Minor in Polish

Students on Summer 2024, Fall 2024, or Spring 2025 requirements POLISHMIN

Students will develop intermediate language proficiency and its application to real-world settings; cultural literacy demonstrated in a general knowledge of the target culture, its history, products, and practices; the ability to analyze cultural texts and situations and the mechanisms by which they function; and the ability to analyze problems from multiple critical perspectives.

Requirements

The minor requires at least 15 credit hours, including the requirements listed below.
  1. Minor Requirements. At least five (5) courses:
    • SLAV-P 201 Intermediate Polish I
    • SLAV-P 202 Intermediate Polish II
    • SLAV-P 211 Summer Intensive Intermediate Polish I
    • SLAV-P 222 Summer Intensive Intermediate Polish II
    • SLAV-P 223 Introduction to Polish Culture
    • SLAV-P 301 Advanced Intermediate Polish I
    • SLAV-P 302 Advanced Intermediate Polish II
    • SLAV-P 363 Faces of War and Freedom
    • SLAV-P 364 From Anxiety To Revolution
    • SLAV-P 365 Topics in Polish Literature, Culture, and Language
    • SLAV-P 366 The Bold and the Restless: Polish Film from the 1950s to the Present
    • SLAV-P 404 The Structure of Polish
    • SLAV-P 473 Fourth-Year Polish I
    • SLAV-P 474 Fourth-Year Polish II
    • SLAV-T 230 Topics in Slavic Literatures and Cultures when taken Fall 2026 or later
    • SLAV-T 230 Topics in Slavic Literatures and Cultures (requires special approval; see academic advisor) when taken prior to Fall 2026
    • SLAV-T 241 Central and East European Immigration and Ethnic Identity in the U.S. (requires special approval; see academic advisor) when taken prior to Fall 2026
    • SLAV-T 241 Central and East European Immigration and Ethnic Identity in the U.S. when taken Fall 2026 or later
    • SLAV-T 252 Introduction to the Slavic Languages (requires special approval; see academic advisor) when taken prior to Fall 2026
    • SLAV-T 252 Introduction to the Slavic Languages when taken Fall 2026 or later
    • SLAV-T 260 The Vampire in European and American Culture (requires special approval; see academic advisor) when taken prior to Fall 2026
    • SLAV-T 260 The Vampire in European and American Culture when taken Fall 2026 or later
    • SLAV-T 271 Central & East European Immigration and Ethnic Identity in the U.S. when taken Fall 2026 or later
    • SLAV-T 271 Central & East European Immigration and Ethnic Identity in the U.S. (requires special approval; see academic advisor) when taken prior to Fall 2026
    • SLAV-T 282 Introduction to the Slavic Languages (requires special approval; see academic advisor) when taken prior to Fall 2026
    • SLAV-T 282 Introduction to the Slavic Languages when taken Fall 2026 or later
    • SLAV-T 365 Topics in Slavic and East European Literatures, Cultures, and Languages (requires special approval; see academic advisor) when taken prior to Fall 2026
    • SLAV-T 365 Topics in Slavic and East European Literatures, Cultures, and Languages when taken Fall 2026 or later
    • SLAV-T 366 Central European Cinema (requires special approval; see academic advisor) when taken prior to Fall 2026
    • SLAV-T 366 Central European Cinema when taken Fall 2026 or later
    • SLAV-X 490 Supervised Individual Reading (requires special approval; see academic advisor)
  2. Minor GPA, Hours, and Minimum Grade Requirements.
    1. 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.
    2. Minor Upper Division Courses. At least 9 credit hours in the minor must be completed at the 300-499 level.
    3. 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.
    4. 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 Area Courses

  • 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-P subject 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

This program of study cannot be combined with the following:

  • Polish Track – Bachelor of Arts in Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures [SLVPOLTRK]

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.