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Department of Central Eurasian Studies

Bachelor of Arts in Central Eurasian Studies

Students on Summer 2021, Fall 2021, or Spring 2022 requirements CEUSBA1

The Bachelor of Arts in Central Eurasian Studies provides students with the means to study in depth a region of specialization in Central Eurasia through mastery of one or more languages as well as the history, culture, religion and geopolitics of a given region in a multidisciplinary approach. The degree program combines two key features: (1) a Language of Specialization, which gives students access to the chosen civilization through the voices of its people; and (2) a Region of Specialization, which includes courses on various aspects of the chosen civilization. Two- and three-year sequences are offered in the following languages: Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian, Mongolian, Persian, Tibetan, Turkish, Uyghur, and Uzbek.

Central Eurasian Studies examines contemporary and historical regions of critical significance: Tibet, Mongolia, Xinjiang, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey, Hungary, Finland and the Baltics. Faculty in the Department conduct research and teach classes on such diverse topics as The Silk Road, the Mongol Conquest, Minorities in China, Russia's Neighbors, the Dalai Lamas, Iranian Kings and Prophets, nationalisms, gender, linguistic and cultural change. Required coursework promotes a multidisciplinary training in the languages, histories, cultures, religions, economies, geopolitics and international relations of one or more Central Eurasian regions of specialization.

Requirements

The major requires at least 30 credit hours, including the requirements listed below.
  1. Introductory Course. One (1) course:
    • CEUS-R 290 Introduction to Central Asia, Mongolia, and Tibet
    • CEUS-R 292 Introduction to Turkic and Iranian Civilization
    • CEUS-R 294 Introduction to Hungary, Estonia, and Finland
  2. Tracks. One (1) of the following options:
    • Central Eurasian Studies.
      1. Central Eurasian Language through Second Year.*. At least eight (8) credit hours in one (1) language:
        • CEUS-T 201 Intermediate Finnish I
        • CEUS-T 202 Intermediate Finnish II
        • CEUS-T 203 Intermediate Estonian I
        • CEUS-T 204 Intermediate Estonian II
        • CEUS-T 211 Intermediate Uzbek I
        • CEUS-T 212 Intermediate Uzbek II
        • CEUS-T 231 Intermediate Uyghur I
        • CEUS-T 232 Intermediate Uyghur II
        • CEUS-T 241 Intermediate Hungarian I
        • CEUS-T 242 Intermediate Hungarian II
        • CEUS-T 251 Intermediate Persian I
        • CEUS-T 252 Intermediate Persian II
        • CEUS-T 261 Intermediate Mongolian I
        • CEUS-T 262 Intermediate Mongolian II
        • CEUS-T 271 Intermediate Tibetan I
        • CEUS-T 272 Intermediate Tibetan II
        • CEUS-T 281 Intermediate Turkish I
        • CEUS-T 282 Intermediate Turkish II
      2. Central Eurasian Studies Electives. Additional courses, as needed, to fulfill remaining requirements:
        • CEUS-R 213 Islam in Central Asia
        • CEUS-R 250 Introduction to the Ancient Near East
        • CEUS-R 251 Post-Taliban Afghanistan and the War on Terror
        • CEUS-R 252 Society and Politics in Contemporary Iran
        • CEUS-R 260 The Great Wall of China
        • CEUS-R 270 The Civilization of Tibet
        • CEUS-R 281 Turkish Literature in Translation
        • CEUS-R 290 Introduction to Central Asia, Mongolia, and Tibet
        • CEUS-R 291 Inner Asian Religious Beliefs
        • CEUS-R 292 Introduction to Turkic and Iranian Civilization
        • CEUS-R 294 Introduction to Hungary, Estonia, and Finland
        • CEUS-R 295 Contemporary East Central Europe
        • CEUS-R 296 Nomads, Networks & Communities
        • CEUS-R 297 China's Borderlands: Tibet, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia
        • CEUS-R 299 Intermediate Topics in Central Eurasian Studies
        • CEUS-R 302 Modern Finland
        • CEUS-R 304 Hot Reads from a Cool Country: Contemporary Finnish Literature
        • CEUS-R 305 Scandinavia Today
        • CEUS-R 309 Topics in Baltic-Finnish Studies
        • CEUS-R 310 Introduction to Central Asian History
        • CEUS-R 311 Travelers and Explorers in Central Asia
        • CEUS-R 312 Shrine and Pilgrimage in Central Asian Islam
        • CEUS-R 313 Islam in Soviet Union and Successor States
        • CEUS-R 314 Islamization in Inner Asia
        • CEUS-R 315 Politics and Society in Central Asia
        • CEUS-R 316 Peoples and Cultures of Central Asia
        • CEUS-R 318 Labor and Migration in Central Asia
        • CEUS-R 320 Central Asia in Soviet Times
        • CEUS-R 321 Gender and Women in Central Asia
        • CEUS-R 322 Jews of the Muslim East
        • CEUS-R 323 Eurasian Firewalls, Borders and National Security
        • CEUS-R 329 Topics in Central Asian Studies
        • CEUS-R 330 Politics in Modern Xinjiang
        • CEUS-R 331 Grave Robbers, Missionaries, and Spies: Foreign Adventurers in Chinese Turkestan
        • CEUS-R 332 History of Xinjiang to 1911
        • CEUS-R 333 Cultures and Civilization of Xinjiang
        • CEUS-R 340 Introduction to Hungarian Studies
        • CEUS-R 341 Hungary: Past and Present
        • CEUS-R 342 Roma (Gypsy) History and Culture
        • CEUS-R 345 War and Peace in Eastern Europe in the 20th Century
        • CEUS-R 346 Movies and Culture in Hungary and Central Europe
        • CEUS-R 349 Topics in Hungarian Studies
        • CEUS-R 351 Prophets, Poets, and Kings: Iranian Civilization
        • CEUS-R 352 Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East
        • CEUS-R 354 Persian Literature in Translation
        • CEUS-R 356 State and Faith in Iranian Societies: Sources, Scholarships, Research
        • CEUS-R 359 Topics in Iranian Studies
        • CEUS-R 360 Modern Mongolia
        • CEUS-R 361 Mongolia's Middle Ages
        • CEUS-R 362 Mongolian Civilization and Folk Culture
        • CEUS-R 364 Shamanism and Folk Religion of the Mongols
        • CEUS-R 369 Topics in Mongolian Studies
        • CEUS-R 370 Introduction to the History of Tibet
        • CEUS-R 371 Tibet and the West
        • CEUS-R 372 Sino-Tibetan Relations
        • CEUS-R 373 The Religions of Tibet
        • CEUS-R 374 Contemporary Tibet
        • CEUS-R 379 Topics in Tibetan Studies
        • CEUS-R 380 Literature of the Ottoman Court in Translation
        • CEUS-R 382 Cultural History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey
        • CEUS-R 383 Ten Sultans, One Empire: Ottoman Classical Age, 1300-1600
        • CEUS-R 385 Structure of Turkish
        • CEUS-R 386 Islam, Islamism, and Modernity in Turkey
        • CEUS-R 387 Contemporary Turkey
        • CEUS-R 389 Topics in Turkish Studies
        • CEUS-R 392 Uralic Peoples and Cultures
        • CEUS-R 393 The Mongol Century
        • CEUS-R 394 Environmental Problems and Social Constraints in Northern and Central Eurasia
        • CEUS-R 395 Politics of Identity in China and Inner Asia
        • CEUS-R 397 Empires of the Silk Road: History of Central Eurasia
        • CEUS-R 398 East Central Europe in International Politics
        • CEUS-R 399 Advanced Topics in Central Eurasian Studies
        • CEUS-R 411 Ethnic History of Central Asia
        • CEUS-R 412 Central Asia under Russian Rule
        • CEUS-R 413 Islamic Central Asia, Sixteenth-Nineteenth Centuries
        • CEUS-R 414 The Yasavi Sufis and Central Asian Islam
        • CEUS-R 415 The Naqshbandi Sufi Tradition in Central Asia
        • CEUS-R 416 Religion and Power in Islamic Central Asia
        • CEUS-R 417 Oral History in Eurasia: Research Methods and International Experience
        • CEUS-R 441 Art and Music of Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Hungary
        • CEUS-R 461 Mongolian Literature and Folklore
        • CEUS-R 462 Modern Inner Mongolia
        • CEUS-R 467 Mongolic Writing Systems
        • CEUS-R 492 Language and Society in Central Eurasia
        • CEUS-R 493 Theorizing Central Eurasia: The Problems of Nationalism
        • CEUS-R 494 Uralic Linguistics
        • CEUS-T 301 Advanced Finnish I
        • CEUS-T 302 Advanced Finnish II
        • CEUS-T 303 Advanced Estonian I
        • CEUS-T 304 Advanced Estonian II
        • CEUS-T 311 Advanced Uzbek I
        • CEUS-T 312 Advanced Uzbek II
        • CEUS-T 313 Advanced Kazakh I
        • CEUS-T 314 Advanced Kazakh II
        • CEUS-T 331 Advanced Uyghur I
        • CEUS-T 332 Advanced Uyghur II
        • CEUS-T 341 Advanced Hungarian I
        • CEUS-T 342 Advanced Hungarian II
        • CEUS-T 351 Advanced Persian I
        • CEUS-T 352 Advanced Persian II
        • CEUS-T 353 Advanced Pashto I
        • CEUS-T 355 Advanced Sorani Kurdish I
        • CEUS-T 356 Middle Iranian Languages
        • CEUS-T 357 Advanced Sorani Kurdish II
        • CEUS-T 358 Old Iranian Languages
        • CEUS-T 359 Research in Classical Persian Texts
        • CEUS-T 361 Advanced Mongolian I
        • CEUS-T 362 Advanced Mongolian II
        • CEUS-T 363 Classical Mongolian I
        • CEUS-T 364 Classical Mongolian II
        • CEUS-T 371 Advanced Tibetan I
        • CEUS-T 372 Advanced Tibetan II
        • CEUS-T 373 Imperial Old Tibetan: The Language of the Tibetan Empire
        • CEUS-T 381 Advanced Turkish I
        • CEUS-T 382 Advanced Turkish II
        • CEUS-T 391 Introduction to Tokharian (Tocharian) Language
        • CEUS-T 395 Introduction to Aramaic
        • CEUS-T 398 Advanced Central Eurasian Languages I
        • CEUS-T 399 Advanced Central Eurasian Languages II
        • CEUS-T 476 Readings in Modern Tibetan Texts
        • CEUS-T 485 Media Turkish I
        • CEUS-T 486 Media Turkish II
        • CEUS-T 487 Classical Turkish: Ottoman
        • CEUS-T 489 Advanced Readings and Communication in Turkish
        • CEUS-T 493 Advanced Study of a Central Eurasian Language I
        • CEUS-T 494 Advanced Study of a Central Eurasian Language II
        • CEUS-X 490 Advanced Readings in Central Eurasian Studies
    • Language and Civilization.
      1. Central Eurasian Language through Third Year*. At least 16 credit hours in one (1) language:
        • CEUS-T 201 Intermediate Finnish I
        • CEUS-T 202 Intermediate Finnish II
        • CEUS-T 203 Intermediate Estonian I
        • CEUS-T 204 Intermediate Estonian II
        • CEUS-T 211 Intermediate Uzbek I
        • CEUS-T 212 Intermediate Uzbek II
        • CEUS-T 231 Intermediate Uyghur I
        • CEUS-T 232 Intermediate Uyghur II
        • CEUS-T 241 Intermediate Hungarian I
        • CEUS-T 242 Intermediate Hungarian II
        • CEUS-T 251 Intermediate Persian I
        • CEUS-T 252 Intermediate Persian II
        • CEUS-T 261 Intermediate Mongolian I
        • CEUS-T 262 Intermediate Mongolian II
        • CEUS-T 271 Intermediate Tibetan I
        • CEUS-T 272 Intermediate Tibetan II
        • CEUS-T 281 Intermediate Turkish I
        • CEUS-T 282 Intermediate Turkish II
        • CEUS-T 301 Advanced Finnish I
        • CEUS-T 302 Advanced Finnish II
        • CEUS-T 303 Advanced Estonian I
        • CEUS-T 304 Advanced Estonian II
        • CEUS-T 311 Advanced Uzbek I
        • CEUS-T 312 Advanced Uzbek II
        • CEUS-T 331 Advanced Uyghur I
        • CEUS-T 332 Advanced Uyghur II
        • CEUS-T 341 Advanced Hungarian I
        • CEUS-T 342 Advanced Hungarian II
        • CEUS-T 351 Advanced Persian I
        • CEUS-T 352 Advanced Persian II
        • CEUS-T 361 Advanced Mongolian I
        • CEUS-T 362 Advanced Mongolian II
        • CEUS-T 371 Advanced Tibetan I
        • CEUS-T 372 Advanced Tibetan II
        • CEUS-T 381 Advanced Turkish I
        • CEUS-T 382 Advanced Turkish II
      2. Language and Civilization Electives. At least four (4) courses:
        • CEUS-R 213 Islam in Central Asia
        • CEUS-R 250 Introduction to the Ancient Near East
        • CEUS-R 251 Post-Taliban Afghanistan and the War on Terror
        • CEUS-R 252 Society and Politics in Contemporary Iran
        • CEUS-R 260 The Great Wall of China
        • CEUS-R 270 The Civilization of Tibet
        • CEUS-R 281 Turkish Literature in Translation
        • CEUS-R 290 Introduction to Central Asia, Mongolia, and Tibet
        • CEUS-R 291 Inner Asian Religious Beliefs
        • CEUS-R 292 Introduction to Turkic and Iranian Civilization
        • CEUS-R 294 Introduction to Hungary, Estonia, and Finland
        • CEUS-R 295 Contemporary East Central Europe
        • CEUS-R 296 Nomads, Networks & Communities
        • CEUS-R 297 China's Borderlands: Tibet, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia
        • CEUS-R 299 Intermediate Topics in Central Eurasian Studies
        • CEUS-R 302 Modern Finland
        • CEUS-R 304 Hot Reads from a Cool Country: Contemporary Finnish Literature
        • CEUS-R 305 Scandinavia Today
        • CEUS-R 309 Topics in Baltic-Finnish Studies
        • CEUS-R 310 Introduction to Central Asian History
        • CEUS-R 311 Travelers and Explorers in Central Asia
        • CEUS-R 312 Shrine and Pilgrimage in Central Asian Islam
        • CEUS-R 313 Islam in Soviet Union and Successor States
        • CEUS-R 314 Islamization in Inner Asia
        • CEUS-R 315 Politics and Society in Central Asia
        • CEUS-R 316 Peoples and Cultures of Central Asia
        • CEUS-R 318 Labor and Migration in Central Asia
        • CEUS-R 320 Central Asia in Soviet Times
        • CEUS-R 321 Gender and Women in Central Asia
        • CEUS-R 322 Jews of the Muslim East
        • CEUS-R 323 Eurasian Firewalls, Borders and National Security
        • CEUS-R 329 Topics in Central Asian Studies
        • CEUS-R 330 Politics in Modern Xinjiang
        • CEUS-R 331 Grave Robbers, Missionaries, and Spies: Foreign Adventurers in Chinese Turkestan
        • CEUS-R 332 History of Xinjiang to 1911
        • CEUS-R 333 Cultures and Civilization of Xinjiang
        • CEUS-R 340 Introduction to Hungarian Studies
        • CEUS-R 341 Hungary: Past and Present
        • CEUS-R 342 Roma (Gypsy) History and Culture
        • CEUS-R 345 War and Peace in Eastern Europe in the 20th Century
        • CEUS-R 346 Movies and Culture in Hungary and Central Europe
        • CEUS-R 349 Topics in Hungarian Studies
        • CEUS-R 351 Prophets, Poets, and Kings: Iranian Civilization
        • CEUS-R 352 Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East
        • CEUS-R 354 Persian Literature in Translation
        • CEUS-R 356 State and Faith in Iranian Societies: Sources, Scholarships, Research
        • CEUS-R 359 Topics in Iranian Studies
        • CEUS-R 360 Modern Mongolia
        • CEUS-R 361 Mongolia's Middle Ages
        • CEUS-R 362 Mongolian Civilization and Folk Culture
        • CEUS-R 364 Shamanism and Folk Religion of the Mongols
        • CEUS-R 369 Topics in Mongolian Studies
        • CEUS-R 370 Introduction to the History of Tibet
        • CEUS-R 371 Tibet and the West
        • CEUS-R 372 Sino-Tibetan Relations
        • CEUS-R 373 The Religions of Tibet
        • CEUS-R 374 Contemporary Tibet
        • CEUS-R 379 Topics in Tibetan Studies
        • CEUS-R 380 Literature of the Ottoman Court in Translation
        • CEUS-R 382 Cultural History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey
        • CEUS-R 383 Ten Sultans, One Empire: Ottoman Classical Age, 1300-1600
        • CEUS-R 385 Structure of Turkish
        • CEUS-R 386 Islam, Islamism, and Modernity in Turkey
        • CEUS-R 387 Contemporary Turkey
        • CEUS-R 389 Topics in Turkish Studies
        • CEUS-R 392 Uralic Peoples and Cultures
        • CEUS-R 393 The Mongol Century
        • CEUS-R 394 Environmental Problems and Social Constraints in Northern and Central Eurasia
        • CEUS-R 395 Politics of Identity in China and Inner Asia
        • CEUS-R 397 Empires of the Silk Road: History of Central Eurasia
        • CEUS-R 398 East Central Europe in International Politics
        • CEUS-R 399 Advanced Topics in Central Eurasian Studies
        • CEUS-R 411 Ethnic History of Central Asia
        • CEUS-R 412 Central Asia under Russian Rule
        • CEUS-R 413 Islamic Central Asia, Sixteenth-Nineteenth Centuries
        • CEUS-R 414 The Yasavi Sufis and Central Asian Islam
        • CEUS-R 415 The Naqshbandi Sufi Tradition in Central Asia
        • CEUS-R 416 Religion and Power in Islamic Central Asia
        • CEUS-R 417 Oral History in Eurasia: Research Methods and International Experience
        • CEUS-R 441 Art and Music of Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Hungary
        • CEUS-R 461 Mongolian Literature and Folklore
        • CEUS-R 462 Modern Inner Mongolia
        • CEUS-R 467 Mongolic Writing Systems
        • CEUS-R 492 Language and Society in Central Eurasia
        • CEUS-R 493 Theorizing Central Eurasia: The Problems of Nationalism
        • CEUS-R 494 Uralic Linguistics
        • CEUS-T 476 Readings in Modern Tibetan Texts
        • CEUS-T 485 Media Turkish I
        • CEUS-T 486 Media Turkish II
        • CEUS-T 487 Classical Turkish: Ottoman
        • CEUS-T 489 Advanced Readings and Communication in Turkish
        • CEUS-T 493 Advanced Study of a Central Eurasian Language I
        • CEUS-T 494 Advanced Study of a Central Eurasian Language II
        • CEUS-X 490 Advanced Readings in Central Eurasian Studies
  3. Capstone. One (1) course:
    • CEUS-R 491 Capstone Seminar in Central Eurasian Studies
  4. Major GPA, Hours, and Minimum Grade Requirements.
    1. Major GPA. A GPA of at least 2.000 for all courses taken in the major—including those where a grade lower than C- is earned—is required.
    2. Major 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 major.
    3. Major Upper Division Credit Hours. At least 18 credit hours in the major must be completed at the 300–499 level.
    4. Major Residency. At least 18 credit hours in the major must be completed in courses taken through the Indiana University Bloomington campus or an IU-administered or IU co-sponsored Overseas Study program.
    5. College Breadth. At least 58 credit hours must be completed in courses from College of Arts and Sciences disciplines outside of the major area.

Major 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 CEUS 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
Exclusions

The following courses cannot be applied toward major requirements or the College Breadth requirement (unless otherwise noted) :

  • CEUS-T 101 Introductory Finnish I*
  • CEUS-T 102 Introductory Finnish II*
  • CEUS-T 103 Introductory Estonian I*
  • CEUS-T 104 Introductory Estonian II*
  • CEUS-T 111 Introductory Uzbek I*
  • CEUS-T 112 Introductory Uzbek II*
  • CEUS-T 113 Introductory Kazakh I*
  • CEUS-T 114 Introductory Kazakh II*
  • CEUS-T 115 Introductory Tajik I*
  • CEUS-T 116 Introductory Tajik II*
  • CEUS-T 117 Introductory Turkmen I*
  • CEUS-T 118 Introductory Turkmen II*
  • CEUS-T 131 Introductory Uyghur I*
  • CEUS-T 132 Introductory Uyghur II*
  • CEUS-T 141 Introductory Hungarian I*
  • CEUS-T 142 Introductory Hungarian II*
  • CEUS-T 151 Introductory Persian I*
  • CEUS-T 152 Introductory Persian II*
  • CEUS-T 153 Introductory Pashto I*
  • CEUS-T 154 Introductory Pashto II*
  • CEUS-T 161 Introductory Mongolian I*
  • CEUS-T 162 Introductory Mongolian II*
  • CEUS-T 171 Introductory Tibetan I*
  • CEUS-T 172 Introductory Tibetan II*
  • CEUS-T 181 Introductory Turkish I*
  • CEUS-T 182 Introductory Turkish II*
  • CEUS-T 183 Introductory Azerbaijani I*
  • CEUS-T 184 Introductory Azerbaijani II*

Courses marked with an asterisk (*) will count toward the College Breadth requirement.

This program of study cannot be combined with the following:

  • Minor in Central Eurasian Studies (CEUSMIN)
  • Minor in Central Eurasian Studies with Language Certification (CEUSLNGMIN)

Exceptions to and substitutions for major 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.