Undergraduate Minor :: Undergraduate Programs
Central Eurasian Studies is currently planning to introduce an undergraduate minor by Fall ’09. The following is an outline of the minor requirements that we are presenting to the College for approval.
Students graduating before August ‘09 may still receive a 21-23 credit Undergraduate Certificate. Please contact Professor Elliot Sperling or April Younger in the CEUS office for details.
The Central Eurasian Studies Department offers two undergraduate programs: 1) an undergraduate minor, and 2) an undergraduate minor with language and area certification. The first program allows maximum flexibility in the fulfillment of minor requirements while the second pushes more rigor and balance between development of language skills and multi-disciplinary knowledge of our regions of specialization.
Minor in Central Eurasian Studies.
Students must complete at least 15 credit hours of CEUS or cross-listed courses, selected in consultation with the CEUS director of undergraduate studies, with a minimum GPA of 2.000.
Minor in Central Eurasian Studies with language and area certificate.
Students must complete a total of at least 15 credit hours of CEUS or cross-listed courses, selected in consultation with the CEUS director of undergraduate studies, with a minimum GPA of 2.000, including:
- at least 6 credit hours in a CEUS language (Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian, Kazakh, Mongolian, Persian, Tibetan, Turkish, Uyghur, Uzbek) beyond the introductory level, plus
- at least 6 credit hours in non-language courses offered by CEUS.
For both programs at least 8 credit hours of the CEUS classes must be taken at the Bloomington campus and 6 credit hours must be 300-level or above. No more than 6 credit hours of non-CEUS cross-listed classes will be counted for either the minor or the minor with certificate.
For more information contact Professor Elliot Sperling, the Director of Undergraduate Studies, at sperlin@indiana.edu
The following language classes are available for the minor.
Uralic Languages:
Introductory Hungarian: U131-132
Intermediate Hungarian: U231-232; prerequisite U132 or equivalent.
Introductory Finnish: U121-122
Intermediate Finnish: U221-222; prerequisite U122 or equivalent.
Introductory Estonian: U111-112
Intermediate Estonian: U211-212; prerequisite U112 or equivalent.
Turkic Languages:
Introductory Turkish: U161-162
Intermediate Turkish: U261-262; prerequisite U162 or equivalent.
Introductory Uzbek: U171-172
Intermediate Uzbek: U271-272; prerequisite U172 or equivalent.
Introductory Uyghur: U115-116
Intermediate Uyghur: U215-216; prerequisite U116 or equivalent.
Introductory Kazakh: U175-176
Intermediate Kazakh: U275-276; prerequisite U176 or equivalent.
Iranian Languages:
Introductory Persian: U177-178
Intermediate Persian: U277-278; prerequisite U178 or equivalent.
Mongolian:
Introductory Mongolian: U141-142
Intermediate Mongolian: U241-242; prerequisite U142 or equivalent.
Tibetan:
Introductory Tibetan: U151-152
Intermediate Tibetan: U251-252; prerequisite U152 or equivalent.
The following area studies classes are approved for the minor and the minor with certificate. Other 300 and 400 level classes will be included with the consent of the Director of Undergraduate Studies.
Introductory Classes (see also Cross-Listed Classes):
Introduction to Central Eurasia U190
Oil, Islam, and Geopolitics: an Introduction to Contemporary Central Asia [course currently in development]
Civilization of Tibet U284
Introduction to Hungarian Studies U320
Introduction to the Ancient Near East U254
Prophets, Poets, and Kings U311
Modern Scandinavia and the Baltic States U320
Grave Robbers, Missionaries, and Spies: Foreign Adventurers in Chinese Turkistan U320
Travelers and Explorers in Central Asia U320
Roma (Gypsy) History and Culture U320
History Classes:
Introduction to Central Asian History U320
Modern Mongolia U469
Mongolia’s Middle Ages U320
Ten Sultans, One Empire: The Ottoman Classical Age 1300-1600 U320
Finland in the Twentieth Century U333
Introduction to the History of Tibet U483
Religious Studies:
Inner Asian Religious Beliefs U292
Religions of Tibet U484
Islam in the Soviet Union and the Successor States U394
Social Science Classes:
Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East U397
Peoples and Cultures of Central Asia U398
Politics and Society in Central Asia U395
Politics of Identity in China and Inner Asia U320
Environmental Probs & Soc Constraints in Northern and C Eurasia U374
Post-Taliban Afghanistan and the War on Terror U320
Literature, Folklore, Arts:
Persian Literature in Translation: Literature and Cinema of Modern Iran U372
Persian Mystical Literature in Translation U373
Cultural History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey U320
Turkish Literature in Translation U320
Tibet and the West U489
European Folk Musics U320
Cross-listed classes:
Great Wall of China COLL E103
Mongol Conquest COLL E104
Religion and Revolutions COLL E104
Nations, States, and Boundaries INTL I206
