Central and Eastern European Studies (Interdepartmental Graduate Concentration)
Mailing Address:
Department of Slavic and Baltic Languages and Literatures (MC) 315
Office 1722 University Hall
601 South Morgan Street
Chicago, IL 60607-7117
Campus Location: UH 1729
Telephone: (312) 996- 5218
E-mail: mexotic@uic.edu
Web Site: http://www.uic.edu/depts/slav/
Head of the Department: Michal Markowski
Director of Graduate Studies: Michal Markowski
Graduate Program Administrator: Rocio Garcia
The Department of Slavic and Baltic Languages and Literatures offers work leading to the Interdepartmental Graduate Concentration in Central and Eastern European Studies. Students in the following graduate programs may be eligible to complete the Interdepartmental Graduate Concentration in Central and Eastern European Studies:
| Graduate Program | Level |
Germanic Studies |
MA, PhD |
History |
MA, PhD |
Teaching of History |
MA |
Slavic Studies |
MA, PhD |
Concentration Requirements
Students earning a graduate degree in the departments listed above may complement their course work by enrolling in a concentration in Central and Eastern European Studies (CEES) after consulting with their graduate advisor. Students pursuing this concentration must obtain approval from a CEES graduate faculty member, preferably within the department of the degree. This faculty member will then serve as the student’s advisor and must approve the student’s CEES course of study. Students fulfill the concentration by completing a total of 16 hours of graduate CEES cross-listed or other related course work approved by their advisor. Among these courses must be CEES 400—A Survey of Central and Eastern Europe and at least one other course (4 hours) from outside of their home department. Up to four of these hours can be in directed study or thesis research on an appropriate topic approved by the CEES advisor. The concentration will be awarded only upon completion of the degree.
The CEES Concentration requires four courses (16 credit hours):
- CEES 400—A Survey of Central and Eastern Europe (4 hours) is required. This course is an interdisciplinary historical and cultural overview of Central and Eastern Europe.
- Three courses (12 hours), one of which must be taken outside the student’s home department, chosen with the approval of the student’s CEES advisor from:
- 400- or 500-level courses offered by the Department of Slavic and Baltic Languages and Literatures
- The list of CEES cross-listed courses offered by the departments of History and of Germanic Studies
- A list of topics courses in History and Germanic Studies that could be counted toward the concentration when the topic is Central Europe
- Up to four of these hours can be in directed study or thesis research on an appropriate topic approved by the CEES advisor
