The Bachelor's program "East European Studies: Languages and Discourses" is meticulously crafted to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of Eastern Europe, a region pivotal to global political and economic stability. Renowned for its political, cultural, linguistic, and religious diversity, Eastern Europe has witnessed a multitude of historical and contemporary conflicts, including the ongoing war in Ukraine.
The program is dedicated to equipping students with a profound understanding of the cultural underpinnings of these conflicts and nuanced knowledge of the specific cultural characteristics of individual countries. In doing so, it furnishes them with indispensable intercultural competencies crucial for careers in business, administration, journalism, or the non-governmental sector.
The program offers intensive training in two foreign languages—Russian, Ukrainian, or Polish—culminating in B2+ proficiency in the primary language selected and B1+ in the secondary, as per the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). Furthermore, it empowers students to explore a diverse array of discourses, encompassing political, legal, literary, religious ones, and those pertaining to collective memory, thereby providing valuable insights into the operational dynamics of their chosen languages within specific communicative contexts.
Delivered entirely in English by a faculty of seasoned professors from Jagiellonian University, who are esteemed specialists in the languages, cultures, literatures, and contemporary issues of Eastern European countries, the program includes mandatory courses covering the history of Eastern Europe, basic linguistics, discourse studies, and memory studies. Additionally, offering a broad selection of optional courses, the program grants students the autonomy to tailor their educational journey according to their interests.
