Minor in Ukrainian Studies 

This is a 18-credit-unit minor which can be completed with any Three-year, Four-year or Honours degree in Arts and Science.  At least 6 credit units out of 18 credit units should be at the 300 level or above. In addition to the core course An Introduction to Ukrainian History and Culture, courses will be drawn from three areas.

Area A — Ukrainian Language courses
Area B — Central Courses in Ukrainian Studies (in Anthropology and Political Studies)
Area C — Courses related to Ukrainian Studies (in Anthropology, Economics, History, Linguistics, Political Studies, Religious Studies)

Requirements:
(1) INTS 202.3 Ukrainian History and Culture: An Introduction

INTS 202.3 — 1/2(3L)
An Introduction to Ukrainian History and Culture

This course offers a multidisciplinary introduction to Ukraine, its history, culture, and peoples from historical , cultural, political and anthropological perspectives. Along with an overview of major developments in Ukrainian history, culture and nation building, the course also focuses on the outcomes and meanings of these developments to contemporary Ukrainians, their neighbors, and the Ukrainian diaspora. topics include the rise and fall of Kylvan Rs and Galicia-Volhynia, the Polish and Lithuanian rule, the Cossack Era, the birth and decline of Hermanate, the impace of Russian and Austrian imperial rule on Ukraine, the growth of national consciousness in the 19th century, the first World War and the quest for independence, industrialization and collectivization in Soviet Ukraine in the 1920-30s, the famine of 1932-33, Stalin’s repressions of 1930s, Western Ukraine between the Wars, Ukraine during the Second World War, Soviet Ukraine in the 1950-1980s, and independent Ukraine in the global context.

Prerequisite(s): 15 credit units of university studies.

(2) 6 credit units from Area A*
UKR 114.3 Elementary Ukrainian I
UKR 117.3 Elementary Ukrainian II
UKR 214.3 Intermediate Ukrainian I
UKR 217.3 Intermediate Ukrainian II
UKR 314.3 Advanced Ukrainian I**
UKR 317.3 Advanced Ukrainian II**
*Students with credit in the Ukrainian language from K-12 shall consult the program coordinator for language options available to them.
** 200- and 300-level Language courses will be offered on campus when there is sufficient demand, otherwise they will be available (whenever possible) through the STM Study abroad program “Spring Session in Ukraine”

(3) 3 credit units from Area B
ANTH 233.3 Anthropological Perspectives on Contemporary Ukraine
ANTH 354.3 Ritual Spaces in Ukrainian Culture
POLS 343.3 Politics of Change in Post-Soviet Ukraine

(4) 6 credit units from Areas A, B, or C
ANTH 227.3 Cultures of Central and Eastern Europe
ANTH 233.3 Anthropological Perspectives on Contemporary Ukraine
ANTH 354.3 Ritual Spaces in Ukrainian Culture
ECON 272.3 Economics of Transition
HIST 215.6 Byzantine Empire 330 to 1453
HIST 220.6 Russian History from the 9th Century to Present
HIST 327.3 Russian Revolution and Early Soviet State 1894 to 1924
HIST 328.3 Stalinism
HIST 388.3 Mass Killing and Genocide in the Twentieth Century
LING 112.3 Dynamics of Language
LING 244.3 Sociolinguistics
POLS 343.3 Politics of Change in Post-Soviet Ukraine
POLS 465.3 Nationalism and the International System
POLS 466.3 Ethnic Conflict and Democracy
RLST 315.3 Eastern Christian Thought First Millennium
RLST 316.3 Eastern Christianity in Second Millennium
UKR 214.3 Intermediate Ukrainian I
UKR 217.3 Intermediate Ukrainian II
UKR 314.3 Advanced Ukrainian I**
UKR 317.3 Advanced Ukrainian II**
** 200 and 300-level Language courses will be offered on campus when there is sufficient demand, otherwise they will be available (whenever possible) through the STM Spring Session in Ukraine study abroad program