1. Slavic Department Advising Lunch, 19 February 08 Svitlana Rogovyk Amanda Apostol Michael Makin

2. Our languages Russian – five years Polish – four years Czech – two years + Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian – two years + Ukrainian – two years + Highly rated instructors; small classes; motivated students

3. Our Concentrations Russian – three to five years of language, literature and culture courses in English, senior seminar, one cognate. Three tracks: language and literature; (new) language and culture; (new) heritage- speaker. Flexibility. Study-abroad encouraged. Polish (new) – three/four years of language, courses on Polish literature, history, culture.

4. Our Minors Russian Polish Czech Two years of language, plus twelve more credits in selected courses.

5. Popular Courses Fulfilling General Requirements Russian 347, 348 – Classic Russian Literature, ULWR Russian 322 – Russia Today, ULWR, RE Slavic 225 – Cultures of Central Europe, RE Slavic 312 – Central European Cinema, ULWR, RE Slavic 313 – Russian Cinema, ULWR Polish 314 – Polish Cinema, ULWR Polish 326 – Modern Polish Literature, ULWR

6. Other Popular Courses Russian 231 – Introduction to Russian Culture Slavic 240 – Slavic Folklore Slavic 270 – Jewish Experience Russian 449, 450 (C20th literature), 462 (Dostoevsky), 463 (Chekhov), 464 (Tolstoi), 474 (Literature Today), 478, 479 (Nabokov) Slavic 470 – Topics courses Slavic 490 – Various mini-courses

7. What do you get Generally -- small courses; often -- seminar style Top scholars and teachers Writing, analysis, interesting assignments Something special and worthwhile on your transcript and résumé Access to some of the great cultures of the world

8. For the Future New directions from new hires in Balkan studies, Polish, possibly Russian New minor in Slavic Cultures (with no language required) New minor in Ukrainian New track in Russian concentration – “Global Russian” (internships, community service, etc)

9. Where to find us? Third Floor, MLB (3040) www.lsa.umich.edu/slavic Write to – Amanda Apostol (slavic@umich.edu); Svitlana Rogovyk (srogovyk@umich.edu); Michael Makin (mlmakin@umich.edu).slavic@umich.edusrogovyk@umich.edumlmakin@umich.edu