Polish (POL)

Requires no previous knowledge of Polish. Develops speaking, reading, writing, and comprehension skills. Students with some familiarity with spoken Polish are welcome.

Requires no previous knowledge of Polish. POL 102 is a sequel to POL 101. Develops speaking, reading, writing, and comprehension skills. Students with some familiarity with spoken Polish are welcome.

The one credit UB Seminar is focused on a big idea or challenging issue to engage students with questions of significance in a field of study and, ultimately, to connect their studies with issues of consequence in the wider world. Essential to the UB Curriculum, the Seminar helps transition to UB through an early connection to UB faculty and the undergraduate experience at a comprehensive, research university. This course is equivalent to any 198 offered in any subject. This course is a controlled enrollment (impacted) course. Students who have previously attempted the course and received a grade of F or R may not be able to repeat the course during the fall or spring semester.

The three credit UB Seminar is focused on a big idea or challenging issue to engage students with questions of significance in a field of study and, ultimately, to connect their studies with issues of consequence in the wider world. Essential to the UB Curriculum, the Seminar helps students with common learning outcomes focused on fundamental expectations for critical thinking, ethical reasoning, and oral communication, and learning at a university, all within topic focused subject matter. The Seminars provide students with an early connection to UB faculty and the undergraduate experience at a comprehensive, research university. This course is equivalent to any 199 offered in any subject. This course is a controlled enrollment (impacted) course. Students who have previously attempted the course and received a grade of F or R may not be able to repeat the course during the fall or spring semester.

Involves further development of all four language skills; introduces selections from Polish literary masterpieces. POL 204 is a spring sequel to POL 203.

Involves further development of all four language skills; introduces selections from Polish literary masterpieces. POL 204 is a spring sequel to POL 203.

This course is a broad survey of the history of Poland from ancient times to the present taught through lecture and discussion. It focuses on the many transitions Polish society and Polish people have undergone, from its emergence as the first central European nation-state in the tenth century, to its development into a major empire in the 1600s, to its partitioning in the late eighteenth century by its more powerful neighbors, to its re-emergence as an independent state in the twentieth century. Using a variety of readings and media, the course emphasizes such themes as Poland's multicultural heritage and complex identities, questions of empire and national self-determination, liberty and tyranny, gender, ethnicity and class, and language and culture.

Explores a selected topic in Polish studies.

Explores a selected topic in Polish studies.

Explores differing topics in theatre within the area of Polish studies.

Explores differing topics within the area of Polish studies.

Survey of major Polish literary works from the beginning until the 19th century.

Survey of major Polish literary works of the 20th and 21st centuries.

Emphasizes conversation and written compositions. Readings of short stories, poetry, essays, and plays yield vigorous discussions in Polish.

Emphasizes conversation and written compositions. Readings of short stories, poetry, essays, and plays yield vigorous discussions in Polish.

Considers major figures in Polish literature from the 1930s to the present. Readings and discussions focus on Mrozek (drama), Milosz, Herbert, Rozewicz, Szymborska (poetry), Schulz, Gombrowicz, Andrzejewski, and Konwicki (fiction).

Examines major socioeconomic, political, and cultural happenings and developments in Poland since World War II, Solidarity, the disintegration and collapse of the Communist regime in 1989, the leap to the market economy, and political pluralism.

Considers the rise, decline, disappearance, and reemergence of Poland as an important power and factor in Eastern European politics.

Explores a selected topic in Polish studies.

Explores a selected topic in Polish studies.

Supplements regular offerings of the department. Students must secure permission of the instructor before registering.