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Adjunct Assistant Professor

Marysia Dzieduszycka

 

Phone: 212-650-3141

E-mail: mdziedus@hunter.cuny.edu

Office: HW 1331

Office hrs: Th & Fr 4-5pm
and by appointment

 

Mailing address:

Division of Russian and Slavic Studies

Hunter College, CUNY

695 Park Avenue

New York , NY 10065

 


Hunter College is the only school within the CUNY system that offers courses in Polish language, literature and culture. Polish courses are opened to all interested students who wish to study the language, fulfill the Foreign Language Requirement, receive minor concentration in Polish or take Polish courses as electives.

Polish Program at Hunter is sponsored by The Kosciuszko Foundation, an American Center for Polish Culture.

MINOR CONCENTRATION IN POLISH

Minor in Polish offers an excellent opportunity for students to explore Polish influence in their respective fields such us Slavic and East European Areas, Film, Theater, Music, Literature, History and Political Science.

Students interested in specific topics in Polish literature and culture are encouraged to register for Independent Study in Polish, which counts towards the minor pending the Program director's approval.

All students who wish to declare minor concentration in Polish should have the permission of an advisor from their major department.

Minor in Polish consists of no fewer than 12 credits from the Polish language, literature and culture courses at 200- level.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE REQUIREMNT

  In order to fulfill the Foreign Language Requirement students need to take the full sequence of Polish language courses:

POL 101 and 102

POL 201 and 202

ELEMENTARY POLISH I and II

POL 101 3hrs, 3cr. (Fall Semester)

POL 102 3hrs, 3cr. (Spring Semester)

This is a course for absolute beginners. The overall goal of the course is to provide a comprehensive introduction to the Polish language, to develop basic grammatical and communicative skills. In addition to class sessions students spend minimum 1hr per week at Hunter Language Lab working with video program, which gives more opportunity to study the language within the context of everyday Polish life and to expand listening comprehension, vocabulary and oral skills.

INTERMEDIATE POLISH I and II

POL 201 (Prereq: POL102) 3hrs 3cr (Fall Semester)

POL 202 (Prereq: POL 201) 3hrs 3cr (Spring Semester)

Continuation of Elementary Polish. The course offers further development of grammatical and communicative skills as well as standard idiom, in the broader context of Polish culture and everyday life . In additiion to class sessions students complete video homework assignments at Hunter Language Lab in order to expand listening and oral skills as well as vocabulary.


Courses in Polish Literature and Culture

Polish Program offers variety of courses on selected topics in Polish literature, culture and film on 250 and 260 levels.

Summer Program at Jagiellonian University in Krakow

In addition to Polish courses offered at Hunter students can register through Hunter's Education Abroad Program for Summer Program at Jagiellonian University in Krakow.

For more information contact Program's director and see: http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/educationabroad/

 

CURRENT POLISH COURSES

POL 101 ELEMENTARY POLISH I: 3 hrs., 3 cr.
POL101 Tues, Thurs. 5:35-6:50
Elementary Polish for beginners. Introduction to the Polish language. Practice in both spoken and written Polish. Reading of simple texts.

POL 201 INTERMEDIATE POLISH I: 3 hrs., 3 cr.
POL201.51 Tues, Thurs. HW 413  
Continuation of Polish 102. Selected reading in prose. Continue practice in both spoken and written Polish. Reading of simple texts.

POL 250.73 POLISH ROMANTICISM: 3 hrs., 3 cr.
POL 250.73 Mon, Wed 5:35-6:50 HW 413
Overview of the major artistic and intellectual trends of Polish Romanticism, reading of key works by the major writers: Malczewski, Mickiewicz, Slowacki, Krasinski, and others.  Focus on the role of Romantic Literature in shaping modern Polish national and cultural identity.
Conducted in English.

POL300 INDEPENDENT STUDY IN POLISH LIT. CULTURE
POL300.1.2.3 Hours to be arranged. HW 1331
Independent study supervised by instructor. Essay.
Program Director’s approval required.


Department of Classical and Oriental Studies
1425 HW
Hunter College, CUNY  
695 Park Ave
New York, NY 10065
(212) 772-4960