Master of Arts in East European Languages and Cultures

In a ‘Languages and Cultures’ programme you focus on languages in order to better understand the cultures behind them. Our Master’s programme in East European languages and cultures offers the unique opportunity to actively use your language skills to study of the societies of Eastern European in depth. There is room for elective tracks so you can choose whether you want to gain work experience, deepen your knowledge or broaden your knowledge.

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1 year 60 credits

Faculty of Arts and Philosophy

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1 General Courses 25

Subscribe to 25 credit units from the following list.

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Slavic Literatures: Modernism and the Interwar Period	1	sem 2	ru,en	Ben Dhooge	5

Text and Written Culture of Slavia Orthodoxa	1	sem 1	nl,en	Dieter Stern	5

History and Sociology of the Slavic languages	1	sem 2	nl	Dieter Stern	5

Contrastive Slavic Discourse Analysis	1	sem 2	ru,nl,en	Aleksey Yudin	5

Ukraine: Historiography, Language, Nation-Building	1	sem 1	ru	Aleksey Yudin	5

Language and Textual Analysis: Russian	1	sem 2	ru	Aleksey Yudin	5

Language and Textual Analysis: Bulgarian	1	sem 2	bg	Dieter Stern	5

Language and Textual Analysis: Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian	1	sem 2	sh	Pieter Troch	5

Slovene V	1	sem 1	sl	Dieter Stern	5

Slovene VI	1	sem 2	sl	Dieter Stern	5

Russia between East and West	1	sem 1	en	Ben Dhooge	5

Anthropology of (Post)Socialism	1				5

Language, Power and Society in Southeast Europe	1				5

2 Elective Courses 15

Subscribe to 15 credit units from no less than 1 and no more than 2 modules from the following list. Subject to approval by the faculty.

2.1 Module 1: Internship

Course	Ref	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Internship		1	year	nl,en	Ben Dhooge	10

2.2 Module 2: Free Choice

Subscribe to no less than 5 and no more than 15 credit units from the following list. Subject to approval by the faculty.

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language and culture courses from the Master
language courses from the Bachelor as a continuation of the minor Languages and Cultures of Southeastern Europe (options
Bulgarian, Bosnian/Croatian/Serb, Slovenian)
the chosen minor
the study programmes of Ghent University (including the Ghent University Elective Courses) or of another University of the Flemish Community.

3 Master's Dissertation 20

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Methodology: Preparation to Master's Dissertation	1	sem 1	nl	Ben Dhooge	5

Master's Dissertation	1	year	nl	Aleksey Yudin	15

Learning outcomes

Competence field 1: Competences in one/more scientific discipline(s)

To master advanced and integrated (cultural-)historical knowledge in the following areas: Russia, Southeast Europe, or of Slavic philology and sociohistorical linguistics, and to apply it when solving scientific problems.
To have and apply an advanced passive and active proficiency in Russian and/or in one or two Southeastern European languages.
To have an advanced passive proficiency in Old and Church Slavonic in its main varieties.
To apply (cultural-)historical knowledge of Eastern Europe to the solution of scientific questions within the context of neighbouring languages and cultures.
To incorporate ancillary sciences (literature science, historical linguistics, history and antropology) into independent research.
To incorporate different opinions, propositions, hypotheses in the field of Slavonic and East European studies into independent research.
To apply up-to-date knowledge of paradigms and standard methods in Slavonic and East European studies critically and creatively to scientific research.

Competence field 2: Scientific competences

To design and execute a research plan independently.
To be familiar with the most important international specialist literature and the latest developments with regard to the chosen master's thesis topic.
To solve complex problems in a creative way, on the basis of theoretical models and with methodologically appropriate resources.
To select the appropriate theoretical framework for one's own research independently, and to be able justify this choice.

Competence field 3: Intellectual competences

To reflect on historical, literary, linguistic and philological issues independently and with an analytical and problem-solving attitude.
To incorporate other people's opinions with respect to sources, scientific analyses and theories into one's own analysis.
To reflect independently and critically on (one's own role in) one's own research.
To display an interest in scientific research in the field of Slavonic and East European studies.

Competence field 4: Competences in cooperation and communication

To report on the results of independent research in a scientific text.
To present and discuss the results of independent research.
To conduct scientific research in a team.

Competence field 5: Societal competences

To adapt one's own behaviour on the basis of insights into other cultures, history, politics and economy.
To incorporate cultural sensitivity and respect for diversity into scientific work.