Less Commonly Taught Languages Updated

Hosting Department:

Middle East Studies

Levels Offered:

• ARMENIAN 101 & 102: First Year Armenian 

• ARMENIAN 201 & 202: Second Year Armenian

*Taught in alternating years* 

Special Courses:

• MIDEAST 222: From Kim Kardashian to Movses Khorenatsi: Deciphering the Armenian Experience
• ARMENIAN 389 / HISTORY 389 / MIDEAST 389: From Natives to Foreigners: Armenians in Turkey and the Diaspora
• ARMENIAN 401: Introduction to Classical Armenian

Contact Information:

Sosy Mishoyan

sosym@umich.edu

• Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship
• Center for Armenian Studies Funding & Grants

Unique Opportunities & Fun Facts: 

• Popular among students in Business and Political Science programs!
• UM's Center for Armenian Studies

Hosting Department:

Slavic Languages and Literatures

• CZECH 141 & 142: First Year Czech
• CZECH 241 & 242: Second Year Czech
• CZECH 480: Supervised Czech Reading

• CZECH 484: Modern Czech Literature
• CZECH 315: Czech Cinema

Contact Information:

Ewa Pasek

ewamm@umich.edu

Scholarships:

• Czech Language Study Scholarship
• Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship

Unique Opportunities & Fun Facts:

• You can get a Czech Minor!
• School of Information: Exchange Semester at Prague University of Economics and Business in Prague (preference given to BSI students)
• Engineering: IPE Engineering in Prague (preference given to Engineering students, must attend UM-Ann Arbor)
• CGIS: Summer Psychology in Prague (must attend UM-Ann Arbor)
• CGIS: Anglo-American University in Prague (must attend UM-Ann Arbor)
• CGIS: Computer Science and Tech Career Accelerator in Prague (must attend UM-Ann Arbor)
• CGIS: Central European Studies at Charles University in Prague (must attend UM-Ann Arbor)
• Ross: Undergraduate Global Semester Exchange Program (open to UM 2-3 yrs.)
• International Internships with CEA CAPA

Hosting Department:

Asian Languages and Cultures

Levels Offered:

• ASIANLAN 121 & 122: First Year Indonesian
• ASIANLAN 221 & 222: Second Year Indonesian
• ASIANLAN 419 & 420: Advanced Indonesian

Special Courses:

• ENS 407/RCHUMS 303: Javanese Gamelan
• SEAS 455: Introduction to Southeast Asian Studies
• INTLSTD 401: Topics in Southeast Asian Studies

Contact Information:

agustini@umich.edu

Scholarships:

• Critical Language Scholarship
• Southeast Asian Language Scholarship for Undergraduate and Graduate Students

Unique Opportunities & Fun Facts:

• Engineering: IPE GE3

Hosting Department:

Frankel Center for Judaic Studies

• LADINO 280

Special Courses:

• JUDAIC 360 / MIDEAST 386: A Global History of the Jews of Spain

Contact Information:

Gabriel Mordoch

mordoch@umich.edu

Hosting Department:

Slavic Languages and Literatures

• POLISH 121 & 122: First Year Polish
• POLISH 221 & 222: Second Year Polish
• POLISH 321 & 322: Third Year Polish
• POLISH 421 & 422: Fourth Year Polish
• POLISH 450: Directed Polish Reading

Special Courses:

• POLISH 214: Rock Poetry & Political Protest in Poland
• POLISH 326: Polish Literature in English: 1890 to Present
• POLAND 331: Poland in the Modern World

Contact Information:

Piotr Westwalewicz

pwestwal@umich.edu

Scholarships:

• Polish Scholarship
• Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship

Fields, Fun Facts, & Unique Opportunities: 

• You can get a major and minor in Polish!
• SMTD: Music from Auschwitz in Austria & Poland (must be enrolled in the School of Music, Theater, & Dance)
• UM's Copernicus Center for Polish Studies
• Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Fellowship & Grants

Hosting Department:

Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Levels Offered:

• LACS 471 & 472: First Year Quechua
• LACS 473 & 474: Second Year Quechua
• LACS 465 & 476: Third Year/Advanced Quechua

Special Courses:

• Intensive Quechua in Cusco

Contact Information:

Adela Carlos Rios

acarlosr@umich.edu

Scholarships: 

• Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship

Unique Opportunities & Fun Facts: 

• Intensive classes for students in Anthropology, History, Linguistics, Archaeology, Public Health, Environmental Studies, and other disciplines!
• Intensive Quechua in Cusco (Centro Tinku)
• International Internships with IES Abroad (Chile)

Hosting Department:

Asian Languages and Cultures

Levels Offered:

• ASIANLAN 161 & 162: First Year Thai
• ASIANLAN 261 & 262: Second Year Thai
• ASIANLAN 461 & 462: Advanced Thai

Special Courses:

• SEAS 455: Introduction to Southeast Asian Studies
• INTLSTD 401: Topics in Southeast Asian Studies
• ASIAN 328: Introduction to Theravada Buddhism
• POLSCI 389: Governments and Politics of Southeast Asia

Contact Information:

Aimkamon Bunmee

aimkamon@umich.edu

Scholarships: 

• Thai Studies Research Grants
• Thai Studies Support for Undergraduates
• Southeast Asian Language Scholarship for Undergraduate and Graduate Students

Unique Opportunities & Fun Facts: 

• University of Michigan houses one of the nation's oldest Thai programs!
• Ross: Undergraduate Global Exchange (students in 2nd and 3rd year)
• GIEU: Thailand: Community Education, Sports, & ESL (priority given to CSP students)
• CGIS: International Development in Chiang Mai, Thailand (junior or senior enrolled at UM-Ann Arbor)
• Nursing: Graduate Clinical Field Experience in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand (must be in second clinical year of NP program)
• Nursing: Adult Gerontology Acute Care NP Clinical Immersion at Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand (enrolled in AGACNP program)
• CGIS: Culture, Ecology, & Community in Chiang Mai, Thailand (must be enrolled at UM-Ann Arbor)

Hosting Department:

Middle East Studies

Levels Offered:

• TURKISH 101 & 102: First Year Turkish
• TURKISH 201 & 202: Second Year Turkish
• TURKISH 203: Intensive Intermediate Turkish
• TURKISH 401 & 402: Advanced Turkish

Special Courses:

• TURKISH 405 & 406: Ottoman Turkish
• TURKISH 407: Readings in Ottoman Turkish
• TURKISH 410: Topics in Turkish Language

Contact Information:

Nilay Sevinc

nsevinc@umich.edu

Scholarships: 

• Critical Language Scholarship
• Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship

Unique Opportunities & Fun Facts: 

• IPE: University of Nicosia, Cyprus (must attend UM-Ann Arbor and be a sophomore or older)
• Kines: Pre-Physical Therapy Summer Program in Nicosia, Cyprus (open to all undergrads, 2.5+ GPA)

Hosting Department:

Frankel Center for Judaic Studies

Levels Offered:

• GERMAN 127/JUDAIC 101 & GERMAN 128/JUDAIC 102: First Year Yiddish
• GERMAN 227/JUDAIC 201 & GERMAN 228/JUDAIC 202: Second Year Yiddish

Special Courses:

• JUDAIC 150/SLAVIC 150: Yiddish Love Stories
• JUDAIC 318: Jewish Languages

Contact Information:

Elena Luchina

eluchina@umich.edu

Scholarships: 

• Swieca Family Israel Travel Fund
• Frankel Center for Judaic Studies Weingast Family Fund for Study in Israel

Unique Opportunities & Fun Facts: 

• Yiddish Folk Music Club
• Yiddish Tisch

Special Courses:

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