PhD Minor and Graduate Certificate

Doctoral Minor

Graduate minor requirements in specific fields can also be fulfilled under the REECAS program. The requirements for a doctoral minor (e.g. PhD minor) under Option A (external minor) may be satisfied by completing 9 credits of graduate courses in REECAS. These credits must be distributed over at least two departments outside the student’s major department.

Courses taken while the candidate was an undergraduate student (at UW-Madison or another institution) are not eligible for credit toward the doctoral minor in REECAS. One graduate course (for a maximum total of 3 credits) in REECAS completed at an institution other than UW-Madison (earned post-baccalaureate) may count towards the Graduate Certificate in REECAS, with approval of REECAS. This prior coursework will not appear on a UW-Madison transcript.

Graduate Certificate

The Graduate Certificate in REECAS provides students in graduate and professional schools with area knowledge of the societies and cultures of the people of Eastern and Central Europe and Eurasia, drawing on the disciplines of communication arts, folklore, geography, history, journalism, literature, law, political science, and sociology.

Requirements:

• 12 credits (normally, four courses) in graduate-level REECAS courses, distributed over at least three departments. Language courses may not be used to fulfill this requirement; however, content courses taught in a REECAS language would count towards the 12 credit requirement.
• Demonstrate a working knowledge of one Slavic, or Central Eurasian language; this can be fulfilled with a minimum of two years of language study, or one year of Russian in combination with another language of the region.
• Complete one seminar with a research paper approved by the major advisor and utilizing original source material in one of more languages of the region.
• Fulfill the requirements for a master’s or doctoral degree.
• Complete an application form and submit it, with a copy of the UW-Madison grade report, to the REECAS graduate advisor.

Courses taken while the candidate was an undergraduate student (at UW-Madison or another institution) are not eligible for credit toward the graduate certificate. One graduate course (for a maximum total of 3 credits) in REECAS completed at an institution other than UW-Madison (earned post-baccalaureate) may count towards the Graduate Certificate in REECAS, with approval of REECAS. This prior coursework will not appear on a UW-Madison transcript.