Central and East European Languages and Cultures (Polish Studies) (conducted in Polish)
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Faculty
Faculty of Philology
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Scope of studies and length 240 ECTS credits, 4 years |
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Qualification awarded Bachelor in Humanities |
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Application deadline*
1 May / 1 July
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Language Polish |
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Tuition fee per year EU/EFTA students can apply for a state-funded places |
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Start of studies
September 1
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City Vilnius |
Lithuania and Poland are strategic partners, therefore qualified Polish specialists are always in demand in Lithuania. Our graduates help to develop the political, economic and cultural cooperation ties that have linked the two countries for many years.
This study programme allows you to become fluent in Polish even if you start from zero. It provides you with the possibility to get acquainted with the literature and culture of Poland and other Central and East European countries, as well as with the Polish language and culture of Lithuania, and to master modern methods of language and literature research.
You will learn to analyse and evaluate Polish language, culture and literature in a broader context.
The programme is flexible and open to students' interests, allowing them to choose Minor studies of another language and culture, to freely choose different subjects or to individually direct their studies towards linguistics or literary studies.
Learning of the Polish language starts in an advanced group.
Programme Structure
Subjects of study | Credits |
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Semester 1 Autumn | |
Compulsory Courses | 30.0 |
European Classical Tradition | 5.0 |
Introduction to Linguistics | 5.0 |
Introduction to Polish Literature | 5.0 |
Introduction to the Theory of Literature | 5.0 |
Modern Polish Language, Culture and Society I/IV p. | 5.0 |
Polish Phonetics | 5.0 |
Semester 2 Spring | |
Compulsory Courses | 15.0 |
Borderland Culture | 5.0 |
Modern Polish Language, Culture and Society II/IV p. | 5.0 |
Polish Literature: Middle Ages – 18th c. | 5.0 |
Optional Courses | 15.0 |
variant Culture, Media | 15.0 |
Celtic Religion and Mythology | 5.0 |
Culture and Multilingualism | 5.0 |
Culture Processes and Media (the Middle Ages and the New Ages) | 5.0 |
Digital Storytelling | 5.0 |
Intercultural Communication | 5.0 |
Language and Culture | 5.0 |
Media Studies: History, Theory and Aesthetics | 5.0 |
People and Their World in the Middle Ages | 5.0 |
Roman Culture and Art | 5.0 |
The Social Mirror: Reflecting Culture in Idioms | 5.0 |
20th-Century Drama | 5.0 |
20th-21st Century British Drama through the ‘Prgamatic‘ Looking Glass | 5.0 |
variant Development of Practical Skills | 15.0 |
Editing Skills Training | 5.0 |
Empowering Young Learners: Current Trends in Language Education | 5.0 |
Introduction to Editing | 5.0 |
Standard Lithuanian: Attitudes and Usage | 5.0 |
variant Linguistics: Advanced Courses | 15.0 |
Baltic Languages and Cultures | 5.0 |
Cultural Linguistics | 5.0 |
Ethnolinguistics | 5.0 |
Ethnolinguistics | 5.0 |
Experimental Phonetics | 5.0 |
Formulaicity of Contemporary Languages | 5.0 |
Geopolitical Changes and Language | 5.0 |
Historical Grammar of Romance Languages | 5.0 |
Indo-European Linguistics | 5.0 |
Language and Identity | 5.0 |
Language and Nationalism | 5.0 |
Language Contact and Linguistic Areas | 5.0 |
Lexical Typology | 5.0 |
Linguistic Text Analysis | 5.0 |
Linguistic Variation in Indo-European Languages | 5.0 |
Lithuanian Language from the Earliest Times to the Present | 5.0 |
Lithuanian Sign Language and Gesture Studies | 5.0 |
Mapping Linguistic Variation | 5.0 |
Media Discourse | 5.0 |
Mythological Vocabulary | 5.0 |
Romance Onomastics | 5.0 |
Textology | 5.0 |
The Latin Language and Texts | 5.0 |
variant Linguistics: Introductory Courses | 15.0 |
Introduction of Contrastive Grammar | 5.0 |
Introduction to Applied Linguistics | 5.0 |
Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics | 5.0 |
Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics | 5.0 |
Introduction to Corpus Linguistics | 5.0 |
Introduction to Corpus Linguistics | 5.0 |
Introduction to Germanic Philology | 5.0 |
Introduction to Psycholinguistics | 5.0 |
Introduction to Psycholinguistics | 5.0 |
Introduction to Romance Philology | 5.0 |
Introduction to Semantics | 5.0 |
Introduction to Semantics | 5.0 |
Introduction to Typology of Languages | 5.0 |
variant Literature | 15.0 |
Ancient Literature | 5.0 |
British Fantasy Literature for Children and Young Adults | 5.0 |
Classical Russian Novel | 5.0 |
Current Aspects of Lithuanian Literature | 5.0 |
Introduction to Feminist Critical Theory | 5.0 |
Literary Discourse Analysis | 5.0 |
Modern Literature of Eastern and Central Europe | 5.0 |
Polish and Russian Nobel Laureates: Authors and Ideas | 5.0 |
Reflections of Architecture in Literature | 5.0 |
Representations of Gender in Contemporary Lithuanian Literature and Culture | 5.0 |
The Bible and Literature | 5.0 |
Travel Writing | 5.0 |
Western Literature (Middle Ages-Romanticism) | 5.0 |
Western Literature: Realism vs. Modernism | 5.0 |
Semester 3 Autumn | |
Compulsory Courses | 20.0 |
Contemporary Polish Art | 5.0 |
History of Ideas of Europe | 5.0 |
Modern Polish Language, Culture and Society III/IV p. | 5.0 |
Polish Literature: 19th c. | 5.0 |
Course unit (module) of Individual Studies | 10.0 |
Semester 4 Spring | |
Compulsory Courses | 15.0 |
Analysis of Digital Texts | 5.0 |
Modern Polish Language, Culture and Society IV/IV p. | 5.0 |
Polish Literature: 20th c. | 5.0 |
Optional Courses | 5.0 |
group Specialisation Optional Subjects | 5.0 |
Academic Writing | 5.0 |
History and Culture of Poland | 5.0 |
Polish Cultural Tradition in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania | 5.0 |
Polish Folklore and Mythology | 5.0 |
Polish Language of Public Relations and Marketing | 5.0 |
Polish Language on the Internet | 5.0 |
Polish Language outside of Poland | 5.0 |
Polish Literature of Lithuania | 5.0 |
Rebellious Women's Literature of Ukraine | 5.0 |
Vilnius on the Cross of Cultures (the 19th Century–First Half of the 20th Century) | 5.0 |
Course unit (module) of Individual Studies | 10.0 |
Semester 5 Autumn | |
Compulsory Courses | 5.0 |
Language Style: Norm and Creativity | 5.0 |
Optional Courses | 15.0 |
group General Optional Subjects | 5.0 |
variant Culture, Media | 5.0 |
Celtic Religion and Mythology | 5.0 |
Culture and Multilingualism | 5.0 |
Culture Processes and Media (the Middle Ages and the New Ages) | 5.0 |
Digital Storytelling | 5.0 |
Intercultural Communication | 5.0 |
Language and Culture | 5.0 |
Media Studies: History, Theory and Aesthetics | 5.0 |
People and Their World in the Middle Ages | 5.0 |
Roman Culture and Art | 5.0 |
The Social Mirror: Reflecting Culture in Idioms | 5.0 |
20th-Century Drama | 5.0 |
20th-21st Century British Drama through the ‘Prgamatic‘ Looking Glass | 5.0 |
variant Development of Practical Skills | 5.0 |
Editing Skills Training | 5.0 |
Empowering Young Learners: Current Trends in Language Education | 5.0 |
Introduction to Editing | 5.0 |
Standard Lithuanian: Attitudes and Usage | 5.0 |
variant Linguistics: Advanced Courses | 5.0 |
Baltic Languages and Cultures | 5.0 |
Cultural Linguistics | 5.0 |
Ethnolinguistics | 5.0 |
Ethnolinguistics | 5.0 |
Experimental Phonetics | 5.0 |
Formulaicity of Contemporary Languages | 5.0 |
Geopolitical Changes and Language | 5.0 |
Historical Grammar of Romance Languages | 5.0 |
Indo-European Linguistics | 5.0 |
Language and Identity | 5.0 |
Language and Nationalism | 5.0 |
Language Contact and Linguistic Areas | 5.0 |
Lexical Typology | 5.0 |
Linguistic Text Analysis | 5.0 |
Linguistic Variation in Indo-European Languages | 5.0 |
Lithuanian Language from the Earliest Times to the Present | 5.0 |
Lithuanian Sign Language and Gesture Studies | 5.0 |
Mapping Linguistic Variation | 5.0 |
Media Discourse | 5.0 |
Mythological Vocabulary | 5.0 |
Romance Onomastics | 5.0 |
Textology | 5.0 |
The Latin Language and Texts | 5.0 |
variant Linguistics: Introductory Courses | 5.0 |
Introduction of Contrastive Grammar | 5.0 |
Introduction to Applied Linguistics | 5.0 |
Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics | 5.0 |
Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics | 5.0 |
Introduction to Corpus Linguistics | 5.0 |
Introduction to Corpus Linguistics | 5.0 |
Introduction to Germanic Philology | 5.0 |
Introduction to Psycholinguistics | 5.0 |
Introduction to Psycholinguistics | 5.0 |
Introduction to Romance Philology | 5.0 |
Introduction to Semantics | 5.0 |
Introduction to Semantics | 5.0 |
Introduction to Semiotics | 5.0 |
Introduction to Typology of Languages | 5.0 |
variant Literature | 5.0 |
Ancient Literature | 5.0 |
British Fantasy Literature for Children and Young Adults | 5.0 |
Classical Russian Novel | 5.0 |
Current Aspects of Lithuanian Literature | 5.0 |
Introduction to Feminist Critical Theory | 5.0 |
Literary Discourse Analysis | 5.0 |
Modern Literature of Eastern and Central Europe | 5.0 |
Polish and Russian Nobel Laureates: Authors and Ideas | 5.0 |
Reflections of Architecture in Literature | 5.0 |
Representations of Gender in Contemporary Lithuanian Literature and Culture | 5.0 |
The Bible and Literature | 5.0 |
Travel Writing | 5.0 |
Western Literature (Middle Ages-Romanticism) | 5.0 |
Western Literature: Realism vs. Modernism | 5.0 |
group Specialisation Optional Subjects | 10.0 |
Elements of Polish Feminist Discourse in the 19th and Early 20th Century | 5.0 |
Elocution | 5.0 |
History and Culture of the Central and Eastern European Region | 5.0 |
Introduction to Ethnolinguistics | 5.0 |
Introduction to Translation | 5.0 |
Languages and Cultures of Grand Duchy of Lithuania | 5.0 |
Legal Polish | 5.0 |
Polish Cinema | 5.0 |
Polish Folklore and Mythology | 5.0 |
The Literary Image of a Human in the Age of Enlightenment | 5.0 |
Ukraine in Images and Symbols: From Origins to the Present | 5.0 |
20th Century Polish Drama | 5.0 |
Course unit (module) of Individual Studies | 10.0 |
Semester 6 Spring | |
Compulsory Courses | 5.0 |
Historical Development of the Polish Language | 5.0 |
Optional Courses | 15.0 |
group General Optional Subjects | 5.0 |
variant Culture, Media | 5.0 |
Celtic Religion and Mythology | 5.0 |
Culture and Multilingualism | 5.0 |
Culture Processes and Media (the Middle Ages and the New Ages) | 5.0 |
Digital Storytelling | 5.0 |
Intercultural Communication | 5.0 |
Language and Culture | 5.0 |
Media Studies: History, Theory and Aesthetics | 5.0 |
People and Their World in the Middle Ages | 5.0 |
Roman Culture and Art | 5.0 |
The Social Mirror: Reflecting Culture in Idioms | 5.0 |
20th-Century Drama | 5.0 |
20th-21st Century British Drama through the ‘Prgamatic‘ Looking Glass | 5.0 |
variant Development of Practical Skills | 5.0 |
Editing Skills Training | 5.0 |
Empowering Young Learners: Current Trends in Language Education | 5.0 |
Introduction to Editing | 5.0 |
Standard Lithuanian: Attitudes and Usage | 5.0 |
variant Linguistics: Advanced Courses | 5.0 |
Baltic Languages and Cultures | 5.0 |
Cultural Linguistics | 5.0 |
Ethnolinguistics | 5.0 |
Ethnolinguistics | 5.0 |
Experimental Phonetics | 5.0 |
Formulaicity of Contemporary Languages | 5.0 |
Geopolitical Changes and Language | 5.0 |
Historical Grammar of Romance Languages | 5.0 |
Indo-European Linguistics | 5.0 |
Language and Identity | 5.0 |
Language and Nationalism | 5.0 |
Language Contact and Linguistic Areas | 5.0 |
Lexical Typology | 5.0 |
Linguistic Text Analysis | 5.0 |
Linguistic Variation in Indo-European Languages | 5.0 |
Lithuanian Language from the Earliest Times to the Present | 5.0 |
Lithuanian Sign Language and Gesture Studies | 5.0 |
Mapping Linguistic Variation | 5.0 |
Media Discourse | 5.0 |
Mythological Vocabulary | 5.0 |
Romance Onomastics | 5.0 |
Textology | 5.0 |
The Latin Language and Texts | 5.0 |
variant Linguistics: Introductory Courses | 5.0 |
Introduction of Contrastive Grammar | 5.0 |
Introduction to Applied Linguistics | 5.0 |
Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics | 5.0 |
Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics | 5.0 |
Introduction to Corpus Linguistics | 5.0 |
Introduction to Corpus Linguistics | 5.0 |
Introduction to Germanic Philology | 5.0 |
Introduction to Psycholinguistics | 5.0 |
Introduction to Psycholinguistics | 5.0 |
Introduction to Romance Philology | 5.0 |
Introduction to Semantics | 5.0 |
Introduction to Semantics | 5.0 |
Introduction to Semiotics | 5.0 |
Introduction to Typology of Languages | 5.0 |
variant Literature | 5.0 |
Ancient Literature | 5.0 |
British Fantasy Literature for Children and Young Adults | 5.0 |
Classical Russian Novel | 5.0 |
Current Aspects of Lithuanian Literature | 5.0 |
Introduction to Feminist Critical Theory | 5.0 |
Literary Discourse Analysis | 5.0 |
Modern Literature of Eastern and Central Europe | 5.0 |
Polish and Russian Nobel Laureates: Authors and Ideas | 5.0 |
Reflections of Architecture in Literature | 5.0 |
Representations of Gender in Contemporary Lithuanian Literature and Culture | 5.0 |
The Bible and Literature | 5.0 |
Travel Writing | 5.0 |
Western Literature (Middle Ages-Romanticism) | 5.0 |
Western Literature: Realism vs. Modernism | 5.0 |
group Specialisation Optional Subjects | 10.0 |
Academic Writing | 5.0 |
History and Culture of Poland | 5.0 |
Polish Cultural Tradition in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania | 5.0 |
Polish Folklore and Mythology | 5.0 |
Polish Language of Public Relations and Marketing | 5.0 |
Polish Language on the Internet | 5.0 |
Polish Literature of Lithuania | 5.0 |
Rebellious Women's Literature of Ukraine | 5.0 |
Vilnius on the Cross of Cultures | 5.0 |
Course unit (module) of Individual Studies | 10.0 |
Semester 7 Autumn | |
Compulsory Courses | 5.0 |
Bachelor's Final Thesis Seminar | 5.0 |
Optional Courses | 5.0 |
group General Optional Subjects | 5.0 |
variant Culture, Media | 5.0 |
Celtic Religion and Mythology | 5.0 |
Culture and Multilingualism | 5.0 |
Culture Processes and Media (the Middle Ages and the New Ages) | 5.0 |
Digital Storytelling | 5.0 |
Intercultural Communication | 5.0 |
Language and Culture | 5.0 |
Media Studies: History, Theory and Aesthetics | 5.0 |
People and Their World in the Middle Ages | 5.0 |
Roman Culture and Art | 5.0 |
The Social Mirror: Reflecting Culture in Idioms | 5.0 |
20th-Century Drama | 5.0 |
20th-21st Century British Drama through the ‘Prgamatic‘ Looking Glass | 5.0 |
variant Development of Practical Skills | 5.0 |
Editing Skills Training | 5.0 |
Empowering Young Learners: Current Trends in Language Education | 5.0 |
Introduction to Editing | 5.0 |
Standard Lithuanian: Attitudes and Usage | 5.0 |
variant Linguistics: Advanced Courses | 5.0 |
Baltic Languages and Cultures | 5.0 |
Cultural Linguistics | 5.0 |
Ethnolinguistics | 5.0 |
Ethnolinguistics | 5.0 |
Experimental Phonetics | 5.0 |
Formulaicity of Contemporary Languages | 5.0 |
Geopolitical Changes and Language | 5.0 |
Historical Grammar of Romance Languages | 5.0 |
Indo-European Linguistics | 5.0 |
Language and Identity | 5.0 |
Language and Nationalism | 5.0 |
Language Contact and Linguistic Areas | 5.0 |
Lexical Typology | 5.0 |
Linguistic Text Analysis | 5.0 |
Linguistic Variation in Indo-European Languages | 5.0 |
Lithuanian Language from the Earliest Times to the Present | 5.0 |
Lithuanian Sign Language and Gesture Studies | 5.0 |
Mapping Linguistic Variation | 5.0 |
Media Discourse | 5.0 |
Mythological Vocabulary | 5.0 |
Romance Onomastics | 5.0 |
Textology | 5.0 |
The Latin Language and Texts | 5.0 |
variant Linguistics: Introductory Courses | 5.0 |
Introduction of Contrastive Grammar | 5.0 |
Introduction to Applied Linguistics | 5.0 |
Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics | 5.0 |
Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics | 5.0 |
Introduction to Corpus Linguistics | 5.0 |
Introduction to Corpus Linguistics | 5.0 |
Introduction to Germanic Philology | 5.0 |
Introduction to Psycholinguistics | 5.0 |
Introduction to Psycholinguistics | 5.0 |
Introduction to Romance Philology | 5.0 |
Introduction to Semantics | 5.0 |
Introduction to Semantics | 5.0 |
Introduction to Semiotics | 5.0 |
Introduction to Typology of Languages | 5.0 |
variant Literature | 5.0 |
Ancient Literature | 5.0 |
British Fantasy Literature for Children and Young Adults | 5.0 |
Classical Russian Novel | 5.0 |
Current Aspects of Lithuanian Literature | 5.0 |
Introduction to Feminist Critical Theory | 5.0 |
Literary Discourse Analysis | 5.0 |
Modern Literature of Eastern and Central Europe | 5.0 |
Polish and Russian Nobel Laureates: Authors and Ideas | 5.0 |
Reflections of Architecture in Literature | 5.0 |
Representations of Gender in Contemporary Lithuanian Literature and Culture | 5.0 |
The Bible and Literature | 5.0 |
Travel Writing | 5.0 |
Western Literature (Middle Ages-Romanticism) | 5.0 |
Western Literature: Realism vs. Modernism | 5.0 |
Course unit (module) of Individual Studies | 20.0 |
Semester 8 Spring | |
Compulsory Courses | 15.0 |
Bachelor Final Thesis (Study field: Philology by language) | 15.0 |
Optional Courses | 15.0 |
group internship (for all the students) | 15.0 |
Practical Work and Internship: Corpus Linguistics | 15.0 |
Practical Work and Internship: English as a foreign language teaching | 15.0 |
Practical Work and Internship: Intercultural Communication | 15.0 |
Practical Work and Internship: Translation | 15.0 |
* Individual study courses include a list of courses students can choose from, in particular:
- 20+ languages: English, French, Lithuanian, Latvian, Estonian, Russian, Polish, Spanish, Italian, Latin, Ancient Greek, Modern Greek, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, Finnish, Hungarian, Slovenian, Croatian, Romanian, Turkish and Georgian;
- optional courses from the same and/or other study fields;
- General University Studies (GUS) modules covering a wide range of study fields throughout the University (for the complete list see here);
- Minor Studies in another study field.
Key Learning Outcomes
Polish Philology graduates can communicate in Polish (C1–C2) in different communicative situations:
- they can understand, create and edit texts of different genres;
- compare, analyse and summarise various linguistic, literary and cultural phenomena;
- carry out philological research, write professional and scholarly conclusions;
- apply and develop translation skills (Polish-Lithuanian-Polish);
- work and study independently, to critically analyse and assess any retrieved information, to cooperate in a multicultural environment.
Programme Specific Requirements
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Polish language proficiency (at a level no lower than B1 following CEFR)
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English language proficiency (at a level no lower than B1 following CEFR), certified by one of the international exams:
• IELTS Academic 4.5+,
• TOEFL iBT 32+,
• Cambridge English exam 140+,
• Pearson PTE Academic 43+,
• LanguageCert IESOL B1,
• Duolingo English Test 65+
Or other document certifying the English language proficiency at a level no lower than B1 following CEFR
In addition, all applicants have to fulfil the general admission requirements.
Why choose this programme?
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What comes after?The graduates can work in:
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