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Inner Asian and Uralic Studies
School of Global and International Studies
College of Arts and Sciences
Center E-mail: iaunrc [at] indiana [dot] edu
Center URL: www.indiana.edu/%7eiaunrc
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Curriculum
Area Certificate in Inner Asian and Uralic Studies
The Inner Asian and Uralic Studies Program offers a strong interdisciplinary training program for students interested in the languages and societies of Central Eurasia, stretching from the Baltic, Hungary, and Turkey to Central Asia, Tibet, and Mongolia. IU’s greatest concentration of expertise and instruction in the area is brought together by the Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center. Center faculty pursue both historical and contemporary analysis in a wide range of disciplines, including anthropology, business, comparative literature, economics, folklore, history, journalism, linguistics, music and drama, political science, public administration, and religious studies. Center faculty also offer three levels of instruction in all of the following living languages indigenous to the Center’s area: Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian, Mongolian, Persian/Tajik, Tibetan, Turkish, and Uzbek. Other living and classical languages of Central Eurasia are offered less frequently, including Chagatai, Evenki, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Mordvin, Turkmen, and Uygur.
Course Requirements
Eighteen (18) credit hours of graduate course work, including 9 credit hours from the Department of Central Eurasian Studies; or in the case of Turkish Studies, the Departments of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures and/or Central Eurasian Studies. All courses are to be selected in consultation with the Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center director.
Language Requirements
Students will be required to demonstrate intermediate competence in a relevant language. No credit toward the certificate will be awarded for first-year language courses. No more than 6 hours of language courses may be counted toward the certificate.
Grades
Minimum of a B (3.0) in all courses that count toward the certificate.
Examination
None.