| Subject | Number | Title | Hours | Catalog Description | General Education Category |
| POL | 101 | Elementary Polish I | 4 hours. | Phonetics, introductory grammar, and reading. Four additional half hours each week in the language laboratory. Prerequisite(s): For students who have had no formal work in Polish. | |
| POL | 102 | Elementary Polish II | 4 hours. | Continues POL 101. Four additional half hours each week in the language laboratory. Prerequisite(s): POL 101 or the equivalent. | |
| POL | 103 | Intermediate Polish I | 4 hours. | Continues POL 102. Prerequisite(s): POL 102 or the equivalent. | |
| POL | 104 | Intermediate Polish II | 4 hours. | Continues POL 103. Prerequisite(s): POL 103 or the equivalent. | |
| POL | 115 | Introduction to Polish Culture | 3 hours. | Main trends in Polish culture in the context of parallel developments in Western European civilization. Taught in English. | World Cultures course. |
| POL | 120 | The Polish Short Story in Translation | 3 hours. | Introduction to representative Polish short stories of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; the elements of fiction; close reading of prose texts. Taught in English. | Creative Arts, and World Cultures course. |
| POL | 130 | Masterworks of Polish Literature in Translation | 3 hours. | The most important works of Poland's greatest writers in the areas of poetry, drama, and prose. Taught in English. | Creative Arts, and World Cultures course. |
| POL | 140 | Polish Drama in Translation | 3 hours. | Elementary aspects of Polish dramatic theory and close reading of representative scripts selected from various periods. Same as THTR 140. Taught in English. | Creative Arts, and World Cultures course. |
| POL | 150 | Introduction to Polish Cinema | 3 hours. | Introduction to the major themes and techniques of Polish film art; comparative survey of narrative film and literature. Taught in English. Films screened with English subtitles. | Creative Arts, and World Cultures course. |
| POL | 234 | History of Poland | 3 hours. | Political, socioeconomic, and cultural developments since the first Polish state, the union with Lithuania, the struggle for independence, Communist rule to the present. Same as HIST 234. | Individual and Society, and Past course. |
| POL | 241 | Mickiewicz and Sienkiewicz: Polish Romanticism and Realism | 3 hours. | The study of two major Polish authors as foremost representatives of Polish romanticism (Mickiewicz) and realism (Sienkiewicz). Taught in English. Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of the instructor. | Creative Arts, and World Cultures course. |
| POL | 301 | Polish Composition and Conversation I | 3 hours. | Composition and conversation, systematic grammar, vocabulary development and aural comprehension. Prerequisite(s): POL 104 or the equivalent. | |
| POL | 302 | Polish Composition and Conversation II | 3 hours. | Continues POL 301. Prerequisite(s): POL 301. | |
| POL | 321 | Introduction to Polish Literature I | 3 hours. | Old Polish literature from medieval Latin and vernacular texts to masterpieces of the Polish Enlightenment. Taught in English. Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or consent of the instructor. | |
| POL | 322 | Introduction to Polish Literature II | 3 hours. | Modern Polish literature in Poland and abroad. Taught in English. Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or consent of the instructor. | |
| POL | 399 | Independent Study | 1 TO 3 hours. | Investigation of special problems under the general direction of a staff member. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 hours. Prerequisite(s): Junior standing, consent of the instructor and consent of the head of the department. | |
| POL | 401 | Polish Composition and Conversation III | 3 OR 4 hours. | Development of oral and writing skills: expanding vocabulary and perfecting style. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): POL 302. | |
| POL | 402 | Polish Composition and Conversation IV | 3 OR 4 hours. | Continues POL 401. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): POL 401 or the equivalent. | |
| POL | 410 | Structure of Modern Polish | 3 OR 4 hours. | A synchronic linguistic analysis of Polish substantives, pronouns, verbs, deverbal nouns, and minor parts of speech from a syntagmatic and paradigmatic point of view. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): POL 402 or the equivalent. | |
| POL | 450 | Studies in Polish Drama | 3 OR 4 hours. | Main trends in Polish drama, leading playwrights, their aesthetics and philosophy in the context of European drama and from the Renaissance to the present. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be repeated up to 2 time(s). Prerequisite(s): Advanced undergraduate standing. | |
| POL | 460 | Studies in Polish Literature | 3 OR 4 hours. | Literary trends in Polish poetry and prose; their poetics, aesthetics and philosophy in their European context. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be repeated up to 2 time(s). Prerequisite(s): Advanced undergraduate standing. | |
| POL | 499 | Independent Study | 1 TO 4 hours. | Investigation of special problems under the general direction of a staff member. May be repeated to a maximum of 8 hours. Graduate students may register for more than one section per term. Prerequisite(s): Senior or graduate standing, consent of the instructor and consent of the head of the department. |