COURSES

BACHELOR (UNDERGRADUATE) PROGRAMS

• BASIC MANDATORY COURSES

  • Ukrainian
  • English
  • Physical Training
  • Fundamentals of Law
  • Fundamentals of Ecology
  • Safety: Every Day and Emergency
  • Religious Studies
  • History of Ukraine
  • Philosophy
  • Political Science
  • Ukrainian and Foreign Cultures
  • Sociology
  • Fundamentals of the Constitutional Law of Ukraine
  • Protection of Labour Conditions
  • Protection of Labour Conditions: (i.e. Philology, Political Science etc.)
  • Economics
  • History of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
  • Fundamentals of Psychology and Pedagogy
  • Pedagogic of Postsecondary Education
  • General Psychology
  • Internet
  • Computer Science
  • Term Paper
  • Diploma Paper
  • Academic Orientation

• MAJORS

  Cultural Studies (BA)

  Major Oriented Mandatory Courses

  • Archaeology and Ancient Culture
  • General History and Theory of Arts
  • Introduction to the General Theory of Culture
  • History of Ukrainian Culture
  • History of European Culture
  • Ethnology
  • Sociology of Culture

  Major Oriented Elective Courses

  • Ancient Culture
  • Byzantine Culture
  • Culture of Kyivan Rus
  • Medieval European Culture
  • Renaissance Culture
  • Modern European Culture
  • Contemporary Western Culture
  • Ancient Civilizations of the Orient
  • Jewish Culture
  • Indian Culture
  • Culture of Pre-Columbian America
  • Chinese Classical Culture
  • Culture of Japan
  • Islamic Culture
  • Traditional Cultures of Africa, Australia and Oceania
  • Cultural Anthropology
  • Modern Theories of Culture
  • General Theory of Culture
  • Selected Topics in Foreign Cultural Studies
  • Personality in Post-Metaphysical Western Culture
  • Theater as a Social and Cultural Phenomenon
  • Cinema Studies
  • Museum Studies
  • History of Music
  • History and Theory of Architecture
  • Methodology of Archaeological Fieldwork
  • Topics in Archaeology and Old Ukrainian Culture
  • Trypillian Protocivilization and its Surrounding
  • Scythian-Sarmatian Period in the History of Ukraine
  • History and Culture of Ancient City-States in Ukraine
  • Origins of the Ukrainians, Russians and Byelorussians (Latest Investigations)
  • Archaeology and Culture of Medieval Nomads
  • Kyiv-Mohyla Academy as a Cultural Phenomenon
  • Antique Mysteries and Early Greek Reflection
  • Sacred Images in the Culture of Kyivan Rus
  • Trypillian Culture
  • European Esotericism
  • Ukrainian Culture: 1250-1500
  • History of Musical Culture till the End of the 18th Century
  • Cultural Interaction and Problems of Cross-Cultural Synthesis
  • Epistemology of Culture
  • Oriental Culture in the Middle Ages and Modern Times
  • Symbols of the Christian Culture
  • Europe as a Cultural Phenomenon
  • Phenomenology of the Ukrainian Theatre Culture
  • Indo-European Problem in the Ethnogenesis of Ukraine
  • Western Culture in the Second Half of the 20th Century
  • Postclassical Period in the Development of Ancient Culture
  • History, Theory and Practice of Museum Studies
  • History of Applied Decorative Art
  • History and Theory of Music
  • Painting and Graphic Art
  • Ethnocultural Mechanism: Content and Form
  • Classical Chinese Culture
  • European Culture: 19th-early 20th Century
  • European Culture of the Age of Enlightenment
  • European Culture of Modern Times
  • Baroque Culture
  • Archaeology and Ancient Culture of Europe
  • History of Ukrainian Art
  • Ukrainian Culture since 1500 till 1750
  • Archaeology and Old Culture of Ukraine
  • Museum Studies. Preservation of Cultural and Historical Artifacts
  • Old Europe and Middle East
  • Sociocultural Development of Mankind
  • Introduction into General Theory of Culture
  • History of Oriental Culture
  • General History and Theory of Arts
  • Ancient Mysteries and Early Greek Thought
  • Symbols in Ukrainian Culture
  • Categories of Ukrainian Culture
  • History of Ukrainian Art: 19th-20th Century
  • Traditional Culture of Ukrainians
  • Semiotics of Film
  • Contemporary Ukrainian Culture
  • Culture of the USA and Canada: 16th-20th century
  • Ethnocultural Mechanism: Content and Forms
  • Teaching of Cultural Studies at High School
  • Canon of Body in Culture
  • History of Sexuality
  • History of Mystical Teachings of the Orient and of the West
  • Cultural Aspects of Astrology
  • Old Music Aesthetics
  • History of Theatre
  • History of Dress and Fashion
  • Old Greek
  • Latin
  • Current Issues of Literary Studies. Francz Kafka: Text and Context
  • Introduction into Sociolinguistics
  • Antiquity and the 20-th Century Literature
  • Frankfurt School
  • European Culture: Conflict of Interpretations
  • Contemporary Art: Theory/Picture Approaches
  • Philosophy of Humanities
  • Sacraments in World Culture

  History (BA)

  Major Oriented Mandatory Courses

  • General History of Ukraine
  • Ukrainian History Review
  • Archaeology and Ancient Culture
  • Historical Geography and Demography
  • History of European Civilization
  • Ancient History
  • Medieval History
  • Early Modern and Modern History
  • Contemporary History
  • History of International Relations
  • Historical Ethnology of Ukraine
  • History of East-Central Europe
  • Special Historical Disciplines
  • National Renaissance in Europe: 18-19th Century
  • Historical Ethnology of the World
  • History of Asian, African and Latin American Countries
  • History of Orthodox Church in Ukraine
  • Modern and New Modern History of East-Central Europe
  • Term Paper

  Major Oriented Elective Courses

  • Prehistory of Ukraine
  • Old Ukrainian
  • Origins of Kyivan Rus
  • Current Issues of Ukrainian History
  • Medieval Ukraine
  • Kyivan Rus and Galician-Vohlynian Principality
  • History of Ukrainian Cossacks
  • History of Ukrainian Statehood
  • History of Dissidence in Soviet Ukraine
  • First National Rebirth
  • National Liberation Movements: 20th Century
  • History of National Minorities in Ukraine
  • Ukraine in International Relations
  • Ukrainian-Russian Relations in 18-20th Century
  • History of Kyiv
  • Memorials of Ukrainian History
  • Research and Study Seminar
  • Western Ukraine in the Interwar Period in the 20th Century
  • Sociopolitical Movements in Ukraine: 19th Century
  • History of the Hetmanate
  • Source Studies in History of Ukraine
  • Economic History of Ukraine
  • History of the Crimea
  • Galician Piedmont and Eastern Ukraine
  • Ukraine in the European Civilization
  • State and Society of Ukraine: 16th to 18th Century
  • Democratization and making of modern independent Ukraine
  • Ukraine in Europe
  • Historical Area Studies
  • Medieval and Modern Historiography of Ukraine
  • Seminar on Current Issues of the 9th- 18th Century Ukrainian History
  • Historical Stratigraphy of Ukrainian Society
  • History of Law in Ukraine
  • Teaching of Historical Disciplines
  • History of Ukraine: Baroque Period
  • Modern Times Historiography of Ukraine
  • World History: 16th to19th Centuries
  • World History: 20th Century
  • Historical Geography of the World
  • Social History of European Renaissance
  • History of the Balkans and the Near East
  • Age of Enlightenment in Europe
  • History of the Caucasus
  • Social History of Baroque Society
  • History of Far East and South Asia
  • History of North America
  • History of Latin America
  • History of China
  • Political History of Western Europe
  • Non-European History
  • History of Political Parties and Movements in Europe
  • Slavic Renaissance: 18th-19th Century
  • History of a European Region
  • Ancient History of Europe
  • Social and Economic History of Europe
  • World War II
  • Women's History
  • Historical Stratification of European Society
  • Contemporary World Ethnology
  • History of the Ottoman World
  • Source Studies in History of European Civilization
  • History of Military Art
  • World History (Summary Course)
  • Historiography of the European Countries History
  • Modern and New Modern History of the USA and Latin America
  • History of Ancient and Medieval East
  • History of Habsburg Monarchy
  • History of Russian Empire 18-20 Centuries
  • History of Polish Republic
  • Heraldry: Study of Symbols and Elements
  • Source Studies and History of History of European Civilization
  • Language of Ukrainian Sources of the 16th-18th Centuries
  • Historical Cartography
  • Historical Method in Ancient History
  • Numismatics, Shpagistics, and Bonistics
  • Genealogy and Prosopography
  • Slavic Paleography
  • Historical Onomastics
  • Archive Studies
  • Latin Paleography
  • Historical Chronology
  • Old Prints in Ukraine
  • Textology and Diplomatics
  • Archaeology Fieldwork
  • Aborted Ukrainian Rebirth
  • Ukraine and Central Europe

  Philosophy (BA)

  Major Oriented Mandatory Courses

  • History of Philosophy
  • Historical Types of Philosophical Thinking
  • Philosophy of Southern and Eastern Asia
  • Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
  • Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy
  • History of the Ukrainian Philosophy
  • Modern Times Philosophy
  • German Classical Philosophy
  • Survey of Contemporary Western Philosophy
  • Philosophy-2
  • Metaphysics
  • Epistemology
  • Philosophical Anthropology
  • Philosophy of History
  • Ethics
  • Aesthetics
  • Logic
  • History of Christianity
  • Fundamentals of Classical Logic
  • Teaching of Philosophy

  Major Oriented Elective Courses

  • Philosophy-3
  • Christian Principles of Social Life
  • Philosophical Concept of Culture in Husserl`s Phenomenology
  • Text Dicourse in the Philosophy of French Post-modernism
  • Holocaust in Ukraine: History, Psychology, Ethics
  • Cognitive Science: Cognitive Models of Linguistic and Intellectual Processes
  • The Influence of Medieval Arabic and Judaic Thinkers on European Medieval Philosophy
  • European Communication Models: 10-20th Centuries
  • Religious Traditions of the South and South-East Asia, and Far East
  • History of the World Philosophy
  • Oriental Philosophy
  • Patristics (Works by Early Orthodox Leaders)
  • Philosophy of Skovoroda
  • Philosophical Ideas of Kyivan Rus
  • Sacred Images in the Culture of Kyivan Rus
  • Philosophy of Descartes (Metaphysical Meditation)
  • Seminar on Religious Text as a Subject of the Philosophical Interpretation
  • Philosophy of Existentialism
  • German Mysticism
  • Kant's Critical Philosophy
  • Philosophy of Nietzsche
  • Russian Religious Philosophy at the Turn of the 20th Century
  • Hegel: "Science of Logic"
  • Philosophy of Aristotle
  • Philosophy of Plato
  • Hermeneutic Phenomenology: Heidegger, Gadamer, Ricoeur
  • Current Issues in Contemporary Philosophy
  • Critical Thinking
  • Psychology of Conflict and Conflict Situation Behavior
  • Analytics of Myth
  • Philosophy of Name
  • Introduction into Contemporary Logic
  • Philosophy of Communication
  • Moral Consciousness
  • Philosophy of Science and Culture
  • Paradigms of Contemporary Political Philosophy
  • Contemporary Ethical Theories
  • Fundamentals of Structural and Semiotic Analysis
  • Religious Studies
  • Religious Studies II
  • Fundamentals of Rhetoric
  • Rhetoric
  • Special Topics in Contemporary Ukrainian Philosophy
  • Special Topics in Contemporary Foreign Philosophy
  • Historical Types of Philosophical Thought
  • Fundamentals of Hermeneutics
  • History of Oriental Religions
  • Interdisciplinary Nature of Religious Studies
  • Bible Studies Seminar
  • Introduction into the Bible (Special Seminar)
  • Religion in Ukraine
  • Pre-Christian Beliefs of Ukrainians
  • Ukrainian Religious History
  • Ukrainian Christianity
  • Religious Spirituality of Ukrainians
  • Ukrainian Monasteries
  • Religion in the World
  • New Religions in the World
  • Islam
  • Protestantism
  • Judaism
  • Religion in the Context of Spirituality of Life:
  • Geography of Religions
  • Religion and Art
  • Survey of the Religious Life
  • Politological Aspects of Religious Studies
  • Religious Experience: Ontology, Phenomenology, Psychology
  • History and Content of the Religious Thought
  • Psychology of Religion
  • Religious Ethics in Economy and Enterprise
  • History of Religious-Legislative Systems
  • Freedom of Beliefs in Society
  • Sociology of Religions
  • Monastic Orders in Catholic Church
  • Museum Practice
  • Research Practice
  • Teaching Practice
  • Non-Traditional Religious Cults in Ukraine
  • Philosophical Propaedeutics

  Ukrainian Language and Literature (BA)

  Major Oriented Mandatory Courses

  • Introduction into Linguistics
  • Ukrainian II (Contemporary Ukrainian Literary Language)
  • Ukrainian III (Theoretical Approach)
  • Old Slavic
  • General Linguistic
  • Introduction into Literary Criticism
  • Ukrainian Literature
  • Old Ukrainian Literature
  • Ukrainian Literature: 19th Century
  • Ukrainian Literature: 20th Century
  • World Literature
  • World Literature: From Antiquity through the 18th Century
  • World Literature: 19th Century
  • World Literature: 20th Century
  • Theory of Literature
  • Term Paper
  • Folklore Studies

  Major Oriented Elective Courses

  • Ukrainian Literature: Projection into the 21-st Century
  • History of the Ukrainian Literary Language
  • Old Literary Ukrainian Language: 14th to 18th Century
  • Ukrainian: 14th to 18th Century
  • Ukrainian Lexicography
  • Origins of the Ukrainian Language
  • Ukrainian Dialectology, Onomastics
  • History of Ukrainian Linguistics
  • Historical Grammar of the Ukrainian Language
  • Textual Analysis of the Old Russian Language
  • Teaching of the Ukrainian Language as Native and Foreign
  • Introduction into Slavic Philology
  • Translation and the Art of Translation
  • English Grammar Corrective Course
  • Preparation for Certified Test of English as Foreign Language (TOEFL)
  • Professional Translation
  • Theory and Practice of Translation
  • Principles of Comparative Linguistics
  • English Vocabulary
  • Introduction into Sociolinguistics
  • Ukrainian Literature in the European Context
  • Kyivan Rus Literature in the European Context
  • Ukrainian Literature Among the Slavic Literatures
  • Antiquity and Ukrainian Literature
  • Ukrainian Literature in Latin: 16th-17th Century
  • Ukrainian Literary Baroque
  • Ukrainian Baroque Poetry
  • Ukrainian - Polish Literary Relations During the Epoque of Romanticism
  • Feministic Discourse in Ukrainian Prose at the Turn of the 20th Century
  • Technics of Feminist Literary Interpretation
  • Plays by Lesya Ukrainka and European New Drama
  • Ukrainian Literary Discussions at the Beginning of the 20th Century
  • Typology and Practice of the Ukrainian Neoclassicism
  • Nietzsche and Ukrainian Modernism
  • Ukrainian Futurism
  • Ukrainian Literary Avant-garde
  • Contemporary Ukrainian Poetry
  • Mythology in 20th Century Literature:
  • Ukrainian Chimerical Novel
  • Comparative Study of Ukrainian and Irish Literatures: 19th Century to the Present
  • World Literature
  • Literature of Italian Renaissance and Baroque
  • Spanish Literature of the "Golden Age"
  • Shakespeare and English Drama: 16th-17th Centuries
  • French Classicism: 17th Century
  • German Romanticism
  • "The Goethe's Age" in German Literature
  • National Versions of Realistic Literature in the 19th Century
  • Russian Literature of the "Silver Age"
  • Intellectual Prose in Western European Literature: 20th Century
  • Existentialism in Western Literatures: 20th Century
  • Literature of Western Europe and the USA
  • American Novel of the Interwar Decades of the 20th Century
  • 20th Century American Novel: Narration, Psychological Motifs, Chronotop
  • Contemporary Latin American Literature and Magic Reality
  • Analysis of Literary Text
  • General and Historical Poetics
  • Theory of Genres and Styles
  • Literary Criticism Concepts and Schools
  • Study and Research Seminar: Modern Ukrainian Prose Poetics
  • Christianity and Ukrainian Literature
  • History of Ukrainian Literary Criticism: 1850 to 1950
  • Principles of Creative Writing
  • Slavic Literatures:
    • Russian
    • Polish
    • Czech
  • Teaching of Literature
  • Schools and Concepts of the Contemporary Literary Criticism
  • History of the Ukrainian - European Literary Relations
  • Research and Study Seminar on Comparative Literature
  • Contemporary Comparative Literature
  • Introduction into Comparative Literature
  • Principles of Comparative Literature
  • Special Topics in 20th-Century World's Literature. Franz Kafka. Text and Context
  • Modern Drama: 20th Century
  • Ancient Greek
  • Latin
  • Polish
  • Czech
  • Croatian
  • Bulgarian
  • Turkish
  • Hungarian

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  Cultural Studies

  History

  Philosophy

• CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS

  Literary Studies

  Museum Studies

  Religious Studies

  Translation and the Art of Translation

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