This course will help you learn to understand, and to express yourself creatively in both spoken and written Hungarian at the elementary level. You will acquire basic knowledge of everyday Hungarian and of the country and culture of Hungary. We will focus on building communicative competence and conversational proficiency while simultaneously building a solid foundation in Hungarian grammar, writing, listening and reading comprehension skills. You will be expected to memorize vocabulary and utilize it in both speech and writing.  

This course builds upon Hungarian 1 to increase students’ proficiency in written and spoken Hungarian at the beginner’s level. It is geared toward students who have completed Hungarian 1 and / or have basic knowledge of Hungarian word formation, sentence structure and vocabulary. The course deepens and expands upon this knowledge by introducing students to further elements of grammar and vocabulary. You will expand your familiarity with the language and culture of Hungary. We will continue focusing on communicative competence and conversational proficiency while developing your Hungarian grammar, writing, listening and reading comprehension skills. You will be expected to memorize vocabulary and utilize it in both speech and writing.  

This course is designed to further enhance your speaking, listening, reading and writing skills in Hungarian. We will review and deepen knowledge of structures learnt in Hungarian 1 and 2 and develop a more thorough understanding of Hungarian word forms, cases and sentence structure. We will also widen your vocabulary and your understanding of social interactions in different situations. This goes hand in hand with a more detailed foray into Hungary’s culture and traditions, including history and geography. All in all, we will continue to build your communicative competence and conversational proficiency while solidifying your knowledge of Hungarian grammar. As always, you will be expected to memorize vocabulary and utilize it in both speech and writing.

This course builds upon the foundations from previous levels of Hungarian to help solidify speaking, listening, reading and writing skills. We will learn more vocabulary and more advanced grammar structures. We will practice how the language is used in various social situations, presenting and exchanging information in more complex ways than at the previous levels in both speech and writing. We will also continue to develop cultural understanding of Hungary’s customs, traditions, history and geography.

HUN 0105 - Hungarian 5
This course builds upon the foundations from previous levels of Hungarian to help you refine and consolidate your knowledge from those levels and to expand your speaking, listening, reading and writing skills in more complex communicative situations. By further developing these skills, you will be able to express yourself creatively in both written and spoken Hungarian with more advanced-level grammar, context-specific vocabulary and a more thorough understanding of the cultural nuances that influence interactions in the language. We will also continue to develop cultural understanding of Hungary’s customs, traditions, history and geography. 

HUN 0106 - Hungarian 6
This course builds upon the material from previous levels of Hungarian and is meant to further expand your speaking, listening, reading and writing skills. We will be refining your previously acquired skills and vocabulary to enhance your communicative and pragmatic competence and to further improve reading and listening skills. As a result, you will be able to use Hungarian in more complex communicative situations in speech and writing that require creative and resourceful use of advanced-level language skills. As always, we will also continue to develop cultural understanding of Hungary’s customs, traditions, history and geography.

HUN 0120 - Hungarian Culture through Conversation
This course introduces students to various elements of Hungarian culture through folk songs and films and focuses on the improvement of speaking and listening skills in Hungarian while also developing reading and writing skills. Students will increase and refine their vocabulary and enhance their communicative competence and conversational proficiency while practicing their knowledge of Hungarian grammar. Students will also gain a deeper understanding of Hungarian folklore, traditions and history.  

HUN 1615 - Outsiders on the Margins
This course introduces students to the aftermath of Socialism and issues that have been specific to societies in the former Eastern Bloc, focusing on Hungary and East Germany. It offers insights into the development of these societies after the fall of Socialism all the way up to the present. We will investigate issues of economic disparity, gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, ability difference and criminality through movies presenting the effect of the change on people’s lives. This course has no prerequisites; all readings are in English and movies are provided with subtitles. This course satisfies the general education requirements for Historical Analysis, Course in a Specific Geographic Region, and Diversity.

HUN 1909 - Special Topics in Hungarian
The syllabus for this course will change each time the course is offered. Check the current semester course offerings for details.

HUN 1915 - Fulbright Seminar in Hungarian Studies
Hungary today is a key site for competing plans for state- and peoplehood in the European Union. The country is also critical for making sense of the relationship between Europe's imperial-colonial legacies, Central Europe's capitalist and (post)socialist transformations, and EU integration, while providing deeper insight into the global issues of 'politics from below,' human rights and security, and migration.  This is an interdisciplinary course taught by a visiting Hungarian Fulbright distinguished scholar. The content of the course will depend on the field and research of the individual scholar, but will typically explore history, culture, politics and / or society from a transnational and global perspective, focusing on contemporary Hungary within the broader context of Central Europe.