Department of Modern Languages & Literatures Polish Studies Program SUMMER 2015 Session A May 18 – June 26, 2015 Polish for Medical & Health Professionals (POST 199) POST 199001 (2506) TuWeTh 10:45 am – 12:55 pm Dr. Anna Gąsienica Byrcyn This course is designed for students in premedicine curriculum and medical/health majors and minors. Students will be introduced to medical terminology, parts of the body, physiology, as well as names and symptoms of most common diseases, and addictions. This course satisfies the CAS foreign language requirement. European Masterpieces (LITR 200 – 01W) Dr. Anna Gąsienica Byrcyn Polish Short Stories/Writing Intensive (2501) Mon.Wed. 6:00 – 9:15 pm This course is a survey of modern Polish prose writers and their art of short story writing in English translation. Students will explore various themes, such as: alienation, good, evil, love, passion, betrayal, treason, beauty, ugliness, sacrifice, satisfaction, survival, trauma, death, fleeting of time, youth, and ageing.