Juris Doctor/Master of Urban Planning and Policy

University of Illinois Chicago

UIC School of Law and the Department of Urban Planning and Policy of the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs (CUPPA) offer a joint program leading to the Juris Doctor (JD) / Master of Urban Planning and Policy (MUPP) degrees.

The Department of Polish, Russian, and Lithuanian Studies offers work leading to the MA and PhD in Polish, Russian, and Central and European Studies with concentrations in Polish Studies and Russian Studies. The Interdepartmental Concentration in Gender and Women’s Studies, the Interdepartmental Graduate Concentration in Central and Eastern European Studies, and the Interdepartmental Graduate Concentration in Violence Studies are available to students in both programs.

The scholarly focus of our nationally and internationally recognized faculty is twentieth-century Slavic studies, making our Department an ideal place to pursue one’s interest in Polish and Russian modern, post-modern and contemporary literature and culture.

Faculty research includes the following areas: Literary Modernism and Its Cultural Contexts Verbal and Visual Avant-gardes Twentieth-century Philosophical Approaches to Literature Contemporary Literature Comparative Literature Translation Studies Gender Studies.

The UIC School of Public Health (SPH) and Department of Urban Planning and Policy (UPP) offer a joint program leading to the Master of Urban Planning and Policy/Master of Public Health (MUPP/MPH).