Eastern European: Russian Language and Culture Minor

Eastern European (Polish and Russian) Americans are the largest European-American ethnic group in the Chicago metropolitan area with as many as 1.5 million people claiming this ancestry. The Russian language and culture minor is uniquely innovative and interdisciplinary in nature, emphasizing both language and culture. Russian is the language designated by the US Government as a critical-need language, crucially important for the well-being and national security of the United States. Russian Heritage speakers must consult with the Director of the Foreign Language Program when selecting language courses for this minor. The upper-division course may not be applied to any other minor or major offered at Lewis University.

Students must complete 12 credits in the Russian language. 

Degree Requirements

I. Core Courses (12)

FLAN-12100	First-Year Russian 1	3
-	OR
FLAN-19100	First-Year Language in Location 1	3
FLAN-12100	First-Year Russian 1	3
-	OR
FLAN-19200	First-Year Language in Location 2	3
FLAN-24300	Second-Year Russian 1	3
-	OR
FLAN-29100	Second-Year Language in Location 1	3
FLAN-24400	Second-Year Russian 2	3
-	OR
FLAN-29200	Second-Year Language in Location 2	3
-	OR
FLAN-23100	Polish for Heritage Speakers	3

II. Elective Courses (6)

ENGL-31400	Linguistics	3
FLAN-34200	Russian Reading and Writing 1	3
FLAN-34300	Russian Reading and Writing 2	3
FLAN-37500	Readings in World Literature and Culture	3