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World Languages and Cultures Department – University of Scranton
315 O'Hara Hall
Scranton, PA 18510
570-941-4014
315 O'Hara Hall
Scranton, PA 18510
570-941-4014
Russian Minor
Overview of Program
Students minoring in Russian will complete 16 credits consisting of Russian 110, Russian 210, and 6 additional credits. For more information about the credit requirements for this minor, visit the course catalog.
Why study Russian?
- Russian is the eighth most spoken language worldwide and is one of the six official languages of the United Nations.
- Approximately 150 million people speak Russian as a first language and another 120 million people speak it as a second language.
- Russian is the official language of Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan and is used in Ukraine, Latvia, Moldova, and most of Eastern Europe.
- Russian's Cyrillic alphabet is currently used for more than 50 languages, notably Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian, Ukrainian and Kabardian, among others.
Russian Courses
- Intensive Beginning Russian
- Primary emphasis on developing the skills of understanding, speaking, reading and writing Great Russian, with thorough study of the Cyrillic alphabet.
- Intensive Intermediate Russian
- Continues development of the four major skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Builds on grammatical concepts learned in RUSS 110 and provides a solid foundation for the student interested in visiting Russia and/or in reading the Russian classics, contemporary literature and newspapers.
- Contemporary Russian Culture & Language
- A summer travel course to St. Petersburg, Russia. An examination of the development of Russian history, art, literature, language and culture.
Readers and independent studies may be available upon request.
Contact Information
Faculty:
Konstantin Lyavdansky, Professor of Russian
To learn more about the Russian program, contact Mr. Konstantin Lyavdansky.