the department of slavic, german, and eurasian studies offers a full array of language, culture, literature, and linguistics courses for students interested in 10+ languages. beyond university of kansas - lawrence ba degree programs and study abroad opportunities, the department offers masters and doctorate degrees in slavic linguistics and literary studies.

russian has been taught at  university of kansas since 1943. students can take up to five years of language instruction (with courses from the russ 100 through the russ 600 level). in addition to work on the language students have the option to take a wide number of courses in the literature, culture, film and structure of the language that are taught in english.