<p>I am considering applying to Northeaster (I'm still a junior), but I can't find any information on a Russian Language program. I'm planning on minoring in it, so I'm wondering if you can give me any information, or if they even have one. thanks</p>
<p>As far as I can tell, there is no Russian minor. It looks like there are three Russian language courses, Elementary 1 and 2 and Intermediate 1. What are you planning on majoring in? You could always see if NUCALLS was offering meetings for it, but it looks like last semester they only had Russian 1. (NUCALLS is the Northeastern University Culture and Language Learning Society that offers free non-credit classes that I believe are taught by students who are fluent in the language.)</p>
<p>International Affairs with what I’m hoping is an area study in Russia. Is there a way which I could get credits from another Boston college, like BU, and just take the class there (Like how if I go to the University of Pittsburgh, I’m allowed to take a certain number of classes at Carnegie-Mellon, even though I’m only paying for UPitt)?</p>
<p>I’m an IAF major! :)</p>
<p>Yeah as you probably already know, you can do the Russia track of IAF. I think NU is kinda picky about accepting credit from other universities, since they want you to spend your money at NU.</p>
<p>So, basically, if you want to do a Russian track, you can’t go to NU?</p>
<p>Nope, not what I’m saying at all-- International Affairs has a Russian track. You just can’t seem to minor in the Russian language at Northeastern. But there seems to be a pretty good selection of classes on the culture, politics, history, etc. of Russia.</p>
<p>oh! ok. well, does the Russian track teach the language? Cause one of my big interest in Russia is their language. Or maybe NU offers non-credit language classes or something</p>
<p>The track just means that the regional analysis courses you take for the IAF major are all focused on Russia. I do not believe that language courses count toward the track (since they focus more on history, politics, culture, and whatnot). But I’m sure there are other ways for you to learn Russian.</p>
<p>I don’t know if NU is the best place for languages, to be honest. It’s just not a major focus of CAS. You could easily fit a few russian courses into your schedule, but it might be slim pickings as far as language options.</p>
<p>The IAF program is pretty sweet, so an IAF + Russian track + a few language courses may be a nice set up, but you just won’t get that many russian lang courses offered here. Also, getting outside education in russian would be tedious. They aren’t very flexible about things like getting credit for courses taken outside NU. You could always try to spend time in russia on something like co-op or study abroad, but Russia isn’t a major student destination so you’d have to be ambitious.</p>
<p>I was also going to suggest some research to see if Russian co-ops are available. Or perhaps some of the summer session classes could be done there.</p>
<p>Ok, well, the co-op really got me interested cause I fear that I don’t have job experience. Do you know any other co-op schools in major cities?</p>
<p>There are only a handful of co-op schools. The only other one in a major city is Drexel, which is also the next best co-op school to Northeastern.</p>
<p>Many schools offer the opportunity to co-op, especially in engineering. But that can be tricky to do in a school where only a few do so. You get out of the groove for friends, housing options etc. The nice thing about NEU is that the whole campus is geared up for the co-op theme.</p>