Students of all departments may elect Russian and East European Studies as a minor field of studies in consultation with the Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies. The Russian and East European Studies Minor requires the successful completion of a minimum of five academic course units (ten courses) in Russian and East European Studies (courses designated CROAT, POLSH, REES, and RUSS, and courses on the List of Approved Courses), with a minimum cumulative average of 65%, including: