Strategic Languages: Arabic, Russian, & Mandarin

Students on the Daytona Beach campus can enroll in up to four semesters of three strategic languages, Arabic, Russian, and Mandarin. As a result of a consortium partnership with Stetson University, Stetson faculty deliver Russian language classes to ERAU and Stetson students. Stetson students receive face-to-face instruction, and ERAU students simultaneously participate via a telepresence classroom on the Daytona Beach campus. To enhance the learning environment, a native Russian speaker serves as a teaching assistant in the telepresence classroom. An ERAU faculty member delivers Arabic language classes using the same strategies, except in reverse. ERAU students receive face-to-face instruction, and Stetson students simultaneously participate via a telepresence classroom on the Stetson campus. ERAU students can elect a minor in Arabic or Chinese studies minor, comprising a minimum of three language classes and two upper-level courses in Arabic culture and/or history.