The School of Literatures, Cultural Studies and Linguistics (LCSL) is home to six independent departments, three academic programs, and the Sandi Port Errant Language and Culture Learning Center. Our 77 faculty members, 87 graduate students and 519 undergraduate majors and minors proudly reflect the global orientation of the UIC campus, as well as the diverse cultural and linguistic tapestry of the city of Chicago.
The School’s focus on interdisciplinarity fosters a culture of collaborative research between faculty and students and creates a vital community of scholars who share insights across disciplinary borders and cultivate connections with the broader Chicago community. Our research findings and scholarship inform curricula to help our undergraduates participate in a global society and our graduate students participate in the research and teaching community at UIC and beyond.
News and Events
8th Ibero-American Film Festival
Talks in Linguistics: Angela Betancourt: Unpacking Positionality: How Our Identities Shape Our Research
Ofrenda Weekend: Playwright Luis Alfaro at UIC
Guest Lecture: Stranger in the Shogun’s City: From the Archive to the Page
Pope Francis and All the Saints
Departments, Programs, and Units
LCSL By Program
| Undergraduates Majors | Undergraduate Minors | Graduate Degrees |
|---|---|---|
| Classical Studies | Arabic | French and Francophone Studies (MA) |
| Computer Science + Linguistics (BS) | Central and Eastern European Studies | Germanic Studies (MA and PhD) |
| French and Francophone Studies | Chinese | Hispanic Studies (MA and PhD) |
| Germanic Studies (with optional Business Minor) | Classical Studies | Polish, Russian, and Central and Eastern European Studies (MA and PhD) |
| Polish, Russian, and Central and Eastern European Studies | Comparative Cultural Studies | Teaching of Spanish (MA) |
| Spanish | French and Francophone Studies | |
| Teaching of French | Germanic Studies | |
| Teaching of German | International Studies | |
| Teaching of Spanish | Italian and Italian American Studies | |
| Linguistics | ||
| Moving Image Arts | ||
| Polish Studies | ||
| Religious Studies | ||
| Russian Studies | ||
| Spanish |