European Studies (BA)

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International and Area Studies Bachelors BA

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Major Academic Plan

Learning Outcomes

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Information Literacy: Foundations & Frameworks in European Studies

Learning Outcome

Students will demonstrate advanced factual knowledge of European geographies, histories, politics, and cultures, and show proficiency in analyzing and interpreting specific European topics using major theories and concepts from the core European Studies disciplines (history, political science, and the humanities).

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Global Citizenship

Learning Outcome

Students will acquire and refine an intellectual curiosity and habits of thought that will lead to life-long learning and continued engagement with European history, literature, culture, languages, and current affairs in various realms (personal, professional, church, civic).

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Cultural Navigation: International Perspectives & Experiences

Learning Outcome

Students will acquire advanced international and intercultural competencies through coursework in international studies, habitual reading of European and global news, regular attendance at Kennedy Center lectures, as well as mentored learning experiences, including study abroad, internship, etc.

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Professional Skills and Competencies

Learning Outcome

Students will cultivate advanced skills in critical reading, thinking, and communication in a variety of disciplinary traditions (history, humanities, political science, etc.). Students will learn how to locate, use, and cite high-quality and reliable resources from the library and online and use that research in the creation of a substantive research paper. They will also demonstrate a proficiency in communicating in a European language other than English.

Program Requirements

Requirement 1 — Complete 1 of 45 Courses

Complete the GE Foreign Language requirement in a European language.

course - Adv Lang & Cult: Albanian 3.0

course - Adv Lang & Cult: Basque 3.0

course - Cultural History of Bulgaria 3.0

course - Adv Lang & Cult: Catalan 3.0

course - Adv Lang & Cult: Croatian 3.0

course - Cultural History of Czech 3.0

course - 2nd-Year Danish 4.0

course - Danish Literature 3.0

course - Intro to Dutch Literature 3.0

course - Adv Lang & Cult: Estonian 3.0

course - 2nd Year Finnish 4.0

course - Finnish Literature 3.0

course - Intermediate French, Part 2 3.0

course - Intro to Literary Analysis 3.0

course - 2nd-Year German 4.0

course - German Cultural History 3.0

course - Classical Greek Poetry 3.0

course - Classical Greek Prose 3.0

course - Cultural History of Hungary 3.0

course - 2nd Year Icelandic 4.0

course - Old Icelandic Lang &Literature 3.0

course - Intermediate Italian 2 3.0

course - Intro to Italian Literature 3.0

course - Classical Latin Poetry 3.0

course - Classical Latin Prose 3.0

course - 2nd-Year Norwegian 4.0

course - Norwegian Literature 3.0

course - 2nd Year Polish 4.0

course - Cultural History of Poland 3.0

course - Port Reading & Comprehension 4.0

course - Cultures of Portugal 3.0

course - Cultures of Brazil 3.0

course - Intro toRomanian Liter&Culture 3.0

course - 2nd Year Russian Part 2 5.0

course - Cultural History of Russia 3.0

course - Adv Lang & Cult: Slovene 3.0

course - University Spanish 3 4.0

course - 3rd-Yr Span Read, Gram, & Cult 3.0

course - Cultures of Spain 3.0

course - Cultures of Spanish America 3.0

course - Adv Lang & Cult: Serbian 3.0

course - 2nd-Year Swedish 4.0

course - Swedish Literature 3.0

course - Cultural History of Ukraine 3.0

course - Adv Lang & Cult: Welsh 3.0

Requirement 2 — Complete 6 Courses

European Studies Core Courses:

course - Intro to European Studies 3.0

course - European Lit, Art, and Culture - You may take once 3.0

course - European Culture and Society 3.0

course - Senior Seminar - You may take once 3.0

course - Europe 1500-Present 3.0

course - Prof Dev International Studies 1.0

Requirement 3 — Complete 1 of 4 Courses

course - European Politics 3.0

course - Comparative Political Econ 3.0

course - Russia/Former Soviet Politics 3.0

course - Internatl Relations of Europe 3.0

Requirement 4 — Complete 2 of 29 Courses

course - Greek History 3.0

course - Roman History 3.0

course - Soc Sciences: European Context - You may take once 0.5v

course - Intro to Hist of Christianity 3.0

course - Food & History 3.0

course - WW II in History & Memory 3.0

course - Age of French Revolution 3.0

course - Early Middle Ages 3.0

course - Late Middle Ages 3.0

course - Italian Renaissance 3.0

course - Reformation: Age of Turmoil 3.0

course - Age of Enlightnmnt 3.0

course - 19th Cent Europe 3.0

course - Europe Since 1914 3.0

course - The Mediterranean 3.0

course - Euro Revolutions Since 1500 3.0

course - History of Film, Radio, & TV 3.0

course - History of Ideas 3.0

course - Fascism & Nazism, 1914-present 3.0

course - Jews & Holocaust 3.0

course - European Women's History 3.0

course - Family in Europe 3.0

course - France 3.0

course - Spain 3.0

course - Modern Italy 3.0

course - Modern Germany 3.0

course - Russian Empire Under Romanovs 3.0

course - Soviet & Post-Soviet Russia 3.0

course - Scandinavian Hist 3.0

Requirement 5 — Complete 3 hours

Complete 3.0 credits of an internship/study abroad. Complete 3.0 hours of an internship course or Study Abroad program that has a connection to Europe. Other internships/study abroad experiences may be substituted with approval from the European Studies program coordinator.

course - Academic Internship - You may take once 0.5v

Requirement 6 — Complete 1 of 2 Options

Choose and complete one of the following disciplinary tracks:

Option 6.1 — Complete 14 hours

Social Sciences Track:

Option 6.1.1 — Complete at least 8 hours up to 9 hours

Courses taken for other requirements in the major do not double count here.

course - Archaeology of Europe 3.0

course - Intrnl Trade & Fin 3.0

course - Europe 3.0

course - Political Geography 3.0

course - Global Business Negotiations 3.0

course - Strategy in Peace and War 3.0

course - KC Lecture Series - You may take once 1.0

course - International Studies Seminar - You may take once 1.0v

course - International Marketing 3.0

course - Intro International Business 3.0

course - Business and Culture 3.0

course - Business Language - You may take once 3.0

course - Intro International Politics 3.0

course - European Politics 3.0

course - Comparative Political Econ 3.0

course - Russia/Former Soviet Politics 3.0

course - British Government & Politics 3.0

course - Internatl Relations of Europe 3.0

course - Intrnl Political Econ of Women 3.0

course - History of Psychology 3.0

course - Survey of Christianity 2.0

course - Sociology of Race & Ethnicity 3.0

course- Soc of International Develpmnt 3.0

course - World Populations 3.0

course - Soc of Gender 3.0

Option 6.1.2 — Complete up to 6 hours

Courses taken for other requirements in the major do not double count here.

course - Greek History 3.0

course - Roman History 3.0

course - Soc Sciences: European Context - You may take once 0.5v

course - Intro to Hist of Christianity 3.0

course - Food & History 3.0

course - WW II in History & Memory 3.0

course - Age of French Revolution 3.0

course - Early Middle Ages 3.0

course - Late Middle Ages 3.0

course - Italian Renaissance 3.0

course - Reformation: Age of Turmoil 3.0

course - Age of Enlightnmnt 3.0

course - 19th Cent Europe 3.0

course - Europe Since 1914 3.0

course - The Mediterranean 3.0

course - Euro Revolutions Since 1500 3.0

course - History of Film, Radio, & TV 3.0

course - History of Ideas 3.0

course - Fascism & Nazism, 1914-present 3.0

course - Jews & Holocaust 3.0

course - European Women's History 3.0

course - Family in Europe 3.0

course - France 3.0

course - Spain 3.0

course - Modern Italy 3.0

course - Modern Germany 3.0

course - Russian Empire Under Romanovs 3.0

course - Soviet & Post-Soviet Russia 3.0

course - Scandinavian Hist 3.0

Option 6.2 — Complete 14 hours

Humanities Track:

Option 6.2.1 — Complete 14 hours

Courses taken for other requirements in the major do not double count here. Any other 300- or 400-level art history, film, humanities, literature, or philosophy course with a European emphasis may be substituted with approval from the European Studies program coordinator.

course - Adv Lang & Cult: Albanian 3.0

course - Arch of Ancient Aegean&Greece 3.0

course - Adv Lang & Cult: Armenian 3.0

course - Women in Art 3.0

course - Roman Art 3.0

course - Art of the Medieval West 3.0

course - Italian Renaissance 3.0

course - Northern Renaissance 3.0

course - Ren & Baroque Arch 3.0

course - Southern Baroque Art 3.0

course - 18th-Century European Art 3.0

course - 19th C Europe Art 3.0

course - Cultural History of Bulgaria 3.0

course - Intro to Greek & Roman Lit 3.0

course - Greek&Roman Mythology 3.0

course - Golden Age of Rome 3.0

course - Roman History 3.0

course - Adv Lang & Cult: Croatian 3.0

course - Cultural History of Czech 3.0

course - Irish Dance, Beginning 1.0

course - Hungarian Dance Tech1 - You may take once 1.0

course - Irish Dance Tech 1 - You may take once 1.0

course - Spanish Dance Tech 1 1.0

course - Ukrainian Dance Tech 1 1.0

course - Danish Literature 3.0

course - Adv Lang & Cult: Dutch 3.0

course - Shakespeare 3.0

course - Studies in British Literature 3.0

course - British Literary History 1 3.0

course- British Literary History 2 3.0

course - British Literature before 1800 - You may take once 3.0

course - British Literature after 1800 - You may take once 3.0

course - Humanities: European Context - You may take once 0.5v

course - Third Year Finnish 3.0

course - Finnish Literature 3.0

course - Intermediate French, Part 2 3.0

course - French & Italian Cinema 3.0

course - Intro to Literary Analysis 3.0

course - French Civilization to 1715 3.0

course - French Civilization 1715-Pres 3.0

course - Contemp. France, Francophone 3.0

course - 2nd-Year German 4.0

course - German & Scandinavian Cinema 3.0

course - German Cultural History 3.0

course - Germany 20th Century 3.0

course - Germany Today 3.0

course- Writing About Literature 3.0

course - Intro to German Literature 3.0

course - German Art and Architecture 3.0

course - Topics in German Literature - You may take once 3.0

course - Topics in German Lit (English) - You may take once 3.0

course - Hist of the German Language 3.0

course - Classical Greek Poetry 3.0

course - Classical Greek Prose 3.0

course - Medieval Europe Women Writers 3.0

course- Early Mod Europ Women Writers 3.0

course - Mod European Women Writers 3.0

course - Women and World Cinema 3.0

course - Cultural History of Hungary 3.0

course - KC Lecture Series - You may take once 1.0

course - International Studies Seminar - You may take once 1.0v

course - 2nd Year Icelandic 4.0

course - Old Icelandic Lang &Literature 3.0

course- International Cinema - You may take once 1.5

course - Intermediate Italian 2 3.0

course - French & Italian Cinema 3.0

course - Intro to Italian Literature 3.0

course - Italian Civilization to 1600 3.0

course - Italian Civilization 1600-Pres 3.0

course - Multicultural Italy 3.0

course - Studies in Cultural History - You may take once 3.0

course - Dante's Divine Comedy 3.0

course - Classical Latin Prose 3.0

course - Plautus & Terence 3.0

course - Introduction to Music 3.0

course - Civilization: Music 2 3.0

course- 2nd-Year Norwegian 4.0

course - Advanced Norwegian 3.0

course - Norwegian Literature 3.0

course - Cultural History of Poland 3.0

course - 3rd-Yr Port Read, Gram, & Cult 3.0

course - Intro to Port & Brazilian Lit 3.0

course - Women Writers in Portuguese - You may take once 3.0

course - Adv Lang & Cult: Romanian 3.0

course - 2nd Year Russian Part 2 5.0

course - Intermediate Russian Part 2 2.0

course - Cultural History of Russia 3.0

course - Russian Novel in English 3.0

course - Dostoevsky 3.0

course - Tolstoy 3.0

course - Masterpieces of Russian Film 3.0

course - Russian Arts & Letters 3.0

course - Russian Literature 1 3.0

course - Russian Literature 2 3.0

course - Senior Seminar - You may take once 2.0

course - German & Scandinavian Cinema 3.0

course - Old Norse 3.0

course - Sem in Scandinavian Studies - You may take once 0.5v

course - Hist of Interior Design&Arch 1 3.0

course - Hist of Interior Design&Arch 2 3.0

course - University Spanish 3 4.0

course - 3rd-Yr Span Read, Gram, & Cult 3.0

course - Survey of Lit of Spain 3.0

course - Cultures of Spain 3.0

course - Hispanic Cinema 3.0

course - 20th Century Lit - You may take once 3.0

course - Adv Lang & Cult: Serbian 3.0

course - Swedish Literature 3.0

course - Cultural History of Ukraine 3.0