European Studies Committee

Patricia M. Dewey, arts and administration

Evlyn Gould, Romance languages

Gina Herrmann, Romance languages

Nathalie Hester, Romance languages

Katya E. Hokanson, comparative literature

Alexander Mathäs, German and Scandinavian

Anne Dhu McLucas, music

Fabienne Moore, Romance languages

Alexander B. Murphy, geography

Craig Parsons, political science

Daniel Rosenberg, honors college

Andrew Schulz, art history

George J. Sheridan Jr., history

Michael Stern, German and Scandinavian

Marc Vanscheeuwijck, music

About the Program

European studies offers an interdisciplinary certificate for undergraduates in any major or professional school discipline. The program is designed for students who seek to enhance work in the major with a broad and comparative knowledge of Europe. The program certifies a student’s special expertise in the subject, as having acquired a knowledge of Europe beyond that of a single discipline or that concentrated on one country or part of Europe.

The program combines a small number of required core courses that address cross-national topics over a broad sweep of time. Elective courses, chosen by the student with the advice of a member of the European studies committee, ensure some diversity beyond the field of the student’s major.

Certificate Requirements

The College of Arts and Sciences administers an undergraduate certificate program in European studies, overseen by the program committee.

To earn a certificate, a student must complete a total of 36 credits, 24 of which must he at the upper-division level, as well as a paper or project on a European topic as described below.

The courses that satisfy the certificate are distributed as follows: two core courses, four elective courses, and two to three years of a European foreign language. Core and elective courses applied to the certificate must be taken for letter grades and passed with grades of C– or better.

Students seeking to qualify for a certificate should, as early as possible, consult the program director, who will assign the student an adviser. Developing the plan for elective courses with the adviser’s help ensures that the courses selected satisfy the certificate requirements.

No later than two terms before graduation, the student must notify the adviser of intent to graduate for verification of European studies course work and transcript evaluation. The student must also indicate the European studies certificate on the application for graduation. Students must complete major requirements for an undergraduate degree in another department or school of the university.

Core (8 credits)

Geography of Europe (GEOG 202); The Idea of Europe (HIST 420) or equivalent

Four of the 8 core credits must be at the upper-division level.

Electives (12-16) credits

Four 4-credit courses, at least two of which are at the 300 or 400 level. Two must be humanities courses; two must be social science courses. Courses preapproved for each group are listed on the program website. Substitutions may be made only with the approval of the student’s adviser.

No more than two of the six courses taken to satisfy core and elective course requirements may be taken in the student’s major. With the adviser’s approval, exceptions can be made for double majors and for certain interdisciplinary majors, especially international studies and humanities.

Foreign Language

For bachelor of arts degree candidates, one European second language taken through the third-year college level. For other bachelor’s degree candidates, one European second language taken through the second-year college level.

Students pursuing a certificate in European studies with an emphasis on German language and culture are encouraged to consider combining it with a major in German with a German studies focus, or a German studies minor.

Significant Paper or Project

A research paper on a European topic appropriate to the student’s interests is the final requirement. For students majoring in performance disciplines such as music, theater, or the fine arts, a project that draws on these crafts may be substituted for the research paper. The paper or project requirement may be satisfied by work done in the student’s major, such as a seminar paper, as long as the content of the paper or project is focused primarily on Europe. The requirement may also be satisfied by a paper done for any of the courses listed below. Students who want to satisfy the requirement in this way must notify the instructor of their intention to do so at the outset of the term, so that the instructor can evaluate the paper with this intent in mind. The requirement may also be satisfied by a research paper done under the supervision of a professor in any field for 3 graded credits, such as a paper for Thesis (403). The instructor’s agreement to supervise must be obtained in advance, and the 403 subject code may be either in that instructor’s department or EURO 403.

European Studies Courses (EURO)

399 Special Studies: [Topic] (1–5R)

403 Thesis (1–9R)

405 Reading and Conference: [Topic] (1–6R)

407 Seminar: [Topic] (1–6R)

410 Experimental Course: [Topic] (1–6R)

415/515 European Union History (4) History, institutions, and policy landmarks of European integration since the end of World War II. Introduction to documents and research on history of European communities.