Requirements for the Major in European Studies
GEP Signature Courses (See Curricula): six courses
GEP Variable courses (See Curricula): six/nine courses
Integrative Learning courses: three courses
GEP Electives: any twelve courses with the following strongly recommended:
Late Antique and Medieval Art |
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Renaissance and Baroque Art |
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Neo-classicism to Impressionism (1780-1880 |
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Modern Art (1850-1960) |
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Art at the Barnes Foundation I |
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Pompeii and Herculaneum |
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Etruscan Art and Archaeology |
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Cleopatra Through Ancient and Modern Eyes |
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The Philosophy of Karl Marx |
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Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Dostoevsky |
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Contemporary Atheism and the Problem Of God |
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Ancient Philosophy |
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Plato and Aristotle |
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Love and Friendship in the Ancient World |
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Medieval Philosophy |
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The Philosophy of Aquinas |
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Modern Philosophy |
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Philosophy of Kant |
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German Idealism |
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French Existentialism |
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Phenomenology and Its Critics |
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Analytic Philosophy |
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POL 301 |
Classical and Medieval Political Thought |
Modern Political Thought |
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Russian Politics |
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Early Church |
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Knowledge and Love of God in the Middle Ages |
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Ignatian Spirituality in the Jesuit Tradition |
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Violence, Forgiveness and Reconciliation in Northern Ireland |
Major Concentration:
- Four approved upper-division courses in one of the European languages or literatures offered in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures;
- Four approved upper-division courses in European history;
- Seminar in European History (HIS 473);
- Directed Readings and Research in European Studies.
Proficiency testing
Oral and written proficiency testing in the language concentration normally takes place in the second semester of the senior year.
Reading requirements and papers for students in this concentration in the courses in history would reflect the student’s knowledge of a second language.