Modern European Studies

Modern European Studies is an undergraduate interdisciplinary program administered by the Modern European Studies Steering Committee through the Department of Central, Eastern, and Northern European Studies.

For courses offered in a particular year, please visit the Program, or contact the Chair.

Major in Modern European Studies

Lower-level Requirements

  • 6 credits from CENS 201, CENS 202, HIST 220, or Arts One.

Upper-level Requirements

Students complete at least 30 credits at the upper-level, including:

  • 6 credits from: CENS 303, CENS 404, HIST 369, HIST 370;
  • 3 credits from: CENS 303, CENS 404, HIST 367, HIST 368, or another course in European history as designated for a particular year by the Program Chair;
  • At least 6 credits from each of Lists A (History), B (Social Sciences), and C (Literature and Culture) (see below); and
  • 3 credits from any of List A, B, or C.

Language Requirement

Students are required to take 12 credits of a European language other than English, in addition to the Bachelor of Arts language requirement. The language can be the one used to satisfy the Bachelor of Arts language requirement carried to a higher level (with literature courses in that language counting as equivalent), or it can be another language. RMST 478 is also acceptable.

Students are advised to check course listings for prerequisites.

List A

  • HIST 315, 317, 319, 344, 348, 350, 351, 354, 367, 368, 369, 370, 434, 436, 439, 441

List B

  • ECON 312, 313, 319, 334, 387;
  • GEOG 391, 493;
  • PHIL 314, 414, 416, 431;
  • POLI 326, 327, 341, 343, 346;
  • RELG 315;
  • SOCI 302, 350, 361, 461

List C

All courses in European literature since the Renaissance, including those in translation, and the following courses:

  • ARTH 339, 340, 347
  • CENS 303, 404
  • FREN 334
  • GERM 301, 302, 304, 305, 390, 402, 403, 405, 408, 409, 426
  • ITST 418, 419, 432
  • MUSC 354, 430, 450, 455
  • POLS 424, 426
  • RUSS 306, 321, 323, 410
  • SCAN 334, 336, 411, 413, 414
  • SLAV 307
  • SPAN 358
  • THTR 320

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