Minor in European Studies

25.0 quarter credits

This minor provides students with exposure to the historical, political, social, and cultural development of European civilization. The program focuses on the modern period, but students gain an awareness of the deep historical roots and currents on which the modern experience has been built.

Students are required to take 25 credits of coursework from the following: categories:

Required courses
10.0 Credits
HIST 162 Themes in World Civilization II 3.0
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HIST 163 Themes in World Civilization III 3.0
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PSCI 120 History of Political Thought 4.0
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Introduction to Comparative Political Analysis 4.0
Three European History courses
9.0
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Some examples of European History courses are:    
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HIST 235 The Great War, 1914-1918 3.0
HIST 236 World War II 3.0
HIST 241 Modern France 3.0
HIST 242 Modern Italy 3.0
HIST 243 Germany and the World of Hitler 3.0
HIST 244 20th-century Russia and the USSR 3.0
England Elizabeth/Waterloo, 1558-1815 3.0
HIST 247 Modern England, 1815 to Present 3.0
European Revolutionary Ideology 3.0
HIST 251 Fascism 3.0
Europe between Wars, 1919-1939 3.0
History of Europe, 19th Century 3.0
History of Europe, 20th Century 3.0
Two of the following courses
6.0
ARTH 101 History of Art I: Ancient to Medieval 3.0
ARTH 102 History of Art II: Renaissance to Modern 3.0
ARTH 103 History of Art III: Early Modern to Postmodernism 3.0
ENGL 200 WI Classical to Medieval Literature 3.0
ENGL 201 Renaissance to the Enlightenment 3.0
ENGL 202 WI Romanticism to Modernism 3.0
ENGL 310 WI Period Studies 3.0
ENGL 315 WI Shakespeare 3.0
MUSC 231 WI Music History I 3.0
MUSC 232 WI Music History II 3.0