European Area Studies

College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Dean: Joel Kassiola

European Area Studies Program
HSS 381
415-338-2073
Director:

Faculty

Professors--Bonds, Bradley, D'Agostino, Girard, Glanville, Kidner, Lawson, Luft, Nathan, Peters, Rappe, Stolz

Associate Professor--Steier

Program

Minor in European Area Studies

Program Scope

We are entering an age of increasing regional and world-wide interdependence and integration, both economically and socio-politically. In no part of the globe are these developments more keenly felt than in Europe, where the economic and political integration of the European Union steadily advances, attracting new members and new aspirants to membership from Eastern Europe, and where the failure to abandon old nationalistic ties has wreaked such havoc in former Yugoslavia. Understanding these developments is crucial to our understanding of the human polity and of the European civilization that constitutes one of the most important roots of the American heritage. The economic integration of West Europe has changed the nature of international relations, as well as internal domestic politics within the European Union. The multicultural nature of American life has European civilization as one of its most important roots, yet many American students seem oblivious to that part of their heritage.

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt once opened an address to the Daughters of the American Revolution with the salutation, "Dear Fellow Immigrants." This was his way of reminding even the oldest, most established, and venerably patriotic Americans that we all came here from elsewhere, often to escape religious, economic, or political oppression. This minor in European Area Studies is intended to remind the sons and daughters of immigrants from Europe of their cultural roots and heritage. It is also intended to inform interested students descending from other roots about the Eurocentric aspects of American history, politics, and culture. Thus, this minor seeks to improve students' multicultural sensitivity and understanding and gives focus to the campus-wide commitment to "internationalizing the curriculum."

In addition to this need for an increase in general awareness, there is a need for a carefully designed program to relate student career and intellectual interests. The ability to link their majors to a European Area Studies Minor will be especially attractive to students in international business, foreign languages, history, political science, international relations, the arts, humanities, and K-12 teaching.

MINOR IN EUROPEAN AREA STUDIES

The European Area Studies Minor consists of a core curriculum of nine to ten units which contain material and perspectives which reach across the normal disciplinary divisions of the university, plus fifteen to seventeen units of upper division courses taken from the following list on advisement. The minor must include courses from at least three different disciplines (prefixes) and two colleges.

Courses for this program are listed in alphabetical sequence (consult Index for page reference).

Core Courses

HIST 111	History of Western Civilization		3

HIST/IR 346	Recent European History		3

One course selected from the following:		3-4

HIST 344	Nineteenth Century Europe

HUM 465	Contemporary Culture

PLSI 352	Political Theory: Reformation to 

Nineteenth Century (4)

PLSI 353	Political Theory: Twentieth 

Century (4)

PLSI 402	Politics of Western Europe (4)

Total for core		9-10

Elective Courses

Students are to select two courses from Humanities and Literature; two courses from History, the Social Sciences, and International Business; and one course from Art History and the Performing Arts. These selections may focus on Europe as a civilization (e.g., the formation of Europe, Europe in transition, and contemporary Europe); a section of Europe (e.g., Russia and Eastern Europe, Western Europe, the European community, etc.); or on European artistic and intellectual traditions.

Humanities and Literature		6

ENG 422	History of the English Language

ENG 552	Modern British Novel

FR 410	Contemporary French Civiliza-

tion

GER 402	Contemporary German 

Civilization

HIST 330/HUM 420 The Early Middle Ages

HIST 331/HUM 421 The High Middle Ages

HUM 430	Renaissance Culture

HUM 440	Baroque Culture

HUM 450	Romanticism and Impressionism

HUM 460/PHIL 304 The Modern Revolution

ITAL 401	Italian Culture and Civilization

NEXA 387	Origins of Modern Science

PHIL 302	Medieval Philosophy

PHIL 303	Modern Philosophy

RUSS 401	Russian Culture and Civilization

SPAN 401	Culture and Civilization of Spain

WCL 445	National Literatures [Europe 

variants]

WCL 490	Modern Continental Novel

International Business and the Social Sciences		6-8

ECON 600	International Economics

ECON 611	Socialist Economic Systems

HIST 330/HUM 420 The Early Middle Ages

HIST 331/HUM 421 The High Middle Ages

HIST 334	The Renaissance

HIST 336	The Reformation

HIST 338	The Age of Louis XIV

HIST 340	Europe during the Old Regime 

1715-1789

HIST 342	Europe and the French 

Revolution

HIST 343	Europe in the Age of Napoleon

HIST 344	Nineteenth Century Europe

HIST 384	Imperial Russia

IBUS 593	Doing Business in Europe

IR 327	Western European Foreign 

Policy (4)

IR 328	Soviet and East European 

Relations (4)

PLSI 352	Political Theory: Reformation to 

Nineteenth Century (4)

PLSI 353	Political Theory: Twentieth 

Century (4)

PLSI 370	Classical Marxism (4)

PLSI 402	Politics of Western Europe (4) 

[All topics]

PLSI 405	Politics of France (4)

PLSI 407	Politics of the USSR (4)

PLSI 413	Comparative Communism (4)

Art History and the Performing Arts		3

ART 201	Western Art History I

ART 202	Western Art History II

ART 203	Modern Art History

MUS 550	Music from the Middle Ages to 

1750

MUS 551	Classic and Romantic Music

THA 401	Theatre Backgrounds: 

500 B.C.-1642

THA 402	Theatre Backgrounds: 
	1642-1900

Total for electives		15-17

Total for minor		24-27

Foreign Language Requirement

All students completing the European Area Studies Minor are required to demonstrate intermediate level competency in a language other than English, relevant to the area. This requirement may be met by completing the university entrance requirement of two years of high school language study, one year of successful college level language study, or demonstration of equivalent competency.