European Studies Concentration (EUST)
Director: Professor Dana Strand
Requirements for the Concentration:
1. EUST 110: Introduction to European Studies
2. Four transnational supporting courses that a) approach a theme or issue from a pan-European perspective OR b) compare European countries or regions OR c) compare Europe (or parts of Europe) with another part of the world. These courses will engage in an examination of such overarching issues as the relation between individual and community, cultural and linguistic diversity, and globalization. The list below is not exhaustive; students should consult with the concentration director regarding other courses that may fulfill this requirement.
ARTH 101 Introduction to Art History I
ARTH 102 Introduction to Art History II
ARTH 170 History of Printmaking (not offered in 2004-2005)
ARTH 223 Women in Art
ARTH 239 Netherlandish Art on Site
CAMS 238 Border Crossings: Postmodern Perspectives on French and German Cinema
CAMS 240 European Women Filmmakers
ECON 233 European Economic History
ECON 236 Economics of European Union
ECON 250 History of Economic Ideas
FREN 309 Beyond Words: Fine Art of Writing in French
FREN 395 Francophone Switzerland
HIST 138 Making of Europe, 1050-1500
HIST 139 Foundations of Modern Europe (not offered in 2004-2005)
HIST 140 Modern Europe 1789-1914
HIST 141 Europe in the Twentieth Century (not offered in 2004-2005)
HIST 232 The Renaissance
HIST 233 Cultures of Empire: Byzantium 710-1453
HIST 236 Courtly Queens to Revolutionary Heroines: European Women 1100-1800 (not offered in 2004-2005)
HIST 237 The Enlightenment
HIST 244 History of European Diplomacy (not offered in 2004-2005)
HIST 249 New Central Europe in Historical Perspective
HIST 395 Topics in Early Modern European History
LCST 150 Amazons, Valkyries, Naiads, Dykes: Women Identified and Lesbian Artists in Europe (not offered in 2004-2005)
LCST 270 Degeneration and the Fin de Siècle (not offered in 2004-2005)
MUSC 111 Western Art Music and Western Civilization
MUSC 210 Medieval and Renaissance Music (not offered in 20042005)
MUSC 211 Baroque and Classical Music
MUSC 312 Romantic and Modern Music
POSC 120 Comparative Political Regimes
POSC 238 West European Politics
POSC 244 Post Communist State in East-Central Europe (not offered in 2004-2005)
POSC 263 European Political Economy (not offered in 2004-2005)
POSC 268 International Environmental Politics and Policy
POSC 352 Political Theory of Alexis de Tocqueville
POSC 358 Comparative Social Movements (not offered in 2004-2005)
POSC 383 Maastricht Program: Politics of the European Union
POSC 387 Maastricht Program: The Europe of Regions
RELG 231 Protestant Thought
THEA 343 Modern British and European Drama
3. Two country-specific supporting courses in the participating disciplines, each of which focuses on a particular European country or region. Country-specific courses need not address pan-European issues, but students will be expected to bring a comparative awareness of Europe to their learning experience.
ARTH 238 Rembrandt and Van Gogh in Their Netherlandish Context
ARTH 285 Topics in Art History
ECON 231 Soviet and Post-Soviet Economics
ENGL 110 English Literature I
ENGL 111 English Literature II
ENGL 130 Shakespeare I
ENGL 249 Irish Literature
ENGL 300 Chaucer I: The Canterbury Tales
ENGL 308 English Renaissance Verse
ENGL 310 Shakespeare I: Histories and Comedies
ENGL 311 Shakespeare II: Problem Plays: Tragedies and Romances
ENGL 313 The Faerie Queen
ENGL 314 Paradise Lost
ENGL 318 The Gothic Spirit
ENGL 319 Eighteenth-Century Fiction
ENGL 322 The Art of Jane Austen
ENGL 323 English Romantic Poets
ENGL 380 London Program: London Theater
ENGL 381 London Program: Literature and Landscape in Georgian England
FREN 240 Introduction to French Literature: The Search for Meaning
FREN 241 Introduction to French Literature: Leaving Home: Discoveries of the Self
FREN 243 Topics in Cultural Studies: Language and Identity in France and the Francophone World
FREN 351 Topics in Sixteenth Century: Metamorphoses: Love, War and Monsters in Early Modern France (not offered in 2004-2005)
GERM 207 Young Adult Literature
GERM 228 Romanticism: Nature and the Supernatural
GERM 231 Damsels, Dwarfs and Dragons: Medieval German Literature
GERM 244 Munich Program: Literature and Culture in Unified Germany
GERM 312 Rilke and His Circle
GERM 350 Two Countries One Nation? Germany and the Cold War
GERM 351 Age of Goethe
GERM 355 Topics in German Drama: Twentieth Century Theatrical Experiments (not offered in 2004-2005)
HIST 241 History of Russia Since 1917
RUSS 150 Contemporary Russian Culture and Society
RUSS 205 Russian in Cultural Contexts (not offered in 2004-2005)
RUSS 226 Theory of Russian Leisure Class
RUSS 244 Russian Literature: Novel to 1917
RUSS 360 Russian Theater in the Twentieth Century
SPAN 209 Madrid Program: Exploring Spanish Culture
SPAN 240 Introduction to Spanish Literature
SPAN 254 Love and Death in Spanish Drama
SPAN 310 Melancholy in Literature and Art
SPAN 324 Lyric and Modernity: The Prose Poem in Spain
4. Proficiency (as defined by the College) in a European language other than English. Students are encouraged to take language courses beyond the minimum requirement.
5. EUST 398: Senior Colloquium.
6. Concentrators must normally participate in an off-campus study program in Europe.
7. The overall balance of courses must include a reasonable mix of disciplines and course levels (100s, 200s, 300s). While this balance will be established for each individual student in consultation with the concentration coordinator, no more than half of the required minimum of courses may be in one department, and at least half of the required minimum of courses must be above the 100-level.
The total number of credits required to complete the concentration is 45.
European Studies Courses:
EUST 110. Introduction to European Studies What is Europe? What defines the "European?" The answers to such questions may seem, in the twenty-first century, all too obvious. Yet is Europe so straightforward? We will investigate what elements over time have worked to create and define "Europe" as a unity, whether political, economic, religious or cultural but also those that have denied, strained, or broken this unity. Through readings, films and contributions from a multi-disciplinary faculty, this course offers an introduction to the conceptual and material compexities of a continent, a category, and a construct: Europe. 6 credits cr., ND, Spring—W. North
EUST 398. Senior Colloquium Culminates in a final oral presentation that will allow concentrators to synthesize and reflect upon their diverse European studies, including on-campus and off-campus classwork, internships, and cross-cultural experiences. 3 credits cr., ND, Spring—L. Goering