Directors: Professor Dana Strand, fall and winter and Assistant Professor William North, spring
European Studies Concentration (EUST)
The European Studies concentration provides an
intellectual meeting ground for students interested in exploring of
Europe from a variety of disciplinary and interdisciplinary
perspectives. Drawing courses from a number of different departments,
the program in European Studies allows students to integrate their
study of a European language and an off-campus experience in Europe
with a coherent set of courses on campus to achieve a greater
understanding of both the new and the old Europes.
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 2006-2007)
ARTH 223 Women in Art
CAMS 238 Border Crossings: Postmodern Perspectives on French and German Cinema (not offered in 2006-2007)
CAMS 240 European Women Filmmakers (not offered in 2006-2007)
ECON 233 European Economic History
ECON 236 Economics of the European Union (not offered in 2006-2007)
ECON 250 History of Economic Ideas
FREN 249 Paris Program: Living in the City: Paris-Fes
FREN 349 Paris Program: Living in the City: Paris-Fes
FREN 360 Topics in French Studies: Algeria-France (not offered in 2006-2007)
HIST 138 The Making of Europe
HIST 139 Foundations of Modern Europe (not offered in 2006-2007)
HIST 140 Modern Europe 1789-1914
HIST 141 Europe in the Twentieth Century
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 2006-2007)
HIST 237 The Enlightenment
HIST 238 Topics in Medieval History: Church, Papacy and Empire
HIST 244 History of European Diplomacy (not offered in 2006-2007)
HIST 249 The New Central Europe in Historical Perspective
HIST 395 Fascism
HIST 395 Voyages of Understanding
LCST 150 Amazons, Valkyries, Naiads, Dykes: Woman Identified and Lesbian Artists in Europe (not offered in 2006-2007)
LCST 270 Degeneration and the Fin de Siecle (not offered in 2006-2007)
MUSC 111 Western Art Music and Western Civilization
MUSC 120 Introduction to Opera
MUSC 122 Symphonies from Mozart to Mahler
MUSC 210 Medieval and Renaissance Music (not offered in 2006-2007)
MUSC 211 Baroque and Classical Music
MUSC 312 Romantic and Modern Music (not offered in 2006-2007)
PHIL 274 Existentialism
POSC 120 Comparative Political Regimes
POSC 238 West European Politics (not offered in 2006-2007)
POSC 244 Post-Communist States in East-Central Europe (not offered in 2006-2007)
POSC 263 European Political Economy (not offered in 2006-2007)
POSC 268 International Environmental Politics and Policy
POSC 352 Political Theory of Alexis de Tocqueville*
POSC 358 Comparative Social Movements*
POSC 383 Maastricht Program: Politics of the European Union (not offered in 2006-2007)
POSC 387 Maastricht Program: The Europe of Regions* (not offered in 2006-2007)
RELG 231 Protestant Thought (not offered in 2006-2007)
RELG 329 Theology, Tradition, and Culture (not offered in 2006-2007)
RELG 380 Radical Critiques of Christianity (not offered in 2006-2007)
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 230 The Sistine Chapel
ARTH 238 Rembrandt and Netherlandish Art in Context
ARTH 239 Netherlandish Art on Site
ECON 231 Soviet and Post-Soviet Economics (not offered in 2006-2007)
ENGL 110 English Literature, I
ENGL 111 English Literature, II
ENGL 130 Shakespeare I
ENGL 300 Chaucer I: The Canterbury Tales
ENGL 301 The Courtly Chaucer
ENGL 310 Shakespeare: The Histories and Comedies
ENGL 313 Major Works of the English Renaissance: The Faerie Queene
ENGL 314 Major Works of the English Renaissance: Paradise Lost
ENGL 318 The Gothic Spirit (not offered in 2006-2007)
ENGL 319 The Rise of the Novel
ENGL 322 The Art of Jane Austen
ENGL 323 English Romantic Poets
ENGL 380 London Program: London Theater
ENGL 381 London Program: Landscape and Cityscape in Nineteenth Century English Literature
FREN 233 The French Cinema
FREN 240 Dreams of Trespass
FREN 241 Identity Quests
FREN 243 Culture with a Small "c"
FREN 246 Paris Program: City of Wonders: Paris in the Arts
FREN 351 Topics in the Sixteenth Century Literature: Metamorphoses: Love, War and Monsters in Early Modern Fr (not offered in 2006-2007)
FREN 352 The Court and its Dissenters
FREN 359 Twentieth Century Literature: The Novel and Memory
GERM 207 Young Adult Literature
GERM 216 Studies in German Cinema: Current Issues in Contemporary Film
GERM 231 Damsels, Dwarfs, and Dragons: Medieval German Literature
GERM 268 Trials and Tribulations in Translation
GERM 280 Holocaust: Memory and Representations (not offered in 2006-2007)
GERM 312 Rilke and His Circle (not offered in 2006-2007)
GERM 350 Two Countries-One Nation-Germany and the Cold War (not offered in 2006-2007)
GERM 351 The Age of Goethe
GERM 355 Topics in German Drama: Twentieth Century Theatrical Experiments
HIST 234 France in the Making, 987-1460
HIST 238 The World of Bede
HIST 241 History of Russia Since 1917 (not offered in 2006-2007)
HIST 245 Ireland: The Origin of the Troubles (not offered in 2006-2007)
RUSS 150 Contemporary Russian Culture and Society
RUSS 205 Russian in Cultural Contexts
RUSS 226 Moscow Program: Magical Russia
RUSS 244 Russian Literature in Translation: The Novel to 1917 (not offered in 2006-2007)
RUSS 255 Russian Cinema: History and Theory
RUSS 266 Dostoevsky
RUSS 267 War and Peace
RUSS 268 Russian Fiction of the Soviet Period (not offered in 2006-2007)
RUSS 351 Chekhov
RUSS 360 Russian Theater in the Twentieth Century (not offered in 2006-2007)
SPAN 209 Madrid Program: Exploring Spanish Culture
SPAN 240 Introduction to Spanish Literature (not offered in 2006-2007)
SPAN 244 Spain Today: Recent Changes through Narrative and Film
SPAN 247 Madrid Program: Spanish Art from El Greco to Picasso
SPAN 250 Spanish Cinema
SPAN 256 Lorca, Buñuel, and DalÃ: Poetry, Film, and Painting in Spain (not offered in 2006-2007)
SPAN 320 New Spanish Voices
SPAN 324 Lyric and Modernity: The Prose Poem in Spain (not offered in 2006-2007)
SPAN 328 The Roaring Twenties
SPAN 330 The Invention of the Modern Novel: Cervantes' Don Quijote (not offered in 2006-2007)
SPAN 349 Madrid Program: Madrid: Theory and Practice of Urban Life
SPAN 356 Lorca, Bunuel, and Dali: Poetry, Film, and Painting in Spain (not offered in 2006-2007)
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.
FREN 204 Intermediate French
GERM 204 Intermediate German
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 cr., ND, SpringW. 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 cr., ND, SpringL. Goering