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2009 - 2010

BA in European Studies (42–58 hours*)


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  1. Complete the GE Foreign Language requirement in a European language.
  2. Complete the following:
  3. Complete the following history requirement:
  4. Complete one of the following disciplinary tracks:
      European Society Track

      European Culture Track

      • Complete one course from the following:
      • Complete two courses from the following literature requirement:
        1. Any 300- or 400-level literature course from student's foreign language.
        2. Any 300- or 400-level comparative literature course with a European emphasis.

        Note: An upper-division English literature course may substitute for one of these courses on approval of the European Studies Committee.

      • Complete one course from the following:
          PHIL 320R : Studies in Ancient Philosophy. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
          PHIL 320R : Studies in Ancient Philosophy. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
          OFFERED: F, W
          PREREQUISITE: Phil 201.
          DESCRIPTION: Selected figures or topics.

                     : Topics in Greek Philosophy.
                     : Pre-Socratics.
                     : Socrates.
                     : Plato.
                     : Aristotle.
                     : Neo-Platonism.
                     : Plotinus.
                     : Stoicism.
                     : Greek Ethics.
                     : Greek Science.
                     : Greek Metaphysics.
                     : Greek Logic.
                     : Greek Political Theory.
                     : Greek Epistemology.
                     : Greek Philosophy of Religion.
                     : Helenistic Philosophy.
                     : Church Fathers.
                     : Chinese Philosophy.
                     : Hindu Philosophy.
                     : Buddhism.

          PHIL 330R : Studies in Medieval Philosophy. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
          PHIL 330R : Studies in Medieval Philosophy. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
          OFFERED: F, W
          PREREQUISITE: Phil 201.
          DESCRIPTION: Selected figures or topics.

                     : Topics in Medieval Philosophy.
                     : Augustine.
                     : Anselm.
                     : Averroes.
                     : Bonaventure.
                     : Maimonides.
                     : Aquinas.
                     : Duns Scotus.
                     : William of Ockham.
                     : Boethius.
                     : Medieval Jewish Philosophers.
                     : Medieval Arabic Philosophers.
                     : Medieval Ethics.
                     : Medieval Science.
                     : Medieval Epistemology.
                     : Medieval Metaphysics.
                     : Medieval Logic.
                     : Medieval Political Theory.
                     : Medieval Philosophy and Religion.
                     : Meister Eckhart.

          PHIL 340R : Studies in Modern Philosophy. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
          PHIL 340R : Studies in Modern Philosophy. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
          OFFERED: F, W
          PREREQUISITE: Phil 202.
          DESCRIPTION: Selected figures or topics.

                     : Topics in Modern Philosophy.
                     : Continental Rationalism.
                     : Descartes.
                     : Spinoza.
                     : Leibniz.
                     : British Empiricism.
                     : Hobbes.
                     : Locke.
                     : Descartes and Locke.
                     : Berkeley.
                     : Hume.
                     : Kant.
                     : Hegel.
                     : Schopenhauer.
                     : German Idealism.
                     : Nietzsche.
                     : Nietzsche and Freud.
                     : Kierkegaard.
                     : Utilitarianism.
                     : Modern Political Theory.
                     : Bentham.
                     : J. S. Mill.
                     : Pragmatism.
                     : Peirce.
                     : William James.
                     : Dewey.
                     : Bergson.
                     : Alexander.
                     : Bradley.
                     : Bosanquet.
                     : British Idealism.

          PHIL 350R : Studies in Contemporary Philosophy. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
          PHIL 350R : Studies in Contemporary Philosophy. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
          OFFERED: F, W
          PREREQUISITE: One philosophy course.
          DESCRIPTION: Selected figures or topics.

                     : Topics in Contemporary Philosophy.
                     : Philosophy of Social Science.
                     : Philosophy of Mind.
                     : Philosophy of History.
                     : Philosophy of Psychology.
                     : Philosophy of Theology.
                     : Philosophy and Film.
                     : Philosophy and Literature.
                     : Philosophy of Architecture.
                     : Contemporary Analytical Philosophy.
                     : Contemporary Political Theory.
                     : Russell.
                     : Moore.
                     : Frege.
                     : Truth.
                     : Wittgenstein.
                     : Whitehead.
                     : Ordinary Language of Philosophy.
                     : Logical Positivism.
                     : Continental Philosophy.
                     : Existentialism.
                     : Hermeneutics.
                     : Phenomenology.
                     : Philosophy of Cognitive Science.
                     : Ricoeur.
                     : Husserl.
                     : Heidegger.
                     : Sartre.
                     : Levinas.
                     : Merleau-Ponty.
                     : Gadamer.
                     : Dufrenne.
                     : Derrida.
                     : Leotard.
                     : Foucault.
                     : Marion.
                     : Contemporary French Philosophy.
                     : Oakeshott.

          Note: Phil 340R and 350R must be on a European philosopher.

  5. Complete 12 hours of supporting course work. In consultation with the program director, propose a list of advanced courses (typically senior level) that are European focused and that have a coherent logic relative to educational and career goals. This list must then be approved by the European Studies Executive Committee.
  6. Complete an exit interview during the final semester. Students come to the interview prepared to lead a discussion on one major European issue of their choice that they've encountered in their program. This could be a current political/economic issue like the European Union or immigration, or it could be a historical/interpretive issue regarding our understanding of European identity, history, culture, etc.

Recommended Courses

These courses can be used to fill the Civilization and Social Science GE requirements or for enrichment electives:

    Social Sciences

      Anthr 101.
      Econ 110.
      Pl Sc 150, 170.
      Soc 111

    Arts and Letters

      ArtHC 111.
      Engl 230.
      Hum 101, 201, 202.
      Music 101.
      Phil 110.

*Hours include courses that may fulfill university core requirements.