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2012 - 2013

BA in European Studies
(42–58 hours*)

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  1. Complete the GE Languages of Learning 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)
          WHEN TAUGHT:Fall; Winter
          PREREQUISITE: PHIL 201; Phil 150 or equivalent.
          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.

          Course Outcomes


          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)
          WHEN TAUGHT:Fall; Winter
          PREREQUISITE: PHIL 201; Phil 150 or equivalent.
          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.

          Course Outcomes


          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)
          WHEN TAUGHT:Fall; Winter
          PREREQUISITE: PHIL 202; Phil 150 or equivalent.
          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.

          Course Outcomes


          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)
          WHEN TAUGHT:Fall; Winter
          PREREQUISITE: PHIL 202; Phil 150 or equivalent.
          DESCRIPTION: Selected figures or topics.

                     : Topics in Contemporary Philosophy.
                     : Philosophy of Social Science.
                     : 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.
                     : Logical Positivism.
                     : Continental Philosophy.
                     : Existentialism.
                     : Hermeneutics.
                     : Phenomenology.
                     : Philosophy of Cognitive Science.
                     : Ricoeur.
                     : Husserl.
                     : Heidegger.
                     : Sartre.
                     : Levinas.
                     : Merleau-Ponty.
                     : Gadamer.
                     : Dufrenne.
                     : Derrida.
                     : Foucault.
                     : Marion.
                     : Contemporary French Philosophy.
                     : Oakeshott.
                     : Philosophy of Logic.
                     : Lyotard. (0::)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
                     : Ordinary Language Philosophy.

          Course Outcomes


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

  5. Complete 12 hours of supporting course work. In consultation with the program coordinator, 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. Note that courses approved for this requirement may not be used to fulfill any other European Studies requirement.
  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 Arts and Letters and Social Science GE requirements or for enrichment electives:

    Arts and Letters

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

    Social Sciences

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

*Hours include courses that may fulfill university core requirements.