European Studies Certificate

Culture-Based Courses

Complete 6 credit hours in culture-based courses within the department, in a language other than their major or minor(s). These courses will be in literature in translation, film, civilization, and/or special topics. They will be taught in English, unless the student has completed a second language or can present proficiency in a second European language. Students with proficiency in two languages should concentrate on offerings outside those languages. Courses may be selected from the following.

• EUST 3000 - Introduction to European/EU Culture

• French, including Francophone cultures

• FR 3240 - French Culture from 1700-1917
• FR 3250 - Contemporary France: Civilization & Culture
• FR 3270 - Francophone Cultures
• FR 3500 - Special Topics in French
• FR 4110 - French Film

• German, including Austria and former Habsburg territories

• GER 3180 - German/Austrian Civilization and Culture from 1700-1918
• GER 3190 - 20th and 21st Century German and Austrian Civilization and Culture
• GER 3450 - German Film
• GER 3500 - Special Topics in German/Austrian Studies
• GER 3850 - Austrian and Central European Film

• Spanish (as Foreign Culture Studies)

• FCS 3490 - Internship in Foreign Cultures
• FCS 3690 - Topics in Hispanic Film

• Italian

• ITAL 3500 - Italian Film

• Latin

• LAT 3110 - Classical Literature - Latin or
• FCS 3650 - Classical Literature in Translation - Latin

• Foreign Culture Studies

• FCS 3890 - Field Studies in Language and Culture
• FCS 3990 - Topics in Foreign Culture

Courses from an Outside Department

Complete 6 credit hours of the following courses.

• AH 2820 - Survey: Renaissance, Baroque, and Rococo Art
• AH 3000 - Topics in Art History (if European topic)
• AH 3790 - Romanesque and Gothic Art
• AH 3840 - Baroque Art
• FILM 3950 - Women in Film (if European topic)
• FILM 3990 - European Film - European History
• FILM 4250 - Directors in Focus (if European topic)
• HIST 1030 - The Rise of Modern Europe, 1500-1815
• HIST 1040 - Modern Europe, 1815-Present
• HIST 3230 - Fascism and the Holocaust
• HIST 3250 - Germans and the Holocaust
• HIST 3350 - Germany, 1763 to 1866
• HIST 3360 - Germany Since 1866
• HIST 3370 - Hitler and German National Socialism
• HIST 3380 - Germany Since 1945
• HIST 3990 - European Film - European History

Capstone

A 3-credit European Studies thesis on a trans- or pan-European topic will be determined in consultation with the co-directors and led by the student’s primary language advisor.