European Studies - EUROC23574
Stream Summary
Faculty: ARTSC - Faculty of Arts&Social Science
School: School of Humanities and Languages
Contact: Dr Andrew Beattie
Program: 3574 - Economics / Arts
Award(s):
Bachelor of Arts (Minor)
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Stream Outline
THIS STREAM IS FOR STUDENTS COMMENCING FROM 2016.
European Studies is an interdisciplinary area of study focusing on modern European societies and their cultures, past and present, and their historical traditions. The minor stream in European studies provides you a basic understanding of the political, ideological, social and cultural forces that have shaped modern and contemporary Europe. European Studies brings together the perspectives and approaches of disciplines such as History, Philosophy, Cultural and Literary Studies, Politics and International Relations, to explore modern Europe.
European Studies is an interdisciplinary area of study focusing on modern European societies and their cultures, past and present, and their historical traditions. The minor stream in European studies provides you a basic understanding of the political, ideological, social and cultural forces that have shaped modern and contemporary Europe. European Studies brings together the perspectives and approaches of disciplines such as History, Philosophy, Cultural and Literary Studies, Politics and International Relations, to explore modern Europe.
Stream Structure
If you wish to gain a minor stream in European Studies you must complete 24 units of credit including 12 UOC at Level 1, at least 6 UOC at Level 2 and optionally up to 6 UOC at Level 3. If you complete 12 UOC at Level 1 and 12 UOC at Level 2 you will have completed the minor.
Level 1
You must complete the following Level 1 core courses:
- ARTS1780 Concepts of Europe (6 UOC)
- ARTS1781 Europe and the Modern World (6 UOC)
Level 2
You must complete at least 6 UOC at Level 2:
- ARTS2781 Postwar Europe (6 UOC)
- ARTS2785 Europe between the Wars (6 UOC)
- ARTS2786 Minorities in Modern Europe (6 UOC)
- ARTS2787 European Cities (6 UOC)
The following courses from other subject areas can also be counted towards the European Studies minor stream:
- ARTS2039 Irish Modernists (6 UOC)
- ARTS2272 Renaissance to Revolutions (6 UOC)
- ARTS2273 19th century Europe (6 UOC)
- ARTS2285 The Holocaust (6 UOC)
- ARTS2362 Freedom, Alienation, Modernity (6 UOC)
- ARTS2484 Lives of the Impressionists (6 UOC)
- ARTS2487 French Popular Culture (6 UOC)
- ARTS2542 Gods, Heroines and Heroes (6 UOC)
- ECON2322 European Economic Development (6 UOC)
Level 3
You may complete up to 6 UOC at Level 3:
- ARTS3786 Confronting the Past (6 UOC)
- ARTS3787 European Modernity (6 UOC)
- ARTS3788 European Governance (6 UOC)
The following courses from other subject areas can also be counted towards the European Studies minor stream:
- ARTS3287 The Family in Europe (6 UOC)
- ARTS3295 Understanding Nazi Germany (6 UOC)
- ARTS3575 Spanish Popular Culture (6 UOC)
- ARTS3780 Contemporary Germany (6 UOC)
