European Studies Minor Requirements Fall 2018 and Beyond

Overview

• The European Studies Minor consists of a core curriculum of 9 to 12 units which contain material and perspectives which reach across the normal disciplinary divisions of the university, plus 9 to 12 units of upper-division courses on advisement. A full list of approved electives is available from the European Studies coordinator.
• The minor must include courses from at least three different disciplines (prefixes).
• All coursework used to satisfy the requirements of the minor must be completed with a minimum grade point average of 2.0.
• Students must also complete one year of college-level study (or its equivalent) in a European language other than English.
• At the discretion of the European Studies coordinator, courses taken in certified SF State Study Abroad programs may be substituted for the minor requirements.
• Students can track their progress toward completing their minor with the European Studies Advising Worksheet (pdf).

Core Courses (9 – 12 Units)

Select one from each of the following areas:

Historical Background

• HIST 111: History of Western Civilization II (3 units)
• HIST 344: Nineteenth Century Europe (3 units)
• HIST/I R 346: Recent European History (3 units)
• HIST 389: European International History: 1848-1918 (3 units)
• HIST 390: Era of the World Wars 1918 to 1945 (3 units)
• PLSI 396: Fascism and Communism in 20th Century Europe (4 units)

Contemporary European Politics and Business

• I R 327: Europe: Forming a More Perfect Union (4 units)
• I R 337: Introduction to the European Union (4 units)
• IBUS 593: Doing Business in Europe (3 units)
• PLSI 406: Radical Right Politics: Far-Right Parties in Contemporary Europe (4 units)

Culture

• ARTH 202: Western Art History II (3 units)
• FR 400GW: French Culture - GWAR (3 units)
• GER 401: German Culture and Civilization I (3 units)
• HIST/HUM 348: Thought and Culture in Modern Europe (3 units)
• HUM 410: The Modern Revolution (3 units)
• ITAL 401: Italian Culture and Civilization (3 units)
• PHIL 303: Modern Philsophy (3 units)
• PLSI 352: Political Theory: Reformation to Nineteenth Century (4 units)
• PLSI 353: Political Theory: The Twentieth Century (4 units)
• SPAN 401GW: Culture and Civilization of Spain-GWAR (3 units)
• TH A 402: Theatre Backgrounds: 1642-1900 (3 units)

Electives (9 – 11 Units)

Under advisement, students are to select  three courses on Europe as a civilization (e.g., the formation of Europe, Europe in transition, and contemporary Europe), a section of Europe (e.g., Russia and Eastern Europe, Western Europe, the European community, etc.), or on European artistic and intellectual traditions. Elective courses are listed below.

Students may choose from appropriate electives in the following departments:

• Art History
• Cinema
• Comparative and World Literature
• English
• French
• German
• History
• Humanities
• International Business
• International Relations
• Italian
• Jewish Studies
• Modem Greek Studies
• Music
• Philosophy
• Political Science
• Russian
• Spanish
• Theater Arts

Foreign Language Requirement

All students completing the European Studies Minor are required to demonstrate intermediate level competency in a European language other than English, relevant to the area. This requirement may be met by completing the university entrance requirement of two years of high school language study, one year of successful college level language study, or demonstration of equivalent competency.

Study Abroad

Students completing the European Studies minor are strongly encouraged to participate in study-abroad programs. At the discretion of the European Studies coordinator, courses taken in certified SF State Study-Abroad programs may be substituted for the minor requirements.

Elective Courses

• ARTH 201: Western Art History I (3 units)
• ARTH 202: Western Art History II (3 units)
• ARTH/HUM 405: Art, Literature, and Power in the Renaissance (3 units)
• ARTH 406: Renaissance Art (3 units)
• CINE 305: Film and the Holocaust (3 units)
• CINE 307: National/Regional Cinemas (3 units)
• CWL 421: Celtic Literature (3 units)
• ENG 501: Age of Chaucer (3 units)
• ENG 510: The Age of Wit (3 units)
• ENG 512: 18th Century British Women Writers (3 units)
• ENG 514: Age of the Romantics (3 units)
• ENG 550: The Rise of the Novel (3 units)
• ENG 552: Modern British Novel (3 units)
• FR 400GW: French Culture - GWAR (3 units)
• FR 410: Contemporary French Civilization (3 units)
• FR 450: Translating Themes: English/French (3 units)
• FR 500: Introduction to Literary Texts (3 units)
• FR 525: 17th and 18th Century French Theater (3 units)
• GER 401: German Culture and Civilization I (3 units)
• GER 502: Contemporary Germany (3 units)
• GER 613: Weimar Literature in English (3 units)
• GER 617: The Holocaust and Postwar Germany Taught in English (3 units)
• HIST/JS 317: The Holocaust and Genocide (3 units)
• HIST 330/HUM 403: The Early Middle Ages (3 units)
• HIST 334: The Renaissance (3 units)
• HIST 336: The Reformation (3 units)
• HIST 338: Europe and the Wider World, 1348-1768 (3 units)
• HIST 342: French Revolution and Napoleon (3 units)
• HIST 344: Nineteenth Century Europe (3 units)
• HIST 347: Women in Modern Europe (3 units)
• HIST 385: The Russian Revolution (3 units)
• HIST 386: Soviet Russia, the West, and the Cold War (3 units)
• HIST 389: European International History: 1848-1918 (3 units)
• HIST 390: Era of the World Wars 1918 to 1945 (3 units)
• HIST 400: History of Modern European Imperialism (3 units)
• HUM 375: Biography of a City (3 units)
• HUM 404/HIST 331: The High Middle Ages (3 units)
• HUM 407: Romanticism and Impressionism (3 units)
• HUM 410: The Modern Revolution (3 units)
• HUM 415: Contemporary Culture (3 units)
• HUM/PHIL 432: Nietzsche and Postmodernism (3 units)
• I R 327: Europe: Forming a More Perfect Union (4 units)
• I R/PLSI 328: Domestic and Foreign Policy: Post-Communist Regions (4 units)
• IBUS 593: Doing Business in Europe (3 units)
• ITAL 401: Italian Culture and Civilization (3 units)
• ITAL 510: Italian Literature: Early Period (3 units)
• ITAL 511: Italian Literature: Late Period (3 units)
• ITAL 525: Literature of the Risorgimento (3 units)
• ITAL 550: The Italian Theater (3 units)
• ITAL 560: The Italian Novel (3 units)
• ITAL 570: Italian Women Writers - 13th to 20th Centuries (3 units)
• ITAL 580: Great Figures in Italian Literature (3 units)
• ITAL 581: Divina Commedia (3 units)
• ITAL 600GW: Italian Literature on Film in English - GWAR (3 units)
• JS/CWL 437: Holocaust and Literature (3 units)
• JS/CWL 480: European Jewish Writers (3 units)
• JS/HIST 632: Jewish History I: Beginnings to 1650 (3 units)
• JS/HIST 633: Jewish History II: 1650 to Present (3 units)
• MGS/ANTH 316: Contemporary Culture of Greece (3 units)
• MGS/HIST 350: Greece and the Balkans (3 units)
• MGS/CWL/C W 465: Modern Greek Poetry in Comparative Perspective (3 units)
• MGS/C W 497: Modern Greek Literature (3 units)
• MGS/CLAS 510/HIST 326: The Byzantine Empire (3 units)
• MGS 555: Introduction to Modern Greek Literary Texts (3 units)
• MUS 550: Music from the Middle Ages to 1750 (3 units)
• MUS 551: Classic and Romantic Music (3 units)
• PHIL 302: Medieval Philosophy (3 units)
• PHIL 303: Modern Philosophy (3 units)
• PHIL 365: Science and Civilization (3 units)
• PLSI 353: Political Theory: The Twentieth Century (4 units)
• PLSI/I R 407: Politics of Russia (4 units)
• RUSS 260: Russian Culture and Civilization in English (3 units)
• RUSS 511: Russian Literature II in English (3 units)
• RUSS 610: Dostoevsky in English Translation (3 units)
• RUSS 613: The Russian Novel: Pushkin, Lermontov, Gogol in English (3 units)
• RUSS 615: The Russian Avant-Garde (3 units)
• SPAN 401GW: Culture and Civilization of Spain-GWAR (3 units)
• SPAN 562: Cervantes: The Quijote (3 units)
• SPAN 595: Senior Survey in Spanish or Spanish American Literature (3 units)
• TH A 401: Theatre Backgrounds: 500 B.C. - 1642 (3 units)
• TH A 402: Theatre Backgrounds: 1642 - 1900 (3 units)