European Studies Program Majors
The emphasis consists of a program of 39 units: 24 in core courses offered by the Humanities Department and 15 units in electives offered by other departments.
Core Courses (24 units)
- Humanities 119A Interdisciplinary Studies: Antiquity
- Humanities 119B Interdisciplinary Studies: the Middle Ages
- Humanities 120A Interdisciplinary Studies: the Renaissance & Baroque Eras
- Humanities 120B Interdisciplinary Studies: the Enlightenment and Romantic Eras
- Humanities 128 Western Culture and Society in the 20th Century
- Humanities 160 Contemporary Issues
- Humanities 190 Senior Seminar
And
- American Studies 159 Nature and World Cultures
Or
- American Studies 169 The American Dream
Or
- American Studies 179 Popular Culture in America
Electives
One course from each of the following areas plus one course from any one of these areas:
Area 1 Values and Ideas
- History 141A, B Social and Intellectual History of Europe
- History 142 History of Science and Technology in the Modern World
- Philosophy 106 Philosophy of Art
- Philosophy 108 Political and Social Philosophy
- Religious Studies 131 Women in Religion
- Religious Studies 151 Catholic and Protestant Traditions
- Religious Studies 153 The Jewish Tradition
Area 2 The Arts
- Art History 185 Art of the Classical World
- Art History 186A, B Medieval Art
- Art History 187A, B Art of the Italian Renaissance
- Art History 188A Northern Renaissance Art
- Art History 189 Baroque Art
- Art History 190A Art of the 19th Century
- Creative Arts 173A Correlation of the Arts
- Creative Arts 173B 20th Century Creative Arts
- Theater Arts 120 Development of the Drama
- Theater Arts 121 Topics in Performance History
- Theater Arts 127 Contemporary Theater
- Music 110 Music History to 1750
- Music 111 Music History 1750 tp the Present
Area 3 Literature
- English 118 Modern European Fiction
- English 121 Introduction to Comparative Literature
- English 125A European Literature
- English 144 Shakespeare
- English 153A, B The English Novel
- French 120A, B French Literature up to the 18th Century
- French 140A, B French Literature: 19th and 20th Century
- German 140A, B German Literature
- Italian 101A, B Advanced Italian
- Italian 102 Italian Culture
- Spanish 120A, B Spanish Literature
- Spanish 140A, B Spanish American Literature
Area 4 Politics and Society
- History 115 Ancient Near East
- History 116 History of Greece
- History 117 History of Rome
- History 121A, B The Medieval World
- History 122 The Renaissance and the Age of Reason
- History 144 Europe, 1900-1945
- Political Science 160A, B Classic/Modern Political Theory
- English 182 Women in Literature