European Studies Minor

Coordinator: Thomas Mathews
Location: Elizabeth Hall, Room 420
Telephone: 801-626-6345

The European Studies Minor is an interdisciplinary program offered through several WSU departments. Students wishing to minor in European Studies must have their course selection approved by the program coordinator.

Grade Requirements: A grade of “C” or better in each course used toward the minor (a grade of “C-” is not acceptable).
Credit Hour Requirements: A minimum of 18 credit hours in addition to two years of college study (or the equivalent) of a European language. Courses taken which are part of the student’s major will not count as fulfillment of the minor requirement. Of the total 18 credit hours, only six may be taken in the same department.
Program Code: 3036
CIPC: 050106

Advisement

All students electing the minor are required to meet with the coordinator for approval of all courses to be counted toward fulfillment of the requirements. The coordinator will ascertain that the individual courses selected are eligible to be counted, and that together they form a coherent curriculum of sufficient breadth.

Course Requirements for Minor

The following are required in addition to two years of college study in a European language other than the student’s native language, or equivalent proficiency to be demonstrated by the student.

Core requirements (9 credit hours)

FL 3320 - Applied Language Studies Credits: (1-3) Take either: “European Language & Society” (3 cr) OR “European Culture & Community” (3 cr)

Two courses (six credit hours) from the following; courses may not be from the same department:

HIST 4220 - History of the Middle Ages 300-1300 Credits: (3)
HIST 4230 - Renaissance and Reformation - Europe: 1300-1660 Credits: (3)
HIST 4240 - Absolutism, Enlightenment and Revolution - Europe: 1660-1815 Credits: (3)
HIST 4250 - Nineteenth-Century Europe Credits: (3)
HIST 4260 - Twentieth-Century Europe Credits: (3)
HIST 4280 - History of Christianity in Europe Credits: (3)
GEOG 3590 - Geography of Europe Credits: (3)
POLS 3210 - Politics and Governments of Europe Credits: (3)

Elective requirements (9 credit hours)

Select nine additional credit hours from the following programs and departments as approved by the program coordinator: Anthropology, Communication, English, Foreign Language, Performing Arts, Business & Economics, Geography, History, Political Science, Philosophy, Sociology, Honors. Courses selected and approved from these departments must have explicit European emphasis and content.