ObjectivesThe European Studies program at Dalhousie is designed to guide students to a multidisciplinary understanding of contemporary Europe. It is not housed in any one department but is a combined effort of most departments in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and the University of King's College. It encourages students to develop a broad perspective on Europe as seen through history and politics, literature and ideas, and the fine arts, with special emphasis placed on acquisition of language skills.
Academic titleBachelor of Arts in European Studies
Course descriptionBA 20-credit Major
Year I
A student would normally take five full-credit classes in the first year, meeting the distribution requirements of the BA. These classes include:
1. a writing requirement class
2. HIST 1004X/Y.06 (European History), or an equivalent class in a later year
3. a language other than English
4. a social sciences class
5. a natural science class
Note: Completion of the King's College Foundation Year Program satisfies the first-year requirements for the European Studies 20-credit Major, with the exception of the language class and the natural science class.
Year II to IV
• After the first year, students take a minimum of nine classes from the approved list of classes with significant European content.
• No more than four of these may be taken in any one department, and at least five must be taken in two other departments.
• At least three classes should be at the 3000 level or above, taken from at least two different departments.
• The 4000-level multidisciplinary seminar and the 2nd year core class are also required.
Students should aim, with help from the European Studies Coordinator, for a balance in their classes to reflect the three general areas outlined above.
EURO 2100X/Y.06: Europe: Ideas, Culture and Society.
EURO 3999.03: Independent Study.
EURO 4510.06: European Studies Seminar.
EURO 4512.03: European Studies Seminar.
EURO 4800.06: Honours Essay in European Studies.
European Studies Approved Classes
Classics
All classes
Religious Studies
• RELS 2002.03 Christianity
• RELS 3008.03 Medieval Church
Contemporary Studies
• CTMP 2190.03: Wittgenstein
• CTMP 2301.03: Narrative and Meta-Narrative
• CTMP 3120.03: Wagner
• CTMP 3190.03: Weil
• CTMP 3321.03/3322.03: The Holocaust
• CTMP 4000.03: Deconstruction
• CTMP 4120.03: French Feminist Theory
• CTMP 4410.03: Contemporary Social and Political Thought
• CTMP 4301.03: Freud, Lacan and the Critique of Psychoanalysis
Early Modern Studies
All classes
Economics
• ECON 2219.03: Euros and Cents: From Common Market to European Union
• ECON 2238.03: Industrial Revolution in Europe
• ECON 2239.03: European Economy in Historical Perspective
English
• ENGL 2018.03: Arthur
• ENGL 2020.03: Sampling Medieval Literature
• ENGL 2028.03: Short Poems in English
• ENGL 2029.03: Frame Narratives
• ENGL 2030.03: Literature, Health and Healing
• ENGL 2034.03: The Short Story
• ENGL 2040.03: Mystery and Detective Fiction
• ENGL 2050.03: Literature and Propaganda
• ENGL 2205.06: Literary Landmarks
• ENGL 2214.06: Shakespeare
• ENGL 2218.03: Gothic fiction
• ENGL 2221.06: Fictions of Development
• ENGL 2229.03: Tragedy
• ENGL 2230.03: Satire
• ENGL 2240.06: Popular Culture and Modernity
• ENGL 3001.03: History of Literary Criticism
• ENGL 3002.03: Contemporary Critical Theory
• ENGL 3005.03: Canterbury Tales
• ENGL 3008.03: Introduction to Nordic Saga
• ENGL 3010.03/3011.03: Renaissance Poetry and Culture I/II
• ENGL 3015.03: Renaissance Drama
• ENGL 3017.03: English Poetry and Prose, 1660-1740
• ENGL 3019.03: Poetry and Prose, 1740-1789
• ENGL 3020.03: English Drama, 1660-1800
• ENGL 3022.03: English Fiction to 1820
• ENGL 3025.06: Literature of the Romantic Era 1789-1832
• ENGL 3029.03: Victorian Poetry
• ENGL 3031.03: 19th Century Fiction from Austen to Dickens
• ENGL 3032.03: 19th Century Fiction from Dickens to Hardy
• ENGL 3230.03: Modern Drama
• ENGL 3234.03: British Literature of the Earlier Twentieth Century
• ENGL 3235.03: British Literature of the Later Twentieth Century
Note: 4th-year seminars in English change from year to year. For classes appropriate for European Studies please consult the European Studies coordinator.
French
FREN all classes (except classes on linguistics, and on Quebec, Acadian and other non-European francophone literature and culture)
Gender and Women's Studies
• GWST 3013.03: Sex and Gender in Reformation Europe
• GWST 3250.03: French Women Writers
• GWST 4402.03: Recent French Feminist Theory
• GWST 4550.03: Literary Women of French Classicism
German
All classes
History
• HIST 1004.06: Introduction to European History
• HIST 2001.03: Early Medieval Europe
• HIST 2002.02: Later Medieval Europe
• HIST 2005.03: Europe 1400-1559
• HIST 2006.03/2007.03: The Atlantic World
• HIST 2015.03: War and Society in Early Modern Europe, 1550-1750
• HIST 2019.06: Early Modern Europe, 1450-1650
• HIST 2020.06: Imperial and Soviet Russia
• HIST 2021.03: Soviet Russia
• HIST 2022.03: Imperial Russia
• HIST 2030.06: Germany in 19th and 20th Centuries
• HIST 2032.03: 20th Century Germany
• HIST 2040.06: Modern France
• HIST 2041.03: France from the Revolution to the Great War
• HIST 2060.06: Origins of Modern Italy
• HIST 2061.03: Civilization of Baroque Italy
• HIST 2081.06: 20th Century Europe in Literature, Art and Film
• HIST 2100.06: Themes in British History
• HIST 2101.03: Medieval England
• HIST 2106.03: Tudor and Stuart England, 1485-1689
• HIST 2111.03: Modern Britain to 1884
• HIST 2112.03: Modern Britain from 1884 to present
• HIST 2151.03: History of the Scottish People
• HIST 3002.03: Medieval Church
• HIST 3003.03: England in later middle ages
• HIST 3006.03: Renaissance and Reformation Europe
• HIST 3007.03: Pre-Industrial European Society
• HIST 3013.03: Sex and gender in Reformation Europe
• HIST 3040.06: Culture and Behaviour in France 1550-1750
• HIST 3045.03: French Revolution
• HIST 3050.03: Europe and World War II
• HIST 3051.06: National Socialist and Fascist Movements
• HIST 3056.03: Holocaust
• HIST 3070.03: Urban Europe 1850-1950
• HIST 3090.03: Russian Society
• HIST 3092.03: Russian Topics
• HIST 3096.03: History of Ideas in Russia
• HIST 3102.03: Tudor History
• HIST 3103.03: Stuart History
• HIST 3105.03: English Civil War
• HIST 3107.03: English Family
• HIST 3108.03/3109.03: Topics in the Social and Cultural History of England
• HIST 3112.03: England 1867-1914
• HIST 3113.03: Britain in the Age of the First World War
• HIST 3114.03: Britain from Second World War to Thatcher
• HIST 3116.03: Advanced Seminar in British History
• HIST 4003.03: Medieval Civilization
• HIST 4060.03: Topics in the Civilization of Baroque Italy
• HIST 4105.03: English Civil War
• HIST 4106.03: Topics in Early Modern English History
• HIST 4639.03: Britain, Appeasement and the Origins of World War II
Italian Studies
All classes
Music
• MUSC 1020.03: Listening to Classical Music
• MUSC 1021.03: Listening Beyond the Classics
• MUSC 1350.03: History of Music I (to 1600)
• MUSC 1351.03: History of Music II (Baroque)
• MUSC 2350.03: History of Music III (1750-1830)
• MUSC 2351.03: History of Music IV (1830-1950)
• MUSC 3066.03: Women, Gender and Music
• MUSC 3314.03: History of Opera
• MUSC 3351.03: Music Since 1945
• MUSC 3353.03: Chamber Music Literature
• MUSC 3355.03: Piano Literature
Philosophy
• PHIL 2610.03/2620.03: History of Philosophy I, II
• PHIL 2710.03: Existentialism
• PHIL 3630.03: Kant
• PHIL 3635.03: 19th Century Philosophy
• PHIL 3650.03: Modern Philosophy
• PHIL 4190/4191/4192: Topics in the History of Philosophy
Political Science
• POLI 2410.03: Crisis and Consent
• POLI 2420.03: Revolution and Rationality
• POLI 3320.03: European Politics
• POLI 3321.03: Politics of the European Union
• POLI 3430.03: Political Philosophy of Plato
• POLI 3435.03: Machiavelli
• POLI 4479.03: Liberalism
Russian Studies
All classes
Spanish
All classes
Theatre
• THEA 2011.03: Classical Theatre
• THEA 2012.03: Early Modern Theatre
Approved Classes with some European content (please consult European Studies Coordinator)
Commerce
• COMM 3701.03: The Firm in the International Environment
Economics
• ECON 3336.03: Regional Development
• ECON 3347.03: Classical Political Economy
• ECON 3348.03: Modern Economic Thought
Music
• MUSC 2015.06: Music and Cinema
Philosophy
• PHIL 2260.03: Philosophy of Art
• PHIL 2705.03: Philosophy in Literature
• PHIL 3170.03: Theories of Feminism
• PHIL 3660.03: Post-Modern Philosophy
Political Science
• POLI 2300.06: Comparative Politics
• POLI 2520.03: Introduction to World Politics
• POLI 2530.03: Introduction to Foreign Policy
• POLI 3401.03: Contemporary Political Thought
• POLI 3475.03: Democratic Theory
• POLI 3431.03: Politics through Film and Literature
• POLI 3587.03: International Political Economy
Sociology and Social Anthropology
• SOSA 2200.06: Family in Comparative Perspective
• SOSA 3005.03: Does Industrial Society Have a Future?
• SOSA 3206.03: Ethnicity, Nationalism and Race
• SOSA 3401.03: History of Sociological Thought
Theatre
• THEA 2300.06: Film Study
• THEA 2310.06: Film Genres
• THEA 3010.06: History of Musical Theatre
• THEA 3500.06: Modern Theatre
• THEA 3600.06: Playwright in the Theatre
• THEA 3911.03: Gender in Theatre: A Cross-Cultural Survey
• THEA 4931.03: Contemporary Theatre