Major (24 hours)

Required Courses (6 hours)

• EURO 300: Introductory Seminar on Contemporary Europe (3)
• EURO 490: Senior Seminar (3)

Electives (18 hours) are to be selected in consultation with program director from an approved list of interdisciplinary courses. Substitutions allowed when appropriate. A thesis option (EURO 499), is also encouraged but not required. 

Total : 24 hours

European Language Study Requirement. EURO majors are expected to acquire proficiency in a European language other than English. They must have proof of 6 hours of 300-level language coursework or the equivalent AND complete a study abroad experience in Europe, ideally in a region where the language of study is spoken, via a summer or semester program. Scholarships are available.
EURO students are in charge of their major: together with the Program Director, they create a program of study that examines a central theme, for example, terrorism; borders, migration, and refugees; trends in popular culture; European Union integration and expansion; regional history; or issues specific to a country or region.

Minor (18 hours)

Required Courses (6 hours)

• EURO 300: Introductory Seminar on Contemporary Europe (3)
• European Language, 2 courses on 200+ level or equivalent (3)

Electives are to be selected in consultation with program director from an approved list of interdisciplinary courses. Substitutions allowed when appropriate.

Total : 18 hours

Approved Courses

Anthropology
ANTH 291 – Anthropology of Europe (3) 

Art
ARTH 315 – History of Medieval Art (3) 
ARTH 320 – History of Italian Renaissance Art (3) 
ARTH 321 – History of Northern Renaissance Art (3) 
ARTH 325 – History of Southern Baroque Art (3) 
ARTH 326 – History of Northern Baroque Art (3) 
ARTH 327 – History of 18th Century Art (3) 
ARTH 330 – History of 19th Century Art (3) 
ARTH 335 – History of 20th Century Art (3)

Economics
ECON 303 – The International Economy (3)
ECON 408 – History of Economic Thought (3)

English
ENGL 390 – Great Books of the Western World I {=CPLT 301} (3)
ENGL 391 – Great Books of the Western World II {=CPLT 302} (3) 
ENGL 400-419 (Genre and period courses in specifically English literature.)
ENGL 438B – Studies in Regional Literature (3). Scotland.
ENGL 438C – Studies in Regional Literature (3). Ireland.
ENGL 438E – Studies in Regional Literature. (3) Authors and literary forms representative of the British Commonwealth.

History
HIST 306 – The Birth of Europe (3)
HIST 307 – Family and Society in Europe (3)
HIST 308 – Popular Culture in Europe, c.1200-1700 (3)
HIST 309 – Age of Renaissance (3)
HIST 310 – Age of Reformation (3)
HIST 311 – The Age of Absolutism, 1648-1715 (3)
HIST 312 – French Revolution and Napoleon (3)
HIST 313 – The Enlightenment (3) 
HIST 316 – Nineteenth-Century Europe (3) 
HIST 317 – Contemporary Europe from World War I to World War II (3) 
HIST 318 – Europe from World War II to the Present (3) 
HIST 320 – The History of Great Britain (3) 
HIST 321 – The History of Great Britain (3)
HIST 322 – Celtic and Roman Britain, 2000 B.C.-A.D. 500 (3) 
HIST 323 – England under the Normans and Angevins, 1066-1307 (3) 
HIST 324 – Late Medieval England, 1307-1485 (3) 
HIST 325 – England Under the Tudors, 1485-1603 (3) 
HIST 326 – England Under the Stuarts, 1603-1714 (3) 
HIST 327 – Great Britain Under the Hanoverians, 1714-1815 (3) 
HIST 328 – Nineteenth-Century Britain (3)
HIST 329 – Modern and Contemporary Britain (3) 
HIST 333 – France Since 1815 (3)
HIST 338 – Modern Germany (3) 
HIST 342 – The Slavs in History (3) 
HIST 343 – The Fall of the Eastern European Empires (3) 
HIST 344 – Eastern Europe Since WWI (3) 
HIST 370 – The Napoleonic Wars (1796-1815) (3) 
HIST 374 – Nationalism: Myth and Reality (3) 
HIST 375 – Nazis and Fascists in European History, 1919-1945 (3) 
HIST 376 – War and European Society, 1914-1945 (3) 
HIST 377 – Business in Historical Perspective (3)
HIST 378 – Urban Experience in Modern Europe (3) 
HIST 382 – History of Crime and Punishment in the Western World. {=CRJU 382} (3) 
HIST 385 – The Expansion of Christianity (3)

Geography
GEOG 225 – Geography of Europe (3).

Languages (European)
300+ level content courses – culture, literature, history, etc. – not counted toward the EURO language requirement may be counted toward the major, as well as equivalent courses taken abroad or taught in translation.

Music
MUSC 353 – History of Western Music I (3)
MUSC 354 – History of Western Music II. (3)


Philosophy
PHIL 301 – Nineteenth- and 20th-Century Philosophy (3)
PHIL 304 – History of Medieval Philosophy (3)
PHIL 320 – Existentialism (3)
PHIL 328 – Contemporary Marxism and Society (3)

Political Science
POLI 302 – Classical and Medieval Political Theory (3)
POLI 381 – Comparative Politics of Industrialized Countries (3)
POLI 391 – Topics in Political Science (3). May be repeated once as topics change. 
Topic(s) must be related to Europe.
POLI 440 – Russian Foreign Policy (3)
POLI 480 – Politics and Government of Russia (3)
POLI 481 – Politics and Governments of Europe (3)

Religion
RELG 373 – Holocaust and Religion (3)

Theatre
THEA 561 – History of the Theatre I (3) 
THEA 562 – History of the Theatre II (3)

*Majors and minors may petition to substitute courses not on this list (e.g., special topics courses, May Term courses). Contact European Studies Director perselsj@sc.edu