UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM IN EUROPEAN STUDIES

152 Humanities Instructional Building; (949) 824-9290
Jane O. Newman, Director

Advisory Committee

Kai Evers, Department of German

Zina Giannopoulou, Department of Classics

Elizabeth Guthrie, Department of French

Michelle Hamilton, Department of Spanish and Portuguese

Julia Reinhard Lupton, Department of English

J. Michelle Molina, Department of History

Martin Schwab, Department of Philosophy

Core Faculty

Elizabeth Allen, Ph.D. University of Michigan, Associate Professor of English

Luis F. Avilés, Ph.D. Brown University, Associate Professor of Spanish

George Bauer, Ph.D. Princeton University, Professor Emeritus of Art History

Linda Freeman Bauer, Ph.D. Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, Professor Emerita of Art History

Anke S. Biendarra, Ph.D. University of Washington, Assistant Professor of German

Carolyn P. Boyd, Ph.D. University of Washington, Dean of the Graduate Division and Professor of History

Ellen S. Burt, Ph.D. Yale University, Department Chair of French and Italian and Professor of French and Comparative Literature

Russell Dalton, Ph.D. University of Michigan, Professor of Political Science

Edward Dimendberg, Ph.D. University of California, Santa Cruz, Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies

Kai Evers, Ph.D. Duke University, Assistant Professor of German

Sarah Farmer, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Associate Professor of History

Linda Georgianna, Ph.D. Columbia University, Professor Emerita of English

Zina Giannopoulou, Ph.D. University of Illinois, Assistant Professor of Classics

James B. Given, Ph.D. Stanford University, Professor of History

Elizabeth Guthrie, Ph.D. University of Illinois, Director of the French Language Program and Senior Lecturer with Security of Employment

Michelle M. Hamilton, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Assistant Professor of Spanish

Gail K. Hart, Ph.D. University of Virginia, Professor of German

Douglas M. Haynes, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Director of the ADVANCE Program for Faculty Equity and Diversity and Associate Professor of History

James D. Herbert, Ph.D. Yale University, Professor of Art History

Richard Kroll, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, Professor of English

Meredith Lee, Ph.D. Yale University, Professor Emerita of German

Jayne Lewis, Ph.D. Princeton University, Professor of English

Catherine Liu, Ph.D. City University of New York Graduate School and Center, Director of the Humanities Center, Co-Director of the Humanities and Arts Major, and Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies and of Comparative Literature

Lynn Mally, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Professor of History

Anthony McGann, Ph.D. Duke University, Assistant Professor of Political Science

Robert G. Moeller, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Department Chair and Professor of History

J. Michelle Molina, Ph.D. University of Chicago, Assistant Professor of History

Gonzalo Navajas, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, Professor of Spanish

Jane O. Newman, Ph.D. Princeton University, Director of European Studies and Professor of Comparative Literature

Carrie J. Noland, Ph.D. Harvard University, Associate Professor of French

David T. Pan, Ph.D. Columbia University, Associate Professor of German

Gary Richardson, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Associate Professor of Economics

Thomas P. Saine, Ph.D. Yale University, Professor Emeritus of German

Annette Schlichter, Ph.D. Humboldt University of Berlin, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature

Gabriele Schwab, Ph.D. University of Konstanz, UCI Chancellor's Professor of Comparative Literature

Martin Schwab, Ph.D. University of Bielefeld, Director of the Minor in Humanities and Law and Professor of Philosophy and Comparative Literature

Victoria Silver, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, Associate Professor of English

John H. Smith, Ph.D. Princeton University, Department Chair and Professor of German, and Professor of Comparative Literature

James Steintrager, Ph.D. Columbia University, Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Timothy Tackett, Ph.D. Stanford University, Professor of History

Yuliya V. Tverdova, M.P.A. Binghamton University, Assistant Professor of Political Science

Undergraduate Program

The program in European Studies provides undergraduates with an opportunity to study Europe from the vantage points of several disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. Because Europe is both a geographical place and an idea which changes throughout history, it has had different meanings at different times and in different places. The study of Europe thus requires an open, pluralistic, and interdisciplinary curriculum that takes a critical approach to the idea (or ideas) of Europe. The program provides a multidisciplinary view of Europe as a whole and of its historical, political, and cultural formation and global implications. It also provides a focus on a specific area of European experience that cuts across traditional disciplinary and national boundaries. Participation in an Education Abroad Program in a European country is strongly recommended for all European Studies majors.

Students may elect to emphasize one of the following areas: Medieval Studies, Early Modern Europe (1450-1789), Modern Europe (1789-present), Encounters with the Non-European World, British Studies, French Studies, German Studies, Italian Studies, The Mediterranean World: Past and Present, Russian Studies, or Spanish/Portuguese Studies. As an alternative, students may define their own emphasis in consultation with a program advisor and with the approval of the European Studies Advisory Board.

Because there are so many emphasis options within the major, students are required to consult the Director on a quarterly basis for academic advising.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

A degree in European Studies prepares its graduates to enter advanced degree programs in international business, history, law, and political science. The strong academic skills and professional orientation acquired by European Studies majors are necessary to pursue successful careers in

such fields as international banking, law, journalism, management, public relations, publishing, and government service. Humanities graduates in general learn to express ideas clearly, do independent research, and think analytically and imaginatively—the required tools for success beyond the undergraduate career.

The UCI Career Center provides services to students and alumni including career counseling, information about job opportunities, a career library, and workshops on resume preparation, job search, and interview techniques. See the Career Center section for additional information.

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE BACHELOR'S DEGREE

University Requirements: See pages 58-63.

School Requirements: See pages 259-260.

Requirements for the Major

Completion of two years of language (through the 2C level or equivalent) in French, German, classical Greek, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Russian, or Spanish.

Fourteen courses, of which five may be lower-division:

A.   History 70B.

B.   European Studies 101A-B.

C.   Six courses from an approved emphasis list (see sample below), four of which must be upper-division.

D.   Four multidisciplinary electives: two courses in European History or Political Science or Social Science outside the student's emphasis, and two courses in European Literature or Arts outside the student's emphasis. NOTE: For the student with a focus on modern Europe, at least one of these courses must be on a pre-1789 topic; for the student with an emphasis in Medieval or Early Modern Europe, one of these courses must be on a post-1789 topic.

E.   European Studies 190, taken to satisfy the upper-division writing requirement.

NOTE: One course from either the approved emphasis list or the elective category must be from the Encounters with the Non-European World emphasis.

NOTE: Courses are sometimes approved in more than one emphasis. Any course that appears on the approved list for a student's emphasis cannot be used as a course outside the emphasis even if it also appears on other lists.

Quarterly consultation with the Director of European Studies is required.

Residence Requirement for the Major: At least five upper-division courses required for the major must be completed successfully at UCI.

Emphases and Approved Courses: The following list includes a few examples of courses that have been approved for each emphasis. The complete list is extensive and varies from quarter to quarter, depending upon course scheduling. For complete up-to-date information about approved courses, students are advised to consult the European Studies Web site at http://www.humanities.uci.edu/european_studies/.

Medieval Studies: Gothic Architecture (Art History 114A), Women and Gender in Late Medieval Literature (English 102A), Jewish History from Ancient to Early Modern (History 130A).

Early Modern Europe (1450-1789): Art of Venice (Art History 121), Milton (English 103), Tudor England (History 117A).

Modern Europe (1789-present): Modern European Art (Art History 134), German Literature and Culture in Translation (German 150), World War, Cold War, and Reunification: 1939- (History 122C).

Encounters with the Non-European World: New World Slave Societies and Their Legacies (African American Studies 140), Topics in East Asian Philosophy (East Asian Languages and Literatures 117), Indian and Colonial Societies in Mexico (History 161A).

British Studies: Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama (Drama 103), Medieval and Renaissance Literature (English 102A), Stuart England (History 117B).

French Studies: Problems in French Culture (French 110), French Cinema (French 160), Early Modern France: 1500-1774 (History 120A).

German Studies: Literature and Society 1918-1945 (German 102B), Emergence of the German Nation: 1815-1890 (History 122A), Hegel to Nietzsche (History 127B).

Italian Studies: Studies in Southern Renaissance Art (Art History 121), Renaissance Europe (History 112A), Introduction to Italian Literature (Italian 101).

The Mediterranean World: Past and Present: Studies in Greek Art (Art History 103), Classical Mythology (Classics 150), Later Roman Empire (History 105B).

Russian Studies: Twentieth-Century Russia (History 124B), Peoples and Cultures of Post-Soviet Eurasia (Political Science 154F), Topics in Russian Literature (Russian 150).

Spanish/Portuguese Studies: Introduction to Portuguese and Brazilian Literature (Portuguese 120), Latin American Literature of the Twentieth Century (Spanish 130C), Literature in Translation (Spanish 150).

Requirements for the Minor

Ten courses are required: (a) History 70B; (b) European Studies 101A-B; (c) three courses selected from a single emphasis (see sample list above and at http://www.humanities.uci.edu/european_studies/); and (d) four electives: two courses in European History or Political Science or Social Science outside the student's emphasis, and two courses in European Literature or Arts outside the student's emphasis, approved by petition to the European Studies Committee. NOTE: For the student with a focus on modern Europe, at least one of these courses must be on a pre-1789 topic; for the student with an emphasis in Medieval or Early Modern Europe, one of these courses must be on a post-1789 topic.

NOTE: Courses are sometimes approved in more than one emphasis. Any course that appears on the approved list for a student's emphasis cannot be used as a course outside the emphasis even if it also appears on other lists.

Residence Requirement for the Minor: At least four upper-division courses required for the minor must be completed successfully at UCI. By petition, two of the four may be taken through the UC Education Abroad Program, providing course content is approved in advance by the appropriate department chair.

Courses in European Studies

101A European Studies Core I: Early Europe (Pre-1789) (4). Introduces students to multidisciplinary approaches to important themes in European society, culture, art, literature, and politics, encouraging students to see points of intersection among disciplines. Possible themes: Subjects, Citizens, and Representation; Europe in the World; European Revolutions in Art and Society. Prerequisite: satisfactory completion of the lower-division writing requirement. Formerly Humanities 101A. (VIII)

101B European Studies Core II: Modern Europe (1789-Present) (4). Introduces students to multidisciplinary approaches to important themes in modern European society, culture, art, literature, and politics, encouraging students to see points of intersection among disciplines. Possible themes: Subjects, Citizens, and Representation; Europe in the World; European Revolutions in Art and Society. Prerequisite: satisfactory completion of the lower-division writing requirement. Formerly Humanities 101B. (VIII)

102 Topics in Early European History and Culture: Pre-1789 (4). Addresses historical and cultural events, issues, and texts (art, literature, music, political theory) from the pre-1789 period in more than one European country.

103 Topics in Early European History and Culture: Post-1789 (4). Addresses historical and cultural events, issues, and texts (art, literature, music, political theory) from 1789 to present in more than one European country.

190 Senior Seminar in European Studies (4). Capstone research seminar. Students engage in rigorous, in-depth, interdisciplinary exploration of specific topics, periods, or themes, investigating and analyzing the intersection of material and discursive culture in different historical periods and geographical locations. Topics vary. Prerequisites: European Studies 101A, 101B, and consent of instructor; satisfactory completion of the lower-division writing requirement. Formerly Humanities 190.