European Studies
Requirements
The pressing issues facing Europe today reveal its tremendous diversity and the globalizing elements that invite investigation. When you understand complex European relations and dynamics in the past and present, you'll stand out as a globally informed leader with critical thinking and communication skills.
Description
The European studies concentration provides a broad overview of European countries, including their natural environment and their cultural, demographic, economic and political characteristics.
The program focuses on the interconnectedness of European politics, religious diversity, ethnicities, socioeconomic justice and sustainable solutions. It also develops students' ability to analyze the historical development of the region and its exchanges with other world cultures.
Students analyze what it has meant to be European in the past, how the concept has shifted in a globalized world, and how that knowledge can be applied to contemporary political and cultural debates as well as to professional opportunities in the region.
Program learning outcomes
Program learning outcomes identify what a student will learn or be able to do upon completion of their program. This program has the following program outcomes:
- Analyze the historical and contemporary borders of Europe and its sub-regions.
- Communicate research findings on a topic of European studies in an oral presentation using visual materials.
Requirements
- The certificate requires 15 credit hours of upper-division coursework.
- Each course must be completed with a grade of "C" (2.00 on a 4.00 scale) or better.
Required Core Course -- 6 credit hours
GCU 325: Geography of Europe (SB & G) or POS 352: European Democracies (3)
CEL/ENG/SLC/THE 429: Studies in European Literature and Culture
Electives (choose two) -- 6 credit hours
CEL 375: Politics and Leadership in the Age of Revolutions, 1776-1826 (3)
CEL 394: Faith and Reason: The Trial of Galileo (3)
CEL 394: Justice and Virtue (3)
CEL 394: War & Culture Central Europe: Empire or Lib Democracy (3)
CEL 481: Debating Globalism and Nationalism, Past and Present (3)
CEL 494: Classical Mythology and the Western Tradition (3)
FRE 321: French Cultural Masterpieces I ((L or HU) & H) (3)
FRE 322: French Cultural Masterpieces II (L or HU) (3)
FRE 414 / ITA 414 / SLC 414: French and Italian Popular Culture ((L or HU) & G) (3)
FRE 415: French Civilization I (HU) (3)
FRE 416: French Civilization II (HU & G) (3)
FRE 494 / ITA 494: Paris & Florence in the Middle Ages (1100-1500) or SLC 494: Paris and Florence in the Middle Ages (1100-1500) (3)
GCU 325: Geography of Europe (SB & G) (3)
GCU 426: Geography of Russia and Surroundings (SB & G) (3)
GER 416: German Civilization (HU & H & G) (3)
GER 422: German Literature Survey, 1800-Today (L or HU) (3)
GER 445 / FMS 445: Holocaust, War and German Memory (HU) (3)
GER 446: Weimar-Era German Film (3)
GER 447 / SLC 447: German Modernism (3)
GRK 344 / LAT 344 / SLC 344: Classics and Comics (HU) (3)
GRK 347 / HST 347 / SLC 345: Ancient Greece I: Bronze Age through the Peloponnesian War (SB & H) (3)
GRK 360 / LAT 360 / SLC 360 / HST 397: Greece and Rome at War (3)
GRK 362 / SLC 362 / REL 360: Ancient Greek Religion (HU) (3)
HST 304 / JST 304: Studies in European History (3)
HST 351: Renaissance Europe ((L or HU or SB) & H) (3)
HST 352: Europe's Reformations ((L or HU or SB) & H) (3)
HST 354: Revolutionary Europe (SB & H) (3)
HST 355: Total War and the Crisis of Modernity (SB & G & H) (3)
HST 356: Europe since 1945 (SB & G & H) (3)
HST 359: Jewish History from 1492 to 1948 (SB & G & H) (3)
HST 361 / REL 374: Witchcraft and Heresy in Europe ((L or HU) & H) (3)
HST 364: Sex and Society in Modern Europe ((L or SB) & H) (3)
HST 368: Culture and Imagination in European History (HU & H) (3)
HST 370: Eastern Europe in Transition (SB & G & H) (3)
HST 373 / LAT 373 / SLC 373: Roman History I: Foundations and Republic (3)
HST 374 / LAT 374 / SLC 374: Roman History II: The Roman Empire (HU & H) (3)
HST 427: French Revolution/Napoleonic Era (SB & H) (3)
HST 429: Modern Germany (SB & G & H) (3)
HST 465: Women in Europe, 1750 to Present ((HU or SB) & H) (3)
ITA 315: Italian Culture: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (HU & G) (3)
ITA 321: Italian Renaissance Culture: Politicians, Merchants, Artists and Courtesans (H) (3)
ITA 322: Modern Italian Culture: Explorers, Scientists, Musicians and Revolutionaries (HU) (3)
ITA 350 / SLC 350: Food and Culture: The Mediterranean Lifestyle in Italy (3)
ITA 423 / SLC 423: Italian Organized Crime in Films and History ((L or HU) & G) (3)
POS 352: European Democracies (3)
POS 356: European Union (SB & G) (3)
REL 312: History and Memory of the Holocaust (3)
REL 377: Religion in Russia (HU & H) (3)
REL 382: Magick, Religion and Science (L or HU) (3)
RUS 323: Russian Literature and Revolution: The Twentieth Century ((L or HU) & G) (3)
RUS 430: Russian Short Story (L or HU) (3)
RUS 440: Russian Mass Media (G) (3)
SLC 442 / ROM 442: Dracula and Vampire Lore ((L or HU) & G & H) (3)
SPA 425: Understanding Spain: Literature and Culture Before 1700 (HU) (3)
SPA 426: Literature and Society in Modern Spain (HU) (3)
SPA 473: Old and New Spaniards: Culture and Civilization of Spain ((HU or SB) & G) (3)
Capstone Experience (choose one) -- 3 upper division credit hours
Students select Capstone Experience from list below in consultation with the European studies certificate faculty coordinator and academic advisor.
Students may use credit earned on a study abroad program in a European country. Placement of the credit must be reviewed and approved by the European studies concentration faculty coordinator and the academic advisor.
Independent Study with Area Expert
FRE 499: Individualized Instruction (3)
GER 499: Individualized Instruction (3)
ITA 499: Individualized Instruction (3)
ROM 499: Individualized Instruction (3)
RUS 499: Individualized Instruction (3)
SLC 499: Individualized Instruction (3)
SPA 499: Individualized Instruction (3)
Internship
FRE 484: Internship (3)
GER 484: Internship (3)
ITA 484: Internship (3)
RUS 484: Internship (3)
SLC 484: Internship (3)
SPA 484: Internship (3)
Professional Seminar
SLC 498: Pro-Seminar (3)
SPA 498: Pro-Seminar (3)
Prerequisite courses may be needed in order to complete the requirements of this concentration.
YEAR
2025-26
CAMPUS
Tempe
ADVISING
Interdisciplinary Studies Advising
cisa.asu.edu/advising
All appointments:
480-965-4464
Downtown Phoenix
Arizona Center, Suite 380
Polytechnic
Santa Catalina Hall
Tempe
Urban Systems Engineering
Online
480-965-4464
DARS CODE
LAESTEMPH
COLLEGE/SCHOOL
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
CONCENTRATION CONTACT
School of International Letters and Cultures | DH 131
silcadvising@asu.edu
480-965-6281