Courses


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The following list includes courses on topics related to Modern Western Europe and the European Union. Students electing the Minor in Modern Western European Studies should consult the MWES advisor for approval of any course to be used toward the minor.

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Courses in modern language departments are listed only when their topics are relevant to an understanding of the culture, history, and politics of Western Europe or the EU. Students are invited to consult the course guide for a complete list of language courses. 

Undergraduate and graduate courses of interest to students who wish to learn more about the European Union are marked with an asterisk (*).

For complete LSA course descriptions please refer to LSA Course Guide.

 

AnthropologyANTHRCULFall 2008306.001Anthropology and Film: East Cental Europe3Undergraduate
AnthropologyANTHRCULFall 2008306.001Anthropology and Film: East Cental Europe3Undergraduate
AnthropologyANTHRCULFall 2008428.001Sex Panics in the US and UK Since 18903Undergraduate
AnthropologyANTHRCULFall 2008558.002Current Issues in Sociocultural Anthropology: Romani Diaspora3Graduate
Center for International & Comparative StudiesCICSFall 2008401.001International Studies Advanced Seminar: Human Rights and Public Policy4UG/G
Center for International & Comparative StudiesCICSFall 2008401.002International Studies Advanced Seminar: The International Law and Politics of Human Rights3Undergraduate
Center for Russian & East European StudiesREESFall 2008405.001Topics in Russian and East European Studies: Eastern Europe from 1500-19004Undergraduate
Center for Russian & East European StudiesREESFall 2008405.005Current Issues in Sociocultural Anthropology: Romani Diaspora3Graduate
Center for Russian & East European StudiesREESFall 2008410.001Polish Culture: Revolution in the Attic1Undergraduate
Center for Russian & East European StudiesREESFall 2008695.001Colloquium on Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies*3Graduate
Communication StudiesCOMMFall 2008432.002Foreign News Coverage3Undergraduate
Communication StudiesCOMMFall 2008439.001Seminar in Journalistic Performance: Global Media and Press Freedom3Undergraduate
Communication StudiesCOMMFall 2008439.002Seminar in Journalistic Performance: Global Media and Press Freedom3Undergraduate
Comparative LiteratureCOMPLITFall 2008260.001Europe and Its Others3Undergraduate
Comparative LiteratureCOMPLITFall 2008350.001The Text and Its Cultural Context: Conflict of Interpretation3Undergraduate
Comparative LiteratureCOMPLITFall 2008740.001Seminar in Major Authors: East European Poets in the West3Graduate
Comparative LiteratureCOMPLITFall 2008340.001Travels to Greece3Undergraduate
EconomicsECONFall 2008541.001International Trade Policy3Graduate
EconomicsECONFall 2008441.001International Trade Theory3Undergraduate
EconomicsECONFall 2008453.001The European Economy*4Undergraduate
EconomicsECONFall 2008664.001Topics in World Economic History: History of Atlantic Economies3Graduate
EconomicsECONFall 2008841.001Research Seminar in International Economics3Graduate
EconomicsECONFall 2008642.001International Finance3Graduate
English Language & LiteratureENGLISHFall 2008298.004Introduction to Literary Studies: Inventing Reality3Undergraduate
English Language & LiteratureENGLISHFall 2008313.001Topics in Literary Studies: Jane Austen4Undergraduate
English Language & LiteratureENGLISHFall 2008367.001Shakespeare's Principal Plays4Undergraduate
English Language & LiteratureENGLISHFall 2008433.001The Modern Novel4Undergraduate
English Language & LiteratureENGLISHFall 2008350.001Literature in English to 1660: Questioning Heroic, Singing Romance4Undergraduate
English Language & LiteratureENGLISHFall 2008398.003Junior Seminar in English Studies: Samuel Beckett4Undergraduate
English Language & LiteratureENGLISHFall 2008298.001Introduction to Literary Studies3Undergraduate
English Language & LiteratureENGLISHFall 2008315.002Women & Literature: Being a Heroine3Undergraduate
Germanic LanguagesGERMANFall 2008232.001Second Year Course: Contemporary German Society and Business Culture4Undergraduate
Germanic LanguagesGERMANFall 2008232.003Second Year Course: Mathematical Scientific German4Undergraduate
Germanic LanguagesGERMANFall 2008232.004Second Year Course: Introduction to German Theater4Undergraduate
Germanic LanguagesGERMANFall 2008232.005Second Year Course: Introduction to German Film4Undergraduate
Germanic LanguagesGERMANFall 2008232.006Second Year Course: Introduction to German Film4Undergraduate
Germanic LanguagesGERMANFall 2008302.001German Politics, History and Society*3Undergraduate
Germanic LanguagesGERMANFall 2008310.001Studies in German Culture1Undergraduate
Germanic LanguagesGERMANFall 2008325.002Intermediate German: Expressionism and German Culture3Undergraduate
Germanic LanguagesDUTCHFall 2008160.001First Year Seminar: Colonialism and Its Aftermath: Issues in Race and Ethnicity3Undergraduate
Germanic LanguagesGERMANFall 2008325.001Intermediate German: Other Victims of the Holocaust3Undergraduate
Germanic LanguagesGERMANFall 2008325.003Intermediate German: Threepenny Opera3Undergraduate
Germanic LanguagesGERMANFall 2008325.004Intermediate German: German for Engineering I3Undergraduate
Germanic LanguagesGERMANFall 2008325.005Intermediate German: German Film Classics3Undergraduate
Germanic LanguagesGERMANFall 2008325.006Intermediate German: Soccer3Undergraduate
Germanic LanguagesGERMANFall 2008325.007Intermediate German: Voices from the First World War3Undergraduate
Germanic LanguagesGERMANFall 2008330.001German Cinema: Nazi Cinema3Undergraduate
Germanic LanguagesGERMANFall 2008350.001Business German3Undergraduate
Germanic LanguagesGERMANFall 2008351.001Practice in Business German3Undergraduate
Germanic LanguagesGERMANFall 2008375.001Celtic and Nordic Mythology3Undergraduate
Germanic LanguagesSCANDFall 2008375.001Celtic and Nordic Mythology3Undergraduate
Germanic LanguagesGERMANFall 2008380.001Introduction to German Literature3Undergraduate
Germanic LanguagesGERMANFall 2008390.001Thinking Hard: Readings in the History of Germany Theory3Undergraduate
Germanic LanguagesGERMANFall 2008401.00119th Century German and European Thought3UG/G
Germanic LanguagesGERMANFall 2008455.00119th Century German Fiction: Goethe's Poetry3UG/G
Germanic LanguagesGERMANFall 2008464.001Postwar German Ethnicities in Literature and Culture3UG/G
Germanic LanguagesGERMANFall 2008499.002Seminar in German Studies: German Culture and the French Revolution3Undergraduate
Germanic LanguagesGERMANFall 2008431.001Business German: Management and Marketing3UG/G
Germanic LanguagesGERMANFall 2008449.001Special Topics in English Translation: The Power of Music3Undergraduate
Germanic LanguagesGERMANFall 2008499.001Seminar in German Studies: Child-Murder3UG/G
Germanic LanguagesGERMANFall 2008540.001Introduction to German Studies: Modernisms/Modernities3Graduate
Germanic LanguagesSCANDFall 2008331.001Introduction to Scandinavian Civilization3Undergraduate
Germanic LanguagesSCANDFall 2008351.001Practice in Business Swedish3Undergraduate
Great BooksGTBOOKSFall 2008291.001Great Books of Modern Literature4Undergraduate
HistoryHISTORYFall 2008220.001Survey of British History to 16884Undergraduate
HistoryHISTORYFall 2008318.001Europe in the Era of Total War: 1870-19454Undergraduate
HistoryHISTORYFall 2008320.001Britian, 1901-1939: Culture and Politics4Undergraduate
HistoryHISTORYFall 2008330.001Eastern Europe from 1500-19004Undergraduate
HistoryHISTORYFall 2008416.00119th Century German and European Intellectual History3UG/G
HistoryHISTORYFall 2008623.001Topics in World Economic History: History of Atlantic Economies*3Graduate
HistoryHISTORYFall 2008591.001Topics in European History: Modernisms/Modernities3Graduate
HistoryHISTORYFall 2008363.001U.S. Foreign Policy and International Politics Since World War II4Undergraduate
HistoryHISTORYFall 2008386.001The Holocaust4Undergraduate
HistoryHISTORYFall 2008396.001History Colloquium: Cultures Since WWII*4Undergraduate
HistoryHISTORYFall 2008396.003History Colloquium: Global Nuclear Proliferation4Undergraduate
HistoryHISTORYFall 2008396.004History Colloquium: Crime and Deviance in 18th Century England4Undergraduate
HistoryHISTORYFall 2008384.001Modern Jewish History 1880-19483Undergraduate
HistoryHISTORYFall 2008372.001Women and Gender in European History: Women and Gender in Early Modern Europe3Undergraduate
HistoryHISTORYFall 2008382.001Early Modern Jewish History 1492-17003Undergraduate
HistoryHISTORYFall 2008396.005History Colloquium: Remembering War & Genocide: Memory and Politics in Germany's 20th Century*4Undergraduate
HistoryHISTORYFall 2008431.001History of the Balkans Since 18783UG/G
HistoryHISTORYFall 2008642.001Studies in 18th Century Europe3Graduate
HistoryHISTORYFall 2008698.001Topics in History: Race, Culture, and Politics in Modern European History*3Graduate
HistoryHISTORYFall 2008698.002Topics in History: Nationalism of Small Nations3Graduate
History of ArtHISTARTFall 2008271.001Origins of Modernism: Art and Culture in 19th Century France4Undergraduate
History of ArtHISTARTFall 2008334.001Women in the Visual Arts: Images and Image-Makers3Undergraduate
History of ArtHISTARTFall 2008489.001Special Topics in Art and Culture: Rethinking Artistic Practice in the 19th Century1-3UG/G
History of ArtHISTARTFall 2008489.003Special Topics in Art and Culture: History of 20th Century Architecture and Urban Planning1-3UG/G
History of ArtHISTARTFall 2008565.001Early Modern Architecture in Italy, Austria, and Germany3Graduate
HonorsHONORSFall 2008251.001Honors Humanities Seminar: Race and Identity in Music3Undergraduate
Judaic StudiesHJCSFall 2008491.001Topics in Hebrew and Jewish Cultural Studies: The Italian Jewish Experience3UG/G
Judaic StudiesJUDAICFall 2008317.003Topics in Judaic Studies: The Italian Jewish Experience3Undergraduate
Judaic StudiesJUDAICFall 2008384.001Modern Jewish History 1880-19483Undergraduate
Judaic StudiesJUDAICFall 2008382.001Early Modern Jewish History 1492-17003Undergraduate
Judaic StudiesJUDAICFall 2008386.001The Holocaust4Undergraduate
LinguisticsLINGFall 2008374.001Language and Culture4Undergraduate
Medieval & Early Modern Studies ProgramMEMSFall 2008350.001Literature in English to 1660: Questioning Heroic, Singing Romance4Undergraduate
Modern GreekMODGREEKFall 2008350.001Topics in Modern Greek: Women and Myth3Undergraduate
Modern GreekMODGREEKFall 2008340.001Travels to Greece3Undergraduate
MusicMUSICOLFall 2008422.00119th Century Music2-3UG/G
MusicMUSICOLFall 2008424.001The Art Song3UG/G
MusicMUSICOLFall 2008121.001Introduction to the Art of Music3Undergraduate
MusicMUSICOLFall 2008345.001History of Music3Undergraduate
MusicMUSICOLFall 2008406.001Special Course: Beethoven3Undergraduate
MusicMUSICOLFall 2008239.001History of Music2Undergraduate
MusicMUSICOLFall 2008411.001History of Symphony3UG/G
MusicMUSICOLFall 2008413.001History of Opera3UG/G
MusicMUSICOLFall 2008423.00120th Century Music2-3UG/G
MusicMUSICOLFall 2008478.001Renaissance Music3UG/G
PhilosophyPHILFall 2008371.001Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy3Undergraduate
Political SciencePOLSCIFall 2008340.001Governments and Politics in Western Europe*3Undergraduate
Political SciencePOLSCIFall 2008389.002Topics in Contemporary Political Science: Society and War3Undergraduate
Political SciencePOLSCIFall 2008389.001Topics in Contemporary Political Science: Political Economy of Government Institutions3Undergraduate
Political SciencePOLSCIFall 2008409.00120th Century Political Thought3UG/G
Political SciencePOLSCIFall 2008489.002Advanced Topics in Contemporary Political Science: The International Law and Politics of Human Rights3Undergraduate
Political SciencePOLSCIFall 2008660.001Proseminar in World Politics3Graduate
Political SciencePOLSCIFall 2008672.001International Peace and Security Affairs3Graduate
Political SciencePOLSCIFall 2008682.001Democratization in Global Perspectives3Graduate
Political SciencePOLSCIFall 2008389.010Topics in Contemporary Political Science: U.S. Foreign Policy and International Politics Since World War II4Undergraduate
Public PolicyPUBPOLFall 2008495.003Policy Seminar: Human Rights and Public Policy4UG/G
Public PolicyPUBPOLFall 2008747.002Issues in U.S. National Security2Graduate
Public PolicyPUBPOLFall 2008747.001International Macro/Financial Problems and Policies2Graduate
Public PolicyPUBPOLFall 2008541.001International Trade Policy3Graduate
RC HumanitiesRCHUMSFall 2008251.001Topics in Music: The Sponsorship and Performance of Music in Early Modern France, 1646-17644Undergraduate
RC HumanitiesRCHUMSFall 2008260.001The Art of Dance3Undergraduate
RC HumanitiesRCHUMSFall 2008290.001The Experience of Arts and Ideas in the 20th Century4Undergraduate
RC HumanitiesRCHUMSFall 2008360.001The Existential Quest in the Modern Novel4Undergraduate
RC HumanitiesRCHUMSFall 2008372.001The Subject in the Aftermath of Revolution3Undergraduate
RC HumanitiesRCHUMSFall 2008381.001Shakespeare on the Stage4Undergraduate
RC HumanitiesRCHUMSFall 2008389.001The Modern Theater: The Antic Disposition?: Clown Shows and Anarcho-Buffoonery in Modern Drama4Undergraduate
RC LanguagesRCLANGFall 2008320.003Seminaire en francais: Food and Culture: A French Perspective4Undergraduate
RC LanguagesRCLANGFall 2008321.001Readings in German: Introduction to German Literature and 20th Century Cultural Studies4Undergraduate
RC LanguagesRCLANGFall 2008324.002Readings in Spanish: Media, Terrorists, and Freedom Fighters4Undergraduate
Residential CollegeRCSSCIFall 2008428.001Sex Panics in the US and UK Since 18903Undergraduate
Residential CollegeRCCOREFall 2008100.007First Year Seminar: Listening to Holocaust Survivors4Undergraduate
Residential CollegeRCCOREFall 2008100.010First Year Seminar: Nietzsche: Philosopher and Psychologist4Undergraduate
Romance Languages & LiteraturesSPANISHFall 2008373.003Topics in Hispanic Literatures and Cultures: Art and History3Undergraduate
Romance Languages & LiteraturesSPANISHFall 2008459.001Don Quijote3UG/G
Romance Languages & LiteraturesITALIANFall 2008275.001Studies in Contemporary Italian Culture3Undergraduate
Romance Languages & LiteraturesITALIANFall 2008310.001Italian Cities3Undergraduate
Romance Languages & LiteraturesITALIANFall 2008315.001Italian Cinema and Society Since 1945*3Undergraduate
Romance Languages & LiteraturesITALIANFall 2008470.003Advanced Topics in Italian Literature: il romanzo della resistenza3UG/G
Romance Languages & LiteraturesFRENCHFall 2008381.012Internship in France or Other Francophone Countries3Undergraduate
Romance Languages & LiteraturesFRENCHFall 2008272.003French and Francophone Film, Media, and Culture: Race and Ethnicity in French Cinema3Undergraduate
Romance Languages & LiteraturesFRENCHFall 2008274.002French and Francophone Societies and Culture: Intoxicating Culture3Undergraduate
Romance Languages & LiteraturesFRENCHFall 2008335.001Composition and Stylistics3Undergraduate
Romance Languages & LiteraturesFRENCHFall 2008350.001Special Topics in French and Francophone Studies: Orientalism in 19th Century France3Undergraduate
Romance Languages & LiteraturesFRENCHFall 2008350.003Special Topics in French and Francophone Studies: Living with the Past3Undergraduate
Romance Languages & LiteraturesFRENCHFall 2008367.001Literature, History, and Culture of Early Modern France: Pain: Prose, Performance, Painting3Undergraduate
Romance Languages & LiteraturesFRENCHFall 2008368.001Enlightenment, Revolution, and Romanticism: The Pursuit of Happiness3Undergraduate
Romance Languages & LiteraturesFRENCHFall 2008378.001Studies in Genre: 19th Century Poetry3Undergraduate
Romance Languages & LiteraturesFRENCHFall 2008380.001Intermediate Business French3Undergraduate
Romance Languages & LiteraturesSPANISHFall 2008305.001Spanish for Professions: Business3Undergraduate
Romance Languages & LiteraturesSPANISHFall 2008373.001Topics in Hispanic Literatures and Cultures: From the Cid to Cide Hamete: Representations of Muslims in Medieval and Early-Modern Literature3Undergraduate
Romance Languages & LiteraturesSPANISHFall 2008456.001Golden Age: Rethinking the Classics3UG/G
Romance Languages & LiteraturesSPANISHFall 2008488.001Topics in Hispanic Literatures and Cultures: Almodovar-mania3UG/G
Screen Arts & CulturesSACFall 2008366.001Topics in Film, Television, and Popular Culture: Shakespeare on Screen3Undergraduate
Screen Arts & CulturesSACFall 2008366.003Topics in Film, Television, and Popular Culture: Nazi Cinema3Undergraduate
Screen Arts & CulturesSACFall 2008441.001National Cinemas: Italian Cinema3Undergraduate
Slavic Languages & LiteraturesSLAVICFall 2008490.001Issues in the Cultures of Eastern Europe: Revolutioin in the Attic1Undergraduate
Slavic Languages & LiteraturesSLAVICFall 2008151.001First Year Seminar: Prague: The Magic City4Undergraduate
Slavic Languages & LiteraturesSLAVICFall 2008151.002First Year Seminar: World Utopia and Dystopia in Fiction and Film4Undergraduate
Slavic Languages & LiteraturesSLAVICFall 2008151.003First Year Seminar: Myth and History in Contemporary Balkan Culture4Undergraduate
Slavic Languages & LiteraturesSLAVICFall 2008225.001Arts & Cultures of Central Europe: Issues in Race and Ethnicity3Undergraduate
SociologySOCFall 2008595.003Special Courses: Marx and Modernity3Graduate
SociologySOCFall 2008595.005Special Courses: Sociology of Religion3Graduate
SociologySOCFall 2008595.006Special Courses: Emerging Democracies*3Graduate
SociologySOCFall 2008455.001Religion and Society3Undergraduate
Women's StudiesUPFall 2008372.001Women and Gender in European History: Women and Gender in Early Modern Europe3Undergraduate
Women's StudiesWOMENSTDFall 2008315.002Women & Literature: Being a Heroine3Undergraduate
Women's StudiesWOMENSTDFall 2008428.001Sex Panics in the US and UK Since 18903Undergraduate
Women's StudiesWOMENSTDFall 2008295.001Sexuality in Western Culture4Undergraduate