Undergraduate Course Catalog 2008-2009
College of Liberal Arts
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European Cultural Studies Minor
European cultural studies is an interdisciplinary minor (major also available) in which students study the field of cultural analysis through an individually designed focus on a European topic. The ECS major and minor are driven in part by the belief that language is an integral part of culture and not merely a tool for the study of its literature. By the same token, the study of European history, philosophy, politics, and so forth, can only be enriched by the addition of critical perspectives developed in language and literature study.
The minor in ECS consists of 20 credits: ECS 500, 504 level in a European language, 2 foundation courses (see below), and one elective.
Foundation Courses
The foundation requirement is designed to give students an introduction to European languages; European social and political institutions; and the European arts and humanities. Each student must take two such courses (8 credits).
1. Languages
504 or equivalent (intermediate level) in a European language, or
an approved alternative
2. Arts / Humanities or Social Sciences (one course from the following):
ARTS 580 or 581 (Survey of Art History)
ENGL 651 or 652, when inclusive of European literatures (Comparative Literatures)
Humanities 501, 502, 503 (when focused on European topics)
Music 402 (Survey of Music History)
ECON 630 (Comparative Study of Economic Systems)
HIST 435 or 436 (Western Civilization)
HIST 565 (Women in European History)
HIST 650 (European Socialism)
HIST 656 (20th Century Europe)
POLT 550 (Major Foreign Governments)
POLT 552 (Contemporary European Politics)
For more information on the ECS minor, contact Juliette Rogers, Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Murkland 102, (603) 862-1068, jmrogers@cisunix.unh.edu.
