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1. Required core course I
2. Required core course II
3. Language requirement
4. Additional requirements
5. Electives

Course numbers, descriptions, and availability change from year to year. Check with the relevant department for up-to-date information.

Required core course I:

EUR 200Y1
Europe from Nation State to Supranational State, 1789-Present

Survey of European history from the French Revolution to the enlargement of the European Union in the twenty-first century, covering the broad ideological, political, and cultural developments in Western and Eastern Europe in this period and factors contributing to stability and instability. Addresses the following key questions: What is Europe? Can we speak of a European identity? If so, what is this identity based on?

Required core course II:

POL207Y1
Politics in Western Europe 52L

An introduction to comparative politics with a focus on Western Europe: types of democracy, changing economic and social governance, organized interests in Europe, party landscape, social movements. Special attention to Germany, Britain, France, Italy, and the European Union.

Prerequisite: EUR200Y /a course in POL

Recommended preparation: General history of Europe

OR

POL324Y1
European Integration in a Global World 52L

Integration in Europe: examines the forces that have historically divided and united the European continent. Particular attention is paid to the politics of regional disparities, the European Union and its institutions, and the dilemmas of including Europe's peripheries into broader economic and security structures of the continent.

Prerequisite: EUR200Y/a course in POL

AND

Language requirement:

A three-year (3 full credit) sequence of courses in one of the following languages:

Croatian, Czech&Slovak, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Macedonian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Ukrainian. Refer to Program Handbook for eligible language courses.

AND

Additional requirements:

Two full credits chosen from a list of eligible electives. Note that not all courses are offered every year; note also that course numbers, course descriptions, and credits are subject to change from year to year.

Electives:

The following courses are eligible to be counted toward the major program in European Studies:

(*denotes that there is a prerequisite, corequisite, or exclusion—check with sponsoring department for details)

Anthropology (ANT)

ANT446Y1: Social Anthropology of Western Europe*       

Economics (ECO)

ECO230Y1: International Economic Institutions and Policy*
ECO301Y1: European Economic History, 1250-1750*
ECO303Y1: The Economic History of Modern Europe to 1914*
ECO342Y1: Twentieth Century Economic History*
ECO452H1: The Modernization of the European Economy, 1750-1939*

English (ENG)

ENG202Y1: Major British Writers*
ENG329H1: Contemporary British Fiction*

Estonian (EST)

EST400Y1: Estonian Literature from 1700*

Finnish (FIN)

FIN230H1: Finnish Culture 1800 to Present
FIN235H1: Finnish Literature 1800 to Present
FIN240H1: Masterpieces of Scandinavian Literature
FIN250H1: Finnish Cinema
FIN260H1: Scandinavian Cinema
FIN340H1: Finnish-Swedish Literature and Culture
FIN350H1: Finnish Short Story
FIN410H1: Finnish Literature from 1700*
FIN415H1: Finnish Literature in the 20th Century

French Cultural Studies (FCS)

FCS195H1: French Culture from Napoléon to Astérix*
FCS290H1/291H1/292H1: Special Topics in French Cultural Studies
FCS297H1: Comic Books and French Culture
FCS310Y1: French Cinema*
FCS331H1: Cinema and Literature in France*
FCS390H1/392H1: Special Topics in French Cultural Studies II*
FCS395H1: Sensuality and the French
FCS490H1/491H1/492H1: Special Topics in French Cultural Studies III*       

Geography (GGR)

GGR344H1: Changing Geography of Russia and Ukraine       

German (GER)

GER150H1: Introduction to German Culture
GER310H1: Topics in Contemporary German Culture*
GER334H1: Weimar Culture*
GER335H1: Writing Memory: 1945 to the Present*
GER351H1: Topics in German Cinema I*
GER362H1: Soviet and Kosher-Jewish Culture in the Soviet Union*
GER363Y1: Cultural History of East European Community 1800-2000*
GER410H1: Topics in German Intellectual History*

History (HIS)

HIS208Y1: History of the Jewish People
HIS241H1: Europe in the Nineteenth Century: 1815 to 1914
HIS242H1: Europe in the Twentieth Century
HIS245Y1: Women in European History
HIS251Y1: History of East Central Europe
HIS302H1: Material Culture in Victorian Britain
JHP304Y1: Ukraine: Politics, Economy, and Society
HIS317H1: Modern Germany 1914 to the Present*
HIS325H1: Imperial Russia*
HIS330H1: Germany from Frederick the Great to the First World War
HIS331H1: Modern Baltic History*
HIS334Y1: Nineteenth- and Twentieth-century Central Europe and the Great Powers*
HIS335H1: Soviet Cultural History*
HIS337H1: Culture, Politics, and Society in 18th Century Britain
HIS338Y1: The Holocaust: Nazi Germany, Occupied Europe and the destruction of European Jewry
HIS339Y1: English History in the 19th Century
HIS341Y1: Enlightenment Europe, 1660-1789
HIS344Y1: Conflict and Cooperation in the International System since 1945
HIS349H1: The British Search for Identity: 1800 to the Present
HIS351Y1: History of Twentieth-Century Russia
HIS353Y1: Poland: A Crossroads of Europe*
HIS354Y1: Men, Gender and Power in Europe from the Renaissance to the French Revolution*
HIS355H1: Crime and Society in England since 1800*
HIS357Y1: A Social History of Renaissance Europe*
HIS388H1: France since 1870*
HIS401Y1: History of the Cold War*
HIS407H1: Imperial Germany, 1871-1918*
HIS414H1: The Third Reich*
HIS415H1: Nationalism and Memory in Modern Europe*
HIS416H1: Orientalism and Nationalism in Nineteenth-century Germany*
HIS418H1: Women and Gender in Russian History*
HIS420H1: Democracy, Industry, and Public Culture in Twentieth-century Germany*
HIS421Y1: Soviet History Seminar*
HIS422H1: Vichy France 1940 to 1944
HIS429Y1: Fascism*
HIS433H1: Polish Jews since the Partition of Poland*
JHP435Y1: Linguistic and Cultural Minorities in Europe*
HIS442Y1: Power and Powerlessness in Jewish History*
HIS444H1: Topics in Jewish History: Jewish Identity in the Modern World*
HIS445H1: Nationalism
HIS449Y1: Ukrainian National Revival
HIS451H1: World War II in East Central Europe*
HIS453H1: Problems of National Survival in Eastern Europe since 1848*
JHP454Y1: Twentieth Century Ukraine*
HIS454H1: Topics in Russian and Soviet Social History*
HIS455H1: In the Soviet Archives: Text and History
HIS458Y1: Topics in Russian and Soviet Foreign Policy*
HIS459H1: Soviet History in Film: 1921 to 1946*
HIS460H1: Soviet History in Film: 1941 to 1991*
HIS461H1: Poland in the Twentieth Century*
HIS483H1: Men, Women, and Gender in Europe 1400 to 1800 in Europe*
HIS488H1: The Secret War 1939 to 1945*

Hungarian (HUN)

HUN320Y1: A Survey of Hungarian Literature*
HUN335H1: Urban vs. Rural: Cities and Country in Hungarian Literature and Culture
HUN345H1: The Dynamic of Hungarian Culture, Ethnography, and Folklore
HUN351H1: Conformism and Subversion: Hungarian Cinema
HUN355H1: From Totalitarianism to Democracy: Reflections of a Changing Society in Hungarian Literature
HUN356H1: Hungary 1956-2006: The Past 50 Years
HUN440H1: The Roots of Modernism: The Hungarian 20th Century Novel before WWII*
HUN450H1: Hungary on Stage: A History of Hungarian Drama in Social Context *
HUN451H1: Three Hungarian Film Directors*
HUN455H1: Hungary and Europe: Cultural Adaptation in the Late 20th Century

Innis College Courses (INI)

INI382H1: European Cinemas
INI462H1: Theory, History and the New German Cinema*

Italian (ITA)

ITA210Y1: Contemporary Italy
ITA240Y1: Italian Cinema
ITA245Y1: Italian Culture and Civilization*
ITA300H1: History of Italian Literature: Middle Ages and Renaissance*
ITA301H1: History of Italian Literature: Baroque to Contemporary*
ITA310H1: The Journey in the 19th Century*
ITA340H1: Italian Neo-realist Cinema I
ITA341H1: Italian Neo-realist Cinema II*
ITA346H1: Monsters and Marvels in Italian Modernist Literature*
ITA347H1: Studies in Italian Cinema
ITA381H1: Topics in Modern and Contemporary Literature*
ITA390H1: The Comedia dell'Arte*
ITA394H1: The Opera Libretto*
ITA405H1: 19th Century Italian Poetry*
ITA410H1: Masterpieces of Modern Drama*
ITA421H1: Spinning a Tale: The Italian Short Story after 1800*
ITA455H1: Women Writers in Italy*
ITA491H1: Topics in Contemporary Fiction*
ITA492H1: What is a Poet? The Roles and Functions of Poetry in 20th Centrury Literature*

Philosophy (PHL)

PHL210Y1: Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Philosophy
PHL217H1: Introduction to Continental Philosophy
PHL265H1: Introduction to Political Philosophy
PHL310H1: The Rationalists*
PHL311H1: The Empiricists*
PHL312H1: Kant*
PHL315H1: Nineteenth-Century German Philosophy*
PHL316H1: Hegel*
PHL317H1: Marx and Marxism*
PHL320H1: Phenomenology*
PHL321H1: Heidegger*
PHL322H1: Contemporary Continental Philosophy*
PHL326H1: Wittgenstein*
JPP343Y1: Women in Western Political Thought*
PHL365H1: Political Philosophy*

Political Science (POL)

POL200Y1: Political Theory: Visions of the Just/Good Society
POL207Y1: Politics in Europe*
JHP304Y1: Ukraine: Politics, Economy and Society*
POL320Y1: Modern Political Thought*
POL324Y1: European Politics in a Global World * (if not taken as core requirement)
JPP343Y1: Women in Western Political Thought*
POL344H1: Social Movements in Europe and North America*
POL354H1: Politics and Society in Russia*
POL359Y1: Enlarging Europe: the European Union and its Applicants*
POL366Y1: The New Europe: Culture, Politics, and Society in Central Europe*
POL405Y1: Marxism*
POL406Y1: Reason, Deliberation, and the Public Sphere*
POL414H1: Nationalism, Identity, and Politics in Ukraine and Post-Soviet Space*
POL415H1: Nationalism, Myths, and Identity: Ukraine and the CIS*
POL422Y1: Topics in Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics*
JHP435Y1: Linguistic and Cultural Minorities in Europe*
POL438H-S Topics in Comparative Politics: Citizenship and Immigration in Europe and North America*
JPD439Y1: Post-Modern and Contemporary Thought*
POL440Y1: The Politics of Transition in Eastern Europe*
POL446Y1: 20th Century Political Thought*
POL452Y1: Multilevel Politics: The European Union in Comparative Perspective*
POL453Y1: The Politics of Post-Communism*
JHP454Y1: Twentieth-Century Ukraine*

Slavic Languages and Literatures (SLA)

SLA202H1: Jewish Communities in Slavic Countries
SLA215H1: Czech and Slovak Cultures*
SLA216Y1: The Dynamics of Polish Literature and Culture: A Survey
SLA217Y1: Serbian Cultural History
SLA218Y1: Ukrainian Literature and Culture
SLA225H1: The Czech and Slovak Cinema
SLA226Y1: Postwar Polish Cinema
SLA227Y1: Croatian Cultural History
SLA228H1: Twentieth-century Ukrainian Fiction in Translation
SLA234H1: Russian and Soviet Cinema
SLA240H1: New Forms for New Ideas 1820 to 1860
SLA241H1: New Forms for New Ideas 1860 to 1900
SLA244H1: Studies in Film Genre I: Russian and Soviet Comedy
SLA248H1: Women and Women's Themes in Ukrainian Literature
SLA252H1: Russian Short Fiction
SLA302H1: The Imaginary Jew
SLA311H1: Gogol
SLA312H1: Nabokov
SLA314H1: Dostoevsky
SLA315H1: The Russian Novel: Case Studies
SLA317H1: Tolstoy
SLA318H1: Kyiv-Kiev-Kijow: A City through Cultures and Centuries
SLA327H1: The Balkan Short Story
SLA328H1: The Culture of Contemporary Ukraine
SLA331H1: Experiments and Revolutions in Art and Literature of the Late Russian Empire-Early Soviet Union
SLA332H1: Literature and Music in Russia
SLA337H1: Political Drama from Dubrovnik to the Danube
SLA339H1: The Twilight of Empire: Russian Art and Thought in the European Fin de Siecle
SLA340H1: Narrative Revolution and Counterrevolution in 20th Century Russian Prose
SLA343H1: Post-Stalinist and Contemporary Russian Literature
SLA344H1: The GULAG in Literature
SLA346H1: From Eastern Europe to European Union: Polish Post-War Culture
SLA356H1: What's New? Polish Culture Today
SLA367H1: Chekhov
SLA370H1: Russian Romantic Poetry
SLA380H1: Language, Politics, and Identity
SLA404H1: From the National Revival to Modernism: Czech Literature of the 19th Century
SLA405H1: On the Waves of the Avant-garde and Beyond: Czech Literature of the 20th Century
SLA406H1: The Curtain Never Falls: Polish Drama and Theatre in Context
SLA407H1: Modern Croatian Bards
SLA416H1: Polish Fiction or a Disrupted Funeral of the Novel
SLA417H1: Modern Serbian Bards
SLA422Y1: History into Literature: Jaan Kross and the 20th Century East European Historical Novel
SLA423H1: War and Peace
SLA424H1: Theatre and Cinema in Extremis*
SLA433H1: Anna Karenina
SLA436H1: Rebels, Scoffers, and Jesters: Polish Culture from Different Perspectives
SLA440H1: Introduction to Russian 19th Century Poetry*
SLA441H1: Modern Russian Poetry*
SLA445H1: Magic Prague
SLA446H1: Polish Poetry
SLA449H1: Russian Thinkers
SLA453H1: Women in East European Fiction
SLA465H1: Czech Short Story
SLA475H1: Modern Czech Drama
SLA476H1: Revolution in the Theatre: Stanislavski, Meyerhold, Grotowski, and Kantor
SLA485H1: Laughter and Forgetting in Milan Kundera

Sociology (SOC)

SOC350Y1: Classical Social and Political Thought*

Spanish & Portuguese (SPA, POR)

PRT250H1: Portuguese Culture and Civilization
SPA258H1: Introduction to Hispanic Literary Studies
SPA259H1: Introduction to Hispanic Cultural Studies
SPA341H1: Modernist Movements in Spain*
SPA345H1: Spanish Cinema*
SPA435H1: Fictions of Contemporary Spain*

Other electives eligible to be counted toward the European Studies major requirements may be available from the course offerings through Woodsworth College's summer programs abroad: http://www.summerabroad.utoronto.ca/

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