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Undergraduate Program

Major Study Requirements

The interdisciplinary European Studies Major requires 36 hours of work in approved courses from a very broad range of departmental offerings (list available on Web site or in European Studies office). All students must take 12 hours of courses in a European language other than English or the equivalent (testing out or taking a 300 level or above course in the language). Students are further required to take a minimum of 3 hours in courses with predominantly European content and focus from each of the following four general areas:

1. Fine Arts (Art/Art History, Dance, Media Arts, Music, Theatre)
2. History
3. Literature and Philosophy (English, Comparative Literature, Foreign Languages and Literatures, Philosophy)
4. Social Science (Anthropology, Economics, Geography, Political Science, Sociology)

In addition to the distribution requirements outlined above, students must take the interdisciplinary “European Studies Seminar” (3 hours), plus an additional 9 hours from the courses in the approved European Studies catalog (list available on Web site or in European Studies office).

The non-language courses (24 hours) must meet the following guidelines:

No more than 6 hours below the 300 level;
No more than 12 hours in any one department; and
No more than 3 hours in undergraduate readings or
individual studies courses.

Students are encouraged, where possible, to construct with the advice of the European Studies Director a “disciplinary focus” tied to the departmental discipline in which they take the majority of their courses.

Departmental Honors

Students who seek honors in European Studies should contact the Director. Graduating with Honors requires a minimum grade point average of 3.5 and the writing of an Honors Thesis.

Minor Study Requirements

The interdisciplinary European Studies minor requires 30 hours of work in approved courses from a very broad range of departmental offerings (list available on Web site or in European Studies office). All students must take 12 hours of courses in a European language other than English or the equivalent (testing out or taking a 300 level or above course in the language). Students are further required to take a minimum of 3 hours in courses with predominantly European content and focus from three of the following four general areas:

1. Fine Arts (Art/Art History, Dance, Media Arts, Music, Theatre)
2. History
3. Literature and Philosophy (English, Comparative Literature, Foreign Languages and Literatures, Philosophy)
4. Social Science (Anthropology, Economics, Geography, Political Science, Sociology)

In addition to the distribution requirements outlined above, students must take an additional 9 hours from the courses in the approved European Studies catalog (list available on Web site or in European Studies office).

The non-language courses must meet the following guidelines:

No more than 6 hours below the 300 level;
No more than 9 hours in any one department; and
No more than 3 hours in undergraduate readings or individual studies courses.

NOTE: The list of approved courses, or European Studies catalog, is a compilation of all undergraduate courses offered by The University of New Mexico which are devoted mostly to European orientations. These include, in addition to those offered in the College of Arts and Sciences, certain courses in the College of Fine Arts and the Schools of Architecture and Planning, Management and Law. The list is available on the European Studies Web site and in the European Studies office. The list is not necessarily complete since new courses are added every year, and students are therefore encouraged to ask about courses not found on the list that appear to satisfy the requirements.

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