Faculty of Arts European studies

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1. Prerequisites
2. Requirements for a major
    2.1. Language study component
3. European studies subjects
    3.1. List A: European studies with a trans-national perspective
    3.2. List B: European studies with a national perspective
4. Honours
5. For more information

Conveners: Associate Professor Tim Mehigan (Department of German and Swedish Studies) and Dr Philomena Murray (Contemporary Europe Research Centre and Department of Political Science)

The Faculty of Arts offers an interdisciplinary program in European studies housed in the Department of German and Swedish Studies and the Contemporary Europe Research Centre. Students will become skilled analysts of the processes and institutions that have formed the distinct cultural and political entity that is Europe. Students are able to undertake a special combination of electives to concentrate on an area of chosen interest and will have the opportunity to study a European language. Students who specialise in European studies will benefit from the flexibility and portability of the skills they will acquire and the broad career options available to them upon graduation. An articulated structure of higher degree options in European studies at the University of Melbourne is provided for students interested in expanding their interests and knowledge in the discipline.

European studies addresses contemporary Europe in frameworks of analysis that provide an integrated approach to the various European cultures, languages, literatures and histories. The discipline has a strong interdepartmental foundation and offers subjects taught by the departments of History, Cinema Studies, Philosophy, Art History and Political Science, as well as a comprehensive range of specific European language and literature subjects.

1. Prerequisites

The European studies program commences at second year. The general prerequisite for entry is the completion of 50 points of first year from any area of study within the Faculty of Arts.

The recommended path for entry into the major in European studies is completion of the first-year subjects 131-123 Reason and the State and 166-110 Managing Identity in Contemporary Europe, and a first year European language.

2. Requirements for a major

A major in European studies usually consists of nine 12.5-point subjects, totalling 112.5 points. It comprises:

• two first-year subjects from any area of study (25 points); and

• seven second/third-year subjects from the lists below of European studies subjects (87.5 points); and

• a language study component as outlined below.

2.1. Language study component

Students should also note that the European studies major includes a language requirement. Two semesters of language study (at least 25 points) must be completed at a minimum of intermediate standard over the course of the BA degree. This study may be counted toward the first or second/third-year requirement of the European studies major.

The European languages that fulfil the language requirement are listed below. Students should consult the relevant area entries of this Handbook for the subjects offered at intermediate level and above.

• German

• French

• Italian

• Modern Greek

• Russian

• Spanish

• Swedish

3. European studies subjects

Students must take seven subjects from list A and/or list B towards their major in European studies in any combination, providing that a minimum of two subjects are chosen from list A.

3.1. List A: European studies with a trans-national perspective

The usual prerequisite for entry to a third/fourth-year subject is 37.5 points at second/third year in that area.

3.2. List B: European studies with a national perspective

The usual prerequisite for entry to a third/fourth-year subject is 37.5 points at second/third year in that area.

4. Honours

There is no honours program in European studies. However, students may choose to focus on Europe in an honours program within another area of study. Each honours program has its own prerequisites and minimum standards requirements. For details of these requirements students should refer to the entry under the area of study concerned.

5. For more information

Associate Professor Tim Mehigan
Department of German and Swedish Studies
Sixth Floor, Arts Centre
The University of Melbourne
Victoria 3010
Tel: +61 3 8344 5209/5204
Email: tmehigan@unimelb.edu.au
Web: http://www.german-swedish.unimelb.edu.au

or

Dr Philomena Murray
Contemporary Europe Research Centre
234 Queensberry Street
Carlton, Victoria 3053
Tel: +61 3 8344 5151
Email: pbmurray@unimelb.edu.au
Web: http://www.cerc.unimelb.edu.au

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