Faculty of Arts European Studies

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1. Time commitment to study
2. Prerequisites
3. Requirements for a major
    3.1. Language study component
4. European studies subjects
    4.1. List A: European studies with a trans-national perspective
    4.2. List B: European studies with a national perspective
5. Honours
6. For more information

Conveners: Philomena Murray (Contemporary Europe Research Centre and Department of Political Science) and Alastair Hurst (Department of French, Italian and Spanish Studies)

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. Time commitment to study

As well as scheduled contact hours for lectures, tutorial and seminars a considerable additional time commitment is needed to complete the academic requirements of each subject.

A subject-specific time commitment to study will be provided by your lecturer or tutor at the beginning of semester to help you schedule your workload and successfully manage your time during the semester. In addition, general estimates of the total time commitment required to study a 12.5-point single semester subject in the Faculty of Arts can be found on Time commitment to study.

2. 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 Europe: Ideas and Nations 1600-2000 and 166-110 Europe: Identities and Citizenship, and a first year European language.

3. 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.

3.1. Language study component

Students should note that the European studies major includes an additional language requirement. Two semesters of language study (at least 25 points) must be completed at a minimum of intermediate standard during the course of the BA degree. Subjects used to satisfy the language requirement may also count towards a separate language major, if any.

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

4. 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.

4.1. 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.

4.2. 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.

5. 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.

6. For more information

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

or

Dr Alastair Hurst
Department of French, Italian and Spanish Studies
Sixth Floor, Arts Centre
The University of Melbourne
Victoria 3010
Tel: +61 3 8344 5196
Email: a.hurst@unimelb.edu.au
Web: http://www.fritss.unimelb.edu.au

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