Undergraduate Catalog 2021-2022

College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Department of World Languages and Cultures

EUR 316 Continental European Storytelling

Explore folk stories, fairy tales, and other traditional European narratives, from their origins in oral storytelling to modern literary forms that transmit and transform folk traditions for modern readers.
3

Prerequisites

(GER 102 or FR 102 or SPAN 102 or FL 195 with a minimum grade of D-)

Repeatable Status

ST - Repeatable under different subtitles with no limits on the number of times it can be repeated

EUR 317 European Culture and Identity

Study of literature addressing perceptions of cultural affinity and difference among nations and ethnicities within Europe and at its frontiers. Possible factors for consideration may include race, nationalism, religion, gender, socioeconomic class, (im)migration and minorities.
3

Prerequisites

(FR 102 or GER 102 or SPAN 102 or FL 195 with a minimum grade of D-)

Course Attribute

Variable Title Course

Repeatable Status

ST - Repeatable under different subtitles with no limits on the number of times it can be repeated

EUR 318 Europe at War

Examine the experience of war, portrayed in literature and/or film, which has played a transformative and traumatic role in the political and human geography of continental Europe.
3

Prerequisites

(FR 102 or GER 102 or SPAN 102 or FL 195 with a minimum grade of D-)

Repeatable Status

ST - Repeatable under different subtitles with no limits on the number of times it can be repeated

EUR 319 Germanic and Romance Linguistic Studies

This course is devoted to the analysis of similarities, developments, and divergences among related dialects and/or branches of Western European languages.
3

Prerequisites

(FR 102 or GER 102 or SPAN 102 or FL 195 with a minimum grade of D-)

Repeatable Status

ST - Repeatable under different subtitles with no limits on the number of times it can be repeated

EUR 416 Public and Personal Revolutions

This course examines expressions of dissent in literature against prevailing institutions and ideas, which has made "revolution" an integral concept in Western understanding of social progress. Topics may include religious dissent, class conflict, clashing ideologies, and social inequality.
3

Prerequisites

(FR 202 or GER 202 or SPAN 202 or FL 295 with a minimum grade of D-)

Course Attribute

Variable Title Course

Repeatable Status

ST - Repeatable under different subtitles with no limits on the number of times it can be repeated

EUR 417 The Individual in the System

This course examines the origins and emergence of individualism in Europe, as portrayed in literature and film, including its conflict with the continental interest in a cohesive social order.
3

Prerequisites

(FR 202 or GER 202 or SPAN 202 or FL 295 with a minimum grade of D-)

Course Attribute

Variable Title Course

Repeatable Status

ST - Repeatable under different subtitles with no limits on the number of times it can be repeated

EUR 418 The Western Mind

Focused study of one intellectual school, problem, or other discourse tradition reflected in literature, which has contributed significantly to contemporary European perception and values.
3

Prerequisites

(FR 202 or GER 202 or SPAN 202 or FL 295 with a minimum grade of D-)

Repeatable Status

ST - Repeatable under different subtitles with no limits on the number of times it can be repeated