Europe
This concentration is for students with an interest in European Studies. It is especially desirable for students intending to study abroad in Europe. This concentration is also attractive for students who wish to double major in Global Studies and French, Spanish or German.
The Curriculum
- Group I: European Studies
- HIST410: Early Modern Europe (1350-1789)(4)
- HIST411: The Enlightenment to WWI (4)
- HIST412: Europe Since 1914 (4)
- POLS350: European Parliamentary Democracies (4)
- POLS345: Model United Nations (when European focus) (4)
- Group II: British Isles
- HIST426: Britain and Ireland, 1399 -1714 (4)
- HIST428: Modern Britain, 1714 - present (4)
- ENG240: Survey: Later English Literature (post 1789) (4)
- ENG448: Periods in English Literature (Victorian to present) (4)
- HIST498: Senior Sem: The Atlantic World, 1450-1800 (4)
- Group III: France
- FREN320: France Yesterday (prereq = FR300) (4)
- FREN321: France Today (prereq = FR300) (4)
- FREN411: French Literature (prereq = FR321) (4)
- FREN415: Special Topics in French Culture (4)
- HIST420: The French Revolution (4)
- HIST498: Senior Sem: The Atlantic World, 1450-1800 (4)
- Group IV: Iberia
- HIST382: The Mediterranean World, 1400 -1700 (4)
- HIST498: Senior Sem: The Atlantic World, 1450-1800 (4)
- HIST422: Imperial Spain (4)
- SPAN306: Cultures of Spain (4)
- SPAN401: Penninsular Literature (4)
- SPAN491: Seminar in Literature (with Iberian Topic) (4)
- Group V: Central/Eastern Europe
- HIST415: Eastern Europe (1815-1918) (4)
- HIST416: Eastern Europe (1918-1989) (4)
- HIST417: Origins of Modern Russia (4)
- HIST418: Fall of European Communism (4)
- HIST 419: Soviet Union
- HIST498: Senior Seminar (when Eastern European Topic) (4)
- POLS351: Politics of Russia (4)
- POLS352: Politics of Eastern Europe (4)
- MUS324: Sonoma County Bach Choir
- MUS343: Studies in Musical Genres (when European)
- SOC305: Holocaust Lecture Series (4)
III. CONCENTRATION COURSES (20 units)
Students must take two survey courses from Group I, and choose more courses in their sub-regional specialty (Groups II-V) to meet the 20 unit minimum. No courses used to satisfy Basic Area requirements may be used to satisfy the Concentration requirements.