Contemporary Europe Minor
Contemporary Europe Minor - Overview
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ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences |
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After centuries of conflict, Europe has recently regained a unity not seen since the Roman Empire with the European Union being the most advanced form of supranational government on the planet. Although Europe no longer dominates the globe through its extensive empires, Europe’s global impact lives on in philosophical ideas, literary traditions and practices of government.
The Contemporary Europe minor will allow you to integrate diverse interests under one field of enquiry. Studying Contemporary Europe is a perfect way to combine international relations, politics, history, sociology, philosophy, literature and cultural studies, as well as being an ideal accompaniment to those learning European languages.
Learning outcomes
Students completing the Contemporary Europe minor will have the skills and knowledge to:
- analyse Europe as a political, geographical and cultural concept.
- assess the political, social, economic and cultural legacies of Europe’s past.
- explain the main challenges facing Europe and the EU at the beginning of the twenty-first century and into the future.
- recognise and reflect on the relationships between European cultures, art and traditions, and the social and political history and institutions of contemporary Europe.
- evaluate recent developments in European cooperation and unity and contrast these to continuing cultural and political tensions
Requirements
This minor requires the completion of 24 units, which must include:
12 units from the completion of the following compulsory courses:
EURO2003 - European Union: Policies, Institutions and Challenges (6 units)
HIST2140 - Europe in the 20th Century (6 units)
12 units from completion of courses from the following list:
BUSI2034 - Dynamics of European Business (6 units)
DRAM2001 - Modern European Theatre (6 units)
FILM2003 - European Cinemas, European Societies (6 units)
FILM2004 - Postwar European Cinema: Films and Directors (6 units)
FILM2009 - Postwar Italian Cinema (6 units)
FREN2012 - Contemporary France (6 units)
FREN2014 - Ideological Issues Under the Fifth Republic (6 units)
GERM2020 - Postwar German Society (6 units)
GERM3046 - German Cinema (6 units)
HIST2136 - World at War, 1939-1945 (6 units)
HIST2141 - The Cold War: 1945-1989 (6 units)
HIST2214 - The Great War, 1914-1918 (6 units)
ITAL2011 - Italian flair: Cultural life style in today's Italy (6 units)
ITAL3010 - Politics, Culture and Society in Postwar Italy (6 units)
LING2022 - Language Policy and Language Politics (6 units)
MEAS2001 - New States of Eurasia: Emerging Issues in Politics and Security (6 units)
MEAS2002 - Turkish History: Ottoman State to Modern Turkey (6 units)
MEAS2003 - Modern Turkey: History, Culture and Regional Relations (6 units)
PHIL2059 - Love Death and Freedom (20th Century French Phenomenology) (6 units)
PHIL2064 - Theories of Ethics (6 units)
PHIL2087 - European Philosophy A (6 units)
POLS2061 - Classical Marxism (6 units)
POLS2064 - Global Social Movements (6 units)
POLS2069 - Politics in Russia (6 units)
POLS2076 - Frankfurt School and Habermas (6 units)
POLS2115 - Revolution! (6 units)
SOCY2055 - Social Inequality in Comparative Perspective (6 units)
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