Disciplines and areas of study
European studies
Program Coordinator: To be advised
The units listed below are taught in English and are available to all students.
| Teaching period | Unit title | Unit code |
|---|---|---|
| First year units (15 credit points) | ||
| TE-SEM-1 | Greece and the Balkans in the Twentieth Century | EST1GAB |
| TE-SEM-2 | Windows on Contemporary Europe: cultures in transformation | EST1WEA |
| Second or third year units (20 credit points) | ||
| TE-SEM-1 | Ethnic and Civil Conflict in Southern Europe and Cyprus | EST2ECC/EST3ECC |
| TE-SEM-1 | European Languages in Context: issues in language | EST2ELC/EST3ELC |
| WK 1 - 15 | Renaissance Italy ( offered in Italy ) | EST2REI/EST3REI |
| TE-SEM-1 | Romeo and Juliet: fact, fiction, film1 | EST2RJS/EST3RJS |
| TE-SEM-2 | Imaging Contemporary Greece: cinema, song and text | EST2ICG/EST3ICG |
| TE-SEM-2 | Imagining Europe: cultural perceptions of European identity1 | EST2IEU/EST3IEU |
| TE-SEM-2 | Renaissance Italy | EST2REI/EST3REI |
| TE-SEM-2 | Transterritorial Hellenism: a journey through some sites | EST2TTH/EST3TTH |
| Third year units (20 credit points) | ||
| TE-SEM-1 | Reading Course A | EST3RCA |
| TE-SEM-2 | Reading Course B | EST3RCB |
- Key: 1 Not available in 2008.
Major in European cultures
This is an interdisciplinary major focusing on European societies and their cultures, and is taught entirely in English. Units may be chosen from those listed above and from specific units from other programs. Students are strongly encouraged, but not required, to acquire proficiency in a second European language other than English and to consider taking a double major, combining European cultures with a European language discipline. At least one year of language study is required for admission to fourth year honours in this area.
Program of study
Students who wish to satisfy the requirements for a major in European cultures must complete at least 130 credit points of which 30 credit points are normally at first year level, 40 credit points at second year level and 60 credit points at third year level. All units are offered subject to the availability of appropriate staffing and minimum enrolments. EST2REI/EST3REI Renaissance Italy will be taught in Prato (Italy) in January 2008.
| Teaching period | Unit title | Unit code |
|---|---|---|
| First year units (15 credit points) | ||
| TE-SEM-1 | Modern Europe A: from monarchies to nations 1760–1890 | HIS1MEA |
| TE-SEM-1 | Greece and the Balkans in the twentieth century | EST1GAB |
| TE-SEM-2 | Windows on Contemporary Europe: cultures in transformation | EST1WEA |
| TE-SEM-2 | Modern Europe B: the twentieth century | HIS1MEB |
| First year European language units (French, German, Italian, Ancient and Modern Greek or Spanish) | ||
| Second or third year unit (20 credit points) | ||
| TE-SEM-1 | Charting the Colonial Pacific | HIS2CCP/HIS3CCP |
| TE-SEM-1 | Ethnic and Civil Conflict in Southern Europe and Cyprus | EST2ECC/EST3ECC |
| TE-SEM-1 | Europe Transformed | HIS2EUT/HIS3EUT |
| TE-SEM-1 | European Languages in Context: issues in language | EST2ELC/EST3ELC |
| WK 1 - 15 | Renaissance Italy (offered in Italy) | EST2REI/EST3REI |
| TE-SEM-1 | Romeo and Juliet: fact, fiction, film1 | EST2RJS/EST3RJS |
| TE-SEM-1 | The European Union | HIS2EUU/HIS3EUU |
| TE-SEM-2 | Imaging Europe: cultural perceptions of European identity1 | EST2IEU/EST3IEU |
| TE-SEM-2 | Imagining Contemporary Greece: cinema, song and text | EST2ICG/EST3ICG |
| TE-SEM-2 | Renaissance Italy | EST2REI/EST3REI |
| TE-SEM-2 | Riots and Rebellions | HIS2RAR/HIS3RAR |
| TE-SEM-2 | Transterritorial Hellenism: a journey through some sites | EST2TTH/EST3TTH |
| Third year units (20 credit points) | ||
| TE-SEM-1 | Reading Course A | EST3RCA |
| TE-SEM-2 | Reading Course B | EST3RCB |
- Key: 1 Not available in 2008.
Students wishing to include in the major another unit with European content not on the list may seek the program coordinator’s permission to do so.
Recommended units
The following units are highly recommended for students majoring in European cultures but due to the structure of the program, they do not count towards the major.
| Unit title | Unit code |
|---|---|
| (15 credit points) | |
| Ancient Mediterranean Culture – the Greek achievement | ANG1AMC |
| Art from Rembrandt to Warhol: constructing the modern | ARH1ARW |
| The Archaeology of Ancient Civilisations | ARC1AAC |
| Women in Ancient Greek Drama1 | ANG1WAG |
| (20 credit points) | |
| Medieval Italy1 | ITA2MEI/ITA3MEI |
| Modern Drama A | DRA2MOA/DRA3MOA |
| Spain Today | SPA2SPT/SPA3SPT |
| The Making of Modern Italy | HIS2MMI/HIS3MMI |
- Key: 1 Not available in 2008.
Honours
Qualified students may enrol in the fourth year honours program in European Cultures. Students may enrol solely in European Cultures or combine with Honours in another discipline. To be considered for admission to honours, students must normally complete the pass degree with a major in European Cultures and have obtained at least a B average in their third year units. They should have also successfully completed at least one-year’s study of a European language. Students undertaking honours are required to complete two fourth year coursework units, an honours seminar and a 15000-word thesis.
A full description of these units (including the unit name, unit code, credit points, campus/location, unit coordinator, class requirements, assessment, prerequisites, and readings) appears at the end of each discipline entry. A full description of EST units appears below. For the most recent descriptions of all units, please access the unit database at www.latrobe.edu.au/udb_public.