Admittance to the Program

Students wishing to be admitted to the major in European Studies must have acquired at least intermediate-level competency in a European language other than English. Further, they must have a solid foundation in Europe’s geography, society and culture.

**Upper Division European Language Requirement
Intermediate-level competency in a foreign language, equivalent to the intermediate language courses numbered 204 in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, is a prerequisite to the required upper division European language requirement. It is therefore strongly recommended that students complete a minimum of three years of foreign language study while in high school.

Completion of an advanced composition and grammar course is a core requirement for all European Studies majors. In addition, majors must complete an additional upper-division foreign language class selected from those listed in the student’s advisement track.

Students should enroll at the point in the sequence of courses for which their previous study and/or experience has prepared them. Students with no language background should enroll in fundamental 101-level courses. Normally, two years of high school language study are considered to be equivalent to one year of college language. Students just completing two years of high school language should begin at the 200-level intermediate courses.

European languages available at CSUF are French, German, Portuguese and Spanish. Students wishing to pursue other European languages may enroll in appropriate courses at other CSU or UC campuses or transfer credits from other accredited language programs.

Students may also meet the intermediate-level foreign language prerequisite by passing a proficiency exam administered by the European Studies Program Coordinator.

European Studies Foundation Courses and General Education

Students wishing to be admitted to the major in European Studies must have a solid foundation in Europe’s geography, society, and culture. Thus, students are strongly advised to choose from the following European Studies Foundation Courses when selecting their General Education (GE) coursework. (GE requirements fulfilled by each European Studies Foundation Course are listed in italics.)

Historical and Cultural Foundations Part A (II.A)
HIST 110A: World Civilization to 1500
HIST 110B: World Civilizations since 1500

Disciplinary Learning Introduction to the Social Sciences (III.C.1)
GEOG 100: Global Geography
ECON 201: Principles of Microeconomics

Disciplinary Learning Implications and Explorations in the Social Sciences (III.C.2)
ECON 202: Principles of Macroeconomics

Disciplinary Learning Introduction to the Arts (III.B.1)
ART 201A: Art and Civilization
ART 201B: Art and Civilization

Disciplinary Learning Implications and Explorations in Mathematics and Natural Sciences (III.A.3)
HIST 230 The Ascent of Man

Disciplinary Learning Implications, Explorations and Participatory Experience in the Arts and Humanities (III.B.3)
MUS 103 History of Rock

Lifelong Learning (IV)
WMST 205 Women’s World Movements

Disciplinary Learning Introduction to the Humanities (III.B.2)
CPLT 110: Literature of the Western World from Ancient
through Medieval Times
ANTH 100: Non-Western Culture and the Western Tradition
CPLT 111: Literature of the Western World from the Renaissance through the 19th
Century
CPRL 200: Introduction to Christianity
CPRL 210: Introduction to Judaism
PHIL 290 History of Philosophy: Greek Philosophy