BA (120 credit hour) Major

Year I

A full-time student takes 30 credit hours in the first year, meeting the distribution requirements of the BA. These courses include:

1. 6 credit hours of writing requirement courses
2. both HIST 1020.03: Europe:Before the French Revolution, and HIST 1021.03: Europe:French Revolution to the Present; or equivalent course(s) totaling 6 credit hours in a later year
3. 6 credit hours of a language other than English
4. 6 credit hours of social sciences courses
5. 6 credit hours of natural science courses

Note: Completion of the King’s College Foundation Year Program satisfies the first-year requirements for the European Studies 120 credit hour Major, with the exception of the language course and the natural science course.

Year II to IV

• After the first year, students take a minimum of 54 credit hours from the approved list of courses with significant European content.
• No more than 24 of these may be taken in any one department, and at least 30 must be taken in two other departments.
• At least 18 credit hours should be at the 3000 level or above, taken from at least two different departments.
• The 4000-level multidisciplinary seminar (EURO 4512.03) and the two second year core courses (EURO 2101.03 and EURO 2102.03) are also required.

Students should seek advice from the European Studies Coordinator, who will strive to ensure that courses are included from each of the following areas:

1. History and Politics:
   Approved ES courses in the departments of History, Political Science, Sociology and Social Anthropology, Economics, Commerce
2. Literature and Ideas:
   Approved ES courses in the departments of Classics, English, French, German, Italian, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Russian Studies, Spanish
3. Fine Arts:
   Approved ES courses in Fountain School of Performing Arts (including Cinema and Media Studies, Music, and Theatre)