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Modern European Studies

Modern European Studies is an undergraduate interdisciplinary program administered by the Department of Central, Eastern, and Northern European Studies (CENES).

Please visit the program link above for course offerings and further program details.

Major in Modern European Studies

Lower-level Requirements

  • 6 credits at the 100- and 200-level from the list of approved courses.

Upper-level Requirements

  • 30 credits at the 300- and 400-level from the list of approved courses.

Language Requirement

Students are required to take 12 credits of a European language (broadly conceived) other than English. Literature or Cultural Studies courses taught in the student’s chosen European language count as equivalent, as do European language courses taken to fulfill other programs’ requirements.

For the current list of Approved Courses, please see the Modern European Studies website.


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