Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies (AP) – European Studies

Department of Humanities

For purposes of meeting program requirements, all nine-credit general education (foundation) courses will count as six credits towards the major or minor.

All approved general education courses may count for general education credits; some may count for major credits; none may count as both.

Honours Double Major Interdisciplinary (Linked) BA

The European Studies program is an Honours Double Major Interdisciplinary BA program. European studies majors must co-major in another department/discipline in the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies, or with kinesiology and health science or psychology in the Faculty of Health. Students must take at least 36 credits in the European Studies program and at least 36 credits in the co-major according to the requirements and regulations specified by each department/discipline for an Honours Double Major Interdisciplinary BA program. Courses taken to meet European studies requirements cannot also be used to meet the requirements of the departmental/divisional major. Students in these interdisciplinary programs must take a total of at least 18 credits at the 4000 level, including at least six credits in European studies and six credits in the departmental/divisional major. For further details of requirements, refer to the listings for specific Honours Double Major Interdisciplinary BA programs.

Note: in a double major program, a course may count only once toward major credit.

Residency requirement: a minimum of 30 course credits and at least half (50 per cent) of the course credits required in each undergraduate degree program major/minor must be taken at York University.

Graduation requirement: students must successfully complete (pass) at least 120 credits which meet the Faculty's degree and program requirements with a cumulative grade point average of at least 5.00.

General education: a minimum of 21 general education credits as follows:

6.00 credits in natural science (NATS)
a 9.00 credit approved general education course in the social science or humanities categories
a 6.00 credit approved general education course in the opposite category to the 9.00 credit course in social science or humanities already taken

Major credits: students must complete 36 credits from the European studies list, all distinct from the courses in their other major. The European studies courses must include the following:

AP/HUMA 2195 6.00;
30 credits, including six credits at the 4000 level, to be chosen from the list of European studies courses selected in consultation with the program coordinator.

Students must also satisfy a language requirement. They may do so by completing six credits in a European language (other than English) or by passing an approved competency test in a European language (other than English).

Notes:

At least six credits in the major at the 4000 level.
A maximum of 12 credits in language courses will be counted towards the European studies major.

Upper-level credits: at least 36 credits at the 3000 or 4000 level, including at least 18 credits at the 4000 level.

Credits outside the major: students who are completing a double major or major/minor are deemed to have fulfilled this requirement.

Honours Minor BA

The Honours Minor BA program described may be combined with any approved Honours BA program that offers a major/minor option in the Faculties of Environmental Studies, Health, Liberal Arts and Professional Studies, or Science, the School of the Arts, Media, Performance and Design, or the Lassonde School of Engineering. For further details on requirements, refer to the listings for specific Honours programs that may be pursued jointly with other Faculties. Courses taken to meet European studies requirements cannot also be used to meet the requirements of the major program.

Note: in a major/minor program, a course may count only once toward major credit or minor credit.

Minor credits: the Honours Minor in European studies comprises at least 30 credits including the following:

AP/HUMA 2195 6.00;
24 credits, including six credits at the 4000 level, to be chosen from the list of European Studies program courses selected in consultation with the program coordinator.

Notes:

At least six credits in the minor must be at the 4000 level.
A maximum of 12 credits in language courses will be counted towards the European studies minor.

Honours Double Major Interdisciplinary (Linked) iBA

Note: in a double major program, a course may count only once toward major credit.

General education: a minimum of 21 general education credits as follows:

6.00 credits in natural science (NATS)
a 9.00 credit approved general education course in the social science or humanities categories
a 6.00 credit approved general education course in the opposite category to the 9.00 credit course in social science or humanities already taken

Major credits: students will take at least 36 credits in European studies. 18 credits must be at the 3000 or 4000 level, including six credits at the 4000 level to be chosen from the list of European studies courses selected in consultation with the program coordinator.

In addition to the courses required for their major, students in the Honours Double Major iBA program must successfully complete the following requirements:

Required Course: AP/ANTH 2300 3.00 Intercultural Training Skills completed before the term or terms abroad. Note: This course is considered to be outside the major (even for ANTH students).

Language study credits: at least 18 credits in a modern language offered by York University, including the Advanced I university-level course in the chosen language. Up to six (6) language credits may be taken while the student is abroad. Such courses must be approved by the coordinator of the relevant language section in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics.

If a iBA student is fluent in a language, he/she will undergo an examination to test language proficiency by the Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics. Students exempted from one or more of the language courses required for the degree must complete cultural courses related to that language.

Internationally-oriented credits: at least 9 credits of internationally-oriented courses chosen outside the major.

International exchange: at least one full term abroad as a full-time student at one of York University’s exchange partners.

Upper-level credits: at least 36 credits at the 3000 or 4000 level, including at least 18 credits at the 4000 level.

Credits outside the major: students who are completing a double major are deemed to have fulfilled this requirement.

For more detailed information regarding the Honours Double Major iBA program requirements, please consult the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies, Degree Requirements section of the Undergraduate Calendar.

Streams

In areas where curricular resources suffice, students completing a major or minor in European studies may focus on a national stream of any of the EU member states (e.g. France), a regional stream (e.g. Scandinavia), as well as the European Union itself. Subject to the approval of the program coordinator, students who successfully complete at least 18 credits within such a stream will qualify to have this curricular focus noted on their transcript. Thus, a student might graduate within political science and European studies (focus: Greece) or Italian studies and European studies (focus: Italy), or history and European studies (focus: Spain). Students who choose not to focus on a particular stream would graduate with a degree in the relevant major and a major or a minor in European studies.

Study Abroad

Students in European studies are strongly encouraged, although not required, to spend at least one academic term studying at a European university. The level of language facility generally required is equivalent to completion of at least the intermediate level and students are encouraged to achieve such a level. Subject to the coordinator’s approval, as well as letter of permission, study abroad, transfer credit and residency requirements, courses successfully completed on such exchanges will be accepted for credit towards the major/minor and, if applicable, towards the stream in European studies.

European Studies Courses

Not all of the courses listed below will necessarily be offered in any given year.

With the approval of the program coordinator, and subject to course exclusion and residency requirements, students may complete other courses for program credit in European studies.

All courses offered in the Department of French Studies (AP/FR) may count for major or minor credit in European studies.

All courses offered in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics from the following sections may count for major or minor credit in European studies: German (AP/GER), Modern Greek (AP/GKM), Italian (AP/IT), Portuguese (AP/POR), Russian (AP/RU) and Spanish (AP/SP).

Note: for courses offered in the Department of French Studies and the Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics, please consult the European studies supplemental calendar (or website) to determine which courses count as language courses. For courses offered by Glendon College that may be appropriate for this program, consult with a program adviser or the coordinator.

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