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Majors and Minors > Majors > European Studies > Major and Minor Requirements

Major and Minor Requirements

Requirements for major:
Students complete a major in European studies with a total of 40 semester hours, including the following five components:

1. Introductory course (4 semester hours). European Studies 1000: The Idea of Europe. An interdisciplinary, collaborative course taught by faculty from across the divisions. This class also fulfills IDS Core 5 credit. It will be held Spring semester each year.

2. Language component. Students are required to study one European language. In addition to satisfying the B.A. requirement in that language, the European studies major must complete at least 12 semester hours beyond the B.A. requirement in that language. For those students focusing on an English-speaking country in Europe, only the B.A. language requirement must be met. The language requirement can be met at Millsaps or as study abroad.

3. Multidisciplinary component (20 semester hours). Students will take 20 semester hours (32 in the case of students focusing on an English-speaking country), beyond those described above, from a list of elective courses provided by the director of the European studies program. No more than 12 semester hours may be in the same department. No more than four semester hours may be from the Core. No more than eight semester hours of language courses, beyond those that are required for the European studies major, may be counted as elective courses toward the major. Students must take courses from at least two of the College's academic divisions.

4. Study abroad (4 semester hours of those outlined in components 2 and 3). Students are required to study abroad for a minimum of four semester hours.

5. Senior seminar and comprehensive exams (4 semester hours). European Studies 4000: European Studies Senior Seminar. A research forum in which students pursue an individual, directed reading and writing project within their areas of concentration. This project will lead to the completion, during the fall semester of the student's senior year, of a senior thesis.

Students will take written and oral examinations administered by the European Studies Committee.

Requirements for minor:
Students may complete a minor in European studies with a total of 20 semester hours, including the following four components.

1. Introductory course (4 semester hours). European Studies 1000: The Idea of Europe. An interdisciplinary, collaborative course taught by faculty from across the divisions. This class also fulfills IDS Core 5 credit.

2. Language component. Students are required to study one European language. In addition to satisfying the B.A. requirement in that language, the European Studies minor must complete at least eight semester hours beyond the B.A. requirement in that language. For those students focusing on an English-speaking country in Europe, only the B.A. language requirement must be met. The language requirement can be met at Millsaps or as study abroad.

3. Multidisciplinary component (8 semester hours). Minors must take eight semester hours (16 in the case of students not focusing on an English-speaking country), beyond those described above, from a list of elective courses provided by the director of the European Studies Program. Those two elective courses may not be in the same department, and none of them may be from the Core. In the case of students focusing on an English-speaking country, only two of the four may be from the same department and none may be from the Core.

4. Study abroad (4 semester hours of those outlined in components 2 and 3).