Undergraduate

Many degree programs are structured to train students for one job. Most of today’s graduates, however, will change career paths four or five times during their working life. Your Arts degree will give you the necessary flexibility to adapt your knowledge and keep ahead of the changes that all of us face in our careers. It also gives you skills for life – critical analysis, research, written and oral communication – skills that are being increasingly recognised by employers as providing them with their greatest assets – employees who can adapt to and help shape change, who can think laterally, apply knowledge and express themselves clearly. The career opportunities for Arts graduates are exceptionally varied; from journalism to museum curatorship, publishing to politics, information technology to international development, advertising to art conservation – and much more.

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Bachelor of Arts (European Studies)<table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr valign="top"><td>Contemporary Europe major</td><td>Thirty Disciplinary units</td><td>Language major</td><td>Free units</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td colspan="4">First Year (maximum of 48 units)</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Compulsory Course: EURO1004 Europe in the Modern Era: Foundations of International Relations (6 unit);6 additional units from any of the following: POLS1002; POLS1003; POLS1004; POLS1005; SOCY1002; SOCY1003; HIST1017; HIST1015; PHIL1003; PHIL1004.</td><td>12 first-year units in Political Science, History, Sociology, English, Philosophy or Art History</td><td>12 units in German, French, Italian, Russian, Spanish or a Slavonic language (subject to recognition of competence)</td><td>12 units of the students' choice</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td colspan="4">Later Years (minimum of 96 units)</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td> A minimum of 30 units, 12 of which must be drawn from the following list of courses:<ul><li>EURO2003 The European Union: Institutions, Policies and Challenges;</li><li>EURO2011 Nationalism in Europe: History, Politics, Theory;</li><li>HIST2140 Europe in the Twentieth Century;</li><li>POLS2025 Politics in Britain;</li><li>POLS2092 Facism and Anti-facism;</li></ul>Plus 18 additional units drawn from courses contributing to the Contemporary Europe major.</td><td>18 designated units in the same discipline area, or 18 units in a modern European language</td><td>30 units in German, French, Italian, Russian, Spanish or a Slavonic language (subject to recognition of competence)</td><td>18 additional units of the students' choice</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>(42 units)</td><td>(30 units)</td><td>(42 units)</td><td>(30 units)</td></tr></tbody></table>

Bachelor of Arts (European Studies) Honours students undertake the <a href="http://studyat.anu.edu.au/programs/3100XBARTS;honours.html" title="http://studyat.anu.edu.au/programs/3100XBARTS;honours.html">Bachelor of Arts (Honours</a><a href="http://studyat.anu.edu.au/programs/3100XBARTS;honours.html" title="http://studyat.anu.edu.au/programs/3100XBARTS;honours.html">)</a> 'Contemporary Europe' program.

2332 The Bachelor of Arts in European Studies focuses on Contemporary Europe (including Britain). The degree focuses on the foundations of modern Europe, bearing in mind its long history and how this has shaped contemporary European societies. It also considers the innovative aspects of recent developments, particularly the possibilities for cooperation and unity as well as the tensions between diverse traditions.Completion requirements specify that students undertake the following: (a) a major in Contemporary Europe; and (b) a major in a European language other than English; and (c) twelve first-year units in either Political Science, History, Sociology, English, Philosophy or Art History; and (d) eighteen designated later-year units in the same discipline area as (c) or in any of the Modern European Languages; and (e) twelve first-year and eighteen later-year units of their choice.Students are advised to consult the Coordinator in order to see whether there may be other courses that cohere especially well with the courses of their choice. It may be advisable to enrol in such courses even if they are not listed as designated.Aims of this named degree are to enable students:<ul><li>to gain perspectives on the social, political and cultural forces that operate in contemporary Europe</li><li>to read, understand and speak a European language (other than English)</li><li>to obtain a grounding in one of the following disciplines: Political Science, History, Sociology, English, Philosophy or Art History.</li></ul>To achieve these aims we offer courses<ul><li>in European institutions, politics, history and society</li><li>which combine acquisition of language skills with the study of politics, society and culture</li><li>prepared by specialists in various disciplines located in departments within the Faculty of Arts.</li></ul>Students whose language major is offered outside the Faculty of Arts must complete a major within the Faculty.Detailed outlines of the core courses and specification of the designated courses in the Contemporary Europe major can be found within the major under the Majors or Specialisations heading below.The normal requirements for the degree are shown in the table below.While the degree in European Studies is founded on the Contemporary Europe Major and a Language Major, it enables students to choose from a wide range of offerings in the Faculty of Arts.It is also possible, in addition to the Contemporary Europe major and the language major, to do a third major. This can be done by selecting free units so that together with the 42 disciplinary units they make up a major.

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Bachelor of Arts (European Studies)

None but there may be prerequisites or levels of assumed knowledge for individual subjects particularly science and language subjects.

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