European Studies

Intended learning outcomes

On successful completion of this minor, students will be able to:

• engage critically with national and comparative perspectives on Europe’s cultures;
• communicate knowledge effectively about Europe’s present and past, and its traditions in oral and written form; and
• demonstrate a broad knowledge of the interdisciplinary field of European Studies; and
• develop research skills in the constituent disciplines of languages, history, cultural studies, literary studies, film studies and memory studies that are applied with intellectual honesty and a respect for ethical values; and
• demonstrate an awareness of Europe’s historical and contemporary relationships to other regions such as Asia, the Americas, the Middle East and Australasia; and
• acquire critical insights through their engagement with Europe that prepare them for becoming good global citizens; and
• work with independence, self- reflection and creativity to meet goals and challenges in the workplace and personal life; and
• work effectively in groups to meet a shared goal with people whose disciplinary and cultural backgrounds differ from their own.