European Union & Contemporary Europe, CAS

Margarita Estevez-Abe, Co-Director, Center for European Studies

Office: 308 Maxwell Hall

Telephone: 315-443-3859

The Certificate of Advanced Study in the European Union (EU) and Contemporary Europe is available to students in all professional and doctoral programs at Syracuse University who are looking to supplement their degree with a strong foundation in this region’s politics, culture, and economics or to prepare themselves for a career involving specialization in this region. In completing the certificate program, students are required to take 12 credit hours of study focused on the region, including one of the required courses and nine credits from a set of approved courses and/or approved other activities such as internships, language study, independent study, or capstone experiences. For more information, visit the program website:

http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/moynihan/merc/Graduate_Certificate_in_the_EU_and_Contemporary_Europe/

Admission:

Admission to this certificate program is open to all graduate students enrolled in Syracuse University interested in learning more about and acquiring a specialization in the European Union and contemporary Europe. Interested students are encouraged to interact with the director of the certificate program early in their tenure to develop a program of study as well as to complete the Graduate School’s Internal Admission form enrolling in the program.

Student Learning Outcomes

1. Indicate knowledge regarding the nature of the EU and several challenges that currently face the organization and their potential effects

2. Identify several current European events and consider the impact on these events of the cultural, social, economic, and political diversity represented among countries on this continent

3. Demonstrate introductory skills in a European language and/or has spent time in an internship experience in Europe or completed a capstone exercise involving a European organization

Program Requirements:

Twelve credits in four courses must be earned to be eligible for the certificate. These must include:

The choice of one of the required courses:

PSC 756 - Politics of the European Union 3 credit(s)
PSC 600 - Selected Topics 1-6 credit(s) The EU and Beyond: Identity, Politics, and the New Europe *
ANT 670 - Experience Credit 1-6 credit(s) The Culture and Politics of Reconciliation in Central Europe **
HUM 670 - The Culture and Politics of Reconciliation in Central Europe **
SOC 670 - Experience Credit 1-6 credit(s) The Culture and Politics of Reconciliation in Central Europe **

Elective Courses and/or Approved Other Activities

Nine credits from a set of elective courses and/or approved other activities such as internships, independent study, or capstone experiences.

Electives:

ANT 629 - Transformation of Eastern Europe 3 credit(s)
ANT 673 - Peace and Conflict in the Balkans: Anthropological Perspectives 3 credit(s) or
PAI 730 - Problems in Public Administration 1-3 credit(s)
ANT 701 - Seminar on Multilateral Peacekeeping 3 credit(s) or
PAI 701 - Seminar on Multilateral Peacekeeping 3 credit(s)
FRE 600 - Selected Topics 1-6 credit(s) Contemporary France in Literature & Film *
FRE 600 - Selected Topics
1-3 credit(s)
GER 600 - Selected Topics 1-6 credit(s)
HST 735 - Readings and Research in European History 3 credit(s)
LAW 910 - LondonEx: Clinical Internship 6 credit(s) ***
PHI 640 - Continental Philosophy of Religion 3 credit(s) or
REL 660 - Continental Philosophy of Religion 3 credit(s)
PAI 715 - Topics in Global Development 1-3 credit(s) Issues in Global Economic and Financial Security ****
PAI 715 - Topics in Global Development
3 credit(s) International Economic Negotiations ****
PAI 715 - Topics in Global Development
3 credit(s) Statecraft and Smart Power in the Digital Era ****
PAI 727 - Responding to Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction 3 credit(s)
PAI 788 - Global Issues: Drugs, Crime and Terrorism 3 credit(s)
PAI 716 - Economic Dimensions of Global Power 3 credit(s) or
ECN 610 - Special Topics in Economics 3 credit(s) Economic Dimensions of Global Power
PSC 769 - Comparative Parties and Politics 3 credit(s)
PSC 785 - Comparative Civil-Military Relations 3 credit(s)
PSC 786 - Russian and Post-Soviet Politics 3 credit(s)
PSC 788 - Political Leadership 3 credit(s)
PSC 700 - Selected Topics 1-6 credit(s) Crisis Management or
PAI 700 - Selected Topics 1-6 credit(s) Crisis Management
PSC 600 - Selected Topics 1-6 credit(s) European National and International Conflict: What Alternatives to Violence *
PSC 600 - Selected Topics
1-3 credit(s) European Human Rights *
SPA 653 - Sinner and Saints in 19th and 20th Century Spanish Literature and Film 3 credit(s)
SPA 658 - Narrative and Film in Spain (1940 to the Present) 3 credit(s)

Note:

*Offered during Summer at the University’s Strasbourg Center in France.
**Offered during Summer in Strasbourg, Berlin, and Wroclaw.
***Offered during Summer in London.
****Offered during Fall at the University’s Washington, DC Center.

Credits Towards the Certificate

In addition to these classes, students may also earn credits towards the Certificate in the following ways:

Students can take a maximum of six-credit hours in any of the regional languages offered at the University at the 600 level. Turkish, Portuguese, and Polish are also considered regional languages in addition to those more generally considered when focusing on Europe.
Students can take a maximum of three-credit hours for an internship experience in Europe or for the completion of a capstone course that focuses on a topic related to contemporary Europe or the EU (with the approval of the Director of the Certificate Program).