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ES100  

Sources of European Culture

 

   
 

 

   
 

 

ES105  

Europe and Cities: The Italian Renaissance

ES110  

Europe and Cities: The Modern City

ES_PL215  

Philosophy and the City

 

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  Two courses from European and Mediterranean Urban Cultures»

   
 

6 credits

   
 

 

   
 

 

 

  Two courses from European and Mediterranean Film Studies and/or Contexts, Illumination, and Reflections

 

6 credits

   
 

 

   
 

 

 

 
 
 

 

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ES100  

Sources of European Culture

 

   
 

 

 

One course in a living language (apart from English and French) at the Intermediate level (minimum). Credits can be recognized from national secondary- school exams (Bac, IB, Maturita, Abitur, AP, etc.), or from courses taken while students are at AUP, or accepted for transfer credit.

 

1 course

   
 

 

   
 

 

 

Three additional relevant courses 200-level and above on European subjects taken at AUP or accepted in transfer (in AH, CL, ES, HI and PO). These courses must be certified for applicability by the Department of European and Mediterranean Cultures, the department offering these courses, or accepting them in transfer, and Academic Affairs.

 

3 courses

   
 

 

   
 

 

 

 
 
 

 

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GS_CL206  

Contemporary Feminist Theory

   
 

   
 

 

   
 

 

GS_HI314  

Art, Culture, and Gender in the Italian Renaissance

CL_GS318  

Sex, Politics, and Culture I

HI_GS319  

Sex, Politics, and Culture II: Women Artists in European History

CL_GS357  

19th Century Women Writers

CL_GS363  

Writing Women: Feminism, Freud, and Literary Inscriptions of Femininity

PO_GS324  

Politics of Human Rights

GS_PY208  

Gender-Identity, Homosexuality, and the Cinema: A Psychosocial Approach

GS_PY239  

Human Nature and Eros

GS_PY251  

Sexuality, Aggression, and Guilt

GS_PY261  

Love, Sexuality, and the Cinema: A Psychodynamic Approach

GS_HI326  

Women in the French Renaissance: From Joan of Arc to Catherine de' Medici

CM_GS353  

Media and Gender

PO_GS386  

Women and Politics

GS_HI328  

Existentialism: Choice, Sex, and Will

 

Choose five courses (15 credits).  To ensure true interdisciplinary work, at least three courses must be chosen outside the student's major. A directed study or an internship may be substituted for one of the five required courses.

 

   
 

 

   
 

 

 

 
 
 

 

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AH212  

Medieval Art and Architecture

AH331 

Painting and the Written Word

CL_EN251  

Masters of English Literature before 1800

CL257  

Masters of French Literature I: The Rise of the Hero and the Poet in French Literature

CL322  

European Arts of Love

CL_ES323  

Chaucer and Medieval Culture

CL_ES325  

Dante and Medieval Culture

ES_HI312  

European Urban Culture: The Jewish Presence I: From the Origins to the 17th Century

ES381

History of French Civilization I: Origins of France to 1610

ES_PL213  

Philosophy and Religion I: From the Ancient to the Medieval World

 

Choose 6 courses in at least two disciplines, which may be supplemented by other offerings whose relevance can be demonstrated (such as 100-level courses, topics courses, or independent study).

   
 

 

   
 

 

 

 
 
 

 

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ES_HI300

The Venture of Islam: Muslim History and Belief, 600-1258

 

   
 

 

AH_ES219

The Mosque: Introduction to Muslim Cultures

ES_AH314  

European Urban Culture: Istanbul, an Imperial Palimpsest

CM473  

Media and Society in the Arab World

EC336  

Economics of the Muslim World

ES_HI317 

Mediterranean Urban Culture: The Islamic City: History, Spaces, and Visual Culture

ES_HI329 

Mediterranean Urban Culture: Jerusalem, Navel of the World

ES_FS340

Littérature et colonialisme: Ecrire dans la langue du maître

FM376  

Arab Cinema

PO372  

Politics of the Middle East

ES_FS391

Topics (Sorbonne)

   
 

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