Students who complete the major in European Studies will be able to:
- express themselves fluently and correctly in at least one language spoken in Europe, both orally and in writing; and preferably also have some fluency in a second language spoken in Europe;
- write and speak fluently and articulately in English, and employ a variety of rhetorical approaches and research methodologies in the analysis of a given text of cultural production;
- examine a significant portion of the European experience and seek to define those elements that have given European culture its unity and distinctiveness;
- demonstrate in-depth knowledge about aspects of European culture;
- know how to make an argument, orally and in writing, and support it effectively with evidence;
- think critically about the relationship between materials of cultural production (literature, performance, visual and media arts, music) and the history, politics, and context of their production;
- study European culture in an independent and interdisciplinary manner;
- pursue research with current research tools;
- focus their coursework and interests within the major on a particular field or a specific research question;
- prepare, develop, and complete an extended research project in the form of the senior thesis.