Please see below for lists of language courses and area studies courses with EU/European Studies content that will be offered in fall 2025. These lists are meant to be comprehensive but not exhaustive. If you are teaching a course that you think should be included, please contact eucenter@illinois.edu.
Requirements for the Undergraduate Certificate in European Union Studies can be found here. Courses marked with a “*” can be counted toward the certificate. EURO 500 and EURO 501 are open to undergraduates with permission from the instructor.
Information on the MA in EU Studies and Graduate Minor in EU Studies can be found here. EURO 501 is required for both.
European Union Studies
EURO 385 – Politics of the European Union (PS 385/FR 385/GER 385) *
EURO 500 – Dialogue on Europe *
EURO 501 – EU Institutions and Governance *
EURO 590 – Directed Independent Study
EURO 599 – Thesis Research
Area Studies
ACE 210 – Environmental Economics & Policy (ECON 210/ENVS 210/NRES 210/UP 210)
ANTH 108 – Religion & Society in West I
ANTH 230 – Sociocultural Anthropology *
ANTH 268 – Images of the Other
ANTH 272 – Language and Culture in Turkey
ANTH 278 – Climate Change and Civilization
ANTH 433 – Communication and Culture
ANTH 488 – Modern Europe *
ANTH 512 – Language in Culture
ANTH 515 – Social Theory
ARCH 210 – Introduction to the History of World Architecture
ARCH 409 – Studies in Spanish Architecture
ARCH 412 – Medieval Architecture (ARTH 412/MDVL 412)
ARCH 417 – Modern and Contemporary Global Architecture
ARTH 241 – Modern Art, 1880–1940
ARTH 345 – Realism to Postimpressionism
CLCV 160 – Ancient Greek & Roman Religion (REL 160)
CLCV 220 – Exploring the Greek and Roman World (CWL 220)
CLCV 231 – Development of Ancient Cities (JS 231)
CLCV 444 – The Archaeology of Italy (ARTH 416)
CWL 114 – Global Consciousness and Literature
CWL 241 – Early Masterpieces of Western Culture
ECON 415 – Environmental Economics
ECON 420 – International Economics
ENGL 115 – Introduction to British Literature
ENGL 202 – Medieval Literature and Culture (CWL 253/MDVL 201)
ENGL 204 – Renaissance Literature and Culture
ENGL 208 – Victorian Literature and Culture
ENGL 209 – Early British Literature and Culture
ENGL 216 – Legends of King Arthur (CWL 216/MDVL 216)
FR 156 – Exploring Paris
FR 211 – Introduction to Literary Studies
FR 212 – Introduction to Cultural Analysis: French Identities
FR 215 – French in the Community
FR 572 – Absolutism and its Discontents: Corneille, Molière, Racine
FR 576 – Seminar in Francophonie
GER 251 – Grimm’s Fairy Tales in Context (CWL 254/ENGL 266)
GER 261 – The Holocaust in Context (CWL 273/ENGL 269/JS 261)
GER 270 – Sexuality and Literature (CWL 272/GWS 270)
GER 472/574 – Realism to Expressionism: German-Jewish Literature from Salomon Maimon to Franz Kafka in English
GER 494 – German Cinema II (MACS 494)
GGIS 106 – Geographies of Globalization (ESE 106)
GLBL 100 – Intro to Global Studies
GLBL 220 – Governance
HIST 100 – Global History
HIST 140/141 – Western Worlds: Ancient and Medieval Societies from the Mediterranean to Northern Europe
HIST 200 – Paris, Capital of the Nineteenth Century
HIST 200 – Nationalism in Theory and History
HIST 200 – Gender and Crime in the Early Modern World
HIST 241 – History of Ancient Rome
HIST 252 – The Holocaust (JS 252)
HIST 258 – 20thC World to Midcentury *
HIST 311 – Global History of Intelligence
HIST 350 – 19thC Romanticism & Politics
HIST 355 – Soviet Jewish History (JS 355)
HIST 357 – Modern France
HIST 365 – Fiction & Historical Imagination: Empires in History and Myth
HIST 410 – Decolonization in Africa
HIST 439 – The Ottoman Empire
ITAL 156 – Exploring Rome: History and Culture of the Eternal City
ITAL 240 – Italy Middle Ages & Renaissance (CWL 240/MDVL 240)
ITAL 420 – Masterpieces of Renaissance Literature (CWL 420/MDVL 420)
LAW 656 – International Law
MUSE 200 – Introduction to Museums
PS 168 – Drones and Asymmetric Warfare
PS 244 – Introduction to Political Violence
PS 348 – Government & Politics in Western Europe *
PS 356 – Comparative Political Economy
PS 371 – Classical Political Theory
PS 373 – Democratic Theory
PS 380 – International Cooperation *
PS 383 – Politics of Terrorism
PS 486 – International Institutional Order
PS 487 – Global LGBT Politics
PS 488 – International Human Rights Law
REES 200 – Introduction to Russia and Eurasia
REES 495/550 – Seminar in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
REL 108 – Religion & Society in West I (JS 108/ANTH 108/PHIL 108)
REL 120 – A History of Judaism (HIST 168/JS 120)
RUSS 260 – Medicine & Literature
RUSS 322 – Dostoevsky (RUSS 522)
RUSS 511 – Russian Literature 1800–1855
SCAN 215 – Madness, Myth, and Murder (CWL 215)
SCAN 251 – Viking Mythology (CWL 251/MDVL 251/REL 251)
SLAV 117 – Russian & East European Science Fiction (CWL 117)
SLAV 419 – Russian & East European Film (MACS 419)
SLAV 452 – Kyiv: Biography of a City (CWL 453)
SLAV 452 – Diasporic and Exilic Literature (CWL 453)
SOC 226 – Political Sociology
SOC 500 – Classical Sociological Theory
SPAN 232 – Spanish in the Community
SPAN 310 – Spanish Theater
SPAN 312 – Desired and Police: Paradigms of Spanish Womanhood
SPAN 312 – Spanish Migrations in Literature and Culture
SPAN 318 – Iberian Cultures in Premodern Spain
SPAN 320 – Minor Literatures and Cultures: Catalonia, Basque Country and Galicia
SPAN 320 – Tourism, Modernization, Environment, and Difference: Imagining Spain and Other in Spanish Cultural Production
SPAN 320 – Global Spain: Between America, Europe, and the Mediterranean
SPAN 464 – Pleasure and Fun, In Spite of it All (Spain, 1898–1960)
UKR 113 – Ukrainian Culture
Language Courses
Arabic
ARAB 201 – Elementary Standard Arabic I
ARAB 403 – Intermediate Standard Arabic I
ARAB 405 – Advanced Standard Arabic I
ARAB 407 – Topics in Standard Arabic Language & Literature I
Basque
BASQ 401 Beginners’ Basque
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
BCS 201 – Second Year Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian I
Bulgarian
LCTL 101 – First-Year Bulgarian I
LCTL 201 – Bulgarian for Heritage Speakers
Czech
LCTL 201 – Czech 201 Second Year
French
FR 101 – Elementary French I
FR 102 – Elementary French II
FR 103 – Intermediate French I
FR 104 – Intermediate French II
FR 205 – French in Conversation
FR 207 – Writing and Grammar Workshop
FR 501 – Reading French Grads
German
GER 101 – Beginning German I
GER 102 – Beginning German II
GER 103 – Intermediate German I
GER 104 – Intermediate German II
GER 211 – Conversation and Writing I
GER 212 – Conversation and Writing II
Greek (Modern)
GRKM 201 – Elementary Modern Greek I
GRKM 403 – Intermediate Modern Greek I
GRKM 453 – Advanced Modern Greek I
GRKM 454 – Advanced Modern Greek II
Italian
ITAL 101 – Elementary Italian I
ITAL 102 – Elementary Italian II
ITAL 103 – Intermediate Italian I
ITAL 104 – Intermediate Italian II
ITAL 210 – Practical Review Italian
Polish
POL 101 – Elementary Polish I
POL 201 – Second Year Polish I
LCTL 301 – Advanced Intermediate Polish I
Portuguese
PORT 400 – Intensive Beginning Portuguese
PORT 401 – Intensive Intermediate Portuguese
Russian
RUSS 101 – First-Year Russian I
RUSS 201 – Second-Year Russian I
RUSS 301 – Third Year Russian I
RUSS 501 – Russian for Grad Students
Spanish
SPAN 101 – Elementary Spanish I
SPAN 102 – Elementary Spanish II
SPAN 122 – Intensive Elementary Spanish
SPAN 130 – Intermediate Spanish
SPAN 141 – Introduction to Spanish Grammar
SPAN 142 – Spanish in the Professions
SPAN 200 – Readings in Hispanic Texts
SPAN 202 – Spanish for Business
SPAN 204 – Advanced Spanish Grammar in Context
SPAN 208 – Oral Spanish
SPAN 228 – Spanish Composition
Swedish
SCAN 101 – Introductory Swedish
SCAN 103 – Intermediate Swedish
Turkish
TURK 201 – Elementary Turkish I
TURK 403 – Intermediate Turkish I
TURK 405 – Advanced Turkish I
Ukrainian
UKR 201 – Second Year Ukrainian I
Yiddish
YDSH 101 – Beginning Yiddish I