The European Union Center offers an interdisciplinary graduate minor for students interested in pursuing area studies along with their primary field. Graduate minors are excellent ways to develop focused familiarity/competence with a particular topic in complement with what a student is learning in their main degree program. The graduate minor caters to a variety of students from a variety of programs, including:
- PhD programs in a number of departments
- Professional schools, such as law, business, and education
- Professional degree programs, such as urban and regional planning
Interested students should first speak with an academic advisor in their home department or degree-granting school to confirm eligibility for the Graduate Minor in EU Studies. Eligible applicants should then meet with the EU Center’s Academic Programs Coordinator (send an email to eucenter@illinois.edu), and prepare to:
- Complete a registration form with the EU Center
- Submit a Graduate College Student Petition form to the College
- Submit a detailed course plan showing the meeting of minor requirements before graduating
- Explore all the EU Center has to offer, such as FLAS fellowships, events and funding opportunities
Students who select European Union Studies as a graduate minor must secure approval from the EU
| Required Courses | Required Hours |
| EURO 501 and EURO 502 | 8 |
| Courses from the EUC’s list of suggested departments and courses. Coursework must be from two departments. Also see the EUC’s list of affiliate faculty. | 8 |
| Language Requirement: students demonstrate the equivalent of two years of college-level study of a language of the European Union other than English, to support development of a technical vocabulary in fields such as business, law, and agriculture. | 0 |
| Total Hours | 16 |
Other requirements:
Regular attendance at the EU Brown Bag series and other events sponsored by the European Union Center (Calendar).
MA in EU Studies students are not permitted to pursue a graduate minor in EU Studies. However, several other graduate minors on campus may be of interest to MAEUS students: Balkan Studies, Global Studies, Center for African Studies, and Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies, among others. A complete list of graduate minors can be found here. A graduate minor is not a requirement for the MAEUS degree program.
Further questions can be directed to eucenter@illinois.edu.