List of Approved Courses for Graduate EU Studies
The courses in the approved course list may be used towards satisfying the requirements of the graduate major or minor in EU Studies. Some courses may not be available for graduate credit. Please note, not all courses are offered every semester or every year, and some courses may have prerequisites. Some courses offered in professional schools may have restricted enrollment.
We will make every effort to update this list periodically. Students should consult the online university class schedule for current course availability, and may identify other courses for inclusion on this list pending EU Center approval. Please consult the EU Center staff regarding specific questions about applying the courses to your degree major or minor program
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Selected Courses Relevant to EU Studies - Fall 2013
The following list of courses with content related to European Union studies is intended as a service for students and faculty. Please note that this list is not necessarily exhaustive; we welcome suggestions for inclusion of additional courses.
Faculty members: would you like us to add a course to this list? Please fill out a brief web form with information about your course(s). The EU Center will update this page periodically as we receive information about available courses.
See Fall 2013 University Class Schedule for complete listings of classes offered that semester.
See Fall 2013 University Course Catalog for a catalog of all courses offered on campus across semesters.
Art History
ARTH 447
Instructor name: David O'Brien
Instructor e-mail: obrien1@illinois.edu
Course catalog description: Examines the relationship between art and colonialism in nineteenth-century France. Topics include orientalism, primitivism, and exoticism; the central figures include Delacroix, Flaubert, Gerome, and Gauguin.
Meeting time: TR 2:00 - 3:20 PM
Number of credit hours: 3 or 4
European Union Studies
EURO 199
Undergraduate Open Seminar - Dialogue on Europe
Instructor name:
Brian Endres, Matt Rosenstein
Instructor e-mail: rosenstn@illinois.edu
Meeting time: Arranged
Number of credit hours: 1 to 5
EURO 410
Instructor name:
Monica Bielski Boris
Instructor e-mail: mbielski@illinois.edu
Course catalog description: Addresses the formation of European Union (EU) labor policy; the role of trade unions in EU member nations; worker immigration in the EU; diversity issues in the EU labor market and a comparative analysis of industrial relations in Europe. LER 410 is a hybrid course and is taught online through Compass but also requires six in class sessions.These class sessions are as follows: Monday, September 9 1-3 pm, Monday, September 30 1-3 pm, Monday, October 21 1-3 pm Monday, November 11 1-3 pm, Monday December 2 1-3 pm and Monday, December 9 1-3 pm.
Number of credit hours: 4
EURO 501
EU Institutions and Governance
Instructor name:
Laura Hastings
Instructor e-mail: lhasting@illinois.edu
Course catalog description: A graduate-level introduction to the European Union, its history, decision-making processes, legal framework and political and economic effects. Undergraduates need prior approval from instructor to register for this course. Not intended for undergrad.
Meeting time: M 6:00 - 8:20 PM
Number of credit hours: 4
EURO 596
Special Topics in EU Studies - Dialogue on Europe
Instructor name:
A. Bryan Endres and Matt Rosenstein
Instructor e-mail: rosenstn@illinois.edu
Course catalog description: This graduate-level seminar explores a variety of subjects about the European Union and EU-US relations and comparative perspectives. The course will introduce students to the transatlantic relationships by providing a series of expert lectures offered by University of Illinois faculty and visiting scholars. This course fulfills requirements for the EU Studies graduate minor and MA in EU Studies, but it is open to graduate students across campus.
Meeting time: Arranged
Number of credit hours: 1
German
GER 251
The Grimms' Fairy Tales in Their European Context
Instructor name: Laurie Johnson
Instructor e-mail: lruthjoh@illinois.edu
Course catalog description: Special attention is paid to the Grimms' tales in terms of traditional narrative genres, elements of life in early modern Europe, and versions from Italy and France as well as Germany. Course is conducted in English.
Meeting time: TBA
Number of credit hours: 3
GER 420
Instructor name: Laurie Johnson
Instructor e-mail: lruthjoh@illinois.edu
Course catalog description: A general introduction to German culture from the pre-Christian period to the twenty-first century, focusing on the tension between forces of history and modernization in German culture. Course materials include literary and philosophical texts, film, painting, and music. Particular attention will be paid to the role of art in society. Prerequisite: One 200-level German course and GER 331; or consent of instructor.
Meeting time: MWF 1:00 - 1:50 PM
Number of credit hours: 4
Italian
ITAL 406
Postcolonial Italy: Italy in the age of global migration
Instructor name: Emanuel Rota
Instructor e-mail: rota@illinois.edu
Course catalog description: The course presents the Italian debate on its recently (or not so recently) discovered multiculturalism and ethnic and religious diversity. Using different analytical tools, we will discuss Italy's conflictual relation with its national past and its global future.
Meeting time: MWF 2:00 - 2:50 PM
Number of credit hours: 3
Scandinavian
SCAN 101
Beginning Scandinavian I (Swedish)
Instructor name: Mark Safstrom
Instructor e-mail: safstrom@illinois.edu
Course catalog description: This is the FIRST course in the Swedish language sequence. Instruction is by immersion, emphasis is on basic skills: reading, writing, speaking, and aural comprehension.
Meeting time: MWF 9:00 - 9:50 AM
Number of credit hours: 4
SCAN 103
Intermediate Scandinavian I (Swedish)
Instructor name: Mark Safstrom
Instructor e-mail: safstrom@illinois.edu
Course catalog description: This is the THIRD course in the Swedish language sequence. Instruction is by immersion, emphasis is on grammar, reading, discussion skills and writing through the study of authentic texts.
Meeting time: MTWR 10:00-10:50 AM
Number of credit hours: 4
SCAN 199
Undergraduate Open Seminar - Arctic Cultures, Images, and Narratives
Instructor name: Anna Stenport
Instructor e-mail: aws@illinois.edu
Course catalog description: This course will focus on how humans have represented their interactions with the Arctic throughout history with an emphasis on the last 150 years, as imagined through mythology, literature, film, visual arts, and photography. The course will discuss such tropes as the explorer and expedition journeys in service of nationalism and colonialism; cultural figurations of coldness, stillness, and passivity; representations of the environment and cultural practices by indigenous populations; pop culture renditions of changing geopolitical circumstances; and sustainability perspectives. Involves a research component.
Meeting time: TR 11:00 AM - 12:20 PM
Number of credit hours: 3
SCAN 252
Instructor name: Theo Malekin
Instructor email: malekin@illinois.edu
Course catalog description: This course will explore Old Norse/Icelandic literature in translation, including the various “kings’ sagas,” family sagas, mythical-heroic sagas, and romances.
(This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for a Literature and the Arts, and Western Comparative Culture course.) Same as CWL 252 / MDVL 252.
Meeting time: MWF 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
Number of credit hours: 3
SCAN 255
Vikings & Volvos: Scandinavian Culture
Instructor name: Theo Malekin
Instructor email: malekin@illinois.edu
Course catalog description: This course will explore the last 1,000 years of Nordic history and culture, beginning with the age of the Vikings all the way down to the present era, in which the Nordic countries have emerged as industrial nations. (This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for a Literature and the Arts, and Western Comparative Culture course.)
Meeting time: MWF 2:00 - 2:50 PM
Number of credit hours: 3
SCAN 463
Instructor name: Theo Malekin
Instructor email: malekin@illinois.edu
Course catalog description: This course is dedicated to the major works of Henrik Ibsen, one of the most important playwrights in the history of modern drama. Adapting an international and comparative perspective, the course situates Ibsen’s plays within the modern European and American drama tradition. Same as CWL 463, THEA 483, ENGL 455.
Meeting time: TR 12:30 AM - 1:50 PM
Number of credit hours: 3 or 4
SCAN 496
Special Topics in Scandinavian Studies - Arctic Narratives, Images and Cultures
Instructor name: Mark Safstrom
Instructor e-mail: safstrom@illinois.edu
Course catalog description: This course will investigate how humans have narrated their interactions with the Arctic over the past 1,000 years, and explore how this environment has been imagined through oral tradition, mythology, sagas, literature, and film. Students in this course will be equipped to discuss environmental and societal changes in the Arctic in a long-term, historical perspective, and understand current cultural and political assumptions about the Arctic. This course will feature authors from the Nordic region (all readings in English translation).
Meeting time: TR 2:00 - 3:20 PM
Number of credit hours: 3 or 4
Political Science
PS 348
Government and Politics in Western Europe
Instructor name: Konstantinos Kourtikakis
Instructor e-mail: kkourtik@illinois.edu
Course catalog description: Examines the major governmental systems of continental Europe; the evolution, structure, and functioning of the political institutions of France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, and the Scandinavian countries.
Meeting time: MW 3:00 - 4:20 PM
Number of credit hours: 3
PS 385
Politics of the European Union
Instructor name: Konstantinos Kourtikakis
Instructor e-mail: kkourtik@illinois.edu
Course catalog description: Considers the history of the European Union and its current functions and operations. Focuses on the ongoing process of political and cultural integration.
Meeting time: TR 11:00 AM - 12:20 PM
Number of credit hours: 3
Portuguese
PORT 400-B
Intensive Beginning Portuguese
Instructor name:Raquel Casto Goebel, Nola Senna
Instructor email: rcgoebel@illinois.edu, nsenna@illinois.edu
Course catalog description: Intensive Beginning Portuguese (100 level equivalent) – This is the very first semester of Port for those who have never taken Port, even if they are fluent in Spanish. Knowledge of Spanish, Italian, or French helps but does not replace the class.
Meeting time: MWF 12:00 am - 12:50 am
Number of credit hours: 3
PORT 400-D
Intensive Beginning Portuguese
Instructor name: Rebecca Coelho, Nola Senna
Instructor email: rcoelho2@illinois.edu, nsenna@illinois.edu
Course catalog description: Intensive Beginning Portuguese (100 level equivalent) – This is the very first semester of Port for those who have never taken Port, even if they are fluent in Spanish. Knowledge of Spanish, Italian, or French helps but does not replace the class.
Meeting time: MWF 11:00 am - 11:50 am
Number of credit hours: 3
PORT 400-D2
Intensive Beginning Portuguese
Instructor name: Rebecca Coelho, Nola Senna
Instructor email: rcoelho2@illinois.edu, nsenna@illinois.edu
Course catalog description: Intensive Beginning Portuguese (100 level equivalent) – This is the very first semester of Port for those who have never taken Port, even if they are fluent in Spanish. Knowledge of Spanish, Italian, or French helps but does not replace the class.
Meeting time: MWF 10:00 am - 10:50 am
Number of credit hours: 3
PORT 400-E
Intensive Beginning Portuguese
Instructor name: Raquel Casto Goebel, Nola Senna
Instructor email: rcgoebel@illinois.edu, nsenna@illinois.edu
Course catalog description: Intensive Beginning Portuguese (100 level equivalent) – This is the very first semester of Port for those who have never taken Port, even if they are fluent in Spanish. Knowledge of Spanish, Italian, or French helps but does not replace the class.
Meeting time: MWF 2:00 pm - 2:50 pm
Number of credit hours: 3
PORT 401-C
Instructor name: Natassia Guedes Alves, Nola Senna
Instructor email: nalves2@illinois.edu, nsenna@illinois.edu
Course catalog description: Continued development of reading, writing and conversational skills. Completion of this course fulfills the third-semester level of Portuguese language instruction. Followed by a 200- or 300-level course in Portuguese, this course fulfills the fourth-semester level of Portuguese language instruction. Prerequisite: PORT 400 or consent of instructor.
Meeting time: MWF 11:00 am - 11:50 am
Number of credit hours: 3
PORT 401-E
Instructor name: Raquel Casto Goebel, Nola Senna
Instructor email: rcgoebel@illinois.edu, nsenna@illinois.edu
Course catalog description: Continued development of reading, writing and conversational skills. Completion of this course fulfills the third-semester level of Portuguese language instruction. Followed by a 200- or 300-level course in Portuguese, this course fulfills the fourth-semester level of Portuguese language instruction. Prerequisite: PORT 400 or consent of instructor.
Meeting time: MWF 1:00 pm - 1:50 pm
Number of credit hours: 3
PORT 401-X
Instructor name: Natassia Guedes Alves, Nola Senna
Instructor email: nalves2@illinois.edu, nsenna@illinois.edu
Course catalog description: Continued development of reading, writing and conversational skills. Completion of this course fulfills the third-semester level of Portuguese language instruction. Followed by a 200- or 300-level course in Portuguese, this course fulfills the fourth-semester level of Portuguese language instruction. Prerequisite: PORT 400 or consent of instructor.
Meeting time: MWF 12:00 pm - 12:50 pm
Number of credit hours: 3
PORT 200-C
Instructor name: Raquel Casto Goebel, Nola Senna
Instructor email: rcgoebel@illinois.edu, nsenna@illinois.edu
Course catalog description: The study of the structure of modern Portuguese in both its phonological and syntactic aspects for the student who already has a functional command of the language, with emphasis on developing ability to analyze and interpret grammatical structures.
Meeting time: MW 3:30 pm - 4:50 pm
Number of credit hours: 2, 3 or 4
PORT 404-G
Instructor name: Nola Senna
Instructor email: nsenna@illinois.edu
Course catalog description: Affords a broad understanding of the origins of Luso-Brazilian civilization and culture. Topic: "Portuguese for Business". Prerequirement: PORT 401
Meeting time: TR 3:30 - 4:50
Number of credit hours: 2, 3 or 4
PORT 404-I
Instructor name: Nola Senna
Instructor email: nsenna@illinois.edu
Course catalog description: Affords a broad understanding of the origins of Luso-Brazilian civilization and culture. Topic: "Doing Business in Brazil". No prerequirements, taught in English.
Meeting time: TR 5:00 - 6:15
Number of credit hours: 2, 3 or 4
PORT 199-BC
Instructor name: Brigitte Cairus
Instructor email: bcairus@illinois.edu
Course catalog description: Topic: Introduction to Brazilian Studies. No prerequirements, taught in English.
Number of credit hours: 3
Translation Studies
TRST 201
Instructor name: Professor Patricia Phillips-Batoma
Instructor email: pphillip@illinois.edu
Course catalog description: which texts, images, and ideas move across cultures, across time, across languages, and through different art forms; to elevate the students' appreciation of literature and other art forms; and get acquainted with the complexities of a work of art as a cultural manifestation and with
the ways in which various artists, writers and translators have attempted to recreate these complexities in other languages and cultures. Prerequisite: Students must have met the University of Illinois foreign language requirement. This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for UIUC: Literature and the Arts
Meeting time: MWF 10-10:50 AM
Number of credit hours: 3
TRST 406
Instructor name: Professor Patricia Phillips-Batoma
Instructor email: pphillip@illinois.edu
Course catalog description: Develop the practice of "instrumental" translation skills in a variety of technical domains, including translation for new media, medical and legal translation,
and localization. Focuses on the technical, cultural and terminological problems that characterize localization and globalization as governing criteria of translation in today's knowledge economy. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite: Departmental approval. Six semesters of
foreign language study.
Meeting time: TR 3:30 - 4:50 PM
Number of credit hours: 3 or 4
TRST 407
Course catalog description: The theoretical and practical aspects of terminology studies, as well as the computer skills required of a translator in today's Language Service Provider (LSP) environment, mastery of a variety of computer-assisted translation (CAT) tools and the SDL Trados suite. Practical applications of terminology work include advanced Internet research for translation work, terminology "mining" exercises, construction of terminology databases and management of those databases. Terminology theory is situated within the field of translation studies as derived from the discipline of linguistics.
Meeting time: TR 3:00 - 5:20 PM
Number of credit hours: 3 or 4
TRST 412/SPAN 410
Instructor name: Professor Joyce Tolliver
Instructor email: joycet@illinois.edu
Course catalog description: Review of current translation theory and analysis and practice of the translation from Spanish to English (and vice versa) of a variety of text types, ranging
from short literary texts to everyday commercial discourse such as that found on product labels. Emphasis on linguistic and cultural aspect of literary discourses as well as non-literary texts. Conducted in Spanish. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite: SPAN 250, SPAN 252, and SPAN 254
Meeting time: TR 9:30 - 10:50 AM
Number of credit hours: 3 or 4
TRST 431
Instructor name: Professor David Cooper
Instructor email: dlcoop@illinois.edu
Course catalog description: Study of the historical development of translation ideas and practices in Europe and in particular cases across major global regions. Reading and analysis of key texts in the development of translation theory and case studies of practices and roles played by translation in different periods and geographical regions.
Meeting time: TR 12:00 - 1:20 PM
Number of credit hours: 3 or 4
TRST 440
Course catalog description: Capstone project in translation done under the supervision of a mentor or instructor in a specialized area of translation according to the student's area of interest and language pair. Possible specializations include literary, technical, commercial, legal, medical, or translation for new media. The student may combine the project with an internship or apprenticeship in an appropriate organization, such as a health center, courthouse, international corporation, government or non-governmental agency, or a publishing house. Students must complete a contract with the instructor or mentor prior to initiating the project and meet with the advisor weekly. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite: TRST 407 and TRST 410. Six semesters of foreign language study.
Meeting time: Arranged
Number of credit hours: 3 or 4
TRST 490 (LAS 490)
Course catalog description: This is an advanced tools course that focuses on in-depth familiarity with a range of CAT tools and also localization software. It combines the most up-to- date theoretical studies on translation/localization practices with hands-on activities aimed at having students understand and reflect, by using the tools, on the language-, culture- and content-bound issues that translation professionals face when adapting content from an L1 to an L2 culture. Among the tools that will be used in class and for assignments are WinAlign & Paraconc (Alignment tools), AntConc & SCP (Simple Concordance Program) (Concordance tool), SDL Trados Studio & MemoQ (TM creation & Translation), MultiTerm Extract & Multiterm (Terminology mining), SDL Passolo (Software localization), and Systran & Google Translate (Machine Translation). The class will be structured into three main units: Corpus Generation, Website/Software Localization and Machine Translation. Prerequisite: Departmental approval.
Meeting time: TR 2:00 - 3:20 PM
Number of credit hours: 3 or 4
TRST 500
Translation Methods and Ethics
Instructor names: Professor Elizabeth Lowe and Professor Chris Higgins, Dept. of Educational Policy, Organization and Leadership
Instructor email: elowe@illinois.edu, crh4@illinois.edu
Course catalog description: This is a required introductory course for the UIUC Masters in Translation and Interpreting. The course will provide an introduction to careers in translation
and interpreting. It will cover basic research methods in translation studies, including both traditional library research and innovative online research techniques. The course will also address ethical issues for translators and interpreters from two perspectives: how the field of translation studies is intrinsically
linked to foundations in philosophy and what ethical issues are pertinent to specific types of translation practice. Basic business practices and etiquette for translators and interpreters will be introduced. Prerequisite: Admission to the Masters in Translation and Interpretation.
Number of credit hours: 4
