Contact
Ciara Hoyne, cchoyne@syr.edu
The Certificate of Advanced Study in the European Union (EU) and Contemporary Europe is available to students in all professional and doctoral programs at Syracuse University who are looking to supplement their degree with a strong foundation in this region’s politics, culture, and economics or to prepare themselves for a career involving specialization in this region. In completing the certificate program, students are required to take 12 credit hours of study focused on the region, including one of the required courses and nine credits from a set of approved courses and/or approved other activities such as internships, language study, independent study, or capstone experiences. For more information, visit the program website:
https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/academics/certificates-of-advanced-study/european-union-and-contemporary-europe
Admission
Interested students are encouraged to contact Ciara Hoyne (cchoyne@syr.edu), early in their tenure to develop a program of study.
Program Requirements
Twelve credits in four courses must be earned to be eligible for the certificate. These must include:
Course List | Code | Title | Credits |
| 1-6 |
| Politics of the European Union | |
| Selected Topics (The EU and Beyond: Identity, Politics, and the New Europe (Offered during Summer at the University’s Strasbourg Center in France)) | |
| Experience Credit (The Culture and Politics of Reconciliation in Central Europe (Offered during Summer in Strasbourg, Berlin, and Wroclaw)) | |
HUM 670 | ((Offered during Summer in Strasbourg, Berlin, and Wroclaw)) | |
| Experience Credit (The Culture and Politics of Reconciliation in Central Europe (Offered during Summer in Strasbourg, Berlin, and Wroclaw)) | |
| 9 |
| Transformation of Eastern Europe | |
| Peace and Conflict in the Balkans: Anthropological Perspectives | |
| Problems in Public Administration | |
| Seminar on Multilateral Peacekeeping | |
| Seminar on Multilateral Peacekeeping | |
| Selected Topics (Contemporary France in Literature & Film (Offered during Summer at the University’s Strasbourg Center in France)) | |
| Selected Topics | |
| Selected Topics | |
| Renaissance Italy: Culture, Conflict, and Connection | |
| LondonEx: Clinical Internship (Offered during Summer in London) | |
| Continental Philosophy of Religion | |
or PHI 660 | |
| Topics in Global Development (ssues in Global Economic and Financial Security (Offered during Fall at the University’s Washington, DC Center)) | |
| Topics in Global Development (International Economic Negotiations (Offered during Fall at the University’s Washington, DC Center)) | |
| Topics in Global Development (Statecraft and Smart Power in the Digital Era (Offered during Fall at the University’s Washington, DC Center)) | |
| Responding to Proliferation: Nuclear Weapons Policy and Non-Proliferation Strategies | |
| Global Issues: Drugs, Crime and Terrorism | |
| Economic Dimensions of Global Power | |
| Special Topics in Economics |
| Comparative Parties and Politics | |
| Comparative Civil-Military Relations | |
| Russian and Post-Soviet Politics | |
| Political Leadership | |
| Selected Topics | |
| Selected Topics | |
| Selected Topics (European National and International Conflict: What Alternatives to Violence (Offered during Summer at the University’s Strasbourg Center in France) ) | |
| Selected Topics (European Human Rights (Offered during Summer at the University’s Strasbourg Center in France)) | |
| Sinner and Saints in 19th and 20th Century Spanish Literature and Film | |
| Narrative and Film in Spain (1940 to the Present) | |
Credits Towards the Certificate
In addition to these classes, students may also earn credits towards the Certificate in the following ways:
- Students can take a maximum of six-credit hours in any of the regional languages offered at the University at the 600 level. Turkish, Portuguese, and Polish are also considered regional languages in addition to those more generally considered when focusing on Europe.
- Students can take a maximum of three-credit hours for an internship experience in Europe or for the completion of a capstone course that focuses on a topic related to contemporary Europe or the EU (with the approval of the Certificate Program contact person).
