Center for European Studies, School of Arts and Sciences

Website: http://www.europe.rutgers.edu

The program in European studies seeks to enrich Rutgers University students' understanding of the historical and ongoing transformations of Europe's peoples, cultures, boundaries, and politics through an interdisciplinary approach. The major encourages the comparative analysis of various issues concerning the construction of Europe itself and its place in a global context. The program defines Europe broadly and focuses on the modern (post-1700) period.

The faculty supports the idea that different disciplinary approaches to European studies complement each other and enable students to examine the complexity and variety of ways that Europe can be understood. For this reason, students are required to fulfill core course requirements in several liberal arts disciplines. Students are required to be in close contact with a program adviser while designing their course of study.