European Affairs program requirements
What the European Affairs Major and Minor require, as the 2026-2027 Arts & Science Calendar states it, and every course they name.
European Affairs Major
- Arts program
- 7.0 credits
- Limited enrolment
- ASMAJ1626
Enrolment
This is a limited enrolment program. Students must have completed 4.0 credits and meet the requirements listed below to enrol. The full enrolment requirements are on the Calendar's page for this program.
Completion requirements
(7.0 credits, including at least 2.0 credits at the 300+ level, 0.5 of which must be at the 400-level.)
The distribution of the 7.0 credits is as follows:
A two-year progressive sequence of courses in a single language totaling 2.0 credits. Specific language choices are listed below.
An additional 1.0 credit in the single language already chosen, or 1.0 credit in non-language courses related to your chosen language of study. Variations on this can be discussed with the Program Coordinator.
2.0 credits in the required core courses: EUR200Y1 (1.0 credit) and 1.0 credit from POL219H1, POL324H1, POL354H1, POL358H1, POL359H1, POL387H1, or any POL course with European content approved by the Program Coordinator.
EUR498H1 - Special Topics in European Affairs: European Union, worth 0.5 credit.
The remaining 1.5 credits in elective courses chosen from a list of eligible electives or any course with European content approved by the Program Coordinator.
Advising Notes:
Note 1Students are expected to consult with the Program Coordinator for assistance with and advice on course selection.
Note 2After consultation with the Program Coordinator, exceptions may be made in certain cases regarding the sequence of language courses based on prior and documented exposure to the language in question.
Note 3Some of the courses listed below may have prerequisites; some may be offered in alternate years. Consult the Program Coordinator for up-to-date information.
First Year:
1.0 credit from one the following languages:
Estonian: EST100H1 and EST101H1
Finnish: FIN100H1 and FIN110H1
French: (FSL100H1 and FSL102H1)/ (FSL120H1 and FSL122H1)
German: GER100Y1
Hungarian: HUN100Y1
Italian: ITA100Y1
Modern Greek: MGR100H1 and MGR101H1
Portuguese: PRT100Y1
Russian: SLA100H1 and SLA101H1
Czech: SLA105Y1
Polish: SLA106H1 and SLA116H1
Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian: SLA117H1 and SLA118H1
Ukrainian: SLA108Y1
Macedonian: SLA109Y1
Spanish: SPA101H1 and SPA102H1
Irish: CLT141Y1
Second Year:
1EUR200Y1
21.0 credit from one of the following languages:
Estonian: EST200H1 and EST201H1
Finnish: FIN200H1 and FIN210H1
French: (FSL220H1 and FSL222H1)/ (FSL320H1 and FSL322H1)
German: GER200Y1/ GER300Y1/ (GER370H1 and GER372H1)
Hungarian: HUN200Y1
Italian: ITA250Y1
Modern Greek: MGR245Y1
Portuguese: PRT201H1 and PRT202H1
Czech: SLA204Y1
Polish: SLA206H1 and SLA207H1
Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian: SLA257H1 and SLA277H1
Ukrainian: SLA208Y1
Macedonian: SLA209H1
Russian: SLA220Y1
Spanish: SPA201H1 and SPA202H1
Irish: CLT251H1 and CLT252H1
Third Year:
11.0 credit from POL219H1, POL324H1, POL354H1, POL358H1, POL359H1, POL387H1, or any POL course with European content approved by the Program Coordinator.
21.0 credit from one of the following languages, or 1.0 credit in non-language courses related to your chosen language of study, selected in consultation with the Program Coordinator:
Estonian: EST300Y1
Finnish: FIN300H1 and FIN340H1
French: FSL420H1/ FSL442H1/ FSL443H1
German: GER300Y1/ (GER370H1 and GER372H1)/ GER400H1
Hungarian: HUN310Y1
Italian: ITA350Y1
Modern Greek: MGR300H1 and MGR301H1
Portuguese: (PRT301H1 and PRT302H1)/ PRT322H1/ PRT364H1/ PRT420H1
Czech: 1.0 credit can be fulfilled through an independent study or another course approved in joint consultation with CERES and Slavic undergraduate coordinators. Please consult with CERES and Slavic departments to get approval.
Polish: SLA306H1 and SLA336H1
Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian: SLA337H1, and additional 0.5 credit can be fulfilled through an independent study or another course approved in joint consultation with CEES and Slavic undergraduate coordinators. Please consult with CEES and Slavic departments to get approval.
Ukrainian: SLA308Y1
Russian: SLA320Y1/ SLA321H1
Spanish: (SPA301H1 and SPA302H1)/ SPA323H1/ (SPA420H1 and SPA421H1)
Irish: CLT331H1 and CLT332H1
Fourth Year:
1EUR498H1
2Remaining courses to be selected from the list of eligible electives below. The most up-to date list of electives is on the program website. Students may also petition the Program Coordinator to take other courses in the calendar as electives, provided they have substantial European and/or Eurasian content.
Current Eligible Electives (for approval on courses outside the list or for transfer credits, please consult the Program Coordinator):
EUR300H1, EUR301H1EUR400H1, EUR401H1, MUN200H1, ENG329H1, ENG340H1, ENG341H1, FCS195H1, FIN250H1, FIN310H1, FIN415H1, FRE320H1, FRE324H1, FRE326H1, GGR339H1, GER150H1, GER205H1, GER321H1, GER322H1, GER326H1, GER350H1, GER410H1, HIS208Y1, HIS245Y1, HIS301H1, HIS317H1, HIS325H1, HIS330H1, HIS331H1, HIS338H1, HIS349H1, HIS355H1, HIS361H1, HIS364H1, HIS388H1, HIS401H1, HIS431H1, HIS439H1, ITA240Y1, ITA310H1, ITA340, ITA341, ITA410H1, ITA421H1, ITA441H1, ITA455H1, PHL210Y1, PHL217H1, PHL265H1, PHL310H1, PHL311H1, PHL315H1, PHL316H1, PHL317H1, PHL320H1, PHL321H1, PHL338H1, PHL365H1, PHL388H1, POL321H1, POL344H1, POL354H1, POL385H1, POL455H1, PRT250H1, RLG344H1, SLA202H1, SLA205H1, SLA215H1, SLA216Y1, SLA217H1, SLA218Y1, SLA222H1, SLA225H1, SLA226H1, SLA228H1, SLA234H1, SLA247H1, SLA248H1, SLA252H1, SLA302H1, SLA303H1, SLA318H1, SLA322H1, SLA328H1, SLA331H1, SLA337H1, SLA343H1, SLA346H1, SLA356H1, SLA404H1, SLA406H1, SLA407H1, SLA414H1, SLA436H1, SLA449H1, SLA463H1, SPA341H1, SPA345H1, SPA435H1
Courses these requirements name
- EUR200Y1Europe: Nation-State to Supranational Union
- POL219H1Unpacking Political Systems: Institutions and Behavior in Comparative Perspective
- POL324H1European Union: Politics, Institutions and Society
- POL354H1Politics and Society in Russia
- POL358H1Conflicts, Minority Rights and Para-States in Europe
- POL359H1Enlarging Europe: The European Union and Its Applicants
- POL387H1Politics in Europe
- EUR498H1Special Topics in European Affairs: European Union
- EST100H1Elementary Estonian I
- EST101H1Elementary Estonian II
- FIN100H1Elementary Finnish I
- FIN110H1Elementary Finnish II
- FSL100H1Elementary French I
- FSL102H1Elementary French II
- FSL120H1Elementary French III
- FSL122H1Elementary French IV
- GER100Y1Introduction to German
- HUN100Y1Elementary Hungarian
- ITA100Y1Italian Language for Beginners
- MGR100H1Introductory Modern Greek
- MGR101H1Elementary Modern Greek
- PRT100Y1Portuguese for Beginners last in the 2023-2024 Calendar
- SLA100H1Elementary Russian I
- SLA101H1Elementary Russian II
- SLA105Y1Elementary Czech
- SLA106H1Polish for Beginners I
- SLA116H1Polish for Beginners II
- SLA117H1Elementary Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian I
- SLA118H1Elementary Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian II
- SLA108Y1Elementary Ukrainian
- SLA109Y1Elementary Macedonian
- SPA101H1Spanish for Beginners I
- SPA102H1Spanish for Beginners II
- CLT141Y1Introduction to the Irish Language
- EST200H1Intermediate Estonian I
- EST201H1Intermediate Estonian II
- FIN200H1Intermediate Finnish I
- FIN210H1Intermediate Finnish II
- FSL220H1Intermediate French I
- FSL222H1Intermediate French II
- FSL320H1Intermediate French III
- FSL322H1Intermediate French IV
- GER200Y1Intermediate German 1
- GER300Y1Intermediate German 2
- GER370H1German Business Culture
- GER372H1Navigating German Work Environments
- HUN200Y1Intermediate Hungarian
- ITA250Y1Intermediate Italian
- MGR245Y1Intermediate Modern Greek last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- PRT201H1Intermediate Portuguese I
- PRT202H1Intermediate Portuguese II
- SLA204Y1Intermediate Czech
- SLA206H1Intermediate Polish I
- SLA207H1Intermediate Polish II
- SLA257H1Intermediate Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian I
- SLA277H1Intermediate Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian II
- SLA208Y1Intermediate Ukrainian
- SLA209H1Intermediate Macedonian
- SLA220Y1Intermediate Russian
- SPA201H1Spanish for Intermediate Speakers I
- SPA202H1Spanish for Intermediate Speakers II
- CLT251H1Intermediate Irish Language I
- CLT252H1Intermediate Irish Language II
- EST300Y1Advanced Estonian last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- FIN300H1Advanced Finnish I
- FIN340H1Advanced Finnish II
- FSL420H1Advanced French I
- FSL442H1Advanced Written French II
- FSL443H1Advanced Oral French II
- GER400H1Advanced German 1
- HUN310Y1Advanced Hungarian
- ITA350Y1Language Practice
- MGR300H1Advanced Modern Greek I
- MGR301H1Advanced Modern Greek II
- PRT301H1Advanced Portuguese I
- PRT302H1Advanced Portuguese II
- PRT322H1Introduction to Portuguese Linguistics
- PRT364H1Portuguese Language in the World
- PRT420H1Advanced Academic Portuguese
- SLA306H1Conversations-Inspirations: Everyday Polish
- SLA336H1Let's Talk! Advanced Polish
- SLA337H1Advanced Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian
- SLA308Y1Advanced Ukrainian last in the 2021-2022 Calendar
- SLA320Y1Advanced Russian
- SLA321H1Conversational Russian
- SPA301H1Spanish for Advanced Speakers I
- SPA302H1Spanish for Advanced Speakers II
- SPA323H1Business Spanish
- SPA420H1Advanced Spanish Grammar
- SPA421H1The Structure of Spanish
- CLT331H1Advanced Irish Language I
- CLT332H1Advanced Irish Language II
- EUR300H1Special Topics in European Affairs
- EUR401H1Selected Topics in European Affairs
- MUN200H1Understanding Global Controversies
- ENG329H1Contemporary British Fiction
- ENG340H1Modern Drama
- ENG341H1Post-Modern Drama
- FCS195H1French Culture from Napoleon to Asterix last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- FIN250H1Finnish Cinema
- FIN310H1Finnish Folklore: The Kalevala
- FIN415H1Finnish Literature in the 20th Century
- FRE320H1French Literature of Classicism and Enlightenment
- FRE324H1French Literature in the Time of Revolutions and Industrialization
- FRE326H1Contemporary French Literature
- GGR339H1Urban Political Geographies
- GER150H1Introduction to German Culture (E)
- GER205H1Masterpieces of German Literature
- GER321H1Literary Realism in the Industrial Age
- GER322H1Kafka's World
- GER326H1Writing Memory: Post 1945
- GER350H1German Visual Cultures
- GER410H1Topics in German Intellectual History (E)
- HIS208Y1History of the Jewish People
- HIS245Y1
- HIS301H1World War II France
- HIS317H120th Century Germany
- HIS325H1Imperial Russia
- HIS330H1Germany from Frederick the Great to the First World War
- HIS331H1Modern Baltic History
- HIS338H1The Holocaust, to 1942
- HIS349H1History of Britain: Struggle for Power
- HIS355H1A History of Pre-modern Medicine
- HIS361H1The Holocaust, from 1942
- HIS364H1From Revolution to Revolution: Hungary Since 1848
- HIS388H1France Since 1830
- HIS401H1The Cold War through its Archives
- HIS431H1Historical Memory and Transitional Justice in Latin America
- HIS439H1Russia's Empire
- ITA240Y1History of Italian Cinema
- ITA310H1The 'Journey' in 19th Century Italian Literature
- ITA410H1Masterpieces of Modern Drama
- ITA421H1Spinning a Tale: The Italian Short Story after 1800
- ITA441H1Italian Cinematic Adaptation
- ITA455H1Women Writers in Italy
- PHL210Y117th-and 18th-Century Philosophy
- PHL217H1Introduction to Continental Philosophy
- PHL265H1Introduction to Political Philosophy
- PHL310H1The Rationalists
- PHL311H1The Empiricists
- PHL315H1Topics in 19th-Century Philosophy
- PHL316H1Hegel
- PHL317H1Marx and Marxism
- PHL320H1Phenomenology
- PHL321H1Heidegger
- PHL338H1Jewish Philosophy
- PHL365H1Political Philosophy
- PHL388H1Literature and Philosophy
- POL321H1Modern Political Thought: Progress Through History
- POL344H1Social Movements in Canada
- POL385H1Issues in Contemporary Greece
- POL455H1Twentieth Century Ukraine
- PRT250H1Introduction to the Cultures of the Portuguese-Speaking World
- RLG344H1Antisemitism
- SLA202H1Jewish Communities in Slavic and East European Countries
- SLA205H1
- SLA215H1Czech and Slovak Cultures
- SLA216Y1
- SLA217H1Cultural History of the South Slavs
- SLA218Y1
- SLA222H1Forging Identities: The Roms of Central and Eastern Europe last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- SLA225H1Czech and Slovak Cinema
- SLA226H1Film and Ethics: Polish Cinema
- SLA228H120th Century Ukrainian Fiction in Translation
- SLA234H1Russian and Soviet Cinema
- SLA247H1Cinema of the Balkans
- SLA248H1Women and Women's Themes in Ukrainian Literature
- SLA252H1Russian Short Fiction
- SLA302H1The Imaginary Jew
- SLA303H1Literary Imagination and Jewish Identity in Modern Europe
- SLA318H1City of Saints and Sinners: Kyiv through the Centuries
- SLA322H1News in Russian
- SLA328H1The Culture of Contemporary Ukraine
- SLA331H1Modernism and Visual Arts
- SLA343H1Studies in Late Soviet Culture
- SLA346H1Communism and Culture
- SLA356H1What's New? Polish Culture Today
- SLA404H1Russia Across Centuries I
- SLA406H1Transgressions: Drama, Theatre, Performance last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- SLA407H1
- SLA414H1Russia Across Centuries II
- SLA436H1Rebels, Scoffers, and Jesters: Polish Culture from Different Perspectives
- SLA449H1Russian Thinkers
- SLA463H1Themes in Russian Realism last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- SPA341H1Modernist Movements in Spain
- SPA345H1Spanish Cinema
- SPA435H1Fictions of Contemporary Spain
European Affairs Minor
- Arts program
- 4.0 credits
- Limited enrolment
- ASMIN1626
Enrolment
This is a limited enrolment program. Students must have completed 4.0 credits and meet the requirements listed below to enrol. The full enrolment requirements are on the Calendar's page for this program.
Completion requirements
(4.0 credits, including at least 1.0 credit at the 300- or 400-level)
1EUR200Y1
21.0 credit from POL219H1, POL324H1, POL354H1, POL358H1, POL359H1, POL387H1, or any POL course with European content approved by the Program Coordinator.
32.0 credits in eligible elective courses listed in the European Affairs Major
Courses these requirements name
- EUR200Y1Europe: Nation-State to Supranational Union
- POL219H1Unpacking Political Systems: Institutions and Behavior in Comparative Perspective
- POL324H1European Union: Politics, Institutions and Society
- POL354H1Politics and Society in Russia
- POL358H1Conflicts, Minority Rights and Para-States in Europe
- POL359H1Enlarging Europe: The European Union and Its Applicants
- POL387H1Politics in Europe
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