European Studies

Achieving Success as an International Student

(UGST199) Achieving Success as an International Student (1 credit) introduces first-year international students to strategies for achieving academic, personal, and professional success during their time at UO, that include but are not limited to: critical thinking, understanding your major within the liberal arts education system; how to engage successfully with UO faculty and graduate students; where to go when you need help: understanding and accessing campus resources; beyond the classroom: extra-curricular and professional development opportunities; travel tips: exploring the Eugene, Orego

Understanding U.S. Higher Education

(UGST 199) Introduction to US Higher Education (4 credits): This course is an integral component of the pre-freshman international program in Shanghai. It is designed to help international students prepare to come to the UO, get to know US higher educational culture and expectations, and earn credits in topics relevant to their core education and possible degree pathways.

European Studies

This course will introduce the basics of the European Union and describe and explain the processes of widening and deepening of this unique political entity. This will cover an overview of European Union history, its evolution in economic and political terms as well as of its institutional structure up to today. The focus of this course will be internally on the state of EU integration and the need for reform, as well as externally on the international role of the EU in general in the relations between the EU and the US, Russia and the Ukraine in particular.

British Art of the Last Hundred Years

Over the last 30 years, Britain has become a vibrant and fertile center for the visual arts. This course attempts to relate the recent confusing range of artistic styles and media, both in Britain and internationally, to the development of "modernism" at the beginning of the 20th century. Because of the speed of communication and travel, new ideas in art spread rapidly and it is therefore impossible to look at modern art in Britain without reference to the art developments in the wider Western world. Consequently, we will look at art in Europe and North America during this course.

Berlin and the Digital Music Era

Over the past 20 years Berlin has become a thriving crossroads at the intersection of music and technology. It serves as the hub of techno/electronic music and dance culture, and as the home of leading music software developers such as Abelton. Berlin sets the trends in the fast-changing technological world. This course will examine significant developments in music and technology, such as Virtual Studio Technology (VST), Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs), and digital distribution.

More than Just a Game - Football as a Philosophical, Anthropological, and Sociological Subject

There are many reasons for the global success of football. The game fulfils our longing for triumph and endorses our knowledge of failure. It produces heroes and losers, demonstrates that we have to fight to reach our aims, but also shows the importance of cooperating and interacting. Thus football acts as a theatre of existence, in which life can both mirror and transcend itself. The class will take a look behind the scenes and identify the mechanisms that make football so popular.
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