1. The student will identify the major concepts, topics, debates, and theoretical approaches in the field of nationalism.

2. The student will comprehend the formation and development of the modern state in the contemporary world.

3. The student will develop a critical view of the idea that there is a necessary link between the process of modernization/ industrialization and the processes of state- and nation-building.

4. The student will comprehend that social and ethnic relations are part of larger social systems.

5. The student will grasp how a nation, its people, and their homeland are conceptualized.

6. The student will identify the sources of national identity and nationalist ideologies.

7. The student will make sense of the concepts of universalism, democracy, human rights, authoritarianism, and political stability.

8. The student will develop a fundamental understanding of nationalism both in Europe and outside of Europe.