Premodern Studies Graduate Certificate

Campus Code

Knoxville Campus

Graduate Certificate Type

Add-On

Admissions Standards/Procedures

• Students may take up to 6 graduate credit hours of certificate classes before making formal application to the Medieval Studies certificate.
• Interested students should meet with the Associate Director to register for graduate certificate with a letter of application and plan for program completion.
• Application to the certificate must be made to the Office of Graduate Admissions by submitting the online application and copies of undergraduate transcripts (and graduate transcripts, if applicable).

Academic Standards

• Once admitted to the certificate, students must maintain a graduate GPA of at least 3.00.

Credit Hours Required

12 graduate credit hours

Required Courses

• MRST 510 - Special Topics

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  Select an additional 9 graduate credit hours (at least two disciplines must be chosen, and a minimum of 6 credit hours must be taken in one discipline):

• ARCH 511 - History and Theory of Architecture I
• ARTH 425 - Early Christian and Byzantine Art to 1350
• ARTH 441 - Northern European Painting, 1350-1600
• ARTH 451 - Art of Italy, 1250-1450
• CLAS 435 - Medieval Latin
• CLAS 445 - Ancient and Medieval Seafaring
• CLAS 571 - Special Topics in Medieval Literature
• CLAS 572 - Latin Paleography and Book Culture in the Middle Ages I
• ENGL 401 - Medieval Literature
• ENGL 402 - Chaucer
• ENGL 403 - Introduction to Middle English
• ENGL 508 - History of the English Language I
• ENGL 513 - Readings in Medieval Literature
• ENGL 514 - Readings in Medieval Literature
• ENGL 610 - Studies in Old English Language and Literature
• ENGL 611 - Studies in Beowulf
• ENGL 620 - Studies in Medieval English Literature
• ENGL 621 - Studies in Chaucer
• FREN 410 - Topics in Medieval / Early Modern French Literature
• FREN 540 - French Literature and Culture I
• GERM 541 - Medieval German Language and Literature
• HIST 529 - Topics in Late-Antique/Early-Medieval History
• HIST 530 - Topics in Medieval History
• HIST 531 - Topics in 15th- and 16th-Century European History
• HIST 629 - Seminar in Late-Antique/Early-Medieval History
• HIST 630 - Seminar in Medieval History
• HIST 631 - Topics in 15th- and 16th-Century European History
• ITAL 401 - Dante and Medieval Culture
• MUCO 540 - Medieval and Renaissance Music
• PHIL 520 - Topics in Ancient or Medieval Philosophy
• PHIL 620 - Topics in Ancient or Medieval Philosophy
• REST 523 - Seminar in Early Christianity
• SPAN 531 - From Latin to Spanish
• SPAN 532 - Medieval Spanish Culture and Literature
• Topics and special topics courses, where appropriate, may be substituted for any of the above courses with the permission of the Chair of the Medieval Studies Program.

Non-Course Requirements

• All courses must be selected in consultation with either the Director of Associate Director, who must approve all courses for individual students prior to their being taken, except that, as noted above, up to 6 graduate credit hours may be accepted from candidates upon admission.
• Demonstration of competency in medieval Latin or another approved an ancient or modern language necessary to the student’s program of study and research agenda. Comptenancy will be demonstrated through
  
  • Earning a B+ or higher in CLAS 435 and CLAS 571 or
    
  • Passing the Marco Medieval Latin Examination administered on campus
    
  • The chair of the Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program, in conjunction with the Marco Graduate Curriculum Committee, will establish standards for determining competency in other languages.
• Registered certificate students will submit an annual overview of Marco-related activities and progress towards certificate. During a meeting with the Associate Direcotr, students will set an individual programatic agenda for the following year.
  
• Evidence of professionalization in Premodern Studies in the form of a formal, twenty-minute presentation of original research to take place on campus for Marco faculty, students, and the public. The presentation should demonstrate interdisciplinarity and may grow out of a course or seminar paper. Normally the presentation will take place in the semester that the certificate is granted.

To receive the certificate, students must:

1) complete the Graduate Certificate Course Verification Form (located on the Graduate School webpage under the Forms Central tab) and

2) through MyUTK, apply to graduate from the certificate program.