Interdisciplinary Programs Major, BA – Medieval and Renaissance Studies Concentration

Select one course:

• MRST 201 - Medieval Civilization I *
• MRST 202 - Medieval Civilization II *

Complete:

• HIEU 314 - Renaissance Europe

Select two 200-level foundational courses:

• ARCH 211 - History and Theory of Architecture I *
• ARCH 217 - Honors: History and Theory of Architecture I *
• CLAS 201 - Introduction to Classical Civilization *
• ENGL 201 - British Literature I: Beowulf through Johnson *
• ENGL 206 - Introduction to Shakespeare *
• ENGL 207 - Honors: British Literature I *
• ENGL 221 - World Literature I: Ancient through Early Modern *
• MRST 201 - Medieval Civilization I *
• MRST 202 - Medieval Civilization II *
• MRST 261 - Medieval Culture: Readings from the Early Middle Ages, 500-1000
• MRST 262 - Medieval Culture: Readings from the Later Middle Ages, 1000-1500
• MUCO 210 - History of Western Music, Ancient to the Baroque *

Select five upper-level elective courses from at least two departments:

• ARTH 425 - Early Christian and Byzantine Art to 1350
• ARTH 431 - Medieval Art of the West, 800-1400
• ARTH 441 - Northern European Painting, 1350-1600
• ARTH 442 - Art of Northern Europe, 1600-1675
• ARTH 451 - The Art of Italy, 1250-1450
• ARTH 452 - Art of Italy, 1450-1575
• ARTH 453 - Art of Southern Europe, 1575-1700
• ARTH 454 - Renaissance and Baroque Theory
• CLAS 382 - Roman Civilization
• CLAS 435 - Medieval Latin
• CLAS 445 - Ancient and Medieval Seafaring
• CLAS 471 - Special Topics in Medieval Latin Literature
• CLAS 472 - Latin Paleography and Book Culture in the Middle Ages I
• CLAS 473 - Latin Paleography and Book Culture in the Middle Ages II
• ENGL 301 - British Culture to 1660
• ENGL 321 - Introduction to Old English
• ENGL 401 - Medieval Literature
• ENGL 402 - Chaucer
• ENGL 403 - Introduction to Middle English
• ENGL 404 - Shakespeare I: Early Plays
• ENGL 405 - Shakespeare II: Later Plays
• ENGL 406 - Shakespeare’s Contemporaries I: Renaissance Drama
• ENGL 409 - Shakespeare’s Contemporaries II: Renaissance Poetry and Prose
• ENGL 410 - Donne, Milton, and Their Contemporaries
• FREN 410 - Topics in Medieval/Early Modern French Literature
• GERM 434 - Extraordinary Wo(Men)―Outcasts, Rebels, Martyrs, and Saints
• HIEU 304 - History of the Early Roman Empire
• HIEU 305 - History of the Later Roman Empire
• HIEU 311 - Early Middle Ages
• HIEU 312 - High Middle Ages
• HIEU 313 - Later Middle Ages
• HIEU 315 - Reformation Europe
• HIEU 321 - New Testament and Early Christian Origins
• HIEU 322 - Christianity in Late Antiquity
• HIEU 323 - Deviance and Persecution in the Christian West
• HIAS 392 - History of Pre-Modern Japan
• HIEU 395 - The Crusades and Medieval Christian-Muslim Relations
• HIEU 429 - Medieval Intellectual History
• HILA 464 - The Spanish Conquest
• HILA 465 - Gender and Sexuality in Early Latin America
• HIEU 483 - Studies in Medieval and Early Modern European History
• ITAL 401 - Dante and Medieval Culture
• ITAL 402 - Petrarch and Boccaccio
• JAPA 451 - Readings in Pre-Modern Japanese Texts
• MRST 491 - Foreign Study
• MRST 492 - Off-Campus Study
• MRST 493 - Independent Study
• PHIL 320 - Ancient Western Philosophy *
• PHIL 322 - Medieval Philosophy *
• PHIL 324 - 17th- and 18th-Century Philosophy *
• POLS 475 - Ancient and Medieval Political Thought
• REST 332 - Introduction to Islam
• REST 423 - Seminar in Early Christianity *
• SPAN 334 - Survey of Hispanic Literatures: Beginnings-1700
• THEA 411 - Theatre History I

Capstone (3 hours):

Students will consult with the IDP advisor on an appropriate capstone project.

Notes:

Foreign Language: In consultation with the IDP Chair and based on their interests, students will select an appropriate language to their program, and achieve an intermediate level of competence as specified by the College of Arts & Sciences’ distribution requirements. For students interested in medieval studies, Latin is usually the most appropriate language. For students interested in Renaissance studies, other languages such as French, Italian, Spanish, or German may be appropriate.

Special topics courses, when on a medieval or renaissance topic, may be approved by the IDP Chair and petitioned toward the major concentration as an upper level elective or capstone course.

* Meets University General Education Requirement .