Medieval and Renaissance Studies Minor

Select one course:

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

Select at least one but no more than two of the following 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 three or four upper-level elective courses representing from at least two departments and both time periods (Pre-1450 and Post-1450):

• 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 451 - The Art of Italy, 1250-1450
• ARTH 452 - Art of Italy, 1475-1600
• ARTH 453 - Art of Southern Europe, 1575-1700
• 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 314 - Renaissance Europe
• HIEU 315 - Reformation Europe
• HIEU 321 - New Testament and Christian Origins
• HIEU 322 - Martyrs and Monks: Christian History, 100-800 CE
• 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

Note:

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

* Meets University General Education Requirement .