Jay Rubenstein, History, Chair

The medieval studies program offers a graduate certificate enabling students with an interest in medieval topics to acquire a broad foundation in the interdisciplinary approaches to medieval research and to begin putting these approaches into practice. Prospective candidates for the certificate should be earning a Masters or doctoral degree in a related discipline at UTK. Additional information is available at the Marco Institute for Medieval and Renaissance Studies website.

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.
• Students must inform the Chair of the Medieval Studies Program of their intent to apply for the certificate.
• 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

15 graduate credit hours

Required Courses

• MRST 510  
• 12 additional graduate credit hours chosen from at least two disciplines; a minimum of 6 graduate credit hours must be taken in one discipline. Students may choose from the following courses –
  • ARCH 511 ,
  • ARTH 425 , ARTH 431 , ARTH 441 , ARTH 451 ,
  • CLAS 435 , CLAS 445 , CLAS 571 , CLAS 572 , CLAS 573 ,
  • ENGL 401 , ENGL 402 , ENGL 403 , ENGL 508 , ENGL 513 , ENGL 514 , ENGL 610 , ENGL 611 , ENGL 620 , ENGL 621 ,
  • FREN 410 , FREN 540 ,
  • GERM 541 , 
  • HIST 529 , HIST 530 , HIST 531 , HIST 629 , HIST 630 , HIST 631 , 
  • ITAL 401 , ITAL 402 , 
  • MUCO 540 ,
  • PHIL 520 , PHIL 620 ,
  • REST 523 ,
  • SPAN 531 , SPAN 532 .
  • 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 a program advisor, 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 reading medieval Latin either by
  • Earning a B+ or higher in CLAS 435  and CLAS 571  or
  • Passing the Marco Medieval Latin Examination administered on campus
  • Where appropriate, students may substitute competency in reading medieval Greek, Hebrew, or Arabic.
  • The chair of the Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program, in conjunction with the Marco Graduate Curriculum Committee, will establish standards for determining competency in these languages as need arises.
• Evidence of professionalization in Medieval Studies in the form of a formal, twenty-minute presentation of original research to take place on campus for Medieval Studies 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.