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Nov 21, 2024
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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
Interdisciplinary Programs Major, BA - Medieval and Renaissance Studies Concentration
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Anne-Hélène Miller, World Languages and Cultures, Chair
The Interdisciplinary Program in Medieval and Renaissance Studies offers students the opportunity to explore cultures and societies of western Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Middle East, from the collapse of the Roman Empire through the 17th century. The curriculum covers topics associated with these early periods and methodological approaches to them from the humanities, social sciences, languages, and arts. The concentration emphasizes the study of distinct and temporally remote cultures, including their material conditions, social and political institutions, values and ideals, and modes of perception and expression. It encourages students to encounter the past as “another country” and thus to understand in new ways the historical conditions that have shaped our increasingly interconnected contemporary world.
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Concentration Requirements
The concentration consists 30 hours as follows: Complete at least one but no more than two of the foundational courses:
Select six or seven upper-level elective courses from at least two departments and both time periods (Pre-1450 and Post-1450):
- ARTH 425 - Early Christian and Byzantine Art to 1350 3 Credit Hours
- ARTH 441 - Northern European Painting, 1350-1600 3 Credit Hours *
- ARTH 451 - The Art of Italy, 1250-1450 3 Credit Hours *
- ARTH 452 - Art of Italy, 1475-1600 3 Credit Hours *
- ARTH 453 - Art of Southern Europe, 1575-1700 3 Credit Hours
- CLAS 382 - Roman Civilization 3 Credit Hours *
- CLAS 435 - Medieval Latin 3 Credit Hours
- CLAS 445 - Ancient and Medieval Seafaring 3 Credit Hours *
- CLAS 471 - Special Topics in Medieval Latin Literature 3 Credit Hours
- CLAS 472 - Latin Paleography and Book Culture in the Middle Ages I 3 Credit Hours
- CLAS 473 - Latin Paleography and Book Culture in the Middle Ages II 3 Credit Hours
- ENGL 301 - British Culture to 1660 3 Credit Hours *
- ENGL 321 - Introduction to Old English 3 Credit Hours *
- ENGL 401 - Medieval Literature 3 Credit Hours
- ENGL 402 - Chaucer 3 Credit Hours
- ENGL 403 - Introduction to Middle English 3 Credit Hours
- ENGL 404 - Shakespeare I: Early Plays 3 Credit Hours
- ENGL 405 - Shakespeare II: Later Plays 3 Credit Hours
- ENGL 406 - Shakespeare’s Contemporaries I: Renaissance Drama 3 Credit Hours *
- ENGL 409 - Shakespeare’s Contemporaries II: Renaissance Poetry and Prose 3 Credit Hours
- ENGL 410 - Donne, Milton, and Their Contemporaries 3 Credit Hours
- FREN 410 - Topics in Medieval/Early Modern French Literature 3 Credit Hours
- GERM 434 - Extraordinary Wo(Men)―Outcasts, Rebels, Martyrs, and Saints 3 Credit Hours
- HIAS 392 - History of Pre-Modern Japan 3 Credit Hours
- HIAS 394 - Chinese Intellectual History: Early Times 3 Credit Hours *
- HIEU 304 - History of the Early Roman Empire 3 Credit Hours *
- HIEU 305 - History of the Later Roman Empire 3 Credit Hours *
- HIEU 310 - The Byzantine Empire, 284-1453 3 Credit Hours
- HIEU 311 - Early Middle Ages 3 Credit Hours *
- HIEU 312 - High Middle Ages 3 Credit Hours
- HIEU 313 - Later Middle Ages 3 Credit Hours
- HIEU 314 - Renaissance Europe 3 Credit Hours
- HIEU 315 - Reformation Europe 3 Credit Hours
- HIEU 321 - New Testament and Christian Origins 3 Credit Hours *
- HIEU 322 - Martyrs and Monks: Christian History, 100-800 CE 3 Credit Hours *
- HIEU 323 - Deviance and Persecution in the Christian West 3 Credit Hours
- HIEU 354 - Early Medieval Warfare 3 Credit Hours
- HIEU 383 - Studies in Premodern European History 3 Credit Hours
- HIEU 420 - Invisible Romans 3 Credit Hours
- HIEU 425 - The City of Rome: Antiquity 3 Credit Hours *
- HIEU 429 - Medieval Intellectual History 3 Credit Hours
- HIEU 430 - Gender and Medicine in the Middle Ages 3 Credit Hours
- HIEU 483 - Studies in Medieval and Early Modern European History 3 Credit Hours
- HILA 464 - The Spanish Conquest 3 Credit Hours
- HILA 465 - Gender and Sexuality in Early Latin America 3 Credit Hours
- HIME 382 - Archaeology of Ancient Israel 3 Credit Hours
- HIME 383 - Ancient Jewish History 3 Credit Hours
- ITAL 401 - Dante and Medieval Culture 3 Credit Hours *
- JAPA 451 - Introduction to Classical Japanese 3 Credit Hours
- MRST 491 - Foreign Study 1-15 Credit Hours
- MRST 492 - Off-Campus Study 1-15 Credit Hours
- MRST 493 - Independent Study 1-15 Credit Hours
- PHIL 320 - Ancient Western Philosophy 3 Credit Hours
- PHIL 322 - Medieval Philosophy 3 Credit Hours
- PHIL 324 - 17th- and 18th-Century Philosophy 3 Credit Hours
- POLS 475 - Ancient and Medieval Political Thought 3 Credit Hours
- REST 332 - Introduction to Islam 3 Credit Hours *
- REST 423 - Seminar in Early Christianity 3 Credit Hours *
- SPAN 334 - Survey of Hispanic Literatures: Beginnings-1700 3 Credit Hours
- THEA 411 - Theatre History I 3 Credit Hours
Capstone (3 hours):
Students will consult with the IDP advisor on an appropriate capstone project. Courses that can be used to meet this requirement include:
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 and 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 Volunteer Core Requirements . |
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