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Graduate students seeking to minor in Medieval and Renaissance Studies must complete 9 credit hours of coursework from at least three of the four following areas:

• Fine Arts
• Literature and Language
• History
• Philosophy and Religion

A grade of “B” or above is required in each of these courses.

No more than 3 credits of independent study, directed readings, or internships may be applied toward the minor, and such study is subject to approval by the program director.

Students must also demonstrate reading proficiency in an approved foreign language, such as Italian, Spanish, French, German, Russian, Latin, or Old English. Proficiency shall be defined as successful completion of two years of study at the college level, or its equivalent.

Available Courses

This list does not include the various departmental numbers for Graduate Directed Readings courses, even though these highly individualized reading and research classes may be applied to the requirements for the Minor. This list also does not include the various Special Topics courses in individual departments which may be taken for graduate credit.

Fine Arts | English & Foreign Literature | History

Fine Arts

ART 8726 - Women in Ancient & Medieval Art

• A study of women and art in the ancient and medieval periods. The course will focus on several related topics: the representation of women in art, the role of women in the societies of this period and their possible role as artists, and the feminist critique of traditional views of art history.

ART 8756 - Late Roman and Byzantine Art History

• A study of painting, sculpture and architecture of the Eastern Roman Empire from the founding of Constantinople, and of Western Europe from the time of Constantine to the dissolution of the Western Roman Empire.

ART 8776 - Early Medieval Art History

• A study of painting, sculpture and architecture of Western Europe from the time of the Migrations to 1150 A.D.

ART 8786 - Late Medieval Art History

• A study of painting, sculpture and architecture of Western Europe from approximately 115 A.D. to 1500 A.D.

ART 8816 - Northern European Renaissance Art History

• Study of painting, sculpture and architecture during the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries in France, the Low Countries, Germany, Spain and England.

ART 8836 - Italian Renaissance Art History

• Study of painting, sculpture and architecture in Italy during the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries.

ART 8910 - Independent Study in Art History

ART 8936 - Special Topics in Art History

• (When topic pertains to medieval or renaissance art)

MUS 8546 - Renaissance Music Literature

• A comprehensive survey of music literature c. 1350-1600.

THEA 8016 - Advanced Projects in Theater

• Shakespeare Festival Internship (1-3 credits)

THEA 8026 - Advanced Projects in Theater

• Shakespeare Festival Internship (1-3 credits)

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English and Foreign Literature

ENGL 8200 - Seminar: Middle English Literature

• A study of selected writings in Middle English.

ENGL 8250 - Seminar: Chaucer

• A study of selected works of Geoffrey Chaucer.

ENGL 8300 - Seminar: Shakespeare

• Critical analysis of ten tragedies, ten histories, or ten comedies of Shakespeare.

ENGL 8316 - Middle English Literature

• A survey of the principal writings in English, excluding those of Chaucer, from 1100 to 1500.

ENGL 8326 - Chaucer

• A literary, linguistic and historical study of the works of Geoffrey Chaucer: his dream visions, Troilus and Criseyde and the Canterbury Tales.

ENGL 8336 - Sixteenth-Century Literature

• Poetry and prose of the English Renaissance, from its continental origins to the end of the Elizabethan age.

ENGL 8346 - Shakespeare

• A critical study of selected plays from among the four traditional Shakespearean genres: comedy, history, tragedy, and romance.

ENGL 8356 - Shakespeare's Contemporaries

• A study of the development of the English drama, exclusive of Shakespeare, from beginnings to 1642.

ENGL 8366 - Seventeenth Century Literature

• A study of English poetry and prose from 1600 to 1660 with emphasis on Milton.

ENGL 8396 - Medieval Celtic Literature

• This course examines the literature and culture of the Celtic civilizations. The course examines the archeological record and texts about the Celts by Greek and Roman authors, as well as later medieval tales from the Irish, Welsh, and Breton traditions. All texts are in translation with guided reference to the original languages.

ENGL 8400 - Seminar: English Renaissance

• A seminar in a few significant literary figures of the English Renaissance.

ENGL 8450 - Seminar: John Milton

• Intensive seminar in the major works of John Milton and investigation of specific critical and scholarly problems.

ENGL 8626 - History of English

• A critical study of both the internal and external histories of English. Includes historical development of English phonology, morphology, graphics, syntax, diction, dialects, and semantics.

ENGL 8966 - Topics in Language and Literature

• (When topic pertains to medieval or renaissance literature.)

SPAN 8966 - Pro-Seminar

• (When topic pertains to medieval or renaissance literature.)

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History

HIST 8516 - Intellectual History: Modern Europe: Renaissance to French Revolution

• A study of enduring political, religious, economic, scientific and philosophical ideas in their historical setting.

HIST 8536 - The Age of the Renaissance-Reformation

• A study of the politics and economics of the 15th and 16th centuries as well as the achievements of Renaissance culture and the emergence of the Protestant churches and the Tretine Catholicism.

HIST 8546 - Medieval Europe

• An examination of medieval European history with emphasis upon social and economic developments.

HIST 8616 - Tudor and Stuart England

• A study of England under the Tudors when the English people solidified the monarchy and experienced a golden age, and the Stuarts continued modernization and formulated the new institutions foreshadowing those of our world today.

HIST 8916- Topics in History

• (When topic pertains to medieval or renaissance history)

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