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Medieval and Renaissance Studies Minor Curriculum

List of Approved Medieval and Renaissance Studies Courses

Art History

  • ARTH 2112: Medieval Art
  • ARTH 2113: Italian Art of the Renaissance
  • ARTH 3101/CORE 3130: The Art of St. Peter’s
  • ARTH 3141: Special Topics in Art History
  • ARTH 3142/CORE 3132: The Art and Experience of Pilgrimage

Music History

  • MUHI 1137: Gregorian Chant: Notation Methods of Singing

Catholic Studies

  • CAST 3028-WB Worship and Holy Images in the Catholic Church
  • CAST 3994 (CORE 3748) Foundation of Christian Culture
  • CAST 3998 (CORE 3762) Italy in the Footsteps of the Saints

English

  • ENGL 3211: Medieval Literature
  • ENGL 3212: Renaissance Literature
  • ENGL 3213: 17th Century Literature
  • ENGL 3311: Chaucer
  • ENGL 3312: Shakespeare
  • ENGL 3313: Milton
  • ENGL 4410: Special Topics in British Literature Pre-1800

History

  • HIST 3229: The Early Middle Ages
  • HIST 3230: The High Middle Ages
  • HIST 3231: Vikings!
  • HIST 3233: Dante and His World
  • HIST 3234: Medieval Italy
  • HIST 3240: Renaissance and Reformation
  • HIST 3246: Kievan Rus' and Muscovy
  • HIST 3333: Medieval Women
  • HIST 3520: The Ottoman Empire
  • LALS 1401/HIST 1401: History of Latin America I
  • HIST 3420: Religion and Society in Early Latin America
  • HIST 3621/ASIA 3127: History of Traditional China
  • HIST 3622/ASIA 3129: History of Traditional Japan

Honors

  • HONS 1102: Medieval Colloquium

Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

  • FREN 3401: Introduction to French Literature I
  • FREN 4403: 16th Century French Literature
     
  • ITAL 3305 Italian Civilization I
  • ITAL 3321-22; 4324-25: Special Topics (could be a Med or Ren Special Topic)
  • ITAL 3401 Survey of Italian Literature I
  • ITAL 4401: The Italian Renaissance
  • ITAL 4411: Dante’s Commedia I
  • ITAL 4412: Dante’s Commedia II
  • ITAL 4468: The Italian Short Story I
     
  • LALS 1401/HIST 1401: History of Latin America I
     
  • ARCH 3143 ARTH 3143 MOLG 3143: The Viking Era
  • CLAS 4310/ARCH 3310/CORE 3302: Ancient France
  • LATN 3150/CAST 3150: Medieval Latin
     
  • SPAN 4401: Medieval and Renaissance Spanish Literature
  • SPAN 4411: Spanish Golden Age Drama and Poetry
  • SPAN 4412: Spanish Golden Age Prose
  • HIST 3621/ASIA 3127: History of Traditional China
  • HIST 3622/ASIA 3129: History of Traditional Japan

Philosophy

  • PHIL 2030: Medieval Philosophy
  • PHIL 3010: St. Augustine
  • PHIL 3015: St. Thomas Aquinas

Religion

  • RELS 2222: Medieval Christian Thought