Directors: Assistant Professors Victoria Morse, William North
Medieval and Renaissance Studies Concentration (MEST)
The Medieval and Renaissance Studies Concentration
encourages students interested in the cultures and kingdoms that
flourished from Late Antiquity through the Renaissance to deepen their
understanding of these periods through an interdisciplinary program of
study. Heirs to ancient empires, the societies of Europe, Byzantium,
and the Muslim world each offer fascinating opportunities to watch
societies cope with timeless problems of power, identity, and belief.
The concentration is open to students in ANY major who wish to expand
their knowledge of this important and fascinating period of human
history.
A total of 42 credits
(usually 7 courses) is required for the concentration: 18 credits in
"Core" courses, 18 credits in "Supporting" courses; and a capstone
seminar. In addition to the seminars listed below, students may
count—with prior approval of both the course instructor and the
concentration coordinator’s—other advanced seminars in which the
concentrator’s research focuses on a topic within the period covered by
the concentration
Optional Off-Campus
Programs: Off-campus study can be an important part of the
concentration. Students interested in study abroad as part of the
concentration are advised to consult with their academic advisers in
deciding when to go off-campus and with the concentration coordinators
to discuss the range of programs available and potential programs of
study. Courses taken abroad may count for up to two "core" courses (12
credits) and two "supporting courses" (12 credits).
Requirements for the Concentration:
Core Courses (3 courses/18 credits required):
ARCN 246 Archaeological Methodology
ARTH 101 Introduction to Art History I
ARTH 234 Italian Renaissance Art (not offered in 2006-2007)
CLAS 229 The Later Roman Empire, Byzantium and Islam
ENGL 110 English Literature, I
ENGL 130 Shakespeare I
ENGL 300 Chaucer I: The Canterbury Tales
ENGL 301 The Courtly Chaucer
ENGL 310 Shakespeare: The Histories and Comedies
ENGL 313 Major Works of the English Renaissance: The Faerie Queene
ENGL 314 Major Works of the English Renaissance: Paradise Lost
FREN 351 Topics in the Sixteenth Century Literature: Metamorphoses: Love, War and Monsters in Early Modern Fr (not offered in 2006-2007)
HIST 130 The Formation of Early Christian Thought (not offered in 2006-2007)
HIST 137 Before Europe: The Early Medieval World, 250-c. 1050 (not offered in 2006-2007)
HIST 138 The Making of Europe
HIST 139 Foundations of Modern Europe (not offered in 2006-2007)
HIST 204 Crusade, Contact and Exchange in the Medieval Mediterranean (not offered in 2006-2007)
HIST 232 The Renaissance
HIST 233 Cultures of Empire: Byzantium, 710-1453
HIST 234 France in the Making, 987-1460
HIST 235 Dante's Italy (not offered in 2006-2007)
HIST 236 Courtly Queens to Revolutionary Heroines: European Women 1100-1800 (not offered in 2006-2007)
HIST 243 The Peasants are Revolting! Society and Politics in the Making of Modern France (not offered in 2006-2007)
LATN 241 Petronius and Apuleius (not offered in 2006-2007)
LATN 243 Medieval Latin (not offered in 2006-2007)
MUSC 210 Medieval and Renaissance Music (not offered in 2006-2007)
PHIL 111 Introduction to Western Philosophy I: Ancient and Medieval (not offered in 2006-2007)
RELG 122 Introduction to Islam (not offered in 2006-2007)
RELG 231 Protestant Thought (not offered in 2006-2007)
RELG 263 Sufism
Supporting Courses (18 credits required):
(Note: all courses listed as "core courses" also qualify as "supporting courses.")
ARTH 170 History of Printmaking (Not offered in 2006-2007)
ARTH 230 The Sistine Chapel
ARTH 233 Van Eyck, Bosch, Bruegel: Their Visual Culture (Not offered in 2006-2007)
ARTH 238 Rembrandt Netherlandish Art in Context
ARTH 239 Netherlandish Art on Site
GERM 230 From Gutenberg to Gates: The History and Practice of Printing
GERM 231 Damsels, Dwarfs, and Dragons: Medieval German Literature
HIST 238 Topics in Medieval History: Church, Papacy, and Empire
HIST 245 Ireland: The Origin of the Troubles (Not offered in 2006-2007)
HIST 265 Empires of the Steppe (Not offered in 2006-2007)
POSC 250 Ancient Political Philosophy
RELG 262 Millennialism in Cross-Cultural Perspective (Not offered in 2006-2007)
RELG 264 Muslims on the Margin: A Survey of Islamic Minority Traditions (Not offered in 2006-2007)
SPAN 330 The Invention of the Modern Novel: Cervantes’ Don Quijote (Not offered in 2006-2007)
Capstone Seminars (one course required):
ARCN 395: Archaeology Capstone
FREN 351 Topics in Sixteenth-Century Literature: Metamorpghoses:
Love, War and Monsters in Early Modern France (Not offered in 2006-2007)
HIST 395 Topics in Early Modern European History: Revolutions in History
HIST 395 Voyages of Understanding
RELG 331 God, Lovesickness, and Wine