The following list of courses represents all of the MARS-related courses that have been offered in the last several years. For a current listing of this academic year's offerings, please consult the registrar's webpage or the annual listing (see document at right).

Core Courses

ARCH 246 Archaeological Methodology

ARTH 101: Introduction to Art History I

ARTH 155: Arts of Islam

ARTH 180: Medieval Art

ARTH 234: Italian Renaissance Art

CLAS 229: The Later Roman Empire, Byzantium, and Islam

ENGL 110: English Literature I

ENGL 130: Introduction to Shakespeare

ENGL 300: Chaucer I

ENGL 301: The Courtly Chaucer

ENGL 308: English Renaissance Verse

ENGL 310: Shakespeare II

ENGL 312: Renaissance Drama

ENGL 313: Major Works of the English Renaissance: The Faerie Queen

ENGL 314: Major Works of the English Renaissance: Paradise Lost

FREN 351: Love, War, and Monsters in Early Modern France

HIST 130: The Formation of Christian Thought

HIST 137: Before Europe: The Early Medieval World, 300-1050

HIST 138: The Making of Europe, 1050-1500

HIST 139: Foundations of Modern Europe

HIST 204: Crusade, Contact, and Exchange in the Medieval Mediterranean

HIST 232: Renaissance Worlds in France and Italy

HIST 233: Cultures of Empire: Byzantium, 850-1453

HIST 234: France in the Making, 987-1460

HIST 235: Dante’s Italy

HIST 236: From Courtly Queens to Revolutionary Heroines: European Women 1100-1800

HIST 243: The Peasants are Revolting! Society and Politics in the Making of Modern France

HIST 245: Ireland: The Origin of the Troubles

LATN 243: Medieval Latin

MUSC 210: Medieval and Renaissance Music

PHIL 111: History of Western Philosophy I: Ancient and Medieval

RELG 122: Introduction to Islam

RELG 231: Protestant Thought

RELG 263: Sufism

SOAN 246: Archaeological Methodology

Supporting Courses

ARTH 230: The Sistine Chapel (3 credits)

ARTH 233: Van Eyck, Bosch, Bruegel: Their Visual Culture

ARTH 238: Rembrandt and Netherlandish Art in Context

ARTH 239: Netherlandish Art On Site

ARTH 285: Rome: The Age of Michelangelo and Caravaggio

GERM 230: From Gutenberg to Gates: History and Practice of the Book

GERM 231: Medieval German Literature

HIST 110: Saints, Sinners and Philosophers in Late Antiquity

HIST 110: Conversion in Medieval Europe: Transforming Religious Identities

HIST 110: The Age of Elizabeth

HIST 238-1: Topics in Medieval History: Gender and Ethics in Medieval France

HIST 238-2: Topics in Medieval History: Papacy, Church, and Empire in the Age of Reform

HIST 238-3: The World of Bede

HIST 330: Gender, Ethics, and Power in Medieval France

HIST 333: Iconoclasm

HIST 245: The Origin of the Troubles: England in Ireland in the Early Modern Period

LATN 241: Petronius and Apuleius

PHIL 270: Ancient Philosophy

POSC 250: Ancient Political Philosophy

RELG 225: Contemporary Catholic Theology

RELG 262: Millennialism in Cross-Cultural Perspective

RELG 264: Muslims on the Margins

RELG 265: Islamic Law

RELG 330: Islamic Aesthetics

RELG 332: Heresy and Deviancy in Islam

SPAN 310: Melancholy in Art and Literature

SPAN 330: The Invention of the Modern Novel: Cervantes' Don Quijote

Capstone Seminars

Please note: Because there are only a limited number of capstone seminars offered each year, students may also fulfill the capstone seminar requirement by completing a research paper in an upper-division class. Students interested in this option should consult with both the course instructor and one of the concentration coordinators as soon as possible in the term (or before).

ARTH 285: Rome: The Age of Michelangelo and Caravaggio

ARTH 285: Ceramics in the Islamic World

FREN 351: Love, War, and Monsters in Early Modern France

HIST 395: Gender, Ethics, and Power in Medieval France

HIST 333: Iconoclasm

HIST 395: Controversial Histories: Ideological Conflict and Consensus in the Premodern World

HIST 395: Voyages of Understanding

HIST 395: History of Poverty and Social Welfare