Medieval Studies Minor
Why study Medieval History and Culture?
While medieval history and culture are endlessly fascinating and full of surprises in their own right, what is of fundamental importance is that the medieval period is the foundation of modern history and culture, close enough to us to be familiar but distant enough to be studies dispassionately and without prejudice.
Medieval studies traces the evolution of Europe during the Middle Ages from a group of loosely tied kingdoms to a prosperous community of nations. Topics include the role of the church, development of the feudal system, the rise of the nobility, the effects of the Plauge, the growth of trade guilds, the discovery of printing, the urbanization of peasantry, and the rise of science.
Requirements for Medieval Studies Minor
This minor requires 18 hours of Medieval Studies courses which can be chosen from those listed below, and must be from at least three different departments:
Classical Studies
U146 Greek Mythology
U174 The Byzantine Empire
U170 The Later Roman Empire
English Department
U189 Chaucer and His World
U199 Arthurian Legend
A316 Medieval Survey
A340 Chaucer I
A341 Chaucer II
A475 Great Figures: Dante
U195 The Legend of Robin Hood
Foriegn Language Department
Latn-A101 Classical Latin II
Latn-A435 Medieval Latin
Fren-A320 Culture and Civilization
Fren-A330 Intro to French
Fren-A400 Romance Philology
Grek-A101 Classical Greek II
Grek-A340 Hellenistic Greek Literature I
Germ-A312 Intro to German Literature
Germ-A355 From Middle Ages to Baroque
Span-A310 Survey of Spanish Literature I
Span-A315 Culture and Civilization of Spain
History Department
A306 Middle Agea
A381 English History to 1688
A304 Early Christianity
A390 Chinese History I
A392 Japanese History I
X132 Russian Culture and Civilization
W174 French Culture and Civilization
A412 Spain and Portugal
A424 Russian History
W151 Cilivilzation, Archeology and Society
Philosophy Department
A405 Survey of Medieval Philosophy
Political Science Department
W149 Ancient and Medieval Political Thought
A230 History of Political Thought I
Religious Studies
U186 Medieval Synthesis
A210 Medieval Christian Thought
A412 Islam, Muhammad, and the Quran
U134 Christian Mysticism
U143 Women in the Christian Tradition
U185 Heresies and Heretics
Drama Department
A240 Theatre History
A331 Costume Design
U130 World Theatre I
Visual Arts Department
U132 Arts and Ideas I
U210 Survey of World Art I
A394 History of the Book