School of Arts and Sciences
Medieval Studies
Medieval Studies

Minor in Medieval Studies

The interdisciplinary minor in medieval studies presents a multidisciplinary focus on the world of the Middle Ages. The medieval world introduces us to the historical, cultural, linguistic, spiritual, and artistic roots of peoples across the globe.

Five courses (15 semester hour units) with at least one course from each of the three categories (Literature, Art, History) are required for the minor. In addition to the five courses, a student is required to complete an appropriate project, such as a thesis, an oral presentation, or a performance, which integrates the knowledge and methodologies of the disciplines involved. (See the description of CIS 0120 [worth 2 semester hour units] in the Catalog.)

Category A - Literature

Classics

  • CLS 108/HIST 101–Alexander the Great: History, Myth Legend & Legacy
  • CLS 109/HIST 156 Passion, Power, & Piety:  The Voices of Byzantium
  • CLS 0127 Philosophy in the Greek, Latin and Arabic-Islamic Traditions
  • LAT 30/130 Medieval Latin

English

  • ENG 0101 Old English
  • ENG 0104 The Literature of The Middle Ages
  • ENG 0105 Middle English Literature
  • ENG 0107 Chaucer
  • ENG 0108 Virgil And Dante
  • ENG 0109 Ovid And the Ovidian Tradition

French

  • FR 0031 Readings in French Literature I
  • FR 0191/0192 - Special Topics:
    • The French Arthurian Novel
    • Medieval French Comic Theater
    • Marie de France
    • Love Poetry of the French Middle Ages & Renaissance
    • Love & Marriage in Medieval French Literature

German

  • GER 0061 Survey German Literature I

Italian

  • ITAL 0031 Readings in Italian Literature I
  • ITAL 0051 Dante's Inferno
  • ITAL 0052 Dante's Purgatorio and Paradiso
  • ITAL 0170 Political Ideology in the Italian Literary Tradition

Spanish

  • SPN 0032 Medieval & Early Modern Spanish Literature
  • SPN 0131 Spanish Literature of the Middle Ages

Category B - Art

Art History

  • FAH 0021/121 Early Islamic Art
  • FAH 0022/122 Iconoclasm and Iconophobia: Threat of The Image
  • FAH 0023/123 Byzantine Art and Architecture
  • FAH 0025/125 Medieval Architecture
  • FAH 0028/128 Medieval Art in The Mediterranean: Pagans, Jews, Christians, Muslims
  • FAH 0120 Armenian Art, Architecture and Politics: Fourth To Fourteenth Century
  • FAH 0127 Cathedrals and The Arts, 1150-1300
  • FAH 0198 Seminar in Medieval Art
    • Seminar in Byzantine/Armenian Art

Category C - History

History

  • HIST 0040 Pre-Modern China
  • HIST 0055 Europe in The Early Middle Ages
  • HIST 0056 Europe in The High Middle Ages
  • HIST 0058/CLS 0039 The Byzantines And Their World
  • HIST 0061 Icons and Tsars: Early Modern and Imperial Russia
  • HIST 0072 World of Islam
  • HIST 0101/CLS 0109 Alexander the Great: History, Myth, Legend, and Legacy
  • HIST 0152 Religious and Spiritual Map Of Europe, 300-1500
  • HIST 0154 Health and Healing In Medieval and Early Modern Europe
  • HIST 0156 Science, Magic and Society, 1100-1700
  • HIST 0157/CLS 0110 Empresses, Saints, & Scholars: The Women Of Byzantium
  • HIST 0165 Mongol Empire
  • HIST 0167 Medieval Islam

Religion

  • REL 0036/HIST 0009 A Global History of Christianity to the Middle Ages
  • REL 0048 Introduction to Islam
  • REL 0154 Muhammad And The Qur'an