Medieval & Renaissance Studies

The minor in Medieval and Renaissance Studies is an interdisciplinary program designed for students who want an academic emphasis in study of the Middle Ages and/or Renaissance. Twenty-one credits are required.

The diversity of courses included in a Medieval & Renaissance Studies minor will take students to many corners of campus. Here, students enter the Denkmann Memorial Building.

Courses from many programs comprise this degree. Those may include:

Art

• Art History 166 (PP) Western Art: Medieval-Renaissance
• Art History 361 (PP) Ancient Greek and Roman Art (3)

English

• English 271 (PL) English Literature to 1660
• English 350 Medieval Genre and Society
• English 351 The English Literary Renaissance
• English 352 (PH) Shakespeare: Comedies and Histories
• English 353 (PH) Shakespeare: Tragedies and Later Plays
• English 441-442 Senior Inquiry*

French

• French 340 Medieval French Literature
• French 341 The French Renaissance

German

• German 401 (PL) Literature and Culture: The Middle Ages and the Rennaissance

History

• History 110 (PP) Europe: 200-1300
• History 111 (PP) Europe: 1300-1700
• History 310 The Crucible of Europe, 1000-1300
• History 311 Renaissance and Reformation in Italy
• History 312 Renaissance and Reformation in Northern Europe

Latin

• Latin 220/320 Medieval Latin Literature

Music

• Music 312 Music Styles and Literature I

Religion

• Religion 335 (PP) Luther: Life, Thought and Legacy

Spanish

• Spanish 330 (PL) Survey of Peninsular Spanish Literature I

Literature

• World Literature (PL possible)