Medieval and Renaissance Studies Minor

The Medieval and Renaissance Studies Minor is for students interested in focusing on these particular historical periods and how they manifest in a variety of disciplines. Students’ coursework may focus on Western Europe or take a broader view of medieval and Renaissance eography to include the Middle East, the Far East, and the Americas. 

Director: Angela Weisl, Ph.D. (English)
Faculty: Bénetéau; Connell; Giblin-Gedacht; Knight; Murzaku; Schultz; Sherman; Vigani; Weisl (Director)

Interested students must take six courses (18 credits) from the following list. Courses must come from at least three disciplines; students may focus specifically on the Medieval or Renaissance period, or they can combine courses from both periods. Courses may “double count” with a student’s major or additional minor. Other special topics courses may be approved for the minor by the coordinators.

List of Approved Medieval and Renaissance Studies Courses 

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Art History
ARTH 3101/CORE 3130	Art and St. Peter's	3
ARTH 3141	ST Paris: A Tale of Two Cities	3
Catholic Studies
CAST 3028	Holy Images - Worship	3
CAST 3994/CORE 3748	Foundations-Christian Culture	3
CAST 3998/CORE 3762	Sp Top-Italy in Ftsteps-Saints	3
English
ENGL 2212	Renaissance Literature	3
ENGL 3211/CORE 3375	Medieval Literature	3
ENGL 3311/CORE 3385	Chaucer	3
ENGL 3312	Shakespeare	3
History
HIST/LALS 1401	History of Latin America I	3
HIST 3228	Medieval Women	3
HIST 3229	Early Middle Ages	3
HIST 3230	The High Middle Ages	3
HIST 3231	The Vikings	3
HIST 3232	The Crusades	3
HIST 3234	Medieval Italy	3
HIST 3240	The Renaissance and Reform	3
HIST 3246	Kievan Rus' and Muscovy	3
HIST 3420	Hist Relig-Soc Early LatinAmer	3
HIST 3621/ASIA 3127	History of Traditional China	3
HIST 3622/ASIA 3129	History of Traditional Japan	3
HIST/ASIA 3626	Monsters: A History of Japan	3
Honors
HONS 1102	Colloquium-Middle Age Renaiss	6
Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
ASIA 3127/HIST 3621	History of Traditional China	3
ASIA 3129/HIST 3622	History of Traditional Japan	3
ASIA/HIST 3624	Age of Samurai	3
ITAL 3305	Italian Civilization I	3
ITAL 3321	Special Topics in Italian Civilization	3
ITAL 3322	Sp Top - Ital Civ.	3
ITAL 4412	Dante's Commedia II	3
ITAL 4468	Italian Short Story I	3
LALS/HIST 1401	History of Latin America I	3
SPAN 4401	Medieval-Ren Span Lit	3
SPAN 4412	Span Golden Age Prose	3
Philosophy
PHIL 2030	Medieval Philosophy	3
PHIL 3015	St Thomas Aquinas	3
Religion
RELS 2222	Medieval Christian Thought	3