Course Offerings

1. Required Introductory Colloquium (3 hours)

  • Students will participate in the Medieval and Early Modern European Colloquium (AS 220), a seminar under the direction of the Program Director. The course is designed to introduce students to broad issues, methods, and areas of study in the field via readings and interactions with participating faculty through guest lectures and related activities. It is intended to prepare students for curriculum options at the 300 and 400 levels but is not a pre-requisite to completion of those.

2. Areas of Study (12 hours total)

  • Students will take a total of 4 courses from at least 3 participating departments, outside their major requirements or other minors.
  • Courses must be selected from the following (other courses may be substituted with pre-approval):

American Studies

Art & Art History

  • ARH 352 Early Christian Byzantine Art
  • ARH 360 Early Medieval Art
  • ARH 361 Late Medieval Art
  • ARH 365 Northern Renaissance Art
  • ARH 367 Art Patronage Florence (Study Abroad)
  • ARH 368 Early Renaissance Art
  • ARH 369 Later Italian Renaissance Art
  • ARH 371 Baroque Art South Europe
  • ARH 373 Baroque Art North Europe
  • 400-level Topics (pre-approval required based upon topic)

Communication Studies

English

  • EN 330 Chaucer And Medieval Literature
  • EN 331 Chaucer
  • EN 332 Sixteenth Century Literature
  • EN 333 Shakespeare
  • EN 334 Seventeenth Century Literature
  • EN 335 Milton
  • EN 347 English Lit During Enlightenment
  • 400-level Topics (pre-approval required  based upon topic)

History

Modern Languages & Classics

* designates a course taught in subject language (not English)

Music

  • MUS 251 Music History I
  • MUS 427 Studies In Special Lit (pre-approval required based upon topic)

Philosophy

Political Science

  • PSC 353 Modern Political Thought
  • PSC 321 Special Topics In PSC / HY 300 Special Studies in History (European Liberalism, Crisis, and Scandinavian Drama, and Historic Perspective)

Theatre

3. Ancillary Language Requirement

Students must complete the ancillary requirement for the Minor by fulfilling one of the following options: *

  • Both 101 and 102 of Latin, Italian, Greek, German, Spanish, French, or Arabic OR
  • 103 of one of the languages noted above OR
  • 104 of one of the languages noted above OR
  • any 3-hour course (other than those listed in section 2 above) at the 200- level or higher in one of the  languages noted above

* Students already meeting these language requirements as part of their major or another minor may apply them (and the same language) to the MEMES Minor; additional or other languages may be applied to the minor as applicable and if approved by the Program Director.

4. Capstone Research Project (3 hours)

  • No later than the end of the semester prior to completion of the Minor requirements, students will propose a Final Research Project (as a 3 hour Independent Research course) that reflects the intended spirit of the Minor based upon their experiences in Minor coursework. The proposal will be reviewed for pre-approval by the Program Director and a Faculty Mentor in one of the participating Departments. During the final semester of the Minor, the student will complete the project under the supervision of the Faculty Mentor with a Reader from a second participating Department. This should result in an appropriate project such as a paper, poster, performance, website, or exhibition.