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
- AMS 470 Natives and Newcomers
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
- COM 301 Intro Rhetorical Theory
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
- HY 101 Western Civ To 1648 or HY 105 Honors West Civ To 1648
- HY 115 History of Science to 1687
- HY 235 Christ Church To 1500
- HY 247 England To 1688
- HY 370 A history of the Atlantic World, 1400-1800
- HY 386 History Of Rome
- HY 388 The Crusades
- HY 442 The Middle Ages
- HY 443 Renaissance
- HY 444 Reform & Counter-Reformation
- HY 451 Early Modern Germany
- HY 471 Age Exploration & Conquest
- HY 481 War/Dipl. in Med & Mod. Europe
- HY 482 War & Religion in the West
- HY 483 Thirty Years’ War
- HY 490 England under Tudors
- HY 491 England under Stuarts
- HY 493 Britain in the 18th Century
Modern Languages & Classics
- CL 222 Greek Roman Mythology
- CL 350 Roman Religion
- FR 341 Survey Fr Literature I*
- GN 250 Germanic Mythology
- GN 264 German Literature Translatn I
- GN 371 Gn Cult Civil Thru 1832*
- RUS 223 Rus Lit in Trans I
- SP 371 Survey Of Spanish Lit*
- SP 491 Cervantes*
* designates a course taught in subject language (not English)
Music
Philosophy
- PHL 212 Early Modern 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
- TH 451 Hist Of The Theatre I
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.