Description
Medieval studies is essentially an interdisciplinary field. Within the vast temporal and geographic scope encompassed by the Middle Ages, medieval scholars specialize in a particular culture. Their comprehensive knowledge of it derives from their hybridized study of its art, history, music, literature, and languages. For a young professional, the graduate minor in medieval studies would imply to prospective employers that he or she has received the interdisciplinary training distinctive to and expected of medieval scholars.
Course Requirements
A student may pursue a graduate minor in medieval studies if he or she has been admitted in full standing to a master's, specialist, or doctoral degree program. Prospective students will submit a petition to the medieval studies core faculty after having completed half (6 credit hours) of their coursework toward the minor. In this petition, the student will describe his or her past study in the field, outline his or her future coursework, and explain how the coursework completed for the medieval studies graduate minor coheres with his or her scholarship and career plans.
The graduate minor in medieval studies will consist of 12 credit hours of approved courses from the list below, and a Latin requirement. No course below the 5000 level may count toward the graduate minor. A maximum of 6 hours may be taken in the student's home department. A maximum of 6 hours may count toward both the student's home degree program and the medieval studies graduate minor.
Students must satisfy the Latin requirement in one of three ways. First, students with no prior Latin training can take LATN 1010 Introduction to Latin I and LATN 1020 Introduction to Latin II (or their equivalent). Second, students with prior Latin training can earn a "High Pass" on a Latin reading exam designed and evaluated by the medieval studies graduate core faculty. Any student who does not earn the High Pass will have a second opportunity to do so. He or she must get a High Pass on the retake before the end of the semester after the initial attempt. If he or she does not earn a High Pass on the second attempt, the student must take a 5000-level or 6000-level Latin course from the approved list, which will count toward the 12 hours of coursework. Third, students with prior Latin training may take a 5000-level or 6000-level Latin course from the approved list. They must earn a grade of B (3.0) or higher in it to satisfy the Latin requirement. Students who opt to satisfy the requirement by taking this course may count it toward the graduate minor's 12 credit hours.
Approved Courses for the Graduate Minor in Medieval Studies
Art History
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Hours |
| ARTH 5300 | Topics in Medieval Art | 3 |
| ARTH 5320 | Early Christian, Byzantine & Islamic Art | 3 |
| ARTH 5340 | Early Medieval Art and Archaeology | 3 |
| ARTH 5360 | Viking Art and Archaeology | 3 |
| ARTH 5380 | Romanesque and Gothic Art | 3 |
English
Latin
Modern Languages
Music
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Hours |
| MUSC 5010 | Music of the Medieval/Renaissance Period | 3 |
