MEMS is a multidisciplinary program with a focus on the history and cultures of the medieval and early modern world. The Program consists of faculty and students from diverse departments within the School of Liberal Arts (Art History, Asian Studies, Classical Studies, English, French and Italian, Germanic and Slavic Studies, History, Jewish Studies, Music, Philosophy, Political Science, Spanish and Portuguese) and offers undergraduate major and minor concentrations, as well as graduate degree programs in affiliated professors' home departments. We regularly sponsor conferences, colloquia, and presentations by scholars around the world.
The major consists of 30 credits (10 courses) to be distributed in the following manner:
| Course ID | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Select three courses each from two of three categories: | 18 | |
Medieval (300-1499) | ||
Early modern (1500-1699) | ||
Crossover (spanning medieval and early modern) | ||
| Select four additional courses | 12 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 30 | |
The student may take up to four courses in a single department. Of the ten courses, no more than three courses may be taken below the 3000 level, and at least two must be completed at the 4000 level or above.
Medieval and Early Modern Studies Categories
Medieval
| Course ID | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| MEMS 1999 | Medieval and Early Modern Events Management | 1-3 |
| MEMS 2000 | Intro to Medieval Studies | 3 |
| MEMS 4000 | Topics in Medieval Studies | 3 |
| MEMS 4990 | Honors Thesis | 3 |
| MEMS 5000 | Honors Thesis | 4 |
| ARHS 1010 | Art Survey I: Prehistory through the Middle Ages | 3 |
| ARHS 3200 | Early Christian and Byzantine Art | 3 |
| ARHS 3210 | Art and Experience in the Middle Ages | 3 |
| CLAS 3230 | Ancient Christianity | 3 |
| ENLS 4120 | Medieval Literature | 3 |
| ENLS 4450 | Chaucer | 3 |
| FREN 4220 | Medieval French Literature | 3 |
| HISA 1020 | After Rome: The Early Medieval World | 3 |
| HISA 1030 | Medieval Europe 1100-1450 | 3 |
| HISA 2030 | Byz & Early Med Civilization | 3 |
| HISA 4140 | The Crusades 1095-1291 | 3 |
| HISA 4150 | The Age of the Vikings | 3 |
| HISA 2310 | Medieval England | 3 |
| HISA 2350 | Medieval Italy | 3 |
| HISA 3170 | Medieval Spain | 3 |
| HISA 3910 | Special Topics | 1-3 |
| HISA 4910 | Special Topics | 1-3 |
| HISA 6090 | Sem Sel Topics Byzan Hist | 4 |
| HISA 6190 | Special Topics: Mediev+Ancient | 3 |
| HISA 6230 | Medieval Cities | 3 |
| HISA 6270 | Women&Gender Middle Ages | 3 |
| HISE 4140 | Household Gender Sexuality | 3,4 |
| ITAL 4010 | Topics 13 & 14 Cent Ital Lit | 3 |
| JWST 3500 | Goldn Age Spansh Jewry I | 3 |
| JWST 3520 | Goldn Age Span Jewry II | 3 |
| JWST 3530 | Jewish Middle Ages | 3 |
| JWST 4110 | Rabbinic Judaism | 3 |
| JWST 4350 | Rashi, Halevi, Maimonide | 3 |
| SPAN 4420 | Intro. Medieval Iberia | 3 |
| SPAN 6810 | Reading Medieval Iberia | 3 |
Crossover
| Course ID | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| MEMS 1999 | Medieval and Early Modern Events Management | 1-3 |
| MEMS 3600 | Writing the Past | 4 |
| MEMS 4990 | Honors Thesis | 3 |
| MEMS 5000 | Honors Thesis | 4 |
| ENLS 2010 | Intro To British Literature I | 3 |
| ENLS 4490 | Early Major Authors | 3 |
| ENLS 5010 | Capstone Seminars | 4 |
| FREN 6210 | History of French Language | 3 |
| GERM 3550 | Germ Lit In Translation | 3 |
| GERM 3660 | Love, Death & Sexuality | 3 |
| HISA 3070 | Topics Medieval & Renais Hist | 3 |
| HISE 1210 | Eur & Wider World To 1789 | 3 |
| HISE 2410 | Spain, 1369-1716 | 3 |
| HISM 2200 | Pre-Modern Islamic World | 3 |
| MUSC 1410 | Hist Euro Music To 1800 | 3 |
| RUSS 3530 | Survey of Russian Art | 3 |
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Only when medieval and early modern studies topic. Director approval required.
Early Modern
| Course ID | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| MEMS 1999 | Medieval and Early Modern Events Management | 1-3 |
| MEMS 2200 | Topics in the Early Modern Period | 1-3 |
| MEMS 2201 | Topics in the Early Modern Period | 1-3 |
| MEMS 2202 | Topics in the Early Modern Period | 1-3 |
| MEMS 4990 | Honors Thesis | 3 |
| MEMS 5000 | Honors Thesis | 4 |
| ARHS 3380 | Italian Renaissance Art | 3 |
| ARHS 3420 | Van Eyck to Bruegel | 3 |
| ARHS 3430 | Rubens to Rembrandt | 3 |
| ARHS 3913 | Special Topics in Art History | 3 |
| ARHS 6410 | Amsterdam and the Global Dutch Golden Age | 3,4 |
| ARHS 6420 | Early Modern Copies | 3-4 |
| ARHS 6813 | Seminars in the History of Art | 3,4 |
| ENLS 2230 | Introduction to Shakespeare | 3 |
| ENLS 4040 | Early Modern Transatlantic Lit | 3 |
| ENLS 4130 | Renaissance Literature | 3 |
| ENLS 4140 | 17th-Century Literature | 3 |
| ENLS 4150 | Early Modern Drama | 3 |
| ENLS 4190 | Enlightenment Literature and Culture | 3 |
| ENLS 4450 | Chaucer | 3 |
| ENLS 4460 | Shakespeare I | 3 |
| ENLS 4470 | Shakespeare II | 3 |
| ENLS 4480 | Milton | 3 |
| FREN 4320 | Renaissance Literature | 3 |
| FREN 4410 | 17th-Century French Literature | 3 |
| FREN 4420 | 17th-Century Drama | 3 |
| GERM 4800 | Advanced Undergrad Sem | 3 |
| HISA 6050 | The Italian Renaissance | 3 |
| HISE 4140 | Household Gender Sexuality | 3 |
| HISE 2320 | Early Modern England | 3 |
| HISE 2420 | The Age of Reformation | 3 |
| HISE 6050 | The Italian Renaissance | 3 |
| HISE 6100 | Ren & Ref 1450 to1660 | 3 |
| HISE 6330 | Imperial Spain 1469-1659 | 3 |
| HISE 3300 | Death Disease Destitution | 3 |
| HISE 6370 | Seminar Early Mod Englnd | 3 |
| ITAL 4020 | Topics In Ren Lit | 3 |
| ITAL 4030 | Topics 17th & 18th C Lit | 3 |
| JWST 3540 | Jewish Renaissance to Age Reas | 3 |
| MUSC 4950 | Spec Topic In Musicology 1 | 3 |
| PHIL 2020 | History of Modern Phil | 3 |
| PHIL 2120 | Classics Modrn Poli Phil | 3 |
| SPAN 4430 | Lit of the Golden Age | 3 |
| SPAN 6330 | Span Prose of Golden Age | 3 |
| SPAN 6410 | Don Quijote | 3 |
| SPAN 6430 | Drama of the Golden Age | 3 |
| SPAN 6440 | Poetry of the Golden Age | 3 |
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Only when medieval and early modern studies topic. Director approval required.