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Current Offerings
Major and Minor

Current Offerings

Courses Offerings Fall Semester 2020

  • ARTH 3915 – Art of the Middle Ages (3) (WI)
    – Dr. Michale Duffy & Certaldo Study Abroad Program
  • ARTH 3930 – Italian Renaissance Art: 1300–1500 (3) (WI*)
    – Dr. Punam Madhok
  • ENGL 3070 – Shakespeare: The Histories (3) (GE:HU) (P: ENGL 1100)
    – Dr, Marianne Montgomery
  • ENGL 3600 – Classics from Homer to Dante (3) (GE:HU) (P: ENGL 1100)
    – Dr. David Wilson-Okamura
  • ENGL 4030 – Milton (3) (WI) (GE:HU) (P: ENGL 2201)
    – Dr. Jeffery Johnson
  • HIST 3420 – Early Modern Europe to 1648 (3) (GE:SO)
    – Dr. Jonathan Reid
  • * HIST 3615 – History of Traditional Japan (3) (GE:SO)
    – Dr. John Tucker
  • * HIST 3669 – History of the Middle East, 600–1500 (3) (GE:SO)
    – Dr. Mona Russell
  • MRST 2500 – Introduction to Renaissance Studies
    – Dr. Jonathan Reid
  • SPAN 4556 – Renaissance and Baroque Spain (1500–1681)
    – Dr. Javier Lorenzo
    * Requires consent of Director to count for the minor

Anticipated Offerings Spring Semester 2021

  • ARTH 3940 – Italian Renaissance Art: 1500–1600 (3) (WI*)
  • ENGL 3000 – History of British Literature to 1700 (3) (GE:HU) (P: ENGL major, minor, or consent of dept; ENGL 1100)
  • ENGL 3080 – Shakespeare: The Comedies (3) (GE:HU) (P: ENGL 1100)
  • FORL 2665 – Don Quixote (3) (WI) (GE:HU)
  • * HIST 3551 – Medieval Russia, 862–1682 (3)
  • MRST 2400 – Introduction to Medieval Studies (3) (GE:HU)

Major and Minor

Degree Programs

The MRST Director works with students to ensure program requirements are met.
ECU Course Catalog: Please consult the most recent catalog.

Major

Through the Multidisciplinary Studies BA Program (30 credit hours plus foreign language) and BS Program (42 credit hours), students may design an individualized concentration in consultation with a faculty mentor. For details, please refer to the current Undergraduate Catalog, or speak to the Director of Medieval and Renaissance Studies.

Minor

The minor requires 24 student credit hours including 6 from the two MRST introductory courses (2400 & 2500 or equivalents) and 18 from elective courses. Many of the courses count towards general education and/or writing intensive requirements.

Study abroad program courses may count, with approval of the director, for up to 6 credit hours. Also, additional electives will be accepted if they significantly further the student’s understanding of the Middle Ages or the Renaissance. See the list of ‘Alternatives’ below. Departmental prerequisites may be waived in special cases. Students should contact the MRST Director and/or their major Department Advisor.

With an average of 16 MRST courses and electives offered each year, the minor can easily be fit into any major program of study. See Academic Advising for guides to completing your major, that is model schedules for each year and semester, which indicate when to take courses for general education and the minor.

Minor Core Courses – 6 s.h. (or equivalent)
  • MRST 2400 – Introduction to Medieval Studies (3) (GE:HU)
  • MRST 2500 – Introduction to Renaissance Studies (3) (GE:HU)
  • MRST 5000 – Medieval and Renaissance Studies Seminar (3) (P: 3 s.h. in MRST or consent of director)
Minor Elective Courses – 18 s.h.
  • ARTH 3915 – Art of the Middle Ages (3) (WI)
  • ARTH 3930 – Italian Renaissance Art: 1300–1500 (3)
  • ARTH 3940 – Italian Renaissance Art: 1500–1600 (3) (WI*)
  • ENGL 3070 – Shakespeare: The Histories (3) (GE:HU) (P: ENGL 1100)
  • ENGL 3080 – Shakespeare: The Comedies (3) (GE:HU) (P: ENGL 1100)
  • ENGL 3090 – Shakespeare: The Tragedies (3) (GE:HU) (P: ENGL 1100)
  • ENGL 3600 – Classics from Homer to Dante (3) (GE:HU) (P: ENGL 1100)
  • ENGL 4010 – Medieval Literature (3) (WI) (GE:HU) (P: ENGL 2201)
  • ENGL 4020 – Chaucer (3) (WI) (GE:HU) (P: ENGL 2201)
  • ENGL 4030 – Milton (3) (WI) (GE:HU) (P: ENGL 2201)
  • FORL 2665 – Don Quixote (3) (WI) (GE:HU)
  • FREN 4555 – France of the Middle Ages and Renaissance (3) (P: FREN 3500 or consent instructor)
  • GRBK 2400 – Great Books of the Middle Ages and Renaissance (3) (WI) (GE:HU)
  • HIST 3412 – A History of Christianity to 1300 (3) (GE:SO)
  • HIST 3414 – The Celtic World, 700 B.C. – 1601 A.D. (3)
  • HIST 3415 – The Middle Ages (3) (GE:SO)
  • HIST 3420 – Early Modern Europe to 1648 (3) (GE:SO)
  • HIST 3480 – Britain to 1688 (3) (GE:SO)
  • HIST 5350 – The Renaissance in European History (3)
  • HIST 5360 – The Reformation, 1450–1598 (3)
  • MRST 2400 – Introduction to Medieval Studies (3) (GE:HU)
  • MRST 2500 – Introduction to Renaissance Studies (3) (GE:HU)
  • MRST 5000 – Medieval and Renaissance Studies Seminar (3) (P: 3 s.h. in MRST or consent of director)
  • MUSC 2225 – Introduction to Early Music in the West (3) (GE:FA)
  • PHIL 3321 – Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy (3) (WI)
  • SPAN 4555 – Medieval Spain (900–1499) (3) (WI) (P: SPAN 3550; or consent of instructor)
  • SPAN 4556 – Renaissance and Baroque Spain (1500–1681) (3) P: SPAN 3550; or consent of instructor)
Minor Alternate Electives

(courses not yet listed as electives in catalogue, but acceptable with consent of director)

  • ARTH 2925 – Byzantine Art and Architecture (3) (WI)
  • ARTH 3935 – Italian Baroque Art: 1600–1700 (3) (WI)
  • ARTH 3950 – Architectural History of the Middle East Before 1600
  • ENGL 4050 – Prose and Poetry of the English Renaissance (3) (WI) (GE:HU) (P: ENGL 2201)
  • ENGL 4091 – Shakespeare: Topics (3) (WI) (P: ENGL 2201)
  • ENGL 4100 – Seventeenth-Century Literature (3) (WI) (GE:HU) (P: ENGL 2201)
  • HIST 3551 – Medieval Russia, 862–1682 (3)
  • HIST 3610 – History of East Asia to 1600 (3) (GE:SO)
  • HIST 3615 – History of Traditional Japan (3) (GE:SO)
  • HIST 3629 – History of Traditional China (3) (GE:SO)
  • HIST 3669 – History of the Middle East, 600–1500 (3) (GE:SO)
  • HIST 5450 – Tudor-Stuart England (3)
  • MUSC 4525 – History of Sacred Music and Worship (3) (P: MUSC 2416)
  • MUSC 5506 – Early Music in the West: to 1600 (3) (P: MUSC 1406, MUSC 2406, MUSC 2416; or equivalent)