Director: Lezlie Knox, Ph.D.

The interdisciplinary minor in medieval studies integrates courses in languages, classical and vernacular literatures, history, philosophy and theology to introduce students to the major movements and achievements of the Latin West and the global medieval world from approximately A.D. 200 to 1800.

Medieval Studies Minor

The minor consists of six courses (18 credit hours).

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Choose six of the following courses:
ENGL 3301	Here Be Monsters	3
ENGL 3302	Crossing Over	3
ENGL 4130	History of the English Language	3
ENGL 4301	Medieval Literature and Chaucer	3
ENGL 4301H	Honors Medieval Literature and Chaucer	3
ENGL 4303	Studies in the Medieval Imagination	3
ENGL 4311	Themes in Medieval Literature	3
ENGL 4331	Shakespeare	3
ENGL 4612	J. R. R. Tolkien	3
HIST 3205	The Byzantine Empire	3
HIST 3210	Imagining the Middle Ages	3
HIST 4210	The Black Death	3
HIST 4212	The Crusades	3
HIST 4245	Gender and Sexuality in Premodern Europe	3
HIST 4250	Tudor England 1485 to 1603	3
HIST 4525	Age of the Samurai	3
HIST 4550	Medieval East Asia	3
LATN 4100	Latin Prose Composition	3
LATN 4115	Medieval Latin	3
PHIL 3610	Ancient Philosophy	3
PHIL 3620	Medieval Philosophy	3
SPAN 4500	Early Global Worlds: Al-Andalus to the Americas	3
SPAN 4515	Hispanic Studies: Spain	3
SPAN 4600	Trends in Colonial Latin American Literature	3
THEO 2250	Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius	3
THEO 4200	Theology in the Early Church	3
THEO 4210	History and Theology of the Christian East	3
THEO 4220	St. Augustine: The Man and the Theologian	3
THEO 4230	Theology in the Middle Ages	3
THEO 4230H	Honors Theology in the Middle Ages	3

Notes:

• Electives may also be chosen from appropriate offerings of HIST 4931 Topics in History, HIST 4953 Readings in History, PHIL 4931 Topics in Philosophy and THEO 4290 Studies in Historical Theology.
• Any substitutions must be approved by the program coordinator.

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