Medieval and Renaissance Studies Minor

Amanda Eubanks Winkler, Advisor
308 Bowne Hall
315-443-4584
awinkler@syr.edu

Faculty

Crystal Bartolovich, Jean-François Bédard, Dympna Callaghan,Sally Cornelison, Albrecht Diem, Laurinda Dixon, Wayne Franits, Hope Glidden, Samantha Kahn Herrick, Chris Kyle, Matilde M. Mateo, Dennis Romano, Stephanie Shirilan, Scott Manning Stevens, Junko Takeda, Matthieu van der Meer

Requirements

Medieval and Renaissance Studies explores the birth of our own familiar world while introducing students to an often alien and mysterious past. Students will embark an intellectual adventure through coursework that focuses on the advent of science, the voyages of discovery, the birth of democracy, the writings of the great poets from Dante to Shakespeare, the monumental achievements of artists such as Michelangelo and Rembrandt, the birth of print culture and censorship, monastic life, the Reformation, the beginnings of capitalism and consumerism, as well as the power of city states.

The minor is open to all undergraduates university-wide.

Total Credits Needed: 18 credits distributed as follows

I. Two courses (6 credits) from the group of courses listed below (no restrictions):

ARC 133 - Introduction to the History of Architecture I
ETS 113 - Survey of British Literature, Beginnings to 1789
ETS 121 - Introduction to Shakespeare
HOA 105 - Arts and Ideas I
HOM 165 - Understanding Music I
MHL 168 - History of European Music before 1750 HOM 266 European Music before 1800
HST 111 - Early Modern Europe, 1350-1815
HST 121 - Global History to 1750
HST 211 - Medieval and Renaissance Europe
HST 212 - Religion in Medieval and Reformation Europe
HST 231 - English History

II. The remaining 12 credits must be courses at the 300 level or above

III. One upper division history [HST] course (3 credits)

One upper division history [HST] course (3 credits) on a Medieval and/or Renaissance topic

IV. Three additional upper division courses (9 credits)

Three additional upper division courses (9 credits) on Medieval and/or Renaissance topics. See List of courses below.

V. No more than three courses (9 credits)

No more than three courses (9 credits) upper or lower division may be taken in the same discipline.

List of Upper Division Courses in Medieval and Renaissance Studies

N.B. In addition to the courses below, there are many courses in ETS, History (HST 300 - Selected Topics , HST 401 - Senior Seminar ), LIT/ITA and other departments whose subject changes from semester to semester and that can be counted toward the minor. Courses are also offered in the various SU Abroad centers that may also be counted toward the minor. Those wishing to have any of these courses count should petition the coordinator (advisor) of the Medieval and Renaissance Studies Minor to have these courses count toward the minor.