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Certificate Program

Eligible Courses


DID YOU KNOW? Because of the interdisciplinary nature of this program, you may have taken the courses that apply to this certificate and be only a few credits away from completing it. And, courses taken during your undergraduate program can apply to this certificate while you work on your graduate degree.

The following courses fall into the scope of the Medieval and Renaissance Studies Certificate Program. Independent studies are available from faculty members involved with the program. New additions to this list of courses will be announced as they appear.


Art History (ARTH)

320: Early Christian Art and Architecture
323: Medieval Art
328: Italian Renaissance
329: Northern Renaissance
342: Baroque Art
520: Seminar in Art History

English Literature (ENGL)

317: History of the English Language (cross-listed with LING 317)
340: Major Plays of Shakespeare
360: Major British Writers I (Med/Ren) (counts only when taught by Connor or Woods)
508: Critical Studies in Film (Shakespeare) (counts only when taught by Connor or Woods)
515: Studies in Shakespeare
520: Epic and Romance
521: Medieval Literature
522: Renaissance Literature
580: Special Studies in Medieval Literature
715: Seminar in Chaucer
720: Seminar in Old English
721: Seminar in Medieval Literature
722: Seminar in Renaissance Literature

History (HIST)

399: Special Topics in Medieval or Renaissance History
566: Medieval History 500-1200
567: Medieval History 1200-1500
568: Social, Economic, and Intellectual History of the Middle Ages
569: Medieval England
575: Italian Renaissance
576: The Reformation
577: Medieval Women
599: Special Topics in Medieval or Renaissance History

*MCLL-French Literature (FREN)

551: French Civilization: The Middle Ages to the Restoration
629: Medieval French Literature
630: Renaissance French Literature
635: Introduction to Romance Linguistics (cross-listed with LING 635 AND SPAN 635)

*MCLL-Latin Literature (LATN)

111: Elementary Latin I
112: Elementary Latin II
223: Intermediate Latin
224: Intermediate Latin

*MCLL-Linguistics (LING)

317: History of the English Language (cross-listed with ENGL 317)
635: Introduction to Romance Linguistics (cross-listed with FREN 635 and SPAN 635)

*MCLL-Spanish Literature (SPAN)

532: Survey of Spanish Literature
623: Seminar in Spanish
635: Introduction to Romance Linguistics (cross-listed with FREN 635 and LING 635)

Musicology (MUSC)

334: History of Music I

Political Science (POLS)

345: Classical/Medieval Political Theory


*MCLL: Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures

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