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Minor in Medieval Studies

Pennsylvania State University Liberal Arts 56 courses

About This Program

The Medieval Studies minor encourages an interdisciplinary approach to the diverse and interconnected cultures of Europe and the Mediterranean rim between the fifth and the fifteenth centuries and to contact zones in the Americas, Near East, and the northwestern Pacific. Students survey and evaluate key dimensions of the medieval period across disciplinary boundaries. They develop skills in critical writing and in analyzing documents, monuments, contexts, and conventions of expression; consider emerging fields such as digital humanities and new media; and examine the abiding cross-cultural and trans-historical significance of historical, social, religious, creative, and linguistic developments from the medieval period. The minor allows students to combine courses, guided readings, and research projects in fields such as history, art, archaeology, literature, languages, philosophy, and religious studies.

Degree Requirements

Prescribed Courses

Code Course Title Credits
MEDVL 107 Medieval Europe 3
MEDVL 108 Medieval Civilization 3

Additional Courses

Code Course Title Credits
ARTH 111 Ancient to Medieval Art 3
ARTH 140 Introduction to the Art and Architecture of the Mayas, Aztecs, and Incas 3
ARTH 201 Ancient to Medieval Architecture 3
ARTH 302 Early Medieval Art 3
ARTH 312 Romanesque and Gothic Art 3
ARTH 402 The Illuminated Manuscript 3
ARTH 412 The Gothic Cathedral 3
ARTH 422 Studies in Medieval Sculpture 3
ARTH 442 Late Antique and Early Christian Art 3
ARTH 452 Byzantine Art 3
ARTH 460 Art and Empire: Aztec, Inca and Spanish 3
HIST 105 The Byzantine Empire 3
HIST 108 Crusades: Holy War in the Middle Ages 3
HIST 141 Medieval and Modern Russia 3
HIST 165 Islamic States, Societies and Cultures c. 600-1500 3
HIST 406W Research in Medieval Sources 3
HIST 407 Early Medieval Society 3
HIST 408 Church and State in the High Middle Ages 3
HIST 411 Medieval Britain 3
HIST 412 Intellectual History of the Middle Ages 3
HIST 413 Medieval Celtic Studies 3
HIST 471Y Classical Islamic Civilization, 600-1258 3
HIST 480 Japan in the Age of Warriors 3
CMLIT 1 Introduction to Western Literatures Through the Renaissance 3
CMLIT 106 The Arthurian Legend 3
CMLIT 408 Heroic Literature 3
ENGL 221W British Literature to 1798 3
ENGL 441 Chaucer 3
ENGL 442 Medieval English Literature 3
FR 351 French and Francophone Literature: Poetry, Theatre, and Performance 3
GER 175 Germanic Heroic and Medieval Literature in English Translation 3
GER 430 History of the German Language 3
GER 431 Dragons, the Divine and the Demonic: German Literature, Culture and Media--Medieval to 1750 3
HEBR 10 Jewish Civilization 3
IT 330W Greatest Books of Italian Literature 3
IT 415 Dante 3
IT 490 Dante in Translation 3
SPAN 130 Iberian Civilization 3
SPAN 353 Topics in the Cultures of Spain 3
SPAN 418 The Evolution of Spanish 3
MEDVL 197 Special Topics
MEDVL 199 Foreign Studies
MEDVL 294 Research Project
MEDVL 299 Foreign Studies
MEDVL 395 Internship
MEDVL 399 Foreign Studies
MEDVL 411 Medieval Britain
MEDVL 413 Medieval Celtic Studies
MEDVL 494 Research Project
MEDVL 496 Independent Studies
MEDVL 497 Special Topics
MEDVL 499 Foreign Studies
PHIL 201 Medieval Philosophy 3
RLST 120 New Testament 3

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