Coordinator: Beth Darlington (English); Advisers: Brian
Lukacher (Art), Susan Brisman, Beth Darlington, Wendy Graham, Susan
Zlotnick (English), Lydia Murdoch (History), Michael Pisani (Music).
The interdepartmental program in Victorian Studies is designed to enable
students to combine courses offered in several departments with independent
work and, through an interdisciplinary approach, to examine the assumptions,
ideas, ideals, institutions, society, and culture of nineteenth–century
Britain, a complex society undergoing rapid transition at the height
of global power.
Requirements for Concentration: 12 units, courses at all three
levels of instruction (100–, 200–, and 300–level), at
least 4 courses from the required category of courses, and at least
4 courses at the 300–level, one of which must be the senior thesis.
The senior thesis is a long research paper, interdisciplinary in nature,
and written under the direction and guidance of two faculty members
from two departments. Three of the 12 units for the major may be taken
from courses dealing with countries other than Britain (students should
see the coordinator or any of the advisers for a list of such courses).
Junior Year Abroad in Britain may be desirable for qualified students.
Course Offerings
Required Courses
At least 3 units from the following, in two disciplines, plus interdepartmental
Victorian Studies 300, Senior Thesis:
English 248. The Age of Romanticism, 1789–1832
(1)
English 249. Victorian Literature: Culture and
Anarchy (1)
English 250. Victorian Poets: Eminent, Decadent,
and Obscure (1)
English 255. Nineteenth–Century British
Novels (1)
English 351. Studies in Nineteenth–Century
British Literature (1)
English 352, 353. Romantic Poets (1)
History 121a or b. Modern Europe, from the Fall
of Napoleon to the Present (1)
History 151b. British History: James I (1603)
to the Great War (1)
History 254a. Victorian Britain (1)
History 355a. Childhood and Children in Nineteenth–Century
Britain (1)
Interdepartmental
Victorian Studies 300a. Senior Thesis (1 or 2)
Recommended Courses
Art 262a. Art and Revolution in Europe 1789–1848
(1)
Art 362a. Seminar in Nineteenth–Century
Art (1)
Economics 260b. The Economics of Imperialism
(1)
Economics 370b. History of Economic Thought (1)
Education 297.04. Readings in the History of
Education (1)
English 261. The Literary Revival in Ireland,
1885–1922 (1)
Music 236. Studies in Music of the Nineteenth/Twentieth
Centuries (1)
Philosophy 205 Nineteenth Century Philosophy
(1)
Supplemental (Non–British) Courses
For a list of over 30 courses, any three of which may count towards
the major, see the coordinator or any of the advisers.