Mar 18, 2026

Catalogue 2018-2019

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Catalogue 2018-2019 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Medieval and Renaissance Studies Approved Courses

Approved Courses

Courses Accepted for Credit Towards Medieval and Renaissance Studies Major and Correlate

Art and Music

History, Philosophy, Religion

GRST 104 - Greek Archaeology
GRST 216 - History of the Ancient Greeks (same as HIST 216 )
GRST 217 - History of the Ancient Romans (same as HIST 217 )
GRST 301 - Seminar in Classical Civilization
GRST 302 - The Blegen Seminar
HIST 116 - The Dark Ages (same as MRST 116 )
HIST 117 - High Middle Ages, 950-1300 (same as MRST 117 )
HIST 225 - Renaissance Italy (same as URBS 225 )
HIST 226 - Northern Europe in the Renaissance, c. 1300-1550
HIST 315 - Crusading and the Holy Land (1095-1204)
HIST 316 - Constantinople/Istanbul: 1453 (same as URBS 316 )
HIST 326 - Machiavelli: Power and Politics (same as URBS 326 )
PHIL 101 - History of Western Philosophy: Ancient
PHIL 102 - History of Western Philosophy: Modern
RELI 150 - Jews, Christians, and Muslims (same as JWST 150 )
RELI 215 - Religion, Art and Politics
RELI 243 - Islamic Traditions
RELI 255 - Western Mystical Traditions (same as JWST 255 )
RELI 250 - Across Religious Boundaries: Understanding Differences (Depending on the Topic)
RELI 320 - Studies in Sacred Texts (Depending on the Topic)
RELI 350 - Comparative Studies in Religion (Depending on the Topic)

Language and Literature

GRST 102 - Cleopatra
GRST 202 - Myth
GRST 145 - Elementary Latin
GRST 146 - Elementary Latin
GRST 245 - Intermediate Latin I
GRST 246 - Intermediate Latin II
GRST 341 - Topics in Latin Literature
GRST 342 - Virgil
GRST 343 - Tacitus
GRST 344 - Roman Lyric and Elegy
**Other Greek and Roman Studies courses may also count for MRST credit in consultation with the program director
ENGL 215 - Pre-modern Drama: Text and Performance before 1800 (Depending on Topic)
ENGL 222 - Early British Literature
ENGL 223 - The Founding of English Literature
ENGL 235 - Old English (same as MRST 235 )
ENGL 236 - Beowulf (same as MRST 236 )
ENGL 237 - Medieval Literature
ENGL 238 - Middle English Literature
ENGL 240 - Shakespeare
ENGL 241 - Shakespeare
ENGL 242 - Shakespeare
ENGL 340 - Studies in Medieval Literature
ENGL 341 - Studies in the Renaissance (same as MRST 341 )
ENGL 342 - Studies in Shakespeare (same as DRAM 342 )
ENGL 345 - Milton
FFS 230 - Medieval and Early Modern Times
FFS 332 - Literature and Society in Pre-Revolutionary France
HISP 226 - Medieval and Early Modern Spain
ITAL 175 - The Italian Renaissance in English Translation (same as MRST 175 )
ITAL 220 - Thirteenth-Sixteenth Century Italian Culture
ITAL 237 - Finding Dante: A Reader’s Guide to Getting Out of Hell
ITAL 331 - Heroes, Paladins, and Non-existent Knights: The Italian Epic Tradition from Charlemagne to Calvino.
ITAL 338 - Literary Masterpieces: Dante’s Divine Comedy
ITAL 342 - Giovanni Boccaccio’s Decameron: The “Novella” as a Microcosm