Minor in Medieval and Renaissance Studies
If you are interested in learning more about dead languages, medieval literature, and the Middle Ages or the Renaissance, then explore the possibility of a MARS undergraduate minor. Student coursework is built on medieval and Renaissance topics. They will receive outstanding instruction from faculty in up to eleven different academic departments. For students interested in medieval and Renaissance history, art, literatures, religion, music, languages, and culture, the MARS minor offers the possibility of furthering interests while studying more broadly towards your major. Meet others interested in the same things as you, incorporate classwork you’ve already done, and learn new things about the Middle Ages and Renaissance, all while showing prospective employers or graduate schools the depth of your study.
Requirements
- A minimum of fifteen (15) hours of approved coursework (see list below) in two different departments outside the student’s major department.
- At least nine (9) hours of the fifteen must be in courses numbered 2000 or above.
- At least three (3) hours of the fifteen must be taken in a course numbered 3000 or above.
- A minimum of nine (9) hours must be taken in residence.
- A minimum GPA of 2.0 is required in all courses in the minor.
- Only one course from Ancient Mediterranean Studies may count towards the minor.
- Students may specialize in either medieval or Renaissance, but must take at least one course in both.
- Students and their advisors may petition the Chair of MARS (Dr. Johanna Kramer, English) to have coursework with relevant content counted. Many upper-level courses in European languages and literature may be used to fulfill the minor requirements.
A minor consists of at least 15 credits, including at least 6 credits numbered 2000 or above, 9 of the required credits must be taken in MU course work. This requirement can be reduced from 9 to 6 at the discretion of an individual department. Students must meet the minimum GPA requirements for a minor, which in no case can be lower than 2.0. In addition, a student cannot receive a grade lower than a C- in any course applied towards a minor in the College. For more information, please see Requirements for Optional Minor.
| Generally Approved Courses | ||
| ARH_VS 1110 | Ancient and Medieval Art | 3 |
| HIST 1500 | Origins of European History | 3 |
| HIST 1540 | England Before the Glorious Revolution | 3 |
| HIST 1570 | Survey of Early Modern Europe, 1350-1650 | 3 |
| Lower Level Courses | ||
| REL_ST 2700 | Islam | 3 |
| Upper Level Courses | ||
| AMS 3520 | Early Medieval Art and Archaeology | 3 |
| AMS 4510 | Byzantine Art and Archaeology | 3 |
| AMS 4520 | Art and Archaeology of Early Medieval Europe | 3 |
| ARH_VS 3530 | Medieval Art | 3 |
| ARH_VS 3620 | Italian Renaissance Art | 3 |
| ARH_VS 4540 | Gothic Art and Architecture | 3 |
| ARH_VS 4630 | The Renaissance Artist | 3 |
| ARH_VS 4640 | Renaissance and Baroque Architecture | 3 |
| ARH_VS 4660 | Art and Ideas in the Northern Renaissance | 3 |
| ENGLSH 3200 | Survey of British Literature: Beginnings to 1784 | 3 |
| ENGLSH 4106 | Genres, Beginning to 1700 | 3 |
| ENGLSH 4166 | Major Authors, Beginning to 1700 | 3 |
| ENGLSH 4186 | Major Women Writers, Beginning to 1700 | 3 |
| ENGLSH 4200 | Introduction to Old English | 3 |
| ENGLSH 4210 | Medieval Literature | 3 |
| ENGLSH 4220 | Renaissance and Seventeenth Century Literature | 3 |
| FRENCH 3420 | Introduction to French Culture | 3 |
| FRENCH 4410 | French Medieval Literature | 3 |
| FRENCH 4420 | French Renaissance | 3 |
| HIST 3550 | Science and Medicine in Ancient and Medieval Europe | 3 |
| HIST 3560 | The Scientific Revolution | 3 |
| HIST 3590 | The Early Middle Ages | 3 |
| HIST 3600 | The Later Middle Ages | 3 |
| HIST 3640 | Reformations and Religious Conflicts in Early Modern Europe | 3 |
| HIST 4550 | Age of the Vikings | 3 |
| HIST 4630 | The Age of the Renaissance | 3 |
| LATIN 4590 | Medieval Latin | 3 |
| Classical Foundations | ||
| AMS 1060 | Classical Mythology | 3 |
| AMS 2100 | The Ancient Greeks | 3 |
| AMS 2200 | The Ancient Romans | 3 |
| AMS 2300 | Ancient Authors: The Greeks | 3 |
| AMS 2400 | Ancient Authors: The Romans | 3 |
| AMS 3000 | Foreigners and Dangerous Women in Greek and Latin Literature | 3 |
| AMS 3100 | The Age of Pericles | 3 |
| AMS 3250 | Greek and Roman Epic | 3 |
| AMS 3300 | Greek Drama | 3 |
| AMS 3310 | Greek Art and Archaeology | 3 |
| AMS 3350 | Advanced Mythology | 3 |
| AMS 3400 | Murder and Mayhem: Images of Justice in Classical Antiquity | 3 |
| AMS 3410 | Roman Art and Archaeology | 3 |
| AMS 3510 | Byzantine and Islamic Art and Archaeology | 3 |
| AMS 3600 | The Ancient Novel | 3 |
| AMS 3650 | Paganism and Christianity | 3 |
| AMS 3700 | Women in the Ancient World | 3 |
| AMS 3750 | Classics in a Cross-Cultural Context | 3 |
| AMS 4340 | Greek Cities and Sanctuaries | 3 |
| AMS 4350 | Greek Pottery | 3 |
| AMS 4360 | Greek Sculpture | 3 |
| AMS 4400 | Ancient Pastoral | 3 |
| AMS 4420 | Minor Arts of Antiquity | 3 |
| AMS 4440 | Roman Architecture | 3 |
| AMS 4460 | Roman Sculpture | 3 |
| AMS 4490 | Late Antique Art and Archaeology | 3 |
| AMS 4500 | Greek and Roman Religion | 3 |
| AMS 4600 | The Classical Tradition | 3 |
| AMS 4650 | The World of Late Antiquity | 3 |
| ANTHRO 4700 | Old World Prehistory | 3 |
| HIST 1520 | The Ancient World | 3 |
| HIST 3510 | The Ancient Greek World | 3 |
| HIST 3520 | The Roman World | 3 |
| HIST 3530 | The Hellenistic World: From Alexander to Rome | 3 |
| HIST 3550 | Science and Medicine in Ancient and Medieval Europe | 3 |
| HIST 4500 | Philip II and Alexander the Great of Macadonia | 3 |
| HIST 4510 | Crime and Punishment: Law in Classical Athens | 3 |
| HIST 4520 | The Rise and Fall of the Roman Republic | 3 |
| HIST 4530 | The Roman Empire | 3 |
| HIST 4540 | The Later Roman Empire | 3 |
| LATIN 4300 | Latin Poetry | 3 |
| LATIN 4350 | Latin Prose | 3 |
| LATIN 4520 | Age of Cicero | 3 |
| LATIN 4530 | Vergil | 3 |
| LATIN 4540 | Augustan Literature | 3 |
| LATIN 4580 | The Theodosian Age | 3 |
| PHIL 3000 | Ancient Western Philosophy | 3 |
| REL_ST 3200 | Hinduism | 3 |
| REL_ST 3240 | Buddhism of South and Southeast Asia | 3 |
| REL_ST 4500 | Greek and Roman Religion | 3 |
Additional Information
Departments keep a list of courses approved for the MARS minor on file for advisors. For a full description of the minor, including a list of all courses currently counted toward the minor, go to Medieval and Renaissance Studies.