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Oct 15, 2024
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2023-2024 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Medieval and Renaissance Studies Minor
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Minor Requirements
The minor consists of at least five courses selected with the approval of an adviser belonging to the MARS faculty. Courses should be selected from the list below and should include a course in history. At least three different disciplines should be represented. French, Italian, and Spanish are considered to be separate areas of study. Additional courses (notably topical seminars) may be accepted upon petition. It is the responsibility of the student to recognize that certain courses might require departmental prerequisites for which he or she would not necessarily receive credit toward the MARS minor. Only one independent study course and only one non-Colgate course will be counted toward the minor. Courses that are appropriate for the MARS minor are sometimes offered as part of the university’s Venice study group program.
At least three courses should be at the intermediate level and at least one should be at the 300- or 400- (seminar) level — either an existing seminar or an independent research paper. Senior seminars and honors thesis courses in any department could provide a place for the student’s capstone experience.
One year’s study of Latin at Colgate is recognized as one course toward the minor. While there is no mandated language requirement, it is strongly recommended that students considering graduate school in a medieval or Renaissance field should study Latin at least through the intermediate level. Students are encouraged to explore early literature in Old and Middle English, as well as early period courses in the foreign language departments.
Courses from the following list are appropriate for the MARS minor:
- ARTS 207 - Roman Art
- ARTS 210 - Contemporary Art and Politics in the Middle East
- ARTS 216 - Nature’s Mirror: Renaissance Arts 1400-1550
- ARTS 220 - Early Modern European Architecture
- ARTS 226 - Nature’s Order: Baroque Arts 1550-1750
- ARTS 244 - Housing the Sacred in Ancient India
- ARTS 311 - The Arts in Venice during the Golden Age (Venice Study Group)
- ARTS 344 - Hindu Temples: Architecture and Sculpture, Architecture as Sculpture
- ARTS 350 - Art and the Goddess
- ENGL 200 - British Literary Traditions
- ENGL 203 - Arthurian Tradition
- ENGL 301 - History of the English Language
- ENGL 302 - The Literature of the Early Middle Ages
- ENGL 303 - Medieval Merchants, Knights, and Pilgrims
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- ENGL 325 - Milton
- ENGL 361 - Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales
- ENGL 385 - Drama, Fiction, and Poetry of Tudor England
- ENGL 386 - Poetry, Prose, and Drama in the Century of the English Revolutions, 1600-1700
- ENGL 402 - Medieval Celtic Literature
- ENGL 408 - Literature of Medieval Women
- ENGL 445 - Life-Writing: The Renaissance
- ENGL 461 - Studies in the Renaissance
- FREN 351 - Introduction to Literature in French: From Chivalry to Versailles
- FREN 433 - The Court of Louis XIV
- HIST 202 - Europe in the Middle Ages, c. 300 - 1500 (EU)
- HIST 232 - The Crusades (EU)
- HIST 238 - Europe in the Age of the Renaissance and Reformation (EU)
- HIST 241 - Life and Death in Early Modern Britain (EU)
- HIST 263 - Cities of the Silk Road (TR)
- HIST 331 - Medieval Italy, c. 1000 - 1500 (EU)
- HIST 332 - Medieval England (EU)
- HIST 333 - The Medieval Church (EU)
- HIST 343 /REST 343 - The Formation of the Russian Empire
- HIST 358 - Conquest and Colony: Cultural Encounters in the Americas (TR)
- HIST 370 - The Mongol Empire (TR)
- LATN 121 - Elementary Latin I
- LATN 122 - Elementary Latin II
- LATN 123 - Intensive Elementary Latin
- MUSI 215 - Music History I: Medieval through Baroque Periods (H&A)
- PHIL 303 - Medieval Philosophy (MF)
- POSC 380 - Reason, Faith, and Politics
- RELG 250 - Religion, Othering, Violence in the Middle Ages
- RELG 282 - Introduction to Islam
- RELG 287 - Protestant Traditions: Revolutions and Reformations
- SPAN 351 - Spanish Literature: Knights and Troubadours in Medieval Spain
- SPAN 352 - Spanish Literature: Love and Honor in the Golden Age
- SPAN 460 - Spanish Renaissance and Baroque Poetry
- SPAN 461 - Theater of the Golden Age
- SPAN 462 - Cervantes’ Don Quijote
- SPAN 468 - Visions and Re-visions of the Spanish Conquest: An Interdisciplinary Perspective
Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program
For more information about the department, including Faculty, transfer credit, awards, etc., please visit the Medieval and Renaissance Studies program catalog page.
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