Minor in Medieval and Early Modern Studies

The Minor in Medieval and Early Modern Studies is an interdisciplinary program with courses offered in the departments of Anthropology, Art History, Chicano/Latino Studies, English, History, Judaic Studies, Music, Philosophy, World Languages and Literatures, and Theatre and Film. Students will fulfill 28 credits of coursework in a minimum of three disciplines, distributed as follows:

Courses must be completed in at least three separate departments or programs;
At least 20 credit hours must be completed in upper-division courses, with at least 4 of those credit hours at the 400-level.

Requirements

Courses may be selected from the list below:

Anth 362U/BSt 362U	African Prehistory	4
Anth 364U	The Archaeology of the Pacific Northwest	4
Anth 365U	The Archaeology of North America	4
Anth 366U	The Archaeology of Mesoamerica	4
Anth 368U	The Archaeology of Oceania	4
ArH 205	Art History: The Medieval World	4
ArH 316U	Japanese Buddhist Art	4
ArH 329	Islamic Art: Major Themes and Periods:	4
ArH 355U	Medieval Monsters	4
ArH 356U	Early Medieval Art and Architecture	4
ArH 357U	Byzantine Art and Architecture	4
ArH 358U	Medicine and Magic in Romanesque Art	4
ArH 359U	Gothic Art and Architecture	4
ArH 360U	The Art of War: Representing the Crusades	4
ArH 361U	Northern Renaissance Art	4
ArH 371U	Italian Renaissance Art	4
ArH 372U	Italian Renaissance Art	4
ArH 373U	Italian Renaissance Art	4
ArH 376U	Italian Baroque Art	4
ArH 377U	Dutch and Flemish Baroque Art	4
ArH 378U	Spanish Baroque Art	4
ArH 379U	Latin American Baroque Art	4
ArH 432U	Issues in Gender and Art	4
ArH 474	Art and the Early Modern City	4
Art 322U/TA 322U	History of Dress I	4
BSt 305U/Hst 312U	African History, Before 1800	4
ChLa 340	Mayas, Aztecs, and Chicanos	4
Chn 311	Introductory Classical Chinese	4
Chn 312	Introductory Classical Chinese	4
Eng 201	Introduction to Shakespeare	4
Eng 204	Survey of British Literature I	4
Eng 319U	Northern European Mythology	4
Eng 340U	Medieval Literature	4
Eng 341U	Renaissance Literature	4
Eng 416	History of Rhetoric	4
Eng 426	Advanced Topics in Medieval Literature	4
Eng 441	Advanced Topics in Renaissance Literature	4
Eng 491	History of Literary Criticism and Theory I	4
Fr 490	History of the French Language	4
Grk 101	First-Year Ancient Greek Term 1	4
Grk 102	First-Year Ancient Greek Term 2	4
Grk 103	First-Year Ancient Greek Term 3	4
Grk 201	Second-Year Ancient Greek Term 1	4
Grk 202	Second-Year Ancient Greek Term 2	4
Grk 203	Second-Year Ancient Greek Term 3	4
Hst 101	Age of Empires: The Medieval World	4
Hst 102	Early Modern Europe and the World	4
Hst 317U/JSt 317U	Jewish History from Antiquity to the Medieval Period	4
Hst 319U/JSt 319U	Rabbinic Culture in the Roman World	4
Hst 320U	East Asian Civilizations	4
Hst 321U	Early Modern East Asia, 1300-1800	4
Hst 350U	English History from 1066 to 1660	4
Hst 352U	European Women's History to 1700	4
Hst 354U	Early Medieval Europe: 300-1100	4
Hst 355U	Late Medieval Europe, 1100-1450	4
Hst 356U	Renaissance and Reformation Europe, 1400-1600	4
Hst 357U	Europe from Reformation to Revolutions	4
Hst 359U	Early Modern France	4
Hst 365U	History of Latin America, 4000 BCE - 1810	4
Hst 375U	History of Kievan and Muscovite Russia, 800s-1700	4
Hst 378U/JSt 378U	Pagans, Christians and Jews	4
Hst 381U/JSt 381U	Kabbalah: The Jewish Mystical Tradition	4
Hst 384U	Ottoman World	4
Hst 416	Topics in Roman History	4
Hst 420	Topics in Early Modern Japanese History	4
Hst 450	Medieval England	4
Hst 451	Early Modern England	4
Hst 452	Topics in the History of European Women	4
Hst 453	The Medieval City: Communities of Conflict and Consensus	4
Hst 454	Topics in Medieval History	4
Hst 455	Topics in Renaissance History	4
Hst 456	Religious Change in Sixteenth Century Europe	4
Hst 457	Topics in Early Modern Europe	4
Hst 468	History of Mexico I: 4000 BCE-1821	4
It 330	Italian Culture and Civilization	4
Lat 101	First-Year Latin Term 1	4
Lat 102	First-Year Latin Term 2	4
Lat 103	First-Year Latin Term 3	4
Lat 201	Second-Year Latin Term 1	4
Lat 202	Second-Year Latin Term 2	4
Lat 203	Second-Year Latin Term 3	4
Lat 303	Third-year Latin: Post-classical Authors	4
Mus 304	Music History: Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque	4
Phl 302U	Medieval Philosophy	4
Phl 303U	Early Modern Philosophy	4
Phl 319U	Introduction to Asian Philosophy	4
Phl 416	The Rationalists: Descartes, Leibniz, Spinoza	4
Phl 417	The Empiricists	4
Span 342	Early Modern and Colonial Cultural and Literary Expression	4
Span 490	History of the Spanish Language	4
TA 363	Development of Dramatic Art I	4
UNST 421	Medieval Portland Capstone	4
WLL 319U	Fairy Tales and Folklore	4
WLL 335U	The Icelandic Sagas	4

The following courses may be offered in a foreign language

Chn 412	Advanced Chinese	4
Chn 413	Advanced Classical Chinese	4
Chn 490	History of the Chinese Language	4
Fr 341U	Literature and Culture of the Middle Ages and Renaissance	4
Fr 342U	Literature and Culture of the Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Centuries	4
Fr 419	Medieval French Literature	4
Fr 420	Renaissance French Literature	4
Fr 421	Seventeenth-century French Literature	4
Ger 341U	Introduction to German Literature	4
Jpn 420	Readings in Japanese Literature	4
Span 341	Pre-Modern Cultural and Literary Foundations	4

The following courses require History Department approval to be counted towards the minor

Ar 330	Topics in Arab Culture and Civilization	4
Ar 441U	Major Arabic Works in Translation	4
ArH 407	Seminar	0-12
ArH 410	Selected Topics	0-12
ArH 450	Great Periods and Themes in Art and Architecture	4
Fr 441U	Major Works In Translation	4
Hst 461	Topics in Jewish History	4
Hst 491	Reading Seminar	4
Hst 492	Research Seminar	4
Jpn 341U	Topics in Japanese Literature (In Translation)	4
Phl 451	Classical Figures	4
Span 421	Major Topics: Peninsular Prose	4
Span 422	Major Topics: Peninsular Drama	4
Span 423	Major Topics: Peninsular Poetry	4
Span 434	Major Topics: Peninsular Multiple Genres	4
Span 441	Major Works in Translation	4
TA 471	Theater History: Periods and Topics	1-4

All courses must be passed with a C- or better.

For advising concerning the minor, please consult the History Department office at hist@pdx.edu.