Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Minor

Interdisciplinary Program

The Faculty of Arts & Sciences offers the BA & BS degrees in Interdisciplinary Studies. Within the BA in Interdisciplinary Studies degree program, students may select from six majors: Africana Studies; Environment & Sustainability; Film & Media Studies; Gender, Sexuality, & Women’s Studies; Integrative Conservation, and Medieval & Renaissance Studies. Additionally, students may earn a BA or a BS in Interdisciplinary Studies with a Self-Designed major. Within this option, students will work closely with a faculty advisor to formulate a curriculum that is tailored to the student’s interests. The responsibility for formulating a sound academic program of interdisciplinary study lies with the individual student and the advisor, and the proposed major must be approved by the Committee on Interdisciplinary Studies (CIS). Normally, students pursuing an interdisciplinary major base their program upon a solid understanding of an established discipline, and must include courses from at least three departments, with no more than half of the credit hours from any one department. More than two courses at the introductory level are seldom approved.

Applications for Self-Designed majors must adhere to the Registrar’s deadlines for declaring a primary major. In addition, all applications for Self-Designed majors as a change of major or secondary major must be submitted to the Committee on Interdisciplinary Studies before the beginning of preregistration for the first semester of the student’s senior year. All Self-Designed programs must be compatible with the degree requirements for Arts & Sciences. Each major must fulfill the Major Writing Requirement by earning a grade of C- or better in the course designated as the writing course within the program submitted to CHIS. Each major must also fulfill the Computer Proficiency Requirement by earning a grade of C- or better in the course designated as the computer proficiency course within the program submitted. CHIS, or the appropriate advisory committee, must approve the designation of courses that fulfill the writing and computer proficiency requirements.

Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program

Students will have a designated faculty Advisor in Medieval and Renaissance Studies to help them arrange a coherent program in keeping with the degree requirements of the College and to certify that progress is being made toward graduation. The Director of the program in Medieval and Renaissance Studies will help majors choose an advisor corresponding to the department of their greatest academic interest (including second major or minor, if any). Majors who do not easily fit into an area will be advised by the Director of the program in Medieval and Renaissance Studies. For more information contact the Director of the program in Medieval and Renaissance Studies.

Required Credit Hours: 21

Core Requirements

Students are required to take one course from each of the four Medieval and Renaissance Studies groups listed under Medieval and Renaissance Studies, BA Core Requirements topics; at least three of those four courses must be 300-level or 400-level courses. Students are also required to take three additional courses selected from among the courses listed under Medieval and Renaissance Studies, BA Core Requirements topics; at least two of those three courses must be 300-level or 400-level courses. Students may petition the Director of the program in Medieval and Renaissance Studies to include non-listed courses in their minor (such as departmental independent studies courses) when appropriate.