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Medieval & Early Modern Studies Advising Guide
Introduction
Medieval
and Early Modern Studies offers a multidisciplinary approach to European
cultures and civilizations from late Antiquity (c. 500) to the beginnings of
the Enlightenment (c. 1750). The major incorporates materials and methodologies
from the fields of literary studies, history, art history, music, philosophy,
and religious studies. Students in the program have considerable flexibility in
the design and focus of their courses of study.
For more information about the MEMS major please contact Prof. Blake
Wilson at wilson@dickinson.edu.
Introductory courses appropriate for
prospective majors
ARTH 101,
Introduction to Art History (Ancient through Medieval) ARTH 102,
Introduction to Art History (Renaissance through Contemporary)
ENGL 101, Texts and Contexts (Only sections
with a Medieval, Renaissance, or Early Modern focus)
HIST 105, Medieval
Europe
HIST 106, Modern
Europe to 1815
HIST 121, Middle East to 1750
HIST 243, British History I
HIST 222, Feudal Europe
HIST 223, Renaissance Europe
MUSC 101, History of Music (Medieval through
1750)
RELG 212, History of Christianity: From
Margin to Center
RELG 259, Islam
JDST/RELG 219, History of the Jews
Note: In certain
cases MEMS faculty frequently waive distribution requirements of a 200- or
300-level MEMS course for a MEMS major or prospective major. Inquire directly
of the relevant faculty member.
Getting
Involved
Students may
discover their interest in medieval and early modern cultures prior to their
arrival at Dickinson, or their interest may be kindled in one of the many
first-year seminars that each year engage MEMS-related material. These seminars
are often taught by one of the 18 fulltime faculty who currently participate in
the MEMS program, and they are easily contacted through the faculty listing on
the program website.
Students considering
the major should know that they enjoy considerable flexibility in shaping this
multidisciplinary major (see “Curriculum and Courses”), and past MEMS majors
have discovered MEMS to be especially compatible with undertaking a second
major (the majority have been double majors), and with the ready fulfillment of
distribution requirements.
For course
descriptions, and requirements for the major, please refer to the College Bulletin: Medieval and Early Modern Studies.
Core
and Cluster Courses:
These are courses
identified as MEMS courses every semester since Fall 2006:ARTH 101,
Introduction to the History of Art
ARTH 102,
Introduction to the History of Art
ARTH 203, Medieval
Art
ARTH 205, Topics
[Isabella d’Este as Renaissance Music and Patron]
ARTH 300, Italian
Renaissance Art 1250-1450
ARTH 301, Italian
Renaissance Art 1450-1563
ARTH 391, The Arts
in Late Gothic Europe
CLST 100, Greek and
Roman Myth
ENG 101, Topics [Shakespeare’s
Comedies; Shakespeare’s Tragedies; Monty Python & the Real Grail]
ENG 213, History of
the English Language
ENG 334, The Lyric
ENG 339, Special
Topics in Form and Genre
ENG 345, Early
Modern Women Writers [MEMS 200 in Sp 2009]
ENG 350, Studies in
Medieval Literature [Marie de France]
ENG 352, Renaissance
Lyric Poetry
ENG 354, Pope,
Dryden, Swift
ENG 359, Special
Topics in Literature before 1800
[Medieval and Renaissance Romance]
ENG 390, Chaucer
ENG 392, Teaching
Shakespeare
ENG 394,
[Revolutionary] Milton
FREN 352, Classical
Theatre and Social Myth
FREN 361, French
Literature in the Renaissance
GRMN 240, German
Cultural History I
HIST 105, Medieval
Europe
HIST 106, Modern
Europe to 1815
HIST 121, Middle
East to 1750
HIST 130, Latin
American History I [?]
HIST 213, The
Crusades
HIST 222, Feudal
Europe
HIST 223,
Renaissance Europe
HIST 228, Italian
History from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment
HIST 243,
English/British History I [55BC to 1688]
HIST 253, History of
Russia I
ITAL 251, Literature
and Society I [14th-17th centuries]
JDST 216, Kabbalah
[= REL 260]
LATN 234, Ovid
LATN 242, Early
Christian Latin
MUAC 101, History of
Music I [antiquity to ca. 1750]
MUAC 107, J.S. Bach
MUAC 351, Italian
Madrigal and Poetics
MUAC 352, J.S. Bach
[MUEN 009-01,
Dickinson Collegium]
PHIL 242, Medieval
and Renaissance Philosophy
PHIL 243, Philosophy
in the 17th and 18th Centuries
REL 212, History of
Christianity I [1st-14th centuries]
REL 214, History of
Christianity II
REL 259, Islam
REL 312, Eastern
Orthodox Christianity
SPAN 310, Studies in
Medieval Texts
SPAN 311, Studies in
Pre-Columbian and Colonial Texts
SPAN 320, Spanish
Golden Age Texts
SPAN 380, History of
the Spanish Language
SPAN 410, Cervantes’
Don Quixote