Medieval and Early Modern Studies Minor

Required Course: (2 credits)

• MEM-201 Symposium in Medieval and Early Modern Studies
• Students must also submit a portfolio along with a public Furman Engaged presentation that demonstrates the connections between the courses and disciplines contributing to their minor requirements.

And 18 credits from courses in at least three of the following disciplines:

Asterisk (*) denotes 2-credit courses

• ART-253 Art & Death
• ART-256 Art & Politics
• ART-257 The Revolution of Print
• ART-258 Embodied Representations: Art, Bodies, & Identities

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• ENG-152 History of English Language
• ENG-241 Medieval Arthurian Literature
• ENG-252 Shakespeare
• ENG-300 Literature Before Print
• ENG-314 Studies in Chaucer
• ENG-315 Animals in Medieval Literature and Culture
• ENG-316 Late 14th Century English Literature
• ENG-317 Literature of Early Modern Britain
• ENG-318 Early Modern Drama
• ENG-319 Major Figures in Early Modern British Literature
• ENG-366 Drama at Stratford-upon-Avon

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• FRN-331 French Literature and Civilization I: Middle Ages and Renaissance
• FRN-332 French Literature and Civilization II: Classicism and Enlightenment
• FRN-334 Visions of the Cosmos
• FRN-410 French Literature of Louis XIV
• FRN-411 French Literature of the Enlightenment
• FRN-430 Studies in French Literature (when relevant topic)

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• HST-102 Europe in the Medieval World
• HST-103 Europe in the Early Modern World
• HST-111 Passages in the Ancient and Medieval World
• HST-112 Passages in the Early Modern World
• HST-141 Latin America in the Early Modern World
• HST-152 Middle East in the Early Modern World
• HST-161 Japan in the Ancient and Early Modern World
• HST-165 China in the Ancient and Early Modern World
• HST-203 The Crusades
• HST-206 European Reformations
• HST-207 Germany and the 30 Years’ War
• HST-208 Tudor-Stuart England
• *HST-209 Episodes in British History  (when relevant topic)
• *HST-275 Movements in History  (when relevant topic)
• *HST-276 Urban History  (when relevant topic)
• *HST-277 Wars, Rebellions, and Revolutions  (when relevant topic)
• *HST-278 Empire and Imperialism  (when relevant topic)
• *HST-279 Historical Lives  (when relevant topic)
• HST-307 Life on the Margins in Early Modern Europe
• HST-310 History of Western Medicine
• HST-475 Senior Seminar in History (when relevant topic)

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• HUM-102 Studies in Humanities
• HUM-201 History of Ideas in Context I
• HUM-202 History of Ideas in Context II (when relevant topic)

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• *MUS-221 Music History I  

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• PHL-211 Modern Philosophy

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• POL-103 Introduction to Political Thought
• POL-271 Medieval Christian and Islamic Political Thought

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• REL-222 Introduction to Islam
• REL-236 History of Christianity in the Middle Ages
• REL-237 Reformation and Modernity
• *REL-239 Material Religion in Reformation Europe 
• *REL-265 Canterbury Trails: Pilgrimage Spirituality 
• REL-322 Muhammad and the Qur’an
• REL-328 Religions in Japan
• REL-332 Wealth and Poverty in Christian Tradition
• REL-339 Dante in Translation
• REL-348 Augustine of Hippo
• REL-475 Senior Seminar (when relevant topic)

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• THA-210 Theatre History I
• THA-320 Acting III: Period Styles

Note:

Several of the above-listed courses (“when relevant topic”) may count toward the minor depending on the specific topic being covered that semester. Likewise, 4 credits of Independent Study, Independent Research, and Directed Independent Study (Courses numbered 501, 502, and 504) may be used as minor courses with approval of the oversight committee. Furthermore, directed summer research experiences (TFA-002) may be considered for use as electives with approval, along with the submission of a substantive research paper to be reviewed by the committee. Other courses, such as first year seminars and study away programs, may be considered on a case-by-case basis.