Minor in Medieval and Early Modern Studies
Program Learning Outcomes for the Minor in Medieval and Early Modern Studies
Upon completing the minor in Medieval and Early Modern Studies, students will be able to:
- Define and apply appropriate disciplinary and/or interdisciplinary methodologies, vocabularies, concepts, and theories to respond critically to questions within the field of Medieval and Early Modern Studies.
- Demonstrate the ability to define and respond to research questions and scholarly debates within the field, including the ability to analyze primary and secondary sources, draw conclusions from the analysis of these sources, and cite evidence in support of conclusions
Requirements for the Minor in Medieval and Early Modern Studies
Students pursuing the minor in Medieval and Early Modern Studies must complete:
- A minimum of 6 courses (18 credit hours) to satisfy minor requirements.
- A minimum of 3 courses (9 credit hours) taken at the 300-level or above.
- No courses from study abroad or transfer credit. For additional departmental guidelines regarding transfer credit, see the Policies tab.
The courses listed below satisfy the requirements for this minor. In certain instances, courses not on this official list may be substituted upon approval of the minor’s academic advisor, or where applicable, the Program Director. (Course substitutions must be formally applied and entered into Degree Works by the minor's Official Certifier). Students and their academic advisors should identify and clearly document the courses to be taken.
Summary
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Total Credit Hours Required for the Minor in Medieval and Early Modern Studies | 18 | |
Minor Requirements
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Requirements | ||
| Select 6 courses from the following categories (see course lists below): 1, 2 | 18 | |
Anthropology | ||
Art History | ||
Asian Studies | ||
Classical Studies | ||
English | ||
French Studies | ||
German Studies | ||
History | ||
Jewish Studies | ||
Medieval and Early Modern Studies | ||
Music | ||
Philosophy | ||
Religion | ||
Spanish and Portuguese | ||
| Total Credit Hours | 18 | |
Footnotes and Additional Information
| 1 | Of the 6 required courses (18 credit hours), a total of 3 courses (9 credit hours) must be taken at the 300-level or above. Please note that not all courses listed above will be offered every academic year. |
| 2 | The 6 required courses (18 credit hours) must be taken from at least 2 different fields or departments (Anthropology, Art History, Asian Studies, Classical Studies, English, European Studies, French Studies, German Studies, History, Jewish Studies, Latin American Studies, Medieval and Early Modern Studies, Music, Philosophy, Religion, and Spanish and Portuguese). |
Course Lists to Satisfy Requirements
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Anthropology | ||
| THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF AFRICA | ||
| KINGS, QUEENS, AND COMMONERS: THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF ANCIENT MESOAMERICA | ||
| THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF SLAVERY AND THE AFRICAN DIASPORA | ||
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Art History | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF WESTERN ART I: ANTIQUITY TO GOTHIC | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO MEDIEVAL ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF WESTERN EUROPE | ||
| LIVING IN THE CITY IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE | ||
| ARCHITECTURE, TRADE, AND POWER IN EARLY MODERN ISLAMIC EMPIRES | ||
| IMPERIAL CITY: ISTANBUL 1453-1922 | ||
| JERUSALEM TO ISFAHAN | ||
| BUDDHIST AND DAOIST ART IN CHINA | ||
| PERSIANATE ARTS OF THE BOOK | ||
| COFFEEHOUSES AND TEAHOUSES: A GLOBAL HISTORY | ||
| EARLY MEDIEVAL ART | ||
| GOTHIC ART | ||
| ART OF THE COURTS | ||
| LOOKING AT EUROPEAN PRINTS 1400-1700 | ||
| AMERICAN ART AND ARCHITECTURE I: 1620-1800 | ||
| NORTHERN RENAISSANCE ART | ||
| EARLY RENAISSANCE ART IN ITALY | ||
| THE HIGH RENAISSANCE AND MANNERISM IN ITALY | ||
| MASTERS OF THE BAROQUE ERA | ||
| CAPITALISM AND CULTURE | ||
| SEX AND MONEY: THE SPECIES DIVIDE | ||
| CHINESE PAINTING | ||
| CHINESE ART AND VISUAL CULTURE | ||
| EAST & WEST: MEDIEVAL VISUAL CULTURE IN CHINA AND NORTHERN EUROPE | ||
| MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPTS | ||
| DUTCH ART IN THE AGE OF REMBRANDT | ||
| VISUAL CULATURE OF MEDIEVAL PILGRIMAGE | ||
| ARCHITECTURE OF THE GOTHIC CATHEDRAL FROM THE MIDDLE AGES TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY | ||
| SEEING SEX IN EUROPEAN ART, 1400-1700 | ||
| MULTICULTURAL EUROPE, 1400-1700 | ||
| ISSUES IN THE HISTORY OF PRINTS, PRE-MODERN TO PRESENT | ||
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Asian Studies | ||
| TRANSNATIONAL ART AND CULTURE IN ASIA BEFORE THE TWENTIETH CENTURY | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO TRADITIONAL CHINESE POETRY | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO CLASSICAL CHINESE NOVELS | ||
| WOMEN IN CHINESE LITERATURE | ||
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Classical Studies | ||
| ELEMENTARY LATIN I | ||
| ELEMENTARY LATIN II | ||
| INTERMEDIATE LATIN I: PROSE | ||
| INTERMEDIATE LATIN II | ||
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| English | ||
| BEGINNINGS: BRITISH LITERATURE TO 1800 | ||
| THE IDEA OF SHAKESPEARE | ||
| TOPICS IN MEDIEVAL LITERATURE AND/OR CULTURE | ||
| OLD ENGLISH LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE | ||
| MEDIEVAL ROMANCE | ||
| CHAUCER | ||
| ARTHURIAN LITERATURE | ||
| SHAKESPEARE ON FILM | ||
| SHAKESPEARE | ||
| TOPICS IN SHAKESPEARE | ||
| RENAISSANCE DRAMA | ||
| TOPICS IN RENAISSANCE LITERATURE AND CULTURE | ||
| JOHN MILTON: RADICAL THOUGHT THEN AND NOW | ||
| ORIGINS OF THE ENGLISH NOVEL | ||
| LITERATURE OF THE BRITISH ENLIGHTENMENT | ||
| 18TH CENTURY BRITISH FICTION | ||
| STUDIES IN RENAISSANCE DRAMA | ||
| STUDIES IN SHAKESPEARE | ||
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| French Studies | ||
| MAJOR LITERARY WORKS AND ARTIFACTS OF PRE-REVOLUTIONARY FRANCE | ||
| BEGINNINGS OF THE LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE OF FRANCE | ||
| SAINTS AND SINNERS | ||
| COURTLY LOVE IN MEDIEVAL FRANCE | ||
| LITERATURE AND CULTURE OF THE MIDDLE AGES: KING ARTHUR | ||
| 17TH CENTURY | ||
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| German Studies | ||
| ENLIGHTENMENT AND ROMANTICISM (1750-1850) | ||
| MIDDLE HIGH GERMAN | ||
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| History | ||
| EARLY AMERICA | ||
| MEDIEVAL CIVILIZATIONS | ||
| MEXICO: AN INTRODUCTION | ||
| HISTORICAL SURVEY OF JEWISH CIVILIZATION FROM ITS ORIGINS TO THE PRESENT | ||
| OCEANS IN WORLD HISTORY | ||
| THE IDEA OF AFRICA | ||
| MEDIEVAL MEDITERRANEAN WORLD | ||
| MEDIEVAL VIOLENCE | ||
| THE MIDDLE EAST FROM THE AGE OF MUHAMMAD TO THE ARAB SPRING | ||
| GENGHIS KHAN AND THE EMPIRE OF THE MONGOLS | ||
| HISTORY OF EARLY AFRICA | ||
| COLONIAL SPANISH AMERICA | ||
| LATIN AMERICAN CULTURAL TRADITIONS | ||
| NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY: FROM EUROPEAN CONTACT TO THE ERA OF REMOVAL | ||
| SLAVERY AND THE FOUNDING FATHERS | ||
| HISTORY OF SOUTH ASIA | ||
| GOLDEN AGE OF ISLAM | ||
| FIGHTING THE ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE | ||
| OTTOMANS, SAFAVIDS, AND MUGHALS: ISLAMIC EMPIRES OF THE EARLY MODERN WORLD | ||
| THE WORLD OF LATE ANTIQUITY | ||
| SEX, GENDER, AND FAMILY IN EUROPE, 1300-1700 | ||
| JEWS AND CHRISTIANS IN THE MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC WORLD | ||
| IMPERIAL GARDENS: A CULTURAL COMPARISON | ||
| HISTORY OF ATLANTIC AFRICA | ||
| CONFLICT AND COEXISTENCE IN MEDIEVAL SPAIN | ||
| MEDIEVAL BORDERLANDS | ||
| EUROPEAN REFORMATIONS | ||
| JEWS AND CHRISTIANS IN MEDIEVAL EUROPE | ||
| HISTORY OF PREMODERN BRITAIN: TUDORS AND STUARTS, 1485 - 1707 | ||
| WORLD ECONOMIC HISTORY | ||
| JEWISH HISTORY, 1500-1948 | ||
| PRE-MODERN POLITICAL THOUGHT FROM CICERO TO LOCKE | ||
| THE AGE OF ATTILA THE HUN | ||
| MUSLIMS, JEWS, CHRISTIANS, HERETICS, AND PAGANS IN THE AGE OF THE CRUSADES | ||
| EMPIRE AND INTERNATIONAL LAW | ||
| A HISTORY OF TRAVEL: FROM MEDIEVAL PILGRIMAGE TO THE HIPPIE TRAIL | ||
| ISLAM AND THE WEST | ||
| RULING HINDUSTAN: THE TIMURID-MUGHAL KINGS OF INDIA | ||
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Jewish Studies | ||
| GREAT BOOKS OF JEWISH HISTORY AND CULTURE | ||
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Medieval and Early Modern Studies | ||
| DIRECTED READING IN MEDIEVAL STUDIES | ||
| THE LITERARY AND HISTORICAL IMAGE OF THE MEDIEVAL WOMAN | ||
| SPECIAL TOPICS | ||
| MEDIEVAL STUDIES | ||
| SENIOR THESIS | ||
| SENIOR THESIS | ||
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Music | ||
| MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE ERAS | ||
| COLLEGIUM MUSICUM | ||
| TOPICS IN EARLY MUSIC | ||
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Philosophy | ||
| ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY | ||
| HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY I | ||
| HISTORY OF ASIAN PHILOSOPHY | ||
| HISTORY OF ETHICS | ||
| HISTORY OF SOCIAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY | ||
| ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY | ||
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Religion | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO JEWISH MYSTICISM | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN THOUGHT | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO JUDAISM | ||
| COMPARING CHRISTIANITIES | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO CHRISTIANITY IN AFRICA | ||
| MYSTICISM THROUGHOUT THE AGES | ||
| THE LIFE OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD | ||
| QUR'AN AND COMMENTARY | ||
| MEDIEVAL POPULAR CHRISTIANITY | ||
| DEMONS, MENTAL ILLNESS AND MEDICINE | ||
| JEWISH PHILOSOPHY: GREAT THINKERS AND THEMES IN JEWISH THOUGHT | ||
| REPRESENTING THE DEVIL IN CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY AND ART | ||
| PILGRIMAGE AND CRUSADE | ||
| THE REFORMATION & ITS RESULTS | ||
| CHRISTIANITY AND LATE ANTIQUITY | ||
| NEW TESTAMENT / CHRISTIAN ORIGINS | ||
| MYSTERY RELIGIONS | ||
| ISLAM'S MYSTICAL AND ESOTERIC TRADITION | ||
| MAGIC AND POPULAR RELIGION | ||
| VISIONS AND VISONARY PRACTICES: MEDIEVAL TO MODERN | ||
| EARLY CHRISTIAN CONTROVERSIES | ||
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Spanish and Portuguese | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN SPANISH LITERATURE AND CULTURE | ||
| DON QUIJOTE | ||
Policies for the Minor in Medieval and Early Modern Studies
Program Restrictions and Exclusions
Students pursuing the minor in Medieval and Early Modern Studies should be aware of the following program restriction:
- As noted in Majors, Minors, and Certificates, i.) students may declare their intent to pursue a minor only after they have first declared a major, and ii.) students may not major and minor in the same subject.
Transfer Credit
For Rice University’s policy regarding transfer credit, see Transfer Credit. Some departments and programs have additional restrictions on transfer credit. The Office of Academic Advising maintains the university’s official list of transfer credit advisors on their website: https://oaa.rice.edu. Students are encouraged to meet with their academic program’s transfer credit advisor when considering transfer credit possibilities.
Program Transfer Credit Guidelines
Students pursuing the minor in Medieval and Early Modern Studies should be aware of the following program-specific transfer credit guidelines:
- Transfer credit coursework cannot be applied or used to meet any of the minor’s course requirements.
Distribution Credit Information
The determination of distribution credit eligibility is done initially as part of the new course creation process. Additionally, as part of an annual roll call coordinated each Spring by the Office of the Registrar, course distribution credit eligibility is routinely reviewed and reaffirmed by the Dean’s Offices of each of the academic schools.
Faculty and leadership in the academic schools are responsible for ensuring that the courses identified as distribution-credit-eligible meet the criteria as set in the General Announcements. Students are responsible for ensuring that they meet graduation requirements by completing coursework designated as distribution-credit-eligible at the time of course registration.
Additional Information
For additional information, please see the Medieval and Early Modern Studies website: https://medieval.rice.edu/
Opportunities for the Minor in Medieval and Early Modern Studies
Academic Honors
The university recognizes academic excellence achieved over an undergraduate’s academic history at Rice. For information on university honors, please see Latin Honors (summa cum laude, magna cum laude, and cum laude) and Distinction in Research and Creative Work. Some departments have department-specific Honors awards or designations.
Additional Information
For additional information, please see the Medieval and Early Modern Studies website: https://medieval.rice.edu/