Medieval Studies Institute
Minor in Medieval Studies
Students on Summer 2021, Fall 2021, or Spring 2022 requirements MESTMIN
The Minor in Medieval Studies is designed for undergraduates who would like an interdisciplinary course of study in the medieval period.
Requirements
The minor requires at least 15 credit hours, including the requirements listed below.
- Electives. 15 credit hours:
- MEST-M 200 Medieval Cultures
- MEST-M 250 Medieval Italy
- MEST-M 260 Medieval Provence
- MEST-M 390 Studies in Medieval Culture
- MEST-M 490 Topics in Medieval Studies
- Additional medieval course(s) offered through other departments:
- ANTH-E 335 Ancient Civilizations of Mesoamerica
- ANTH-P 230 Archaeology of the Ancient Maya
- ARTH-A 101 Ancient and Medieval Art
- ARTH-A 224 The Gothic Cathedral
- ARTH-A 226 Envisioning the Sacred: Survey of Medieval Art
- ARTH-A 321 Romans and Barbarians: Early Medieval Art
- ARTH-A 322 Romanesque and Gothic Art
- ARTH-A 323 Illuminated Manuscripts in the Middle Ages: Form, Function, and Audience
- ARTH-A 326 The Golden Age of Justinian: Art in the Sixth Century Mediterranean
- ARTH-A 329 Topics in Medieval Art
- ARTH-A 423 Romanesque Art
- ARTH-A 425 Heaven on Earth: Art and the Church in Byzantium
- ARTH-A 426 The Medieval City
- ARTH-A 452 Art of Pre-Columbian America
- CEUS-R 311 Travelers and Explorers in Central Asia
- CEUS-R 351 Prophets, Poets, and Kings: Iranian Civilization
- CEUS-R 370 Introduction to the History of Tibet
- CEUS-R 393 The Mongol Century
- CEUS-R 397 Empires of the Silk Road: History of Central Eurasia
- CEUS-R 414 The Yasavi Sufis and Central Asian Islam
- CEUS-R 467 Mongolic Writing Systems
- CEUS-T 356 Middle Iranian Languages
- CEUS-T 373 Imperial Old Tibetan: The Language of the Tibetan Empire
- CLAS-C 362 Later Latin Literature in Translation
- CLAS-L 409 Readings in Medieval Latin
- CMLT-C 320 World Literature before 1500
- CMLT-C 321 Medieval Literature
- CMLT-C 340 Women in World Literature
- CMLT-C 415 Medieval Lyric
- CMLT-C 417 Medieval Narrative
- CMLT-C 445 Early Traditions of Christian Literature
- COLL-C 103 Critical Approaches to the Arts and Humanities
- EALC-E 237 Samurai: Culture and Violence in Premodern Japan
- EALC-E 251 Traditional East Asian Civilizations
- EALC-E 321 Traditional Japanese Literature
- EALC-E 331 Traditional Chinese Literature
- EALC-E 336 Ghosts, Immortals, Animal Spirits: Encountering the Supernatural in Traditional Chinese Culture
- EALC-E 337 Premodern Japanese History
- EALC-E 338 Sex, Romance and Story-Telling in The Tale of Genji
- EALC-E 352 Studies in East Asian History
- ENG-E 301 Literatures in English to 1600
- ENG-L 305 Chaucer
- ENG-L 306 Middle English Literature
- ENG-L 307 Medieval and Tudor Drama
- ENG-L 310
- FRIT-F 361 La France médiévale (jusqu\'à 1500)
- FRIT-F 410 French Literature of the Middle Ages
- FRIT-M 236 Dante's Divine Comedy
- FRIT-M 237 Boccaccio's Social Decameron
- GER-E 361 Vikings and Sagas
- GER-G 403 Medieval German Literature
- HIST-B 204 Medieval Heroes
- HIST-B 208 Pagans and Christians in the Middle Ages
- HIST-B 215 Religion, Magic and Witchcraft, 1000--2000
- HIST-B 301 Issues in Medieval European History
- HIST-B 313 The Crusades
- HIST-B 330 The Jews of Spain
- HIST-B 348 Byzantine History
- HIST-B 351 Western Europe in the Early Middle Ages
- HIST-B 352 Western Europe in the High and Later Middle Ages
- HIST-C 205 Islamic History and Civilization
- HIST-C 300 Issues in Classical and Byzantine History
- HIST-D 321 Hungarian History and Civilization to 1711
- HIST-E 331 African History from Ancient Times to Empires and City States
- HIST-G 357 Premodern Japan
- HIST-G 382 China: The Age of Glory
- HIST-H 206 Medieval Civilization
- HIST-H 213
- HIST-H 251 Introduction to Jewish History: From the Bible to Spanish Expulsion
- HIST-J 300
- HPSC-X 406 Survey of History of Science up to 1750
- INST-I 371 Songs of Ecstasy: Loving God in Medieval India
- INST-I 402 Introduction to the History of Tibet
- JSTU-J 251 Introduction to Jewish History: From the Bible to Spanish Expulsion
- JSTU-J 260 Literary Masterpieces of Muslim Spain
- JSTU-J 360 Muslim Spain and Portugal: History and Memory
- MELC-M 233 The Golden Age of Islamic Civilization
- MELC-M 306 Topics in Middle Eastern Studies
- MELC-M 347 Rise of Eastern Rome
- MELC-M 348 Byzantium
- MUS-M 401 History and Literature of Music I
- MUS-M 417 Medieval Performance Practice
- MUS-M 435 Performance Practices Before 1750
- PHIL-P 301 Medieval Philosophy
- REL-A 326 Early Christian Monasticism
- REL-A 335 Introduction to Jewish Mysticism
- REL-A 350 Christianity, 400--1500
- REL-A 380 Knowing the Will of God in Islam I: Law
- REL-A 485 The Life and Legacy of Muhammad
- REL-D 330 From Christian Ethics to Social Criticism I
- Minor GPA, Hours, and Minimum Grade Requirements.
- Minor GPA. A GPA of at least 2.000 for all courses taken in the minor—including those where a grade lower than C- is earned—is required.
- Minor Minimum Grade. Except for the GPA requirement, a grade of C- or higher is required for a course to count toward a requirement in the minor.
- Minor Upper Division Credit Hours. At least 9 credit hours in the minor must be completed at the 300–499 level.
- Minor Residency. At least 9 credit hours in the minor must be completed in courses taken through the Indiana University Bloomington campus or an IU-administered or IU co-sponsored Overseas Study program.
Minor Area Courses
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Unless otherwise noted below, the following courses are considered in the academic program and will count toward academic program requirements as appropriate:
- Any course at the 100–499 level with the
MEST
subject area prefix—as well as any other subject areas that are deemed functionally equivalent - Any course contained on the course lists for the academic program requirements at the time the course is taken—as well as any other courses that are deemed functionally equivalent—except for those listed only under Addenda Requirements
- Any course directed to a non-Addenda requirement through an approved exception
- Any course at the 100–499 level with the
Restrictions
The following restrictions apply to the minimum credit hours required in the minor:
- No more than one (1) course at the 100–199 level may count toward minor requirements.
This program of study cannot be combined with the following:
- Certificate in Medieval Studies (MESTACRT)
Exceptions to and substitutions for minor requirements may be made with the approval of the unit's Director of Undergraduate Studies, subject to final approval by the College of Arts and Sciences.