Medieval Studies Institute
Minor in Medieval Studies
Students on Summer 2023, Fall 2023, or Spring 2024 requirements MESTMIN
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 with approval of the Institute
MEST-M 200 Medieval Cultures
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Introduction to medieval cultures and life.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated once with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Summer 2025CASE AHcourseSpring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
MEST-M 250 Medieval Italy
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- The cultural, political and artistic formation of Italy from third-century Rome to fourteenth-century Florence. Examines the role of family ties, the state, political party, and the church, as well as the effects of financial interests, class, language, education, and gender in the formation of identity from Milan and Venice to Arabic and Norman Sicily.
- Summer 2025CASE AHcourseSpring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
MEST-M 260 Medieval Provence
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- The historical, cultural, and linguistic traditions of medieval Provence from the dissolution of the Roman Empire through the sixteenth century and the effects of this culture on medieval and Renaissance Italy and Spain.
- Summer 2025CASE AHcourseSpring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
MEST-M 390 Studies in Medieval Culture
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examination and evaluation of various aspects, periods, and manifestations of medieval civilization. Study will be interdisciplinary, focusing on such subjects as Jews, Muslims, and Christians in the Middle Ages; the Carolingian Renaissance; multicultural Provence and its diaspora.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 8 credit hours.
MEST-M 490 Topics in Medieval Studies
- Credits
- 2–4 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Exploration of a medieval topic, such as social history through literary texts, written and visual texts, centers of Western medieval culture, critical trends in medieval studies. Readings in English.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 8 credit hours.
- 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
MESTsubject 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.