Medieval Studies Institute
Certificate in Medieval Studies
Students on Summer 2019, Fall 2019, or Spring 2020 requirements MESTACRT
The Certificate in Medieval Studies is designed for undergraduates interested in the medieval period within their own areas of specialization who are seeking additional training in preparation for graduate work. The program also provides students majoring in the sciences, social sciences, and business with the opportunity to take a broad range of courses in the humanities and yet maintain focus in their work.
Requirements
The certificate requires at least 24 credit hours (from at least three [3] departments), including the requirements listed below.
- Language. Two (2) courses at the 200–499 level from the Medieval Languages list:
- Arabic
- Greek
- Hebrew
- Italian
- Latin
- Old English
- Old Icelandic
- Old Norse
- Old Provençal (through the Institute)
- Persian
- Historical Survey. One (1) course:
- Historical survey class related to medieval studies approved by the Institute's Director
- Electives. Five (5) courses:
- 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.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourseSummer 2024CASE AHcourseSpring 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.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourseSummer 2024CASE AHcourseSpring 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.
- Fall 2024CASE AHcourseSummer 2024CASE AHcourseSpring 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.
- Certificate GPA, Hours, and Minimum Grade Requirements.
- At least 9 credit hours in the certificate must be completed in courses taken through the Indiana University Bloomington campus or an IU-administered or IU co-sponsored Overseas Study program.
- At least 9 credit hours in the certificate must be completed at the 300–499 level.
- Except for the GPA requirement, a grade of C- or higher is required for a course to count toward a requirement in the certificate.
- A GPA of at least 2.000 for all courses taken in the certificate—including those where a grade lower than C- is earned—is required.
- Exceptions to certificate requirements may be made with the approval of the department's Director of Undergraduate Studies, subject to final approval by the College of Arts and Sciences.