Medieval & Renaissance Studies, Minor
View ChecksheetMinimum Total Credit Hours: 18
Minimum Upper-Division Hours: 9
Program Code: N679
- The requirements for a minor must be completed concurrently with the major degree requirements.
- No minor may be added by completing courses after receiving the bachelor’s degree.
At least six (6) credit hours must be earned in courses acceptable for residence credit by standards set forth by the Dodge College of Arts and Sciences, excluding transfer, correspondence, and examination (AP, CLEP, Advanced Standing) credit. Courses for the minor may not be taken Pass/ No Pass.
No single course may be used by a student to satisfy a major requirement and a minor requirement. A course may be used, however, to satisfy both a major support requirement and a minor requirement.
Courses on Medieval and Renaissance topics not listed here may count towards the MRS minor if approved, in writing, by the MRS advisor.
Required Courses
Students must successfully complete at least 18 hours of coursework, including at least nine (9) hours at the upper-division level, and six (6) hours from each of the three core areas, from the approved courses listed. No more than three (3) of the 18 hours may be earned in Independent Study courses (MRS 3990 or MRS 4990).
See http://www.ou.edu/cas/cmrs/minor for a full listing of course numbers and names. See http://www.ou.edu/cas/cmrs/courses for listing of courses currently being taught, recently taught, or scheduled for the next semester.
The following MRS courses may count in any appropriate area, as approved by the advisor: MRS 3023, MRS 3990, MRS 4990.
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| History, Philosophy, or Religious Studies | ||
| Choose two courses from the History, Philosophy, or Religious Studies course list | 6 | |
| History of the Arts | ||
| Choose two courses from the History of the Arts course list | 6 | |
| Literature | ||
| Choose two courses from the Literature course list | 6 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 18 | |
- Minors in the Dodge College of Arts & Sciences are available to all undergraduate students at OU. If the minor is officially declared, successfully completed, and noted on the graduation application, the student’s transcript will so indicate at the time the bachelor’s degree is posted.
Medieval & Renaissance Studies Category Course Lists
HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY, OR RELIGIOUS STUDIES
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| HIST 1113 | History of Medieval Europe | 3 |
| HIST 1223 | Europe, 1500 to 1815 | 3 |
| HIST 3053 | Medieval Italy | 3 |
| HIST 3073 | The Renaissance | 3 |
| HIST 3113 | The Crusades | 3 |
| HIST 3133 | Medieval Women | 3 |
| HIST 3143 | The Era of the Reformation | 3 |
| HIST 3323 | Tudor England | 3 |
| HIST 3733 | History of Heaven and Hell in Judaism and Christianity | 3 |
| HIST 4023 | Inquisitions | 3 |
| HSTM 3013 | History of Science to the Age of Newton | 3 |
| HSTM 3453 | Science and Civilization in Islam | 3 |
| HSTM 3823 | Science in Medieval Culture | 3 |
| HSTM 3833 | The Scientific Revolution | 3 |
| HSTM 5513 | Advanced Studies in the History of Ancient and Medieval Science | 3 |
| HSTM 5523 | Adv. Stds. In The History Of Renaissance & Early Modern Sci. | 3 |
| PHIL 3423 | Ancient and Medieval Religious Philosophy | 3 |
| RELS 2303 | Introduction to Islam | 3 |
HISTORY OF THE ARTS
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| A HI 3263 | Survey of Byzantine Art and Architecture | 3 |
| A HI 3303 | Renaissance Art in Italy 1200-1600 | 3 |
| A HI 3403 | Baroque Art and Architecture in Europe:1600-1700 | 3 |
| A HI 4273 | Byzantine Icons | 3 |
| A HI 4373 | The Italian City: Renaissance and Baroque Architecture | 3 |
| A HI 4383 | Italian Renaissance Art and Science | 3 |
| A HI 4463 | Issues in Northern Baroque Art | 3 |
| DRAM 3713 | History of the Theatre I | 3 |
| MUSC 2313 | Ancient Times to 1700 | 3 |
| MUSC 5513 | Music in the Middle Ages | 3 |
| MUSC 5523 | Music in the Renaissance: Style, Theory and Performance | 3 |
| MUSC 5543 | The Baroque Era | 3 |
LITERATURE
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CL C 3053 | Origins of Christianity: Jesus to Augustine | 3 |
| CL C 3163 | Visions of Heaven and Hell: Virgil, Dante, and Milton | 3 |
| ENGL 2543 | English Literature from 1375 to 1700 | 3 |
| ENGL 3513 | Medieval English Literature | 3 |
| ENGL 3523 | Sixteenth-Century English Literature | 3 |
| ENGL 3573 | Arthurian Legend and Literature | 3 |
| ENGL 4133 | History Of the English Language | 3 |
| ENGL 4523 | Shakespeare Comedies | 3 |
| ENGL 4533 | Shakespeare Tragedies | 3 |
| ENGL 4553 | Milton | 3 |
| ENGL 4603 | Topics in Early Modern Literature and Culture | 3 |
| ENGL 5513 | Major Medieval Authors | 3 |
| ENGL 5543 | Topics in Early Modern Literature and Culture | 3 |
| FR 4153 | Survey of French Literature to 1800 | 3 |
| FR 4313 | From Lascaux to la Terreur | 3 |
| FR 5323 | Old French Readings | 3 |
| FR 5623 | Seventeenth-Century Prose and Poetry | 3 |
| GERM 4113 | The Middle Ages | 3 |
| GERM 4313 | Literature and Culture Pre-1700 | 3 |
| ITAL 3553 | Authors and Ideas: From Dante to our Time | 3 |
| ITAL 4513 | Topics in Medieval and Renaissance Italian Literature and Culture | 3 |
| LTRS 3123 | The Examined Life II: Middle Ages and Renaissance | 3 |
| MLLL 3303 | The World of Dante | 3 |
| MLLL 3573 | Arthurian Legend and Literature | 3 |
| SPAN 4713 | History of the Spanish Language | 3 |
| SPAN 5203 | Prose Fiction of Cervantes-The Quijote | 3 |
| SPAN 5603 | Studies in Renaissance and Baroque Prose | 3 |
| SPAN 5623 | Studies in Renaissance and Baroque Poetry | 3 |