May 12, 2026

2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog

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2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog

Medieval and Early Modern Studies Minor

Art and Design
Laura Cochrane, advisor
Laura.Cochrane@mtsu.edu

The 15-hour minor in Medieval and Early Modern Studies allows students to examine in-depth the Medieval and Early Modern periods of Europe (covering approximately the years 500-1789 CE). Classes can be taken in a variety of academic disciplines, including history, art, English, world languages, music, theater, religious studies, and philosophy.

Interdisciplinary Minors

Interdisciplinary minors require the student to complete a minimum of 15 to 21 hours from a list of specific courses. Unless otherwise noted, a student may take no more than 6 hours of courses from a single department until the required minimum number of hours necessary for completing the minor is surpassed. Exceptions to this rule may be found within the discussions of several of the minors. In most cases, a student is also limited to just 3 hours of credit toward the minor in the same department or discipline as the major. Students must fulfill all departmental prerequisites for any course within an interdisciplinary minor. In some cases, advisors may approve course substitutions within these program requirements.

Required Courses

Complete 15 hours of coursework from options listed below. Students may take no more than one class (3 credit hours) toward the minor in the same department or discipline as their major, and no more than two classes (6 credit hours) with the same prefix can count toward the minor. Only two classes (6 credit hours) for the minor can be lower division (1000 or 2000 level) coursework. No course may count in both major and minor.

Visual and Performing Arts

ART 1920 - Survey of Western Art I 3 credit hours
ART 3760 - Romanesque and Gothic Art 3 credit hours
ART 3840 - Islamic Art 3 credit hours
ART 3850 - Early Medieval Art 3 credit hours
ART 3860 - Northern Renaissance 3 credit hours
ART 3910 - Italian Renaissance Art History 3 credit hours
ART 3960 - The Art History of the Book 3 credit hours
MUHL 4630 - Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Music 3 credit hours
THEA 4800 - Theatre History I: Greek Period to Restoration 3 credit hours

Literature

ENGL 3010 - British Literature I: Beginnings to 1700 3 credit hours
ENGL 3110 - English Literature: The Medieval Period 3 credit hours
ENGL 3120 - English Literature: The Sixteenth Century 3 credit hours
ENGL 3130 - English Literature: The Seventeenth Century 3 credit hours
ENGL 3135 - Introduction to Shakespeare 3 credit hours
ENGL 3160 - English Drama: 1475-1642 (excluding Shakespeare) 3 credit hours
ENGL 3210 - English Literature: Restoration and Eighteenth Century 3 credit hours
ENGL 3400 - European Literature to 1400 3 credit hours
ENGL 3420 - European Literature: 1400-1800 3 credit hours
ENGL 4110 - Chaucer: Canterbury Tales 3 credit hours
ENGL 4130 - Shakespeare: The Sixteenth-Century Plays 3 credit hours
ENGL 4140 - Shakespeare: The Seventeenth-Century Plays 3 credit hours
ENGL 4180 - Milton 3 credit hours
HUM 4550 - The Grail Legend in Film and Literature 3 credit hours
SPAN 4055 - Cervantes’ Don Quixote 3 credit hours

History

HIST 1010 - Survey Western Civilization I 3 credit hours
HIST 4210 - Middle Ages 3 credit hours
HIST 4220 - Renaissance Europe 3 credit hours
HIST 4230 - Reformation Europe 3 credit hours
HIST 4420 - The Medieval Mediterranean World 3 credit hours
HUM 3950 - Women in the Middle Ages 3 credit hours

Latin Language

LATN 1010 - Elementary Latin I 3 credit hours
LATN 1020 - Elementary Latin II 3 credit hours

Philosophy and Religion

PHIL 4010 - History of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy 3 credit hours
RS 3040 - The History of Christianity 3 credit hours
RS 4050 - Judaism, Christianity, and Islam 3 credit hours
RS 4080 - Islamic Traditions 3 credit hours
RS 4170 - Qur’an and Culture 3 credit hours