MERL Core Courses
Civilization of the High and Late Middle Ages HIST 123a
The Renaissance
MERL Elective Courses
The following courses approved for the program are not all given in any one year and, therefore, the Course Schedule for each semester should be consulted.
CLAS 115bTopics in Greek and Roman History CLAS 166a
Medieval Literature: A Millennium of God, Sex, and Death COML 102a
Love in the Middle Ages ENG 33a
Shakespeare ENG 43a
Major English Authors, Chaucer to Milton ENG 63a
Renaissance Poetry ENG 73a
Witchcraft and Magic in the Renaissance ENG 132b
Chaucer I ENG 133a
Advanced Shakespeare ENG 142b
Introduction to Old Norse ENG 143a
Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama ENG 152b
Arthurian Literature ENG 173a
Spenser and Milton FA 39b
Islamic Art and Architecture FA 40b
The Formation of Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Art FA 41a
Art and the Origins of Europe FA 42b
The Age of Cathedrals FA 43a
The Art of Medieval England FA 45a
St. Peter's and the Vatican FA 51a
Art of the Early Renaissance in Italy FA 54b
Renaissance Art in Northern Europe FA 58b
High and Late Renaissance in Italy FA 60a
Baroque in Italy and Spain FA 63a
The Age of Rubens and Rembrandt FA 191b
Studies in Renaissance and Baroque Art FREN 120a
The French Middle Ages FREN 122b
The Renaissance HIST 110a
The Civilization of the Early Middle Ages HIST 110b
The Civilization of the High and Late Middle Ages HIST 112b
The Crusades and the Expansion of Medieval Europe HIST 113a
English Medieval History HIST 120a
Britain in the Later Middle Ages HIST 123a
The Renaissance HIST 123b
Reformation Europe (1400-1600) HIST 126a
Early Modern Europe (1500-1700) HIST 127b
Household and Family in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe (1300-1800) HIST 135a
Monarchies and Republics IECS 140a
Dante's Divine Comedy IMES 104a
Islam: Civilization and Institutions LAT 125a
Medieval Latin MUS 10a
Early Music Ensemble MUS 10b
Early Music Ensemble MUS 110b
The Authenticity Question: Applying Historical Performance Practices MUS 121a
History of Music to 1700 MUS 128b
Musical Life in the Middle Ages and Renaissance NEJS 140a
History of the Jews from the Maccabees to 1497 NEJS 140b
The Jews in Europe to 1791 NEJS 151b
Ghettos, Gondolas, and Gelato: The Italian Jewish Experience NEJS 152a
From Inquisition to Holocaust NEJS 152b
Anti-Judaism, Antisemitism, and Anti-Zionism NEJS 188a
The Rise and Decline of the Ottoman Empire, 1300-1800 SECS 150a
Golden Age Drama and Society SPAN 110a
Introduction to Peninsular Spanish Literature SPAN 120b
Don Quijote SPAN 125b
Literary Women in Early Modern Spain
MERL Capstone Requirement Options
The following courses approved for the program are not all given in any one year and, therefore, the Course Schedule for each semester should be consulted.
MERL Independent Studies
MERL 98a
Signature of the instructor required. Usually offered every year. Staff MERL 98b
Signature of the instructor required. Usually offered every year. Staff
MERL Colloquium Courses
European Cultural Studies Proseminar: Making of European Modernity ENG 132b
Chaucer I FA 191b
Studies in Renaissance and Baroque Art: Caravaggio FREN 120a
The French Middle Ages: Before France Was France FREN 122b
The Renaissance: When France Became France HECS 150a
Golden Age Drama and Society HISP 120b
Don Quijote 258 HISP 125b
Literary Women in Early Modern Spain HIST 221b
Colloquium in Early Modern European History IECS 140a
Dante s Divine Comedy LAT 125a
Medieval Latin MUS 200b
Proseminar in Medieval Music NEJS 179a
Jewish Literature of the Middle Ages and Renaissance NEJS 180a
Love and Passion in Medieval Jewish