Requirements for the program
A. Core Course: HIST 110b (The Civilization of the High and Late Middle Ages) OR HIST 123a (The Renaissance).
B. Students in the program must complete the University language requirement in one of the following: French, Italian, Spanish, German, Latin, Greek, Russian, Arabic, or Hebrew.
C. Four other courses from the program listing. In order to promote an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, two of these courses should be in two different fields other than history.
D. In addition, completion of one semester of independent study (98a or b), under the direction of one or more members of the program faculty, requiring completion of a research paper;
OR
Participation in a program seminar or colloquium, when offered;
OR
A senior thesis in the student's department of concentration, with an emphasis on some aspect of medieval or Renaissance studies and read by at least two faculty members in the program.