Medieval Institute

Medieval Institute
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5432 USA
(269) 387-8745

Minor in Medieval Studies

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Are you looking for a minor that is self-directed and global in scope? If yes, then check out the Medieval Institute's medieval studies minor!

The medieval studies minor offers you the opportunity to explore many of your own interests and combine them in new and interesting ways.

Students with an undergraduate minor must complete 24 credit hours, to include the following:

Eighteen hours of electives may be chosen from eligible courses that include any substantial resources or subject matter from before the year 1800. Electives for the minor are approved by the director of the Medieval Institute, who is the advisor for the undergraduate minor. The student should take care that the courses selected represent the interdisciplinary nature of medieval studies.

Possible Course Options

To help students and their advisors plan a minor, below is a list of courses which the Director routinely approves for inclusion. Some things to keep in mind are:

  • Since Medieval Studies is an interdisciplinary minor, usually no more than two courses in a single discipline are approved.
  • Topics courses, if about pre-1800 subject matter (for example LANG 3750 often used for the “Arabian Nights”), are also routinely approved.
  • In the following list, an asterisk indicates a WES course. 
  • ANTH 1100 Lost Worlds and Archaeology*
  • ANTH 3060 Archaeology of Civilization
  • ANTH 3440 Indigenous North America
  • ANTH 3490 Ancient Near Eastern History and Archeology
  • ANTH 4040 Early Technologies
  • ART 2200 Caves to Cathedrals*
  • ART 2220 Art of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
  • ART 2230 Introduction to Asian Art History
  • ART 4210 Medieval Foreign Encounters*
  • CLAS 1500 Classical Greek and Roman Mythology*
  • CLAS 2500 Power and Morality*
  • CLAS 3750 Classics in Global Perspective*
  • ENGL 1215 Monsters and Myths of the Middle Ages*
  • ENGL 2110 Folklore and Mythology
  • ENGL 2520 Shakespeare’s Theatre*
  • ENGL 3300 British Literature I
  • ENGL 4520 Shakespeare Seminar
  • ENGL 5300 Medieval Literature
  • ENGL 5320 Renaissance Literature
  • ENGL 5750 Icelandic Sagas in Translation
  • ENGL 5760 Introduction to Old Norse
  • ENGL 5770 Advanced Readings in Old Norse
  • FREN 5400 Old French Language and Literature
  • GREK 1000 Basic Greek I*
  • GREK 1010 Basic Greek II*
  • HIST 1000 Early Western World*
  • HIST 1450 Heroes and Villains in the Middle Ages*
  • HIST 2020 World History to 1500*
  • HIST 3490 Ancient Near Eastern History and Archeology
  • HIST 3500 Ancient Greece and the Hellenistic World
  • HIST 3510 Ancient Rome
  • HIST 3600 The Medieval World: Society and Culture*
  • HIST 3606 Transformation of Medieval Europe, 1000-1500
  • HIST 3611 The Crusades: West Meets East
  • HIST 3612 Era of the Thirty Years War: Europe 1500-1650
  • HIST 3615 European Witch Hunt
  • HIST 3662 Russia to 1855
  • HIST 3702 Colonial Latin America
  • HIST 3766 Traditional China
  • HIST 3882 History of Africa and the Atlantic Slave Trade
  • HIST 5405 Topics in Ancient History
  • HIST 5500 Topics in Medieval History
  • HIST 5501 Medieval History Proseminar
  • LAT 1000 Basic Latin I*
  • LAT 1010 Basic Latin II*
  • LAT 2000 Introduction to the Study of Latin Literature
  • LAT 2010 Latin Composition
  • LAT 2030 Cicero
  • LAT 2040 Virgil
  • LAT 3240 Latin Literature
  • LAT 5600 Medieval Latin
  • MDVL 3000 Topics in Medieval Studies
  • MUS 2700 Music History I
  • PHIL 3000 Ancient and Medieval Philosophy*
  • REL 2010 Buddhism
  • REL 2050 Christianity
  • REL 2100 Religions of the World*
  • REL 2786 The Qur’an
  • SPAN 5260 Survey of Spanish Literature to the 18th Century
  • THEA 3700 Global Performance