The CMRS associate director will approve variable topics courses on an individual basis. *Approved variable topics courses (*) are announced during the registration period for the upcoming quarter in the CMRS newsletter, “Nouvelles nouvelles,” on the website [http://cmrs.osu.edu/courses/default.cfm], and to enrolled students and advisees via email. Past approved variable topics courses are archived on the website for reference.
600 History of Ancient and Medieval Architecture
601 History of Renaissance and Baroque Architecture
East Asian 677 Performance Traditions in Contemporary East Asia
Japanese 601 Classical Japanese I
Japanese 602 Classical Japanese II
Japanese 603 Classical Japanese III
Japanese 654 Japanese Literature: Classical Period
Japanese 655 Japanese Literature: Medieval and Edo Periods
Japanese 681 History of the Japanese Language
Japanese 751 Studies in Japanese Poetry*
Japanese 752 Studies in Japanese Prose Literature*
Japanese 753 Studies in Japanese Drama*
Japanese 877 Topics and Problems in Japanese Literature*
Chinese 651 History of Chinese Literature
Chinese 601 Classical Chinese (first level)
Chinese 602 Classical Chinese (second level)
Chinese 652 History of Chinese Literature II
Chinese 653 Classical Chinese Literature in Modern China
Chinese 871 Traditional Chinese Poetry
Chinese 872 Traditional Chinese Prose
Chinese 873 Traditional Chinese Fiction
Chinese 874 Traditional Chinese Drama
Chinese 879 Seminar in Chinese Literature*
Korean 600 Performance Tradition in Contemporary Korea
Korean 654 Korean Literary Tradition
Korean 753 Readings in Korean Literary and Classical Texts
201 Selected Masterpieces of British Literature: Medieval through 18th Century
220 Introduction to Shakespeare
280 The English Bible
513 Introduction to Medieval Literature
515 Introduction to Chaucer
520 Shakespeare
521 The English Renaissance
522 Early 17th Century Literature
562 Studies in English and American Drama
H590.01 The Middle Ages
H590.02 The Renaissance
710 Introduction to Old English Language & Lit.
713 Introduction to Middle English Language
716 The Middle Ages
718 Chaucer
720 Renaissance Drama
727 Literature of the 16th Century
728 Literature of the 17th Century
774 History of the English Language
779.01 Rhetoric: Classical to Early Renaissance
779.02 Rhetoric: Renaissance to 20th Century
817 Seminar in Early Medieval English Literature
818 Seminar in Later Medieval English Literature
820 Seminar in Shakespeare
827 Seminar in English Renaissance Literature
872 Seminar in the English Language
900 The Long Seminar: Research in Literary History, Theory, and Forms I
901 The Long Seminar: Research in Literary History, Theory, and Forms II
631 Topics in French Cultures and Literature* (2-5 hrs.)
650 Survey of Medieval French Literature
652 Early Modern French Literature
716.01 Introduction to Old French
716.02 Introduction to Medieval Occitan
741 Topics in French Culture and Civilization*
821 Masterworks of Medieval French Literature
822 Topics and Problems in Medieval French Lit.
823 Topics and Problems in 16th C. French Lit.
824 Topics and Problems in 17th C. French Lit.
831, 833 Seminar in French Literature*
850 Seminar in French Linguistics*
151 Italian Literature in Cultural Context from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance
621 Dante
622 Petrarch and Boccaccio
625 Italian Literature of the Renaissance
692 The Romance Languages
711 History of the Italian Language: Introduction
732 Seminar in Italian Literature*
260.01 Love, Death, and Folly in German Literature before 1700
291 Early German Literature in Cultural Context
420 Studies in German Literature I
560 Senior Seminar in Gearmn Literature*
660 Masterpieces of German Literature
740 Development of German Narrative Prose
741 Development of German Drama
750 Periods of German Literary History: 800-1400
751 Periods of German Literary History: 1400-1700
801 Middle High German
802 Old Saxon and Old High German
803 Gothic
806 History of the German Language
970 Seminar in Older German Literature to 1700
980 Seminar in Germanic Philology
222 Nordic Mythology and Medieval Culture
513 Icelandic Saga
710 Old Norse
611 History of the Yiddish Language
721 Studies in Yiddish Literature
811 Seminar in Yiddish Studies*
222 Classical Mythology
224 Classical Civilization: Greece
225 Classical Civilization: Rome
323 Religion in the Greco-Roman World
611 Studies in Greek or Latin Epigraphy
812 Studies in Greek or Latin Paleography and Textual Criticism
210 Greek New Testament
571, 572 Fundamentals of Latin for Graduate Students
625 Readings in Post Classical Latin
660 Special Topics in Latin Literature*
628 Byzantine Greek Prose
111 Western Civilization: Antiquity-17th Century
181 World History to 1500
301 Introduction to Ancient Mediterranean Civilizations
336 Introduction to Russian Civilization
503.02 Early Roman Empire, 31 B.C.-A.D. 180
503.03 Later Roman Empire, A.D. 180-476
504.01 War in the Ancient Mediterranean World
505.01 Early Byzantine Empire, 330-843 AD
505.02 Later Byzantine Empire, 843-1453 AD
506 History of the Early Christianity
507 History of the Medieval Christianity
508.01 Medieval Europe I (300 1100)
508.02 Medieval Europe II (1100-1500)
508.03 Medieval England
509.01 Italian Renaissance: 1400s, Communal Age to Quattrocento
509.02 High Renaissance and Beyond
511 The Reformation
512.01 Early Modern Europe, 1600-1775
514.01 Tudor and Stuart Britian, 1500-1700
523 Women in the Western World: Ancient Civilization to the Industrial Revolution
536 History of Russia to 1725
540.01 Islamic Society, 610-1258
540.02 History of Iran
540.03 Ottoman Empire, 1300-1800
541.01 Islamic Spain and North Africa
543.01 Ancient India, 2500 BC to 10th -11th Centuries AD
543.02 Islamic India, 1000-1707
547.02 History of Imperial China, 221 BC to 1800 AD
551 Africa before Colonial Rule
580.01 History of European Warfare from the Renaissance to 1870
676 Topics in Women's History*
706.01 Advanced Readings in Medieval History
706.02 Late Medieval Paleography and Diplomatics (3hrs)
710 Studies in Renaissance or Reformation History
712 Studies in Early Modern European History
726 Studies in Jewish History (Non-Western)*
727 Studies in Islamic History (Non-Western)*
753 Studies in the History of Religion*
767 Studies in Military History*
781 Studies In Women's History*
800 Seminar in Renaissance and Reformation History
801 Seminar in German History*
802 Seminar in Russian and Soviet History*
803 Seminar in British History*
804 Seminar in East Central European History*
805 Seminar in French History*
807 Seminar in Medieval History
827 Seminar in the History of the Islamic World (Non-Western)*
862 Seminar in Jewish History (Non-Western)*
881 Seminar in Women's History*
210 Art of the Ancient World
211 Art of the Medieval and Renaissance Worlds
515 Renaissance Art in Italy
525 Medieval Art
603 Architecture of the Middle Ages
604 Renaissance Architecture
605 Baroque Architecture
623 Hellenistic and Roman Art
624 Early Christian and Byzantine Art (Non-Western)
625 Romanesque and Gothic Art
627 Northern Renaissance Art
628 Precursors to the Renaissance Art of Italy
629 15th Century Italian Art
630.01 Florentine and Roman Art of the 16th Century
630.02 Venetian and North Italian Art of the 16th C.
631 Baroque Art in Italy, France, and Spain, 1590-1700
632 Rubens, Rembrandt and their Workshops
633 Realism and Symbolism in Netherlandish Art
651 Romanesque and Gothic Sculpture
652 Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Illumination
663 Early Islamic Art (7th-13th Centuries) (Non-Western)
664 Later Islamic Art (14th-18th Centuries) (Non-Western)
678.01 Chinese Painting to 1368 (Non-Western)
717 Studies in Medieval Art (3-5hrs)
718 Studies in Italian Renaissance Art (3-5hrs)
724 Studies in Northern Baroque Art
725 Studies in Italian Baroque Art
747 Studies in Late Gothic and Northern Renaissance Art (3- 5hrs)
824 Problems in Northern Baroque Art
917 Seminar in Medieval Art (2-5hrs)
920 Seminar in Italian Renaissance Art (2-5hrs)
611 Introduction to Historical Linguistics
801 Historical Linguistics I
802 Historical Linguistics II
210 Court of Charlemagne
211 Medieval Kyoto: Portraits and Landscapes
212 Cutlure of a City-State in the Renaissance
213 Medieval Moscow
214 Golden Age of Islamic Civilization
215 Gothic Paris: 1100-1300
216 The Medieval Jewish Experience
217 Early Modern London
218 Colonial Mexico: The Medieval and Renaissance Legacy
219 The Golden Age of the Netherlands 1500-1672: From Antwerp to Amsterdam
226 Byzantine Civilization: Constantinople and the Empire of New Rome
240 Magic and Witchcraft in the Middle Ages and Renaissance
294 Group Studies
504 The Arthurian Legends
610 Manuscript Studies
611 History of the Book Studies
631 Survey of Latin Literature: Medieval and Renaissance
692 Workshop
693 Individual Studies
694 Group Studies
695 Advanced Seminar in Medieval and Renaissance Studies
783H Honors Research
792 Interdepartmental Studies in the Humanities
241 Music History I through the 16th Century
647 Individual Composers: Their Lives and Works
650 History and Literature of Choral Music
670 Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque Musical Instruments (3hrs)
740 Studies in Medieval Music
741 Studies in Renaissance Music
742 Studies in Baroque Music
826 Development of Music Theory I (to 1400)
827 Development of Music Theory II (1400-1700)
847 Development of Notation: (900-1600)
848 Advanced Studies in Notation
371 Classical and Medieval Arabic Literature in Translation
375 The Arabian Nights
611 History of the Arabic Language
626 Introduction to the Qur'an
627 Classical Arabic Poetry
628 Classical Arabic Prose
671 The Qur'an in Translation
811 Seminar in Arabic Studies*
370 Biblical and Post-Biblical Hebrew in Translation
371 Medieval Hebrew in Translation
373 Prophecy in the Bible and Post-Biblical Literature (3 hrs.)
374 Women in Biblical and Post Biblical Literature (3 hrs.)
611 History of the Hebrew Language
671 The Problem of Evil in Biblical and Post- Biblical Literature
721 Studies in Hebrew Poetry
811 Seminar in Hebrew Studies*
302 History of Medieval Philosphy
303 History of 17th Century Philosophy
321 Introduction to Jewish Philosophy
602 Medieval Philosophy
801 Seminar in the History of Philosophy*
720 History of the Russian Language (3hrs)
823 Development of the Russian Literary Language
827 Topics in the History of Russian*
829 Old Russian Literature: 15th-17th Centuries
810 Old Church Slavonic
812 Readings in Church Slavonic Texts
814 Slavic Paleography
834 Old Slavic Literature: 9th-14th Centuries
861 History of the South Slavic Languages
862 History of the West Slavic Languages
551 Masterpieces of Spanish Golden Age Literature
736 History of the Spanish Language
739 Introduction to Medieval Spanish
751 Medieval Spanish Literature
752 Spanish Golden Age Literature
761 Topics in Spanish Culture and Civilization
836 Studies in Spanish Historical Linguistics
839 Seminar in Spanish Linguistics
851 Seminar in Medieval Spanish Literature
852 Seminar in Spanish Golden Age Literature
811 Romance Linguistics I
812 Romance Linguistics II
831 Seminar in Romance Linguistics (3-5hrs)
531 Theatre Repertory I (classical Greece to the 17th Century) (3hrs)
657 History of Costuming for the Stage (3hrs)
671 History of the Theatre I (classical Greece to the 17th Century) (3hrs)
871 Greek, Roman, and Medieval Theatre (3hrs)
872 European Renaissance & Baroque Theatre (3hrs)
