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Current and Upcoming Courses

Updated 8/8/2025. Listings are subject to change. Students should confirm meeting arrangements in BuckeyeLink when enrolling. 

 

Spring 2026 CMRS Course Listings:

 

A black-and-white print of seventeenth century London.

MedRen 3217 - Shakespeare's London

Instructor: Chris Highley, T TH 2:20 - 3:40PM, TBD, Class Number: #29995

This course will explore roughly one-and-a-half centuries of the history, politics and culture of London, beginning with the religious upheavals of the Protestant Reformation, moving on to a Civil War that saw the king lose his head and culminating with the devastating plague and Great Fire of London in 1666. In our tour of this vibrant metropolis, we will encounter an extraordinary range of figures: alongside the great and the good like Henry VIII, Elizabeth I and William Shakespeare, we will also meet prostitutes, vagabonds and gulls (!). You’ll become familiar with the layout and buildings of London, its churches and cathedrals, its palaces and thoroughfares and of course its iconic river Thames. We will linger especially around the theatres, bear gardens, alehouses and brothels that made up London’s burgeoning entertainment industry. 

GE (New) Foundation: Historical and Cultural Studies course GE (Legacy) Culture and Ideas and Diversity: Global Studies course

 

A medieval illustration A man sits on the ground holding a glass and another man is pouring something into his glass

MedRen 5631 - Survey of Latin Literature: Medieval and Renaissance

Instructor: Leslie Lockett, WF 9:35-10:55 AM, 1080 Derby Hall, Class Number: 35222 (undergrad) and 35223 (grad)

This course will improve your Latin reading skills while teaching you about medieval foodways, medieval manuscript culture, and tools for conducting research on medieval literature and culture. While the slate of readings won’t be firmly fixed until after the class completes a brief diagnostic exercise at the start of the term, we will read excerpts from works such as Palladius’s agricultural manual De re rustica, Oribasius’s dietary theory in the Latin version of his Collectiones medicae, recipes fit for the king of the Goths in Anthimus’s De observatione ciborum, and guidelines for a minimalist monastic diet in the Regula of St. Benedict. Each student’s final grade will be based on preparation for in-class translations, written translation exercises, and two exams. Prerequisite: Latin 1103 or equivalent, or permission of the instructor.

 

MedRen 5695 - Italian Renaissance Cities: Literature, Art, Architecture

A 1499 etching of Ferrara, Italy

Instructor: Jonathan Combs-Schilling, M 2:15 - 5PM, 455 Hagerty Hall, Class Number: #29617 (UG), #29618 (G)

From abstract, people-less visions of the Ideal City to the blood-stained floors of urban butcher shops, this course uses literature, art, architecture and historical sources to capture the thrill and investigate the cultural productivity of Italian cities in the period we now call the Renaissance. At the start of the period, the Italian peninsula was home not only to four of the five largest cities in Europe to be found in Italy (with Venice far and away the wealthiest on the continent), but roughly four hundred small but independent city-states as well, each vying to outdo its neighbors on the page, in the marketplace, or on the battlefield. After exploring the evacuation of cities after the fall of the Roman empire and re-flourishing of urban populations beginning around 1000, we will use representations of the city—from humanist treatises to bawdy short stories, comic plays, and paintings—to better understand the social and cultural forces that produced the Renaissance, as well as the lived experiences of individuals on the margins. 

 

Painting of Florentine Street Scene with Twelve Figures

Medren 7899 - Med/Ren Colloquia 

Instructor: Highley, Christopher Frank, F 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM, Room: TBD (Varies - please consult the CMRS Events page for additional info), Course Number: 18525 

MEDREN 7899 will consist of 1 credit hour per semester for attending CMRS lectures, faculty colloquia and subsequent discussions. This will amount to: 4 1-hour+ lectures by visiting professors and at least 1 internal lecture and subsequent discussion (total 3 hours per event); at least one lunch with visiting faculty member (2 hours); active involvement with the Medieval and Renaissance Graduate Student Association and its activities; and meetings with the Center director (one hour once per term). With permission of the Director other professional activities (such as attendance at appropriate conferences, on- or off-campus) may be substituted.

Prereq: Grad standing. Repeatable to a maximum of 3 cr hrs. This course is graded S/U.

 

 

 

Spring 2026 CMRS-Affiliated Courses

Arabic | Architecture | Chinese | Classics | Comparative Studies | Dance | English | French | Greek | Hebrew | History | History of Art | Italian | Japanese | Jewish Studies | Korean | Linguistics | Near Eastern | Philosophy | Romance Linguistics | Scandinavian | Spanish | Theatre 

(Updated 10/02/2025)

 

Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Course: MEDREN  3217 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Shakespeare’s London 

Lecture: 29995 

Time: TR 02:20 PM -- 03:40 PM 

Room: 056 University Hall 

Instructor: Highley, Christopher Frank 

 

This course will explore roughly one-and-a-half centuries of the history, politics and culture of London, beginning with the religious upheavals of the Protestant Reformation, moving on to a Civil War that saw the king lose his head and culminating with the devastating plague and Great Fire of London in 1666. In our tour of this vibrant metropolis, we will encounter an extraordinary range of figures: alongside the great and the good like Henry VIII, Elizabeth I and William Shakespeare, we will also meet prostitutes, vagabonds and gulls (!). You’ll become familiar with the layout and buildings of London, its churches and cathedrals, its palaces and thoroughfares and of course its iconic river Thames. We will linger especially around the theatres, bear gardens, alehouses and brothels that made up London’s burgeoning entertainment industry.   

Prereq: Not open to students with credit for Medieval 2217. GE culture and ideas and diversity global studies course. GE theme lived environments course. 

 

Course: MEDREN  5631 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Survey of Latin Literature: Medieval and Renaissance 

Lecture: 35222 

Time: WF 09:35 AM -- 10:55 AM 

Room: 455B Hagerty 

Instructor: Lockett, Leslie Claire 

 

This course will improve your Latin reading skills while teaching you about medieval foodways, medieval manuscript culture, and tools for conducting research on medieval literature and culture. While the slate of readings won’t be firmly fixed until after the class completes a brief diagnostic exercise at the start of the term, we will read excerpts from works such as Palladius’s agricultural manual De re rustica, Oribasius’s dietary theory in the Latin version of his Collectiones medicae, recipes fit for the king of the Goths in Anthimus’s De observatione ciborum, and guidelines for a minimalist monastic diet in the Regula of St. Benedict. Each student’s final grade will be based on preparation for in-class translations, written translation exercises, and two exams. 

Prereq: Latin 1103, or equiv. Not open to students with credit for Medieval 631. 

 

Course: MEDREN  5631 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: GRAD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Survey of Latin Literature: Medieval and Renaissance 

Lecture: 35223 

Time: WF 09:35 AM -- 10:55 AM 

Room: 455B Hagerty 

Instructor: Lockett, Leslie Claire 

Prereq: Latin 1103, or equiv. Not open to students with credit for Medieval 631. 

 

Course: MEDREN  5695 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Italian Renaissance Cities: Literature, Art, Architecture 

Lecture: 29617 

Time: M 02:15 PM -- 05:00 PM 

Room: 455B Hagerty 

Instructor: Combs-Schilling, Jonathan David 

 

From abstract, people-less visions of the Ideal City to the blood-stained floors of urban butcher shops, this course uses literature, art, architecture and historical sources to capture the thrill and investigate the cultural productivity of Italian cities in the period we now call the Renaissance. At the start of the period, the Italian peninsula was home not only to four of the five largest cities in Europe to be found in Italy (with Venice far and away the wealthiest on the continent), but roughly four hundred small but independent city-states as well, each vying to outdo its neighbors on the page, in the marketplace, or on the battlefield. After exploring the evacuation of cities after the fall of the Roman empire and re-flourishing of urban populations beginning around 1000, we will use representations of the city—from humanist treatises to bawdy short stories, comic plays, and paintings—to better understand the social and cultural forces that produced the Renaissance, as well as the lived experiences of individuals on the margins.   

Prereq: 6 credit hours in MedRen at the 2000 level or above. Repeatable to a maximum of 9 cr hrs. 

 

Course: MEDREN  5695 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: GRAD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Italian Renaissance Cities: Literature, Art, Architecture 

Lecture: 29618 

Time: M 02:15 PM -- 05:00 PM 

Room: 455B Hagerty 

Instructor: Combs-Schilling, Jonathan David 

Prereq: 6 credit hours in MedRen at the 2000 level or above. Repeatable to a maximum of 9 cr hrs. 

 

Course: MEDREN  7899 Credit Hours: 1  

Campus: COL Program: GRAD Type:  WRK 

Course Description: Med/Ren Colloquia 

Lecture: 24353 

Time: F 04:00 PM -- 06:00 PM 

Room:   

Instructor: Highley,Christopher Frank 

 

Graduate students completing the CMRS Graduate Certificate and GIS participate in Medieval and Renaissance lecture series events, film series, and discussions with visiting faculty. 

Prereq: Grad standing. Repeatable to a maximum of 3 cr hrs. This course is graded S/U. 

Arabic

Course: ARABIC  2701 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Classic and Medieval Arabic Literature in Translation 

Lecture: 27166 

Time: TR 11:10 AM -- 12:30 PM 

Room:  2144 Smith Lab 

Instructor: (None) 

 

Reading and analysis of major works of Arabic literature from the 6th to the 17th centuries including classical poetry, the Qur'an, and the Arabian Nights.  

 

This course introduces students, through a series of texts in English translation, to important works representative of pre-modern Arabic literature -- the longest continuous literary tradition in the Western world. These works (including pre- and early Islamic poetry, the Qur'an, Abbasid court and urban literature, Hispano-Arabic poetry and the Arabian Nights) are set in their cultural and historical context through reading assignments and classroom lectures, and they are discussed in some depth with full student participation. Students not only become acquainted with a number of masterpieces of a major and highly influential world literature, while considerably expanding their cultural horizons, but also encounter basic approaches of dealing with translations of those texts. Serious attention will be devoted to the nature of literary evidence and its utilization in support of aesthetic and critical judgments. 
 
Prereq: English 1110 (110). Not open to students with credit for 371. 
GE Foundation: Literary, Visual, and Performing Arts 

 

Course: ARABIC  3601 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Introduction to Arabic Philosophy 

Lecture: 29179 

Time: TR 11:10 AM -- 12:30 PM 

Room: 238 Denney 

Instructor: Anthony, Sean W 

 

Surveying the development and major subjects and thinkers of the most vivid period of Arabic philosophy. 

Architecture

Course: ARCH  5120 Credit Hours: 4  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: History of Architecture II 

Lecture: 9250 

Time: WF 11:25 AM -- 12:30 PM 

Room: 035 Hitchcock 

Instructor: Flowers, Benjamin S 

 

History of architecture from ancient to contemporary: historical inquiry, physical and cultural influences, theories, and analytical techniques. Continuation of 5110.  

Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 602. 

 

Course: ARCH  5120 Credit Hours: 4  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  REC 

Course Description: History of Architecture II 

Lecture: 9251 

Time: F 10:20 AM -- 11:15 AM 

Room: 176 Knowlton 

Instructor: Flowers, Benjamin S 

Recitation Class Type 

 

History of architecture from ancient to contemporary: historical inquiry, physical and cultural influences, theories, and analytical techniques. Continuation of 5110.  

Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 602. 

 

Course: ARCH  5120 Credit Hours: 4  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  REC 

Course Description: History of Architecture II 

Lecture: 9252 

Time: F 10:20 AM -- 11:15 AM 

Room:   

Instructor: Flowers, Benjamin S 

Recitation Class Type 

 

History of architecture from ancient to contemporary: historical inquiry, physical and cultural influences, theories, and analytical techniques. Continuation of 5110.  

Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 602. 

 

Course: ARCH  5120 Credit Hours: 4  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  REC 

Course Description: History of Architecture II 

Lecture: 9253 

Time: F 10:20 AM -- 11:15 AM 

Room: 177 Knowlton 

Instructor: Flowers, Benjamin S 

Recitation Class Type 

 

History of architecture from ancient to contemporary: historical inquiry, physical and cultural influences, theories, and analytical techniques. Continuation of 5110.  

Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 602. 

 

Course: ARCH  5120 Credit Hours: 4  

Campus: COL Program: GRAD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: History of Architecture II 

Lecture: 9309 

Time: WF 11:25 AM -- 12:30 PM 

Room: 035 Hitchcock 

Instructor: Flowers, Benjamin S 

 

History of architecture from ancient to contemporary: historical inquiry, physical and cultural influences, theories, and analytical techniques. Continuation of 5110.  

Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 602. 

 

Course: ARCH  5120 Credit Hours: 4  

Campus: COL Program: GRAD Type:  REC 

Course Description: History of Architecture II 

Lecture: 9310 

Time: F 10:20 AM -- 11:15 AM 

Room: 269 Knowlton 

Instructor: Flowers, Benjamin S 

Recitation Class Type 

 

History of architecture from ancient to contemporary: historical inquiry, physical and cultural influences, theories, and analytical techniques. Continuation of 5110.  

Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 602. 

 

Course: ARCH  5120 Credit Hours: 4  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  REC 

Course Description: History of Architecture II 

Lecture: 9329 

Time: F 10:20 AM -- 11:15 AM 

Room:   

Instructor: Flowers, Benjamin S 

Recitation Class Type 

 

History of architecture from ancient to contemporary: historical inquiry, physical and cultural influences, theories, and analytical techniques. Continuation of 5110.  

Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 602. 

 

Course: ARCH  5120E Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: History of Architecture II 

Lecture: 9254 

Time: WF 11:25 AM -- 12:30 PM 

Room: 035 Hitchcock 

Instructor: Flowers, Benjamin S 

 

History of architecture from ancient to contemporary: historical inquiry, physical and cultural influences, theories, and analytical techniques. Continuation of 5110.  

Prereq: Honors standing. Not open to students with credit for 602. 

 

Course: ARCH  5120E Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  REC 

Course Description: History of Architecture II 

Lecture: 9255 

Time: F 10:20 AM -- 11:15 AM 

Room: 269 Knowlton 

Instructor: Flowers, Benjamin S 

Recitation Class Type 

 

History of architecture from ancient to contemporary: historical inquiry, physical and cultural influences, theories, and analytical techniques. Continuation of 5110.  

Prereq: Honors standing. Not open to students with credit for 602. 

Chinese

Course: CHINESE  2451 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Chinese Literature In Translation 

Lecture: 34893 

Time: WF 12:45 PM -- 02:05 PM 

Room:  253 Denney 

Instructor: Goh, Meow Hui 

Representative masterpieces of pre-modern Chinese literature in English translation, including poetry, prose, fiction, and/or drama. 

Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 251. GE lit and diversity global studies course. 

 

Course: CHINESE  5381 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: GRAD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: History of the Chinese Language 

Lecture: 34896 

Time: M 02:15 PM -- 05:00 PM 

Room: 351 Hagerty 

Instructor: Chan, Marjorie K M 

Investigation of the history of the Chinese language from its early stages to modern forms. 

Prereq: 6380, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 681. 

 

Course: CHINESE  5381 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: History of the Chinese Language 

Lecture: 34897 

Time: M 02:15 PM -- 05:00 PM 

Room: 351 Hagerty 

Instructor: Chan, Marjorie K M 

Investigation of the history of the Chinese language from its early stages to modern forms. 

Prereq: 6380, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 681. 

 

Course: CHINESE  5400 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: GRAD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Performance Traditions of China 

Lecture: 34900 

Time: TR 12:45 PM -- 02:05 PM 

Room: 207 Denney 

Instructor: Bender, Mark A 

 

Introduction to the panorama of oral and orally-connected performance traditions of China; explores local traditions of professional storytelling, epic singing, folksongs, and local drama. 

Prereq: 2231, 2232, 2451, 2452, EALL 1231, Japanese 2231, 2451, 2452, Korean 2231, 2451, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 600. 

 

Course: CHINESE  5400 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Performance Traditions of China 

Lecture: 34901 

Time: TR 12:45 PM -- 02:05 PM 

Room: 207 Denney 

Instructor: Bender, Mark A 

 

Introduction to the panorama of oral and orally-connected performance traditions of China; explores local traditions of professional storytelling, epic singing, folksongs, and local drama. 

Prereq: 2231, 2232, 2451, 2452, EALL 1231, Japanese 2231, 2451, 2452, Korean 2231, 2451, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 600. 

Classics

Course: CLAS  2101 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Ancient Greece and Rome 

Lecture: 35051 

Time:   --  

Room:  ONLINE 

Instructor: (None) 

 

Comparative historical analysis of ancient Mediterranean societies in the Near East, Greece and Rome from the Bronze Age to the Fall of Rome, with a focus on citizenship. Students will compare notions of citizenship in empires and authoritarian regimes with smaller, more egalitarian city-states and republics, and analyze the ideological similarities and differences between antiquity and today. 

Prereq: Not open to students with credit for History 1211 or 2201. GE historical study course. GE theme citizenship for div and just wrld course. Cross-listed in History 2201. 

 

Course: CLAS  2201 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Classical Civilization: Greece 

Lecture: 21603 

Time: MWF 12:40 PM -- 01:35 PM 

Room: 250 Hopkins 

Instructor: (None) 

 

A survey of ancient Greek civilization, concentrating upon important facets of literature, history, art, and archaeology.  

 

Course: CLAS  2201H Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Classical Civilization: Greece 

Lecture: 25911 

Time: TR 02:20 PM -- 03:40 PM 

Room: 326 Enarson Classroom 

Instructor: (None) 

 

A survey of ancient Greek civilization, concentrating upon important facets of literature, history, art, and archaeology. 

Prereq: Honors standing, or permission of department or instructor.   

 

Course: CLAS  2202 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Classical Civilization: Rome 

Lecture: 17859 

Time: TR 11:10 AM -- 12:30 PM 

Room: 020 Page 

Instructor: Coulson, Frank Thomas 

 

A survey of the civilization of ancient Rome, concentrating upon important facets of literature, history, art, and archaeology.  

 

Course: CLAS  2202H Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Classical Civilization: Rome 

Lecture: 21604 

Time: WF 02:20 PM -- 03:40 PM 

Room: 243 Enarson Classroom 

Instructor: (None) 

 

A survey of the civilization of ancient Rome, concentrating upon important facets of literature, history, art, and archaeology.  

Prereq: Honors standing, or permission 

 

Course: CLAS  2220 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Classical Mythology 

Lecture: 17860 

Time:   --  

Room:  ONLINE 

Instructor: (None) 

 

Personalities and attributes of the Greek and Roman gods and goddesses, their mythology and its influence on Western culture.   

 

Course: CLAS  2220 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Classical Mythology 

Lecture: 29874 

Time: MWF 11:30 AM -- 12:25 PM 

Room: 1000 Fontana 

Instructor: (None) 

 

Personalities and attributes of the Greek and Roman gods and goddesses, their mythology and its influence on Western culture.   

 

Course: CLAS  2220H Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Classical Mythology 

Lecture: 17861 

Time: TR 12:45 PM -- 02:05 PM 

Room: 243 Enarson Classroom 

Instructor: (None) 

 

Personalities and attributes of the Greek and Roman gods and goddesses, their mythology and its influence on Western culture.   

Prereq: Honors standing, or permission of department or instructor.  Not open to students with credit for Clas 2220. 

 

Course: CLAS  2220H Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Classical Mythology 

Lecture: 30188 

Time: TR 02:20 PM -- 03:40 PM 

Room: 018 Enarson Classroom 

Instructor: (None) 

 

Personalities and attributes of the Greek and Roman gods and goddesses, their mythology and its influence on Western culture.   

Prereq: Honors standing, or permission of department or instructor.  Not open to students with credit for Clas 2220. 

 

Course: CLAS  2220H Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Classical Mythology 

Lecture: 30189 

Time: WF 12:45 PM -- 02:05 PM 

Room: 254 Enarson Classroom 

Instructor: (None) 

 

Course: CLAS  2220H Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Classical Mythology 

Lecture: 35679 

Time: WF 09:35 AM -- 10:55 AM 

Room: 358 Enarson Classroom 

Instructor: (None) 

 

Personalities and attributes of the Greek and Roman gods and goddesses, their mythology and its influence on Western culture.   

Prereq: Honors standing, or permission of department or instructor.  Not open to students with credit for Clas 2220. 

 

Course: CLAS  2220H Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Classical Mythology 

Lecture: 35680 

Time: WF 11:10 AM -- 12:30 PM 

Room: 222 Enarson Classroom 

Instructor: (None) 

 

Personalities and attributes of the Greek and Roman gods and goddesses, their mythology and its influence on Western culture.   

Prereq: Honors standing, or permission of department or instructor.  Not open to students with credit for Clas 2220. 

 

Course: CLAS  3401 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Ancient Greek Religion 

Lecture: 34691 

Time: MWF 01:50 PM -- 02:45 PM 

Room: 250 Denney 

Instructor: Johnston, Sarah Iles 

 

Study of ancient Greek religions, including the beginnings of Christianity. 

Prereq: Not open to students with credit for Classics 323. GE historical study course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies course. 

 

Course: CLAS  7892 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: GRAD Type:  SEM 

Course Description: Graduate Seminar on Greek and Latin Paleography and Textual Criticism 

Lecture: 34697 

Time: R 02:15 PM -- 05:00 PM 

Room:   

Instructor: Coulson, Frank Thomas 

Seminar Class Type 

 

Research seminar on Greek and Latin palaeography and textual criticism. 

Prereq: Not open to students with credit for Classics 812. 

 Comparative Studies

Course: COMPSTD  2350 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Intro Folklore 

Lecture: 27942 

Time: WF 03:55 PM – 05:15 PM 

Room:  118 Bolz Hall 

Instructor: Bianchi, Emily 

Combined Section with ENGLISH 2270 

 

A general study of the field of folklore including basic approaches and a survey of primary folk materials: folktales, legends, folksongs, ballads, and folk beliefs.  

Prereq: GE foundation writing and info literary course. Not open to students with credit for 2350H, English 2270, or 2270H. GE cultures and ideas course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies and race, ethnicity, and gender div course. Cross-listed in English 2270.  

 

Course: COMPSTD  2350 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Intro Folklore 

Lecture: 30500 

Time:   --  

Room:  ONLINE 

Instructor: Sidhu, Manjot 

 

A general study of the field of folklore including basic approaches and a survey of primary folk materials: folktales, legends, folksongs, ballads, and folk beliefs.  

Prereq: GE foundation writing and info literary course. Not open to students with credit for 2350H, English 2270, or 2270H. GE cultures and ideas course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies and race, ethnicity and gender div course. Cross-listed in English 2270. 

Dance 

Course: DANCE  2401 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Concert Dance 

Lecture: 35520 

Time: TR 12:45 PM -- 02:05 PM 

Room:   

Instructor: Carter, Elizabeth Escosa 

 

Includes European origins of classical ballet, Africanist contributions, postmodern impulses; looks at aesthetic, cultural, and political themes in the history of concert dance in America. 

Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 200. GE VPA course. GE foundation lit, vis and performing arts course. 

English 

Course: ENGLISH  2220 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Introduction to Shakespeare 

Lecture: 18978 

Time:   --  

Room:  ONLINE 

Instructor: Higginbotham, Jennifer K 

 

Study of selected plays designed to give an understanding of drama as theatrical art and as an interpretation of fundamental human experience. 

Prereq: Completion of GE Foundation Writing and Information Literacy course. Not open to students with credit for 2220H. GE lit and diversity global studies course. GE foundation lit, vis and performing arts course. 

 

Course: ENGLISH  2220 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Introduction to Shakespeare 

Lecture: 18979 

Time: MW 2:20 -- 3:40 PM 

Room: 049 Derby 

Instructor: Hamlin, Hannibal 

 

Study of selected plays designed to give an understanding of drama as theatrical art and as an interpretation of fundamental human experience. 

Prereq: Completion of GE Foundation Writing and Information Literacy course. Not open to students with credit for 2220H. GE lit and diversity global studies course. GE foundation lit, vis and performing arts course. 

 

Course: ENGLISH  2270 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Intro to Folklore 

Lecture: 27943 

Time: WF 03:55 PM – 05:15 PM 

Room:  118 Bolz Hall 

Instructor: Bianchi, Emily 

Combined Section With COMPSTD 2350 

 

A general study of the field of folklore including basic approaches and a survey of primary folk materials: folktales, legends, folksongs, ballads, and folk beliefs.  

Prereq: GE foundation writing and info literary course. Not open to students with credit for 2350H, English 2270, or 2270H. GE cultures and ideas course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies and race, ethnicity and gender div course. Cross-listed in CompStd 2350. 

 

Course: ENGLISH  4521 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Renaissance Drama 

Lecture: 35963 

Time: WF 02:20 PM -- 03:40 PM 

Room: 051 University Hall 

Instructor: Farmer, Alan Bryan 

 

Studies in English drama and theater from the early sixteenth century to 1600.  

Prereq: 6 credit hours of English at the 2000-3000 level, or permission of instructor. 5 qtr cr hours for 367 or 3 cr hrs for 2367 in any subject is acceptable towards the 6 cr hrs. Not open to students with credit for 621or with 15 qtr cr hrs of 521. Repeatable to a maximum of 9 cr hrs. 

 

Course: ENGLISH  7818.01 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: GRAD Type:  SEM 

Course Description: Seminar in Later Medieval Literature 

Lecture: 34610 

Time: R 12:15 PM -- 03:00 PM 

Room: 447 Denney Hall 

Instructor: Winstead, Karen Anne 

Seminar Class Type, Combined Section 

 

Topics include: Poetry of the alliterative revival; medieval English drama; fifteenth-century non-dramatic literature. 

Prereq: Grad standing, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with 12 sem hrs of 7818.01 or 7818.02, or 20 qtr hrs of 818. Repeatable to a maximum of 12 cr hrs. 

 

Course: ENGLISH  7818.02 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: GRAD Type:  SEM 

Course Description: Seminar in Later Medieval Literature 

Lecture: 34611 

Time: R 12:15 PM -- 03:00 PM 

Room: 447 Denney Hall 

Instructor: Winstead, Karen Anne 

Seminar Class Type, Combined Section 

 

Topics include: Poetry of the alliterative revival; medieval English drama; fifteenth-century non-dramatic literature. 

Prereq: Grad standing, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with 12 sem hrs of 7818.01 or 7818.02, or 20 qtr hrs of 818. Repeatable to a maximum of 12 cr hrs. 

French

Course: FRENCH  5201 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: GRAD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Gothic to Renaissance: Texts and Contexts 

Lecture: 35145 

Time: TR 12:45 PM -- 02:05 PM 

Room: 206 Hagerty Hall 

Instructor: Heller, Sarah-Grace 

 

Survey of French literature of the Middle Ages from its inception to Villon, with emphasis on different literary genres (epics, narrative fiction, poetry, theatre). 

Prereq: 3101 (401) and either 3201 (425, 426), or 3202 (427); graduate students require written permission of the Graduate Studies Chair in consultation with student's advisor. Not open to students with credit for 650 or 721. FL Admis Cond course. 

 

Course: FRENCH  5201 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Gothic to Renaissance: Texts and Contexts 

Lecture: 35146 

Time: TR 12:45 PM -- 02:05 PM 

Room: 206 Hagerty Hall 

Instructor: Heller, Sarah-Grace 

 

Survey of French literature of the Middle Ages from its inception to Villon, with emphasis on different literary genres (epics, narrative fiction, poetry, theatre). 

Prereq: 3101 (401) and either 3201 (425, 426), or 3202 (427); graduate students require written permission of the Graduate Studies Chair in consultation with student's advisor. Not open to students with credit for 650 or 721. FL Admis Cond course. 

Greek

Course: GREEK  6892 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: GRAD Type:  SEM 

Course Description: Greek Survey II 

Lecture: 34698 

Time: TR 12:45 PM -- 02:35 PM 

Room: 028 University Hall 

Instructor: Parmenter, Christopher Stedman 

Seminar Class Type 

 

Survey of Greek Poetry from Homer to late antiquity focusing on language competence and literary history. Offered Spring Semester in alternation with Latin 6892. 

Sp Sem. Prereq: Two courses at 2000 level, or Grad standing, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 702. 

Hebrew

Course: HEBREW  2700H Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Introduction to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament 

Lecture: 29996 

Time: TR 09:35 AM -- 10:55 AM 

Room: 131 Mendenhall Lab 

Instructor: Frank, Daniel 

Combined Section with JEWSHST 2700H 

 

Introduction to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament is taught from a historical perspective. The HB/OT is a collection of texts designed to create and fortify the ethnic identity of a single group within imperial contexts, while focusing on the formation of gender identity and race. The student will study the cultural dimensions of the ancient societies in which the HB/OT was written.  

Prereq: Honors standing, and English 1110; or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 2700, JewishSt 2700 or 2700H. GE lit and diversity global studies course. GE foundation lit, vis and performing arts and race, ethnicity, and gender div course. Cross-listed in JewshSt.  

 

Course: HEBREW  3704 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Women in the Bible and Beyond 

Lecture: 29265 

Time: TR 11:10 AM -- 12:30 PM 

Room: 129 Mendenhall 

Instructor: (None) 

Combined Section With JEWSHST 3704 

 

An examination of the social, legal, and religious position of women as they appear in the Hebrew Bible and the ways in which they have been represented and interpreted in later textual, visual, and audio sources.  

Prereq: English 1110. Not open to students with credit for 2704, JewishSt 2704, or 3704. GE lit and diversity global studies course. GE foundation lit, vis and performing arts and race, ethnicity and gender div course. Cross-listed in JewshSt.  

History

Course: HISTORY  2001 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Multiple Americas: US History from Colonialism to Reconstruction 

Lecture: 30399 

Time: WF 09:35 AM -- 10:55 AM 

Room: 002 Lazenby 

Instructor: Roth, Randolph Anthony 

 

History 2001 is a one-semester introduction to American Civilization from colonial times through Reconstruction. Our emphasis will be the critical reading of primary sources--diaries, letters, political tracts, poems, songs, stories, paintings, buildings, and other material artifacts--through which we will try to understand the past. We will focus on social history and cultural history, but we will also pay close attention to the political history of the United States. 

Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 1151. GE historical study and diversity soc div in the US course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies and race, ethnicity and gender div course. 

 

Course: HISTORY  2201 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Anc Greece Rome 

Lecture: 26829 

Time:  9:35 AM -- 10:55 AM 

Room:  238 Denney 

Instructor: Savas, Merve 

Session 2 Course 

 

Comparative historical analysis of ancient Mediterranean civilizations of the Near East, Greece, and Rome from the Bronze Age to Fall of Rome. 

Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, GE foundation writing and info literacy course, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 1211. GE historical study course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies course. 

 

Course: HISTORY  2202 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Medieval History 

Lecture: 29067 

Time:   WF 11:10 AM – 12:30 PM 

Room:  Scott Lab E103 

Instructor: Keller, Hannah 

 

Medieval history from the late Roman Empire to the early Renaissance. Primary emphasis will be on cultures in Medieval Europe, but students also will be introduced to the Medieval societies and cultures throughout other regions such as the eastern Mediterranean, the Near East and North Africa. 

Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 1211. GE historical study and diversity global studies course. GE theme traditions, cultures, and transformations course. 

 

Course: HISTORY  2352 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: The Ottoman Empire: 1300-1922 

Lecture: 35138 

Time: MW 02:20 PM -- 03:40 PM 

Room: 353 Journalism 

Instructor: Akin,Yigit 

 

Studies the Ottoman Empire from the 13th to early 20th century, with an emphasis on the conquest of Istanbul, the consolidation of the borders of the empire, the establishment of the state apparatus in the classical period, a period of turbulence leading to a substantial transformation of the state in the early 19th century, and finally the empire's dissolution in the aftermath of WWI.   

Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or GE foundation writing and info literacy course, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 3356. GE historical study course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies course. 

 

Course: HISTORY  2703 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: History of Public Health, Medicine, and Disease 

Lecture: 28721 

Time: TuTh 3:55 PM – 5:15 PM 

Room: 355 Jennings 

Instructor: Harris, James Jeffrey 

 

Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic there is no greater time than the present to understand how infectious diseases (such as plague, smallpox, cholera, tuberculosis, influenza, and HIV) have shaped the course of human history and the ways in which societies across time and place have responded to these public health crises. Over the course of this semester our goals will be twofold: first, through lectures, discussions, and films, to study these issues in a deep historical and global context with the goal of understanding how studying the history of disease informs our contemporary understanding of public health. Second, we will emphasize how pandemics have been remembered (or forgotten) to engage the critical question of how history has (or has not) influenced our response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.   

 Literacy course, or permission of instructor. GE historical study and diversity global studies course. GE theme health and well-being course. 

 

Course: HISTORY  2704 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Water History 

Lecture: 36185 

Time:   WF 11:10 AM – 12:30 PM 

Room:  056 Hagerty Hall 

Instructor: Misa, Henry 

 

History of human use and understandings of water from ancient to modern times, with case studies taken from different geographic locations. 

Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or completion of GE Foundation Writing and Information Literacy Course, or permission of instructor. GE historical study and diversity global studies course. GE theme sustainability course. 

 

Course: HISTORY  3216 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: War Ancient Medit 

Lecture: 35211 

Time:   --  

Room:  ONLINE 

Instructor: Vanderpuy, Peter Joel 

 

A survey of military history from the late Bronze Age to the fall of the Roman Empire in the West, with an emphasis on the ways in which warfare and militaries connected to modes of citizenship, belonging, and participation in the societies of Antiquity. 

Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 2212. GE historical study and diversity global studies course. GE theme citizenship for div and just wrld course. 

 

Course: HISTORY  3222 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: The Roman Empire, 69-337 CE 

Lecture: 29660 

Time: WF 12:45 PM -- 02:05 PM 

Room: 059 Ramseyer 

Instructor: Goggin, Caspian  

 

An advanced survey of Rome's imperial history from the end of the Julio-Claudian dynasty to the death of Constantine. 

Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or completion of GE Foundation Writing and Information Literacy Course, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for Clas 3222. GE historical study course. GE theme citizenship for div and just wrld course. Cross-listed in Clas. 

 

Course: HISTORY  3229 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: History of Early Christianity 

Lecture: 35377 

Time: WF 09:35 AM -- 10:55 AM 

Room: 250 Denney 

Instructor: Goggin, Caspian 

 

A survey of the history of Christianity from its Jewish and Greco-Roman roots to the late sixth century. 

Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or permission of instructor. GE historical study and diversity global studies course. GE theme traditions, cultures, and transformations course. 

 

Course: HISTORY  3245 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: The Age of Reformation 

Lecture: 35364 

Time: TR 09:35 AM -- 10:55 AM 

Room: 371 Journalism 

Instructor: Flannigan, Laura 

 

The history of the Protestant, Catholic, and Radical Reformations of 16th and early 17th century Europe. 

Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or GE foundation writing and info literacy course, or permission of instructor. GE historical study course. GE theme citizenship for div and just wrld and traditions, cultures, and transformations course. 

 

Course: HISTORY  4217 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  SEM 

Course Description: Seminar in Women and Gender in Ancient Christianity 

Lecture: 35162 

Time: WF 02:20 PM -- 03:40 PM 

Room:  291 Journalism 

Instructor: Brakke, David Bernhard 

 

This seminar will study the roles that women played in Christian communities from the New Testament through the fifth century C.E. and the images of women and notions of gender that (usually male) authors constructed in Christian literature of the same period. After brief consideration of methodological questions in the historical study of women and gender, we will gain an overview of our topic and then consider some case studies (e.g., Mary Magdalene, Thecla, Perpetua, Melania the Younger). Students will then develop, present, and write relevant research projects. 

Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, a grade of C or above in History 2800, and any 3000-level History course; or permission of instructor. 

 

Course: HISTORY  4245 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  SEM 

Course Description: Seminar in Early Modern European History: Reading Writing and the Public Sphere in Early Modern England 

Lecture: 35370 

Time: W 12:45 PM -- 03:30 PM 

Room:  TBA 

Instructor: Flannigan,Laura 

 

In the early modern period England experienced a ‘reading revolution’, it has been said. The trade in personalised manuscript books of poetry and prose was at its height. The invention of the printing press made knowledge and ideas about politics, religion and the wider world more widely accessible. Literacy rates rose, and long-existing oral means of communication intersected with new, written forms. Was this, as some historians and sociologists have argued, the beginning of a true ‘public sphere’ in English (and Western) history? 
 
In this advanced-level seminar, students will explore changing cultures of reading and writing in early modern England, between 1450 and 1650. They will be introduced to the study of manuscripts, books, and reading in the premodern past. The course will be divided into forms or contexts of reading and writing: in the home, where knowledge was ‘domesticated’ and created through the purchasing of guidebooks and the creation of personal notes; in the public, discursive world of pamphlet culture, where everything from theological doctrine to the qualities of the king were debated; and in the wider world, with scientific and geographical discoveries from Europe and beyond making their way into English bookshops. Using a range of online resources and the Thompson Library’s Special Collections and Rare Books and Manuscript Library, students will develop an independent research project on these themes.  

Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, a grade of C or above in History 2800, and any 3000-level History course; or permission of instructor. 

 

Course: HISTORY  7240 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: GRAD Type:  SEM 

Course Description: Studies in Early Modern European History 

Lecture: 35212 

Time: W 10:00 AM -- 12:45 PM 

Room:  TBA 

Instructor: Bond, Elizabeth A 

 

Selected topics in western European history of the 17th and 18th centuries. 

Prereq: Grad standing. Repeatable to a maximum of 15 cr hrs. 

History of Art

Course: HISTART  2001 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Western Art 1: Ancient and Medieval Worlds 

Lecture: 30286 

Time: TR 05:30 PM -- 06:50 PM 

Room: 034 Lazenby 

Instructor: TBA 

 

This course examines the history of Western Art (architecture, painting and sculpture) from the third millennium BCE through the fifteenth century CE. Rather than a complete “survey” of that period, the course will concentrate its attention on a select group of representative monuments. We will examine not only the monuments themselves, but also the historical context in which they were produced in order to explore their purpose and the way that they functioned. There will be a strong emphasis on visual analysis and understanding how visual forms convey meaning and relate to the viewer. Our goal is to impart not only a body of knowledge but also a set of critical tools, which you should be able to apply to even material not specifically covered in this course.   
This course is available for EM credit. GE VPA and historical study and diversity global studies course. GE foundation lit, vis and performing arts and historical and cultural studies course. 

 

Course: HISTART  2001 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Western Art 1: Ancient and Medieval Worlds 

Lecture: 25804 

Time:   --  

Room:  ONLINE 

Instructor: TBA 

 

Examination of the history of Western Art from the third millennium BCE to the fifteenth century CE. 
This course is available for EM credit. GE VPA and historical study and diversity global studies course. GE foundation lit, vis and performing arts and historical and cultural studies course. 

 

Course: HISTART  2001 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Western Art 1: Ancient and Medieval Worlds 

Lecture: 28930 

Time:   --  

Room:  ONLINE 

Instructor: TBA 

Session 2 Course 

 

Examination of the history of Western Art from the third millennium BCE to the fifteenth century CE. 
This course is available for EM credit. GE VPA and historical study and diversity global studies course. GE foundation lit, vis and performing arts and historical and cultural studies course. 

 

Course: HISTART  2002 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Western Art 2: Europe and the United States, Renaissance to Modern 

Lecture: 19175 

Time:   --  

Room:  ONLINE 

Instructor: TBA 

 

This course examines the art of Europe and the United States from about 1400 to the present, with an emphasis on developments in painting. Rather than a traditional survey of that period, the course will concentrate on a select group of representative works that shaped—and were shaped by — Western social, political, economic, and intellectual history. There will be a strong emphasis, too, on questions of analysis and interpretation —including, in some cases, the changing history of the artworks’ reception. The goal will be to impart not only a body of knowledge but also a set of critical tools, including visual literacy, that students will be able to apply to a wide range of material not specifically covered in the course. 

This course is available for EM credit. GE VPA and historical study and diversity global studies course. GE foundation lit, vis and performing arts and historical and cultural studies course. 

 

Course: HISTART  2003 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: The Art and Visual Culture of East Asia 

Lecture: 19176 

Time: MW 12:45 PM -- 02:05 PM 

Room:  024 Derby Hall 

Instructor: Slater, Hannah Lynn 

 

This course offers an introduction to the visual arts in East Asia, from the Neolithic Period up to today. By looking at a selection of artworks from across a wide field, students will gain an appreciation for, and understanding of, artistic practices and traditions from China, Korea, and Japan, as well as neighboring regions Tibet and Taiwan. This course examines major artistic and cultural developments within each region but also considers how these areas influence one another cross-culturally, emphasizing moments of encounter and exchange. Students will look at ceramics, bronzes, paintings, sculpture, textiles, architecture, prints, and photographs, in order to historically analyze how art from China, Japan, and Korea informs the way we see, engage with, and think about each of these places, and even the idea of East Asia in general. Students will gain well-rounded knowledge of Art and Visual Culture in East Asia by practicing close looking, close reading, critical thinking, and by making informed interpretations. This course is organized through a series of in-class lectures, discussions, online assignments, and in-class activities.  

Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 2003H. GE VPA and historical study and diversity global studies course. GE foundation lit, vis, and performing arts and historical and cultural studies course. 

 

Course: HISTART  2003H Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: The Art and Visual Culture of East Asia 

Lecture: 34773 

Time: WF 11:10 AM -- 12:10 PM 

Room: 136 Jennings Hall 

Instructor: Mathison, Christina Wei-Szu Burke 

 

This course offers an introduction to the visual arts in East Asia, from the Neolithic through today. The course examines in particular the relationship between cultural production and changing notions of authority in East Asia in a comparative historical perspective. Case studies will be drawn from China, Korea, Japan, and neighboring regions. Issues examined include: religion and early state formation; courtly culture and monumentality; the development of urban popular culture; the age of empire; art and modernization. 

Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 2003H. GE VPA and historical study and diversity global studies course. GE foundation lit, vis, and performing arts and historical and cultural studies course. 

 

Course: HISTART  3010 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Gender and Sexuality in European Art 

Lecture: 30546 

Time:   --  

Room:  ONLINE 

Instructor: TBA 

Session 2 Course 

 

This course offers an introduction to the intersectional study of European Art, exploring the intertwining ideologies of gender, sexuality, race, and ethnicity from the Ancient Mediterranean World to the present. We will see that the ways artworks impact and construct ideas and stereotypes about gender, race, and sexuality in the modern world are deeply influenced by their development in premodern history. Topics to be explored include the ways in which ideas about gender roles and identities are shaped by artworks; the gendered contexts of artistic production; gendered practices of viewing works of art; the changing status of female and non-white artists and patrons in Europe; the way people of color were depicted in premodern European art; and queer and transgender artists and artworks. We will investigate the ways in which works of art enforced particular codes of behavior for people of different genders and races, but also how works of art served as sites of resistance to such roles and stereotypes, and as a place where individual identities were negotiated and portrayed. We will explore both famous works of European art and also lesser-known paintings, sculptures, buildings, and objects of visual culture.    

GE VPA course. GE foundation lit, vis and performing arts and race, ethnicity, and div course.  

 

Course: HISTART  3010 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Gender and Sexuality in European Art 

Lecture: 28617 

Time:   --  

Room:  ONLINE 

Instructor: Stephens, Gabrielle MARIE 

 

This course offers an introduction to the intersectional study of European Art, exploring the intertwining ideologies of gender, sexuality, race, and ethnicity from the Ancient Mediterranean World to the Twentieth Century. 

GE VPA course. GE foundation lit, vis and performing arts and race, ethnicity, and div course. 

 

Course: HISTART  3211 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Art and Civilization in Mesopotamia 

Lecture: 29663 

Time: MW 09:35 AM -- 10:55 AM 

Room: 046 Hagerty Hall 

Instructor: Schellinger, Sarah 

 

Produced in the cradle of civilization, Mesopotamian art has a rich history of constructing monuments and creating objects that would provide insight into the lives of the people liv­ing during the advent of civilization. The aim of this course is to provide an overview of the major sites, structures, and artifacts throughout the greater Mesopotamian region from the beginning of the Neolithic revolution through the Parthian and Seleucid periods. 

GE VPA course. GE foundation lit, vis and performing arts course.  

 

Course: HISTART  3521 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Renaissance Art in Italy 

Lecture: 27161 

Time: MW 03:55 PM -- 05:15 PM 

Room: 140 Jennings Hall 

Instructor: Adams, Kristen Irvine 

 

This course offers a panoramic introduction to the greatest artists and masterpieces of the Italian Renaissance from its beginnings in Florence through its triumph in Rome and Venice. After setting the stage with a brief overview of the art of the Late Gothic period in Italy, lectures will trace the revolutionary changes and global interests that transformed painting, sculpture, and the decorative arts in the 15th and 16th centuries. Special consideration will be given to the intersection of art and technology. Students will experience the Sistine Chapel and additional spaces in Virtual Reality and will examine how other modern technologies, when applied to Renaissance art, bring new insight to this remarkable period in history. 

 

GE VPA and diversity global studies course. GE foundation lit, vis and performing arts course. 

 

Course: HISTART  4510 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Northern Renaissance Art 

Lecture: 34833 

Time: MW 02:20 PM -- 03:40 PM 

Room: 164 Jennings Hall 

Instructor: Adams, Kristen Irvine 

 

This course explores the visual culture of northern Europe between about 1380 and 1585, a period impacted by plagues, war, and religious upheaval. Discussions will center on the themes of the role visual images play in spiritual practice; how the Protestant Reformation irrevocably altered art and its production and function; the impact of aristocratic courts and the rise of the art market; artistic innovations and new technologies, and the rise of the status of the artist during this transformative period in European history. Some works will be examined in great detail to consider the kinds of effective visual strategies they employed to engage the viewer and fulfill particular functions; others will be considered primarily as exemplifying types of responses to and engagement with a rapidly changing world. In all cases, the purpose will be to explore the ways that images are constructed to convey meaning and affect the viewer and to consider how they participate in shaping religious, social, and cultural values and/or constructing individual and community identity. 

Prereq: 2001 (201), or 2002 (202), or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 527 or 627.  

 

Course: HISTART  4820 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: The Arts of Japan 

Lecture: 29666 

Time: TR 05:30 PM -- 06:50 PM 

Room: 150 Pomerene Hall 

Instructor: Slater, Hannah Lynn 

 

Major trends in the visual arts of Japan, from prehistory through the 19th century. 

GE VPA and diversity global studies course. GE foundation lit, vis and performing arts course. 

 

Course: HISTART  8401 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: GRAD Type:  SEM 

Course Description: Studies in Medieval Art: Queer Materials 

Lecture: 34779 

Time: W 02:15 PM -- 05:00 PM 

Room:   

Instructor: Whittington, Karl Peter 

Seminar Class Type 

 

Materiality studies has emerged in the last 20 years as one of the most prominent methodologies in the study of pre-modern art across the globe. Much of the scholarship has focused on how people in different times and places understood the intrinsic properties of a range of natural and human-made materials. Different woods, pigments, stones, minerals, animals, and plants were understood to have particular spiritual, magical, astrological, alchemical, and material properties, and art historians have explored why certain materials were chosen for the production of particular historical objects and images. One of the key issues at stake was how these materials were believed to have been created, and how they in turn impacted the human bodies that interacted with them. Both of these questions necessarily raise issues of gender, creation, fertility, sexuality, and material transformation. In this seminar, we will explore the ways in which particular materials can be read through the lens of sexuality and queer studies. Each week we will explore a different material - parchment, gold, gemstones, mineral pigments, blood, ivory, water, wax, pearls, wood, and others - in order to probe the stakes of gender and sexuality in how these materials were understood to have been formed, how they could be transformed by artists, and how they impacted their viewers. The majority of the class will focus on Medieval and Early Modern European art, but readings and case studies will touch on premodern visual and material culture across the globe. 

Repeatable to a maximum of 12 cr hrs.  

Italian

Course: ITALIAN  3051 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Italian Romances 

Lecture: 35134 

Time: TR 11:10 AM -- 12:30 PM 

Room: 251 Hagerty Hall 

Instructor: Combs-Schilling, Jonathan David 

 

This course familiarizes students with the adaptability and influence of romance storytelling, from its medieval foundations (King Arthur) to its continued popularity in different forms (fantasy, science fiction, romance novels). Students learn to identify how its themes inform how we ascribe value to some people(s) and deny it to others; and to evaluate how stories can imagine more just worlds. 

Prereq: English 1110, or equiv. GE lit and diversity global studies course. GE theme traditions, cultures, and transformations course. 

Japanese

Course: JAPANSE  2231 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Elements Of Japanese Culture 

Lecture: 19225 

Time: WF 12:45 PM -- 02:05 PM 

Room: 125 Mendenhall Lab 

Instructor: Nakayama, Mineharu 

 

A survey of literature, art, religion, philosophy, film, and social institutions of the Japanese people from the earliest to the most recent times. Taught in English. 

Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 231. GE cultures and ideas and diversity global studies course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies course. 

Jewish Studies 

 Course: JEWSHST  2700H Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: The Hebrew Bible in Translation 

Lecture: 29999 

Time: TR 09:35 AM -- 10:55 AM 

Room: 131 Mendenhall 

Instructor: Frank,Daniel 

Combined Section with HEBREW 2700H 

 

Introduction to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament is taught from a historical perspective. The HB/OT is a collection of texts designed to create and fortify the ethnic identity of a single group within imperial contexts, while focusing on the formation of gender identity and race. The student will study the cultural dimensions of the ancient societies in which the HB/OT was written. 

Prereq: Honors standing, and English 1110.xx, or GE foundation writing and info literacy course; or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 2700, Hebrew 2700, or 2700H. GE lit and diversity global studies course. GE foundation lit, vis and performing arts and race, ethnicity and gender div course. Cross-listed in Hebrew. 

 

Course: JEWSHST  3704 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Women in the Bible and Beyond 

Lecture: 29266 

Time: TR 11:10 AM -- 12:30 PM 

Room: 129 Mendenhall 

Instructor: (None) 

Combined Section with HEBREW 3704 

 

An examination of the social, legal, and religious position of women as they appear in the Hebrew Bible and the ways in which they have been represented and interpreted in later textual, visual, and audio sources. 

Prereq: English 1110. Not open to students with credit for 2704, Hebrew 2704, or 3704. GE lit and diversity global studies. GE foundation lit, vis and performing arts and race, ethnicity and gender div course. Cross-listed in Hebrew. 

 Korean

Course: KOREAN  2231 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Elements of Korean Culture 

Lecture: 25171 

Time: TuTh 2:20 PM – 3:40 PM 

Room: 198 Baker Systems 

Instructor: Kim, Hayana 

 

A survey of the religion, history, customs, performing arts, fine arts, literature, and social institutions of the Korean people from the earliest era to the present. Taught in English. 

Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 231. GE cultures and ideas and diversity global studies course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies course. 

 

Course: KOREAN  5405 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: GRAD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Korean Dramatic Tradition 

Lecture: 34906 

Time: WeFr 3:55 PM – 5:15 PM 

Room: 160 Hagerty 

Instructor: Kim, Hayana 

 

Major works in the Korean dramatic tradition from ancient to contemporary eras. Includes historical and performative discourse, dramatic reading and enactment. Taught bilingually, sometimes in English and sometimes in Korean. 

Prereq: 2102.01 or 5 cr hrs of 2102.51 (205 and 206), English 1110 (110), or permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 6 cr hrs. 

 

Course: KOREAN  5405 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Korean Dramatic Tradition 

Lecture: 34907 

Time: WeFr 3:55 PM – 5:15 PM 

Room: 160 Hagerty 

Instructor: Kim, Hayana 

 

Major works in the Korean dramatic tradition from ancient to contemporary eras. Includes historical and performative discourse, dramatic reading and enactment. Taught bilingually, sometimes in English and sometimes in Korean. 

Prereq: 2102.01 or 5 cr hrs of 2102.51 (205 and 206), English 1110 (110), or permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 6 cr hrs. 

Linguistics 

Course: LING  7902 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: GRAD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Historical Linguistics: Morphology 

Lecture: 35050 

Time: MW 12:45 PM -- 02:05 PM 

Room: 103 Oxley 

Instructor: Sims, Andrea Dorothy 

 

Advanced topics in diachronic morphology and recent approaches to these. Principles of morphological change, different models of morphological change, and the relevance of diachronic investigation to morphological theorizing. Detailed examination of both classic and current original research 

Prereq: Ling 5901   

Near Eastern Languages and Cultures

Course: NELC  7501 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: GRAD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Narratives of Origin: The Islamic Tradition 

Lecture: 30402 

Time: M 02:15 PM -- 05:00 PM 

Room:   

Instructor: Anthony, Sean W 

 

How the contours of the Islamic narrative fare in a source-critical context 

Prereq: Grad standing, or permission of instructor(s). 

Philosophy

Course: PHILOS  2120 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Asian Philosophies 

Lecture: 22646 

Time: WF 11:10 AM -- 12:30 PM 

Room: 375 Journalism 

Instructor: Flint, Dylan Isaac 

 

A survey including at least three of the following philosophical systems of Asia: Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Zoroastrianism, Taoism, and Confucianism. 

GE lit and diversity global studies course. GE foundation lit, vis and performing arts and historical and cultural studies course. 

 

Course: PHILOS  2120 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Asian Philosophies 

Lecture: 27229 

Time: TR 09:35 AM -- 10:55 AM 

Room: 375 Journalism 

Instructor: Flint, Dylan Isaac 

 

A survey including at least three of the following philosophical systems of Asia: Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Zoroastrianism, Taoism, and Confucianism. 

GE lit and diversity global studies course. GE foundation lit, vis and performing arts and historical and cultural studies course. 

 

Course: PHILOS  2120 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Asian Philosophies 

Lecture: 34562 

Time: WF 09:35 AM -- 10:55 AM 

Room: 266 Dreese Lab 

Instructor: Jones, Erich Matthew 

 

A survey including at least three of the following philosophical systems of Asia: Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Zoroastrianism, Taoism, and Confucianism. 

GE lit and diversity global studies course. GE foundation lit, vis and performing arts and historical and cultural studies course. 

 

Course: PHILOS  2120 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Asian Philosophies 

Lecture: 34563 

Time: TR 03:55 PM -- 05:15 PM 

Room: 371 Journalism 

Instructor: Papenhausen, Vaughn 

 

A survey including at least three of the following philosophical systems of Asia: Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Zoroastrianism, Taoism, and Confucianism. 

GE lit and diversity global studies course. GE foundation lit, vis and performing arts and historical and cultural studies course. 

 

Course: PHILOS  3220 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: History of Medieval Philosophy 

Lecture: 34588 

Time: TR 09:35 AM -- 10:55 AM 

Room: 173 Mendenhall 

Instructor: Smith, Colin 

 

Major figures in medieval philosophy, including Augustine, Aquinas, Duns Scotus, and Ockham. 

Prereq: 3 cr hrs in Philos, or permission of instructor. GE lit and diversity global studies course. 

Romance Linguistics

Course: ROMLING  5051 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Romance Languages 

Lecture: 27260 

Time:   --  

Room:   

Instructor: (None) 

 

Course: ROMLING  5051 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: GRAD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Romance Languages 

Lecture: 27261 

Time:   --  

Room:   

Instructor: (None) 

Scandinavian

Course: SCANDVN  3350 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Norse Mythology and Medieval Culture 

Lecture: 35508 

Time: TR 08:00 AM -- 09:20 AM 

Room: 240 Cockins 

Instructor: Kaplan, Merrill 

 

What do we know about Thor and Odin and how do we know it? What do the Norse Myths tell us about the worldview and beliefs of pagan Scandinavia? What did medieval Christians think about these same stories? Students will read the most important surviving textual sources on Scandinavia's pre-Christian mythology and learn to analyze them as vehicles for meaning. 

GE lit and diversity global studies course. GE theme traditions, cultures, and transformations course. 

Spanish

Course: SPANISH  2330 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Reinventing America 

Lecture: 35581 

Time: WF 09:35 AM -- 10:55 AM 

Room: 129 Mendenhall 

Instructor: Zevallos-Aguilar, Ulises Juan 

 

Introduction to visual and verbal representation of Latin American multi-ethnic cultures through literature and visual arts; emphasis on construction of American identities and nations. 

Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 330. GE VPA and diversity global studies course. GE foundation lit, vis and performing arts course. 

Theatre

Course: THEATRE  5922S Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: UGRD Type:  LAB 

Course Description: Shakespeare and Autism 

Lecture: 19855 

Time: TR 03:55 PM -- 05:55 PM 

Room: 350 TFM 

Instructor: McClatchy, Kevin John 

 

An ensemble-based interdisciplinary service-learning course where students are trained in the Hunter Heartbeat Method intervention and then conduct interactive workshops with children on the autism spectrum. 

Prereq: Permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 6 cr hrs. 

 

Course: THEATRE  5922S Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: COL Program: GRAD Type:  LAB 

Course Description: Shakespeare and Autism 

Lecture: 19870 

Time: TR 03:55 PM -- 05:55 PM 

Room: 350 TFM 

Instructor: McClatchy, Kevin John 

 

An ensemble-based interdisciplinary service-learning course where students are trained in the Hunter Heartbeat Method intervention and then conduct interactive workshops with children on the autism spectrum. 

Prereq: Permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 6 cr hrs. 

(Updated 10/02/2025)

History

Course: HISTORY  2231 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: LMA Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: The Crusades 

Lecture: 34505 

Time:   --  

Room:  ONLINE 

Instructor: Helfferich, Tryntje 

 

In this deconstruction of the crusades, students examine the many cultures of the western Afro-Eurasian world engaged in crusading activity from the 8th century to the early modern era. They will consider how the crusades impacted cultures, traditions, economies, religious ideology and military practice; and ultimately how these events transformed the medieval world. 

GE historical study and diversity global studies course. GE theme traditions, cultures, and transformations course. 

 

Course: HISTORY  3550 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: LMA Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: War in World History 500-1650 

Lecture: 34509 

Time:   --  

Room:  ONLINE 

Instructor: Helfferich, Tryntje 

 

Study of the causes, conduct, and consequences of warfare around the world, 500-1650. Sometimes this course is offered in a distance-only format. 

Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or completion of GE Foundation Writing and Information Literacy Course, or permission of instructor. GE historical study and diversity global studies course. 

(Updated 10/02/2025)

History

Course: HISTART  2002 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: MNS Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Western Art 2: Europe and the United States, Renaissance to Modern 

Lecture: 26790 

Time:   --  

Room:  ONLINE 

Instructor: TBA 

 

Examination of the history of art in Europe and the United States, from 1400 to the present.This course is available for EM credit.  

GE VPA and historical study and diversity global studies course. GE foundation lit, vis and performing arts and historical and cultural studies course. 

 

Course: HISTORY  2202 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: MNS Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Medieval History: Late Rome to the Early Renaissance 

Lecture: 34515 

Time: MW 09:35 AM -- 10:55 AM 

Room:   

Instructor: Tanner, Heather Jean 

 

Medieval history from the late Roman Empire to the early Renaissance. Primary emphasis will be on cultures in Medieval Europe, but students also will be introduced to the Medieval societies and cultures throughout other regions such as the eastern Mediterranean, the Near East and North Africa. 

Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 1211. GE historical study and diversity global studies course. GE theme traditions, cultures, and transformations course. 

 

Course: HISTORY  2280 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: MNS Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Introduction to Russian History 

Lecture: 34516 

Time: TR 09:35 AM -- 10:55 AM 

Room:   

Instructor: Cavender, Mary W. 

 

Selected topics introducing students to the history of Russian politics, society, and culture. 

Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 336. GE historical study and diversity global studies course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies course. 

 

Course: HISTORY  2702 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: MNS Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Food in World History 

Lecture: 29460 

Time: MW 05:00 PM -- 06:20 PM 

Room:   

Instructor: Curtis, Kent A. 

 

Survey of the history of food, drink, diet and nutrition in a global context. 

Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or completion of GE Foundation Writing and Information Literacy course, or permission of instructor. GE historical study and diversity global studies course. GE theme sustainability course. 

 

Course: HISTORY  3246 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: MNS Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Tudor and Stuart Britain, 1485-1714 

Lecture: 34518 

Time: MW 11:10 AM -- 12:30 PM 

Room:   

Instructor: Tanner, Heather Jean 

 

The social, political, and religious history of England and the British Isles in the age of Renaissance, Reformation, and Revolution.GE historical study course. 

 

Course: HISTORY  3247 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: MNS Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Magic & Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe (1450-1750) 

Lecture: 27913 

Time: MW 01:50 PM -- 03:10 PM 

Room:   

Instructor: Tanner, Heather Jean 

 

Investigation of the history of European witchcraft, focusing on intellectual, religious, and social developments and on the great witchcraft trials of the early modern period. 

Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or completion of GE Foundation Writing and Information Literacy Course, or permission of instructor. GE historical study and diversity global studies course. GE theme traditions, cultures, and transformations course. 

(Updated 10/02/2025)

History

Course: HISTORY  2703 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: MRN Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: History of Public Health, Medicine and Disease 

Lecture: 34992 

Time:   --  

Room:  ONLINE 

Instructor: Respess, Amanda S 

 

Survey of the history of public health, disease and medicine in a global context. 

Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or GE Foundation Writing and Information Literacy course, or permission of instructor. GE historical study and diversity global studies course. GE theme health and well-being course. 

Classics | History | History of Art 

(Updated 10/02/2025)

 

Classics

Course: CLAS  2220 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: NWK Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Classical Mytholgy 

Lecture: 35774 

Time: MW 09:35 AM -- 10:55 AM 

Room:   

Instructor: Munteanu, Dana L 

 

Personalities and attributes of the Greek and Roman gods and goddesses, their mythology and its influence on Western culture.GE lit and diversity global studies course. GE foundation lit, vis and performing arts course. 

History of Art

Course: HISTART  2002 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: NWK Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Western Art 2: Europe and the United States, Renaissance to Modern 

Lecture: 26685 

Time: MW 02:20 PM -- 03:40 PM 

Room: 224 Reese Ctr 

Instructor: Calhoun, Robert 

 

Examination of the history of art in Europe and the United States, from 1400 to the present.This course is available for EM credit.  

GE VPA and historical study and diversity global studies course. GE foundation lit, vis and performing arts and historical and cultural studies course. 

 

Course: HISTART  2002 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: NWK Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Western Art 2: Europe and the United States, Renaissance to Modern 

Lecture: 27918 

Time: MW 03:55 PM -- 05:15 PM 

Room: 224 Reese Ctr 

Instructor: Calhoun, Robert 

 

Examination of the history of art in Europe and the United States, from 1400 to the present.This course is available for EM credit.  

GE VPA and historical study and diversity global studies course. GE foundation lit, vis and performing arts and historical and cultural studies course. 

 

Course: HISTART  2002 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: NWK Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Western Art 2: Europe and the United States, Renaissance to Modern 

Lecture: 28928 

Time: MW 09:35 AM -- 10:55 AM 

Room: 224 Reese Ctr 

Instructor: Calhoun, Robert 

 

Examination of the history of art in Europe and the United States, from 1400 to the present.This course is available for EM credit.  

GE VPA and historical study and diversity global studies course. GE foundation lit, vis and performing arts and historical and cultural studies course. 

 

Course: HISTART  2002 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: NWK Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Western Art 2: Europe and the United States, Renaissance to Modern 

Lecture: 28929 

Time: MW 11:10 AM -- 12:30 PM 

Room: 224 Reese Ctr 

Instructor: Calhoun, Robert 

 

Examination of the history of art in Europe and the United States, from 1400 to the present.This course is available for EM credit.  

GE VPA and historical study and diversity global studies course. GE foundation lit, vis and performing arts and historical and cultural studies course. 

History

Course: HISTORY  2001 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: NWK Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Multiple Americas: US History from Colonialism to Reconstruction 

Lecture: 30225 

Time:   --  

Room:  ONLINE 

Instructor: Mangus, Michael Stuart 

 

An introduction to the history of what would become the United States, from the Colonial period to Reconstruction, with an emphasis on race, gender and ethnicity. Topics include colonization, the dispossession and enslavement of African and Native peoples, gender roles, immigration, the conquest and settlement of the Southwest, and the events that moved America both toward and away from equality. 

Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 1151. GE historical study and diversity soc div in the US course. GE foundation historical and cultural studies and race, ethnicity and gender div course. 

 

Course: HISTORY  2701 Credit Hours: 3  

Campus: NWK Program: UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: History of Technology 

Lecture: 30230 

Time: TR 11:10 AM -- 12:30 PM 

Room:   

Instructor: Weeks, James H. 

 

Survey of the history of technology in global context from ancient times. 

Prereq or concur: English 1110.xx, or completion of GE Foundation Writing and Information Literacy Course, or permission of instructor. GE historical study course. GE theme lived environments course. 

Autumn 2025 CMRS-Affiliated Courses

Course: ARCH 5110  Study Hours: 4 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD  Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Arch History 1 

 Lecture:  8618 

 Time:  WF 9:35 AM -10:55 AM 

 Room:  University Hall 014 

 Instructor: Gannon, Todd N 

 

Course: ARCH 5110  Study Hours: 4 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  REC 

Course Description: Arch History 1 

 Lecture:  36653 

 Time: TBD 

 Room: TBD 

 Instructor: TBD 

 

Course: ARCH 5110  Study Hours: 4 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  REC 

Course Description: Arch History 1 

 Lecture:  36654 

Time: TBD 

 Room: TBD 

 Instructor: TBD 

 

Course: ARCH 5110  Study Hours: 4 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  REC 

Course Description: Arch History 1 

 Lecture:  36655 

 Time: TBD 

 Room: TBD 

 Instructor: TBD 

 

Course: ARCH 5110  Study Hours: 4 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  REC 

Course Description: Arch History 1 

 Lecture:  36656 

 Time: TBD 

 Room: TBD 

 Instructor: TBD 

 

Course: ARCH 5110  Study Hours: 4 

Campus:  COL Program:  GRAD  Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Arch History 1 

 Lecture:  8653 

 Time:  WF 9:35 AM - 10:55 AM 

 Room: University Hall 014 

 Instructor: Gannon, Todd N 

 

Course: ARCH 5110E  Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Arch History 1 

 Lecture: 8619 

 Time:  WF 9:35 AM -10:55 AM 

 Room:  University Hall 014 

Instructor: Gannon, Todd N 

Course: CHINESE 2231  Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Trad Chin Cult 

 Time:  WF 11:10 AM -12:30 PM 

 Lecture:  26972 

 Room: Derby 080 

 Instructor: Xie, Zhiguo 

 

Course: CHINESE 2231 Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Trad Chin Cult 

Lecture:  26972 

 Time:  WF 11:10 AM - 12:30 PM 

 Room: Derby 080 

Instructor: Klie, Hunter Douglas 

 

Course: CHINESE 5111  Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL  Program:  GRAD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Classical Chn 1 

 Lecture:  25288 

 Time:  WF 12:45 PM - 2:05 PM 

 Room:  Journalism 221 

 Instructor: Goh, Meow Hui 

 

Course: CHINESE 5111  Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Classicl Chn 1 

 Lecture:  25289 

 Time:  WF 12:45 PM - 2:05 PM 

 Room:  Journalism 221 

 Instructor: Goh, Meow Hui 

 

Course: CHINESE 6451  Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  GRAD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Hist Lit 1 

 Lecture:  36052 

 Time:  WF 3:55 PM- 5:15 PM 

 Room: Hagerty 045 

 Instructor: Goh, Meow Hui 

Course: CLAS 2201 Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Class Civil Greece 

 Lecture:  16300 

 Time:  TR 9:35 AM - 10:55 AM 

 Room:  Page 020 

 Instructor: Hawkins, Thomas Richard 

 

Course: CLAS 2201H  Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Class Civil Greece 

 Lecture:  26670 

 Time:  MWF 09:10 AM - 10:05 AM 

 Room:  University Hall 056 

 Instructor: TBD 

 

Course: CLAS 2202  Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Class Civil Rome 

 Lecture:  22640 

 Time:  WF 11:10 AM - 12:30 PM 

 Room:   Page 020 

 Instructor: Hawkins, Julia Nelson 

 

Course: CLAS 2202H  Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Class Civil Rome 

 Lecture:  28227 

 Time:  MWF 10:20 AM. - 11:15 AM 

 Room:  University Hall 056 

 Instructor: TBD 

 

Course: CLAS 2220  Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Classical Mytholgy 

 Lecture:  16301 

 Time:  Online 

 Room:  Online 

 Instructor: TBD 

 

Course: CLAS 2220  Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Classical Mytholgy 

 Lecture:  35099 

 Time:  TBD 

 Room:  TBD 

 Instructor: TBD  

 

Course: CLAS 2220H  Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Classical Mytholgy 

 Lecture:  16304 

 Time:  TR 11:10 AM - 12:30 PM 

 Room:  Enarson Classroom 326 

 Instructor: Coulson, Frank Thomas 

 

Course: CLAS 2220H  Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC  

Course Description: Classical Mytholgy 

 Lecture:  28228 

 Time:  TR 2:20 PM - 3:40 PM 

 Room:  Enarson Classroom 258 

 Instructor: Hawkins, Thomas Richard 

 

Course: CLAS 2220H  Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Classical Mytholgy 

 Lecture:  28629 

 Time:  WF 12:45 PM - 02:05 PM 

 Room:  University Hall 043 

 Instructor: TBD  

 

Course: CLAS 2301 Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRAD  Type:  Type: LEC 

Course Description: Classical Arch 

Lecture: 36014 

Time:  Online 

 Room:  Online 

 Instructor: Fullerton, Mark 

 

Course: CLAS 3223  Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRAD  Type:  Type: LEC 

Course Description: Late Roman Empire 

 Lecture:  36437 

 Time:  F 10:20 PM – 11:20 AM 

 Room:  University Hall 448 

 Instructor: Ross, Alan James  

 

Course: CLAS 3223 Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRAD  Type:  Type: LEC 

Course Description: Late Roman Empire 

 Lecture:  35101 

 Time:  F 9:10 – 10:05 AM  

 Room:  University Hall 448 

 Instructor: Ross, Alan James 

 

Course: CLAS 7893  Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  GRAD  Type:  Type: SEM 

Course Description: Grk/Rom Rel & Myth 

 Lecture:  35105 

 Time:  W 02:15 PM - 05:00 PM 

 Room:  University Hall 448 

 Instructor: Johnston, Sarah Iles 

Course: COMPSTD 2350  Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Intro Folklore  

 Lecture:  23397 

 Time:  WF 2:20 PM - 3:40 PM 

 Room:  University Hall 060 

 Instructor: TBD 

 

Course: COMPSTD 2350  Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Intro Folklore 

 Lecture: 28906 

 Time:  TR 9:35 AM - 10:55 AM 

 Instructor: TBD  

 

Course: COMPSTD 2350H  Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Intro Folklore 

 Lecture:  26731 

 Time:  TR 12:45 PM - 2:05 PM 

 Room: Enarson 206 

 Instructor: Kaplan, Merrill 

Course: CRPLAN 6000  Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  GRAD  Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Planning History 

 Lecture:  8029 

 Time:  TR 8:00 AM - 9:20 AM 

 Room:  Knowlton 175 

 Instructor: Conroy, Maria M 

Course: DANCE 2401  Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Concert Dance 

 Lecture:  16706 

 Time:  MW3:55 PM - 5:15 PM 

 Room:  Hagerty 050 

 Instructor: TBD 

Course: ENGLISH 2201 Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Brit Lit: Med-1800 

Lecture: 17573 

Time: WF 11:10 AM – 12:30 PM 

Room: Hayes Hall 024 

Instructor: Lockett, Leslie Claire 

 

Course: ENGLISH 2201 Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  REC 

Course Description: Brit Lit: Med-1800 

Lecture: 17575 

Time: TBD 

Room: TBD 

Instructor: TBD 

 

Course: ENGLISH 2201 Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  REC 

Course Description: Brit Lit: Med-1800 

Lecture: 25507 

Time: TBD 

Room: TBD 

Instructor: TBD 

 

Course: ENGLISH 2220 Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Intro Shakespeare 

Lecture: 17577 

 Time:  WF 11:10 AM - 12:30 PM 

Room: Denney 250 

Instructor: Farmer, Alan Bryan 

 

Course: ENGLISH 2220H Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type: SEM 

Course Description: Intro Shakespeare 

Lecture: 17578 

 Time:  TR 03:55 PM - 05:15 PM 

Room: Denney 245 

Instructor: TBD 

 

Course: ENGLISH 2270  Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Intro to Folklore 

Lecture: 25687 

 Time:  WF 2:20 PM - 3:40 PM 

Room: 060 

Instructor: TBD 

 

Course: ENGLISH 2270  Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Intro to Folklore 

Lecture: 28908 

 Time:  TR 9:35 AM - 10:55 AM 

Instructor: TBD 

 

Course: ENGLISH 2270H Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type: SEM 

Course Description: Intro to Folklore 

Lecture: 28214  

 Time:  TR 12:45 PM - 2:05 PM 

Room: Enarson 206 

Instructor: Kaplan, Merrill 

 

Course: ENGLISH 2280 Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: The English Bible 

Lecture: 26594 

 Time:  TR 9:35 AM - 10:55 AM 

Room: Smith Lab 1042 

Instructor: Hamlin, Hannibal 

 

Course: ENGLISH 4520.01 Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Shakespeare 

Lecture: 28219 

 Time:  TR 2:20 PM 3:40 PM 

Room: Denney 245 

Instructor: Highley, Christopher Frank 

 

Course: ENGLISH 5710.01 Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  GRAD Type: SEM 

Course Description: Intro Old English 

Lecture: 22549 

 Time:  WF 9:35 AM - 10:55 AM 

Room: Denney 268 

Instructor: Lockett, Leslie Claire 

 

Course: ENGLISH 5710.01 Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type: SEM 

Course Description: Intro Old English 

Lecture: 17604 

 Time:  WF 9:35 AM- 10:55 AM 

Room: Denney 268 

Instructor: Lockett, Leslie Claire 

 

Course: ENGLISH 5710.02 Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  GRAD Type: SEM 

Course Description: Intro Old English 

Lecture: 17605 

 Time:  WF 9:35 AM - 10:55 AM 

Room: Denney 268 

Instructor: Lockett, Leslie Claire 

 

Course: ENGLISH 5722.01 Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  GRAD Type: SEM 

Course Description: Grad Ren Poetry 

Lecture: 36737 

Time: TR 12:45 – 2:05 PM 

Room: Denney 447 

Instructor: Neville, Sarah 

 

Course: ENGLISH 5722.02 Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  GRAD Type: SEM 

Course Description: Grad Ren Poetry 

Lecture: 36740 

Time: TR 12:45 – 2:05 PM 

Room: Denney 447 

Instructor: Neville, Sarah 

 

Course: ENGLISH 7827.02 Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  GRAD Type: SEM 

Course Description: Engl Renaissnc Lit 

Lecture: 36627 

Time: R 12:15 PM - 3:00 PM 

Room: TBD 

Instructor: TBD 

Course: GREEK 6891  Study Hours: 4 

Campus:  COL Program:  GRAD Type: SEM 

Course Description: Greek Survey1 

Lecture: 35109 

 Time:  TR 11:45 AM - 1:35 PM 

Room:  University Hall 448 

Instructor: Acosta-Hughes, Benjamin 

Course: HEBREW 2700 Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Hebrew Bible 

Lecture: 35633 

 Time:  TR 2:20 PM - 3:40 PM 

Room: Page 010 

Instructor: Moore, James Dryden 

 

Course: HEBREW 3704 Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Women in Bib Lit 

Lecture: 27040 

 Time:  TR 7:05 PM - 8:25 PM 

Room: Hagerty 050 

Instructor: TBD 

Course: HISTART 2001 Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Western Art 1 

Lecture: 25346  

Time:  Online 

Room: Online 

Instructor: Adams, Kristen Irvine 

 

Course: HISTART 2001 Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Western Art 1 

Lecture: 27024  

Time:  Online 

Room: Online 

Instructor: TBD 

 

Course: HISTART 2001H Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Western Art 1 H 

Lecture: 35328 

Time:  MW 12:45 PM - 2:05 PM 

Room: Cunz 180 

Instructor: Schellinger, Sarah 

 

Course: HISTART 2002 Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Western Art 2 

Lecture: 17784 

Time: MW 10:20 AM - 11:15 AM 

Room: Jennings 355 

Instructor: Shelton, Andrew C 

 

Course: HISTART 2002 Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Western Art 2 

Lecture: 17784 

Time: MW 10:20 AM - 11:15 AM 

Room: Jennings 355 

Instructor: Shelton, Andrew C 

 

Course: HISTART 2002 Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  REC 

Course Description: Western Art 2 

Lecture: 17785 

Time: F 10:20 AM - 11:15 AM 

Room: Caldwell 133 

Instructor:  TBD 

 

Course: HISTART 2002 Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  REC 

Course Description: Western Art 2 

Lecture: 17785 

Time: F 10:20 AM 11:15 AM 

Room: Caldwell 133 

Instructor: Shelton, Andrew C 

 

Course: HISTART 2002  Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  REC 

Course Description: Western Art 2 

Lecture: 17786 

Time: F11:30 AM - 12:25 PM 

Room: Caldwell 133 

Instructor: TBD 

 

Course: HISTART 2002 Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  REC 

Course Description: Western Art 2 

Lecture: 17786 

Time: F 11:30 AM  12:25 PM 

Room: Caldwell 133 

Instructor: Shelton, Andrew C 

 

Course: HISTART 2002 Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Western Art 2 

Lecture: 21331 

 Time:  Online 

Room: Online 

Instructor:  Patterson, Jody 

 

Course: HISTART 2002H Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Western Art 2 H 

Lecture: 35331 

 Time:  WF 11:10 AM 12:30 PM 

Room:  Lazenby 001 

Instructor: Defossez, Julie Lauren 

 

Course: HISTART 2003 Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: East Asian Art 

Lecture: 17787 

Time: MW 11:30 AM - 12:25 PM 

Room: Scott Lab E125 

Instructor:  Mathison, Christina Wei-Szu Burke 

 

Course: HISTART 2003 Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  REC 

Course Description: East Asian Art 

Lecture: 25945 

Time: F 10:20 AM - 11:15 AM 

Room: Jennings 136 

Instructor: TBD 

 

Course: HISTART 2003  Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  REC 

Course Description: East Asian Art 

Lecture: 25945 

Time: F 10:20 AM - 11:15 AM 

Room: Jennings 136  

Instructor:  Mathison, Christina Wei-Szu Burke 

 

 

Course: HISTART 2003   Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  REC 

Course Description: East Asian Art 

Lecture: 25946 

Time: F 11:30 AM 12:25 PM 

Room: Jennings 160 

Instructor:  TBD 

 

Course: HISTART 2003  Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  REC 

Course Description: East Asian Art 

Lecture: 25946 

Time:  F 11:30 AM - 12:25 PM 

Room: Jennings 160 

Instructor: Mathison, Christina Wei-Szu Burke 

 

Course: HISTART 2301 Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Classical Arch 

Lecture: 36014 

Time:  Online 

Room: Online 

  Instructor: Fullerton, Mark David 

 

Course: HISTART 3010  Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Gndr Stds Euro Art 

Lecture: 29298 

Time:  Online 

Room: Online 

  Instructor: Whittington, Karl Peter 

 

Course: HISTART 3521 Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Renaissance Art 

Lecture: 25772 

Time: MW 3:55 PM - 5:15 PM 

Room: Journalism 239 

Instructor: Adams, Kristen Irvine 

 

Course: HISTART 4541 Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description:17 C. Art Itly/Spn 

Lecture: 35897 

Time: MW 2:20 PM - 3:40 PM 

Room: Hayes Hall 024 

Instructor: Adams, Kristen Irvine 

 

Course: HISTART 4810  Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: The Arts of China 

Lecture: 28932 

Time:  TR 2:20 PM 3:40 PM 

Room: Journalism 304 

Instructor: Mathison, Christina, Wei-Szu Burke 

 

Course: HISTART 4820 Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: The Arts of Japan 

Lecture: 35344 

 Time:  TR 5:30 PM - 6:50 PM 

Room: Denney 206 

Instructor: Slater, Hannah Lynn 

Course: HISTORY 2001 Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: MultipleAmericas1 

Lecture: 27268 

 Time:  TBD 

Room: TBD 

Instructor: Grimsley, Christopher Mark 

 

Course: HISTORY 2221 Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: IntroNewTestmt 

Lecture: 26375 

Time:  MWF 10:20 AM -11:15 AM 

Room: Ramseyer 100 

Instructor: Harrill, James Albert 

 

Course: HISTORY 2221E Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: IntroNewTestmt 

Lecture: 27777 

Time: TBD 

Room: TBD 

Instructor: TBD 

 

Course: HISTORY 2701  Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: History of Tech 

Lecture: 26328 

 Time:  WF 12:45 PM 2:05 PM 

Room: Journalism 304 

Instructor: TBD 

 

Course: HISTORY 2702 Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Food World History 

Lecture: 25766 

 Time:  TR 9:35 AM - 10:55 AM 

Room: Evans Lab 2004 

Instructor: Otter, Christopher James 

 

Course: HISTORY 2703 Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Health & Disease 

Lecture: 26621 

 Time: MWF 9:10 AM - 10:05 AM 

Room: Evans Lab 2004 

Instructor: Jones, Marian Moser 

 

Course: HISTORY 3218 Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: ApostPaul&Chrstnty 

Lecture: 35441 

 Time:  WF 12:45 PM - 2:05 PM 

Time: TBD 

Room: Enarson Classroom 330 

Instructor: Harrill, James Albert 

 

Course: HISTORY 3232 Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: CrimeMdvlEurope 

Lecture: 35442 

 Time:  WF 2:20 PM - 3:40 PM 

Room: Cunz 150 

Instructor: Butler, Sara M 

 

Course: HISTORY 3245 Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Reformation 

Lecture: 35443 

Time: T 3:55 PM - 5:15 PM 

Room: Stillman 235 

Instructor: Brakke, David Bernhard 

 

Course: HISTORY 3247 Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Magic & Witchcraft 

Lecture: 27343 

 Time:  TR 11:10 AM - 12:30 PM 

Room: Baker Systems 120 

Instructor: Goldish, Matthew D 

 

Course: HISTORY 3711 Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Sci&SocEarlyEuro 

Lecture: 27017 

 Time:  TR 2:20 PM -3:40 PM 

Room: Enarson 254 

Instructor: Goldish, Matthew D 

 

Course: HISTORY 4217 Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type: SEM 

Course Description: Sem Late Antiqty 

Lecture: 35486 

 Time:  TR 9:35 AM - 10:55 AM 

Room: Dulles 024 

Instructor: Sessa, Kristina Marie 

 

Course: HISTORY 5229 Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  GRAD Type: SEM 

Course Description: Sp Top AncChrstnty 

Lecture: 36682 

 Time:  WF 12:45 PM - 2:05 PM 

Room: Enarson 330 

Instructor: Harrill, James Albert 

 

Course: HISTORY 7230 Study Hours: 1 

Campus:  COL Program:  GRAD Type: SEM 

Course Description: Medieval History 

Lecture: 35730 

Time: M 2:15 PM - 5:00 PM 

Room: TBD 

Instructor: Butler, Sara M 

Course: ITALIAN 3051 Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Ital Romances 

Lecture: 28858 

 Time:  TR 11:10 AM - 12:30 PM 

Room: Hagerty 050 

Instructor: Combs-Schilling, Jonathan David 

 

Course: ITALIAN 3220 Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Italian Culture 

Lecture: 35181 

Time:  TR 9:35 AM - 10:55 AM 

Room: Hagerty 251 

Instructor: Combs-Schilling, Jonathan David 

Course: JAPANSE 2231 Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Elements Of Cultur 

Lecture: 17815 

 Time:  WF 12:45 PM - 2:05 PM 

Room: Ramseyer 009 

Instructor: Moore, Keita Carey 

 

Course: JAPANSE 2451 Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Lit in translation 

Lecture: 35864 

 Time:  TR 12:45 PM - 2:05 PM 

Room: Denney 253 

Instructor: Fukumori, Naomi 

Course: JEWSHST 2700 Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Hebrew Bible 

Lecture: 25459 

 Time:  TR 2:20 PM - 3:40 PM 

Room: Page 010 

Instructor: Moore, James Dryden 

 

Course: JEWSHST 3704 Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Women in Bib Lit 

Lecture: 27041 

 Time:  TR 7:05 – 8:25 PM  

Room: Hagerty 050 

Instructor: Moore, James Dryden 

Course: KOREAN 2231  Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Elem Korean Cultur 

Lecture: 25720 

 Time:  TR 3:55 PM - 5:15 PM 

Room: Mendenhall 191 

Instructor: Kim, Hayana 

 

Course: KOREAN 5453 Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  GRAD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Literary&Clas Txt 

Lecture: 35937 

Time: M 2:15 PM - 5:00 PM 

Room: Denney 207 

Instructor: Kim, Pil Ho 

 

Course: KOREAN 5453 Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Literary&Clas Txt 

Lecture: 35938 

Time: M 2:15 PM - 5:00 PM 

Room: Denney 207 

Instructor: Kim, Pil Ho 

Course: LING 5901 Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  GRAD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Intro Historical 

Lecture: 35322 

Time: MW 11:10 AM - 12:30 PM 

Room: Oxley 103 

Instructor: Dawson, Hope Christine 

 

Course: LING 5901 Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Intro Historical 

Lecture: 35323 

Time: MW 11:10 AM - 12:30 PM 

Room: Oxley 103 

Instructor: Dawson, Hope Christine 

Course: NELC  3111 Study Hours: 3  

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRAD Type: LEC 

Course Description: Ancient Empires 

Lecture: 36417 

Time:  MWF 11:30 AM – 12:25 PM 

Room: TBD 

 Instructor: Schellinger, Sarah

Course: PHILOS 2120 Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Asian Philosophies 

Lecture: 24368 

 Time:  TR 11:10 AM - 12:30 PM 

Room: Hagerty 180 

Instructor: Brown,Steven G 

 

Course: PHILOS 2120 Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Asian Philosophies 

Lecture: 26224 

Time:  WF 12:45 PM - 2:05 PM 

Room: Denney 250 

Instructor: Jones, Erich Matthew 

 

Course: PHILOS 3230 Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Hist 17th-Cen Phil 

Lecture: 35251 

 Time:  TR 12:45 PM - 2:05 PM 

Room: University Hall 56 

Instructor: Downing, Lisa J 

Course: PORTGSE 5510 Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  GRAD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Lit Port MA to Neo 

Lecture: 35768 

 Time:  TR 11:10 AM - 12:30 PM 

Room: Enarson 340 

Instructor: Costigan, Lucia Helena 

 

Course: PORTGSE 5510 Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Lit Port MA to Neo 

Lecture: 35769 

 Time:  TR 11:10 AM 12:30 PM 

Room: Enarson 340 

Instructor: Costigan, Lucia Helena 

Course: RUSSIAN 5701 Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  GRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: History of Russ 1  

Lecture: 35297 

 Time:  WF 02:20 - 03:40 PM 

Room: Hagerty 050 

Instructor: Collins, Daniel Enright 

Course: SPANISH 2332 Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Intro An/Amaz Cult 

Lecture: 35810 

 Time:  TR 2:20 PM.- 3:40 PM 

Room: Hopkins 246 

Instructor: Wibbelsman, Michelle Cecilia 

 

Course: SPANISH 4555 Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Colonial Lit Sp Am 

Lecture: 35799 

 Time:  TR 2:20 PM - 3:40 PM 

Room: Hagerty 159 

Instructor: Costigan, Lucia Helena 

 

Course: SPANISH 4555E Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description:  Colonial Lit Sp Am 

Lecture: 35800 

 Time:  TR 2:20 PM - 3:40 PM 

Room: Hagerty 159 

Instructor: Costigan, Lucia Helena 

Course: THEATRE 3731 Study Hours: 3 

Campus:  COL Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Hist Perf 1 

Lecture: 21251 

 Time:  TR 3:55 PM - 5:15 PM 

Room: TFM 215 

Instructor: TBD 

Course: ENGLISH 2201 Study Hours: 3 

Campus: LMA Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Brit Lit: Med-1800 

Lecture: 36127 

Time: MW 9:35 AM - 10:55 AM 

Room: TBD 

Instructor: Hines, Zachary R 

 

Course: HISTORY 2001 Study Hours: 3 

Campus: LMA Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: MultipleAmericas1 

Lecture: 14864 

Time: MW 9:35 AM - 10:55 AM 

Room: TBD 

Instructor: Himebaugh, Brian A 

 

Course: HISTORY 2651 Study Hours: 3 

Campus: LMA Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Pre-Mod World Hist 

Lecture: 28771 

Time: Online 

Room: Online 

Instructor: Helfferich,Tryntje 

 

Course: HISTORY 3245 Study Hours: 3 

Campus: LMA Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Reformation 

Lecture: 36146 

Time: Online 

Room: Online 

Instructor: Helfferich, Tryntje 

Course: ENGLISH 2202 Study Hours: 3 

Campus: MNS Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Brit Lit: 1800 – Prst 

Lecture: 36325 

Time: MW 03:25- 04:45 PM 

Room: Online 

Instructor: Kantor, Jamison B 

 

Course: HISTART 2001 Study Hours: 3 

Campus: MNS Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Western Art 1 

Lecture: 14898 

Time: Online 

Room: Online 

Instructor: Adams, Kristen Irvine 

 

Course: HISTORY 2202 Study Hours: 3 

Campus: MNS Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Medieval History 

Lecture: 26657 

Time: MW 9:35 AM - 10:55 AM 

Room: TBD 

Instructor: Tanner, Heather Jean 

 

Course: HISTORY 3229 Study Hours: 3 

Campus: MNS Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Early Christianity 

Lecture: 28458 

Time: MW 1:50 PM - 3:10 PM 

Room: TBD 

Instructor: Tanner, Heather Jean 

 

Course: HISTORY 3231 Study Hours: 3 

Campus: MNS Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: MdvlMonsters 

Lecture: 35312 

Time: MW 11:10 AM -12:30 PM 

Room: TBD 

Instructor: Tanner, Heather Jean 

Course: CLAS 2220 Study Hours: 3 

Campus: MRN Program:  UGRD Type:  REC 

Course Description: Classical Mytholgy 

Lecture: 14942 

 Time:  TR 1:50 PM - 3:10 PM 

Room: Online 

Instructor: Rask, Katherine Ann 

 

Course: HISTORY 2651 Study Hours: 3 

Campus: MRN Program:  UGRD Type:  REC 

Course Description: Pre-Mod World Hist 

Lecture: 25958 

Time: Online 

Room: Online  

Instructor: Respess, Amanda S 

Course: ENGLISH 2201 Study Hours: 3 

Campus: NWK Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Brit Lit: Med-1800 

Lecture: 36368 

 Time:  TR 9:35 AM 10:55 AM 

Room: TBD 

Instructor: Weiser, Elizabeth 

 

Course: HISTART 2001 Study Hours: 3 

Campus: NWK Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Western Art 1 

Lecture: 25382 

 Time:  TR 3:55 PM - 5:15 PM 

Room: TBD 

Instructor: Calhoun, Robert 

 

Course: HISTART 2001 Study Hours: 3 

Campus: NWK Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Western Art 1 

Lecture: 26049 

 Time:  TR 5:30 PM - 6:50 PM 

Room: TBD 

Instructor: Calhoun, Robert 

 

Course: HISTORY 2001 Study Hours: 3 

Campus: NWK Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: MultipleAmericas1 

Lecture: 15062 

Time: MW 9:35 AM - 10:55 AM 

Room: TBD 

Instructor: Mangus, Michael Stuart 

 

Course: HISTORY 2001 Study Hours: 3 

Campus: NWK Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: MultipleAmericas1 

Lecture: 15063 

Time: Online 

Room: Online 

Instructor: Mangus, Michael Stuart 

 

Course: HISTORY 2702 Study Hours: 3 

Campus: NWK Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Food World History 

Lecture: 27191 

 Time:  TR 11:10 AM - 12:30 PM 

Room: TBD 

Instructor: Weeks, James H. 

 

Course: HISTORY 3247 Study Hours: 3 

Campus: NWK Program:  UGRD Type:  LEC 

Course Description: Magic & Witchcraft 

Lecture: 36376 

 Time:  TR 2:20 PM 3:40 PM 

Room: TBD 

Instructor: Dillenburg, Elizabeth A 

Summer 2025 CMRS-Affiliated Courses

Course: CLAS  2220    Study Hours: 3
Campus: COL    Program: UGRD    Type:  LEC
    Course Description: Classical Mythology
Class #: 10581
Time: ASYNCHRONOUS
Room: ONLINE
Instructor: TBA

Course: ENGLISH  4450    Study Hours: 3
Campus: COL    Program: UGRD    Type:  LEC
    Course Description: Literature and Culture of London
Lecture: 21797
Time: TBA
Room: STUDY ABROAD
Instructors: Christopher Highley, Zachary Hines
(4-WEEK SESSION 1)

Course: ENGLISH  5722.01    Study Hours: 3
Campus: COL    Program: GRAD    Type:  SEM
    Course Description: Graduate Studies in Renaissance Poetry 
Lecture: 17839
Time: TBA
Room: TBA
Instructor: TBA

Course: HISTORY  2001    Study Hours: 3
Campus: MARION    Program: UGRD    Type:  REC
    Course Description: Multiple Americas: US History from Colonialism to Reconstruction
Lecture: 10579
Time: ASYNCHRONOUS
Room: ONLINE
Instructor: Greyson Teague
(8-WEEK SESSION 2)

Course: HISTORY  2201    Study Hours: 3
Campus: COL    Program: UGRD    Type:  LEC
    Course Description: Ancient Greece and Rome
Lecture: 17870
Time: ASYNCHRONOUS
Room:  ONLINE
Instructor: Peter Vanderpuy
(8-WEEK SESSION 1)

Course: HISTORY  2701    Study Hours: 3
Campus: COL    Program: UGRD    Type:  LEC
    Course Description: History of Technology
Lecture: 17871
Time: ASYNCHRONOUS
Room:  ONLINE
Instructor: Dylan Cahn
(6-WEEK SESSION 1)

Course: HISTORY  2702    Study Hours: 3
Campus: COL    Program: UGRD    Type:  LEC
    Course Description: Food in World History
Lecture: 17328
Time: ASYNCHRONOUS
Room: ONLINE
Instructor: Dylan Cahn
(8-WEEK SESSION 1)

Lecture: 22023
Time: ASYNCHRONOUS
Room:  ONLINE
Instructor: Ellen Arnold
(4-WEEK SESSION 3)

Course: HISTORY  2703    Study Hours: 3
Campus: COL    Program: UGRD    Type:  LEC
    Course Description: History of Public Health, Medicine and Disease
Lecture: 22007
Time: ASYNCHRONOUS
Room: ONLINE
Instructor: James Esposito
(6-WEEK SESSION 2)

Course: HISTORY  3247    Study Hours: 3
Campus: COL    Program: UGRD    Type:  LEC
    Course Description: Magic and Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe (1450-1750)
Lecture: 22028
Time: ASYNCHRONOUS
Room: ONLINE
Instructor: Jordan Schoonover
(8-WEEK SESSION 2)

Course: HISTART  2001    Study Hours: 3
Campus: COL    Program: UGRD    Type:  LEC
    Course Description: Western Art I: Ancient and Medieval Worlds
Lecture: 13442
Time: ASYNCHRONOUS
Room: ONLINE
Instructor: TBA
(8-WEEK SESSION 1)

Course: HISTART  2002    Study Hours: 3
Campus: COL    Program: UGRD    Type:  LEC
    Course Description: Western Art II: The Renaissance to the Present
Lecture: 17311
Time: ASYNCHRONOUS
Room: ONLINE
Instructor: TBA
(8-WEEK SESSION 2)

Lecture: 17895 (MANSFIELD CAMPUS)
Time: ASYNCHRONOUS
Room: ONLINE
Instructor: TBA
(8-WEEK SESSION 1)

Course: HISTART  3010    Study Hours: 3
Campus: COL    Program: UGRD    Type:  LEC
    Course Description: Gender and Sexuality in European Art
Lecture: 18309
Time: ASYNCHRONOUS
Room: ONLINE
Instructor: TBA
(8-WEEK SESSION 2)

Past CMRS-Affiliated Courses

Spring 2025 Affiliated Course Listing

This downloadable, screen-reader accessible list shows all the courses in SP25 that will apply to the CMRS major or minor. Please contact the CMRS advisor with any questions.

A brown and white medieval map of the eastern hempisphere

 

MedRen 2618 - Travel and Exploration: Narratives of Travel and Intercultural Contact in the Age of Discovery

Instructor: Jonathan Burgoyne, WF: 11:10AM-12:30PM, 050 Hagerty Hall, Class Number: 36005

In Travel and Exploration: Narratives of Travel and Intercultural Contact in the Age of Discovery we will not only explore victorious accounts of discovery and conquest, but also tales of failed expeditions, shipwrecks and captivity. To do so, we will study narratives produced by the Portuguese and their main competitors in European imperial expansion, particularly the Spanish, English and French. 

GE Foundations (New): Historical and Cultural Studies

GE (Legacy): Culture and Ideas and Diversity – Global Studies

Required Textbooks: TBD

 

London in blurry black and white

MedRen 3217 - Shakespeare's London

Instructor: Chris Highley, TuTh: 2:20PM-3:40PM, 082 University Hall, Class Number: 35830

This course will explore roughly one-and-a-half centuries of the history, politics and culture of London, beginning with the religious upheavals of the Protestant Reformation, moving on to a Civil War that saw the Kifng lose his head and culminating with the devastating plague and Great Fire of London in 1666. In our tour of this vibrant metropolis, we will encounter an extraordinary range of figures: alongside the great and the good like Henry VIII, Elizabeth I and William Shakespeare, we will also meet prostitutes, vagabonds and gulls (!). You’ll become familiar with the layout and buildings of London, its churches and cathedrals, its palaces and thoroughfares and of course its iconic river Thames. We will linger especially around the theatres, bear gardens, alehouses and brothels that made up London’s burgeoning entertainment industry. 

GE Theme (New): Lived Environments

GE (Legacy): Culture and Ideas and Diversity – Global Studies

Required Books:

Jonson, Ben, George Chapman and John Marston. Eastward Ho! Edited by C.G. Petter. London: Bloomsbury, 2014. ISBN-13: 9781408144145R365 (365-day e-book rental)

 

a valkerie next to a woman who looks like a goddess

MedRen 5695 - The Dire Sisterhood: Women of Norse Myth and Legend

Instructor: Merrill Kaplan, TuTh: 9:35AM-10:55PM 455 Hagerty Hall, Class Number: UG: 35163 G: 25164

Goddesses. Prophetesses. Wronged lovers. Patrons of war. Meet the ladies of Norse mythology and heroic legend in the medieval Icelandic poetry and prose that tells their tales. Students will read lays from the 13th-century Poetic Edda to learn about the distaff side of the Old Norse mytho-legendary tradition, focusing on the poems that let queens, valkyries, ogresses, and other women speak for themselves. Students will also engage with peer-reviewed scholarship and develop their own research paper topics. All readings are in English.

 

Required Books:

Larrington, Carolyn, trans. The Poetic Edda. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014. ISBN-13: 9780199675340 (paperback), 9780191662935 (e-book purchase), 9780191662935R180 (180-day e-book rental), 9780191662935R365 (365-day e-book rental)

Friðriksdóttir, Jóhanna Katrín. Valkyrie: The Women of the Viking World. London: Bloomsbury, 2021. ISBN-13: 9781350230309 (paperback), 9781350137103 (e-book purchase), 9781350137103R180 (180-day e-book rental), 9781350137103R365 (365-day e-book rental)

MedRen 2666 - Magic & Witchcraft

Early modern woodcut of witches and devil coming toward a woman

This course will investigate the history of magic and witchcraft from late antiquity up through the eighteenth century, when the Enlightenment supposedly disenchanted the world. We’ll be particularly attentive to three questions: how people thought about magic and what it could (and couldn’t) do, how people who could supposedly cast magic were regarded and treated by those who could not, and how magic relates to the other major ways of understanding the world: religion and science. Most of us probably don’t believe (or at least completely believe) in magic, yet millions of people in the past who were every bit as smart as us did. We’ll try to understand why and how that belief might have made enough sense in their world that some of them turned to magic to improve their lives or harm their enemies and others felt so compelled to oppose magic that they were willing to hunt down and execute those they regarded as witches. Course requirements will include regular short informal writing exercises, some of which will require you to consider the beliefs and practices we’re studying as if they were your own.

Class: 29502
Time: WF 11:10AM-12:30PM
Room: 360 Journalism Building
Instructor: Nick Spitulski (Humanities Institute)

GE (New) Foundation: Historical and Cultural Studies course
GE (Legacy) Culture and Ideas and Diversity: Global Studies course

 

MedRen 4504 - Arthurian Legends

Manuscript of Arthurian Legend

Welcome to Arthurian Legends!  In this asynchronous online course, we will explore together the wondrously rich and complex Arthurian tradition that flourished during the Middle Ages, from the first references to Arthur in early medieval chronicles and elusive Celtic poems through Malory’s epic Morte Darthur.  We will encounter the wild and crazy heroes of Welsh romance and the earliest incarnations of characters who remain a part of our popular culture, such as Merlin, Lancelot, Gawain, Guinevere, the Lady of the Lake, and Morgan le Fay. We will look at how medieval authors used Arthurian stories, characters, and tropes to explore a host of issues that remain relevant today, including the qualities of leadership, the desiderata of healthy relationships, the nature of heroism, and our responsibilities to each other, to ourselves, and to the environment.  Though our focus is the Middle Ages, we will also consider the ongoing modernization of Arthurian characters, stories, and themes in literature, games, and film, and we will explore the use of Arthurian materials in contemporary conversations about race, gender, sexuality, and a host of other issues. 

Class: 35002
Time: Asynchronous
Room: Online
Instructor: Karen Winstead (English)

MedRen 5610 - Manuscript Studies

Illuminated Bible manuscript

 

This course introduces students to the pre-print culture of the European Middle Ages and trains them in the fundamental skills required to read and understand handwritten books, fragments, and  documents from ca. 500-1500 CE. Students will work with manuscripts held in the OSU library’s Special Collections and will benefit from numerous guest lectures. Knowledge of Latin and other medieval languages is NOT a prerequisite for enrollment.

Class: 34998 (Undergraduate) & 34999 (Graduate)
Time: TR 12:45-2:05PM
Room: 150A Thompson Library
Instructor: Leslie Lockett (English) & Eric Johnson (Thompson Special Collections)

Required Texts:

Clemens, Raymond and Timothy Graham. Introduction to Manuscript Studies. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2008. ISBN-13: 978-0801487088.

MedRen 7899 - Medieval and Renaissance Colloquia

Description: MEDREN 7899 will consist of 1 credit hour per semester for attending CMRS lectures, faculty colloquia and subsequent discussions. This will amount to: 4 1-hour+ lectures by visiting professors and at least 1 internal lecture and subsequent discussion (total 3 hours per event); at least one lunch with visiting faculty member (2 hours); active involvement with the Medieval and Renaissance Graduate Student Association and its activities; and meetings with the Center director (one hour once per term). With permission of the Director other professional activities (such as attendance at appropriate conferences, on- or off-campus) may be substituted. Please be sure to consult with the Director to confirm plans for the semester before enrolling in the course.

Prereq: Grad standing. Repeatable to a maximum of 3 cr hrs. This course is graded S/U.

Class: 25699
Time: generally F 4:00-6:00 (in line with scheduled lectures and faculty/student colloquia)
Room: Varies - please consult the CMRS Events page for additional info
Instructor: Christopher Highley (English)

MedRen 7899 - Medieval and Renaissance Colloquia

Description: MEDREN 7899 will consist of 1 credit hour per semester for attending CMRS lectures, faculty colloquia and subsequent discussions. This will amount to: 4 1-hour+ lectures by visiting professors and at least 1 internal lecture and subsequent discussion (total 3 hours per event); at least one lunch with visiting faculty member (2 hours); active involvement with the Medieval and Renaissance Graduate Student Association and its activities; and meetings with the Center director (one hour once per term). With permission of the Director other professional activities (such as attendance at appropriate conferences, on- or off-campus) may be substituted.

Prereq: Grad standing. Repeatable to a maximum of 3 cr hrs. This course is graded S/U.

Class: 25699
Time: generally F 4:00-6:00 (in line with scheduled lectures and faculty/student colloquia)
Room: Varies - please consult the CMRS Events page for additional info
Instructor: Christopher Highley (English)

 

MedRen 2666 - Magic & Witchcraft

Early modern woodcut of witches and devil coming toward a woman

Description: This course will investigate the history of magic and witchcraft from late antiquity up through the eighteenth century, when the Enlightenment supposedly disenchanted the world. We’ll be particularly attentive to three questions: how people thought about magic and what it could (and couldn’t) do, how people who could supposedly cast magic were regarded and treated by those who could not, and how magic relates to the other major ways of understanding the world: religion and science. Most of us probably don’t believe (or at least completely believe) in magic, yet millions of people in the past who were every bit as smart as us did. We’ll try to understand why and how that belief might have made enough sense in their world that some of them turned to magic to improve their lives or harm their enemies and others felt so compelled to oppose magic that they were willing to hunt down and execute those they regarded as witches. Course requirements will include regular short informal writing exercises, some of which will require you to consider the beliefs and practices we’re studying as if they were your own.

Class: 35356
Time: TR 12:45 - 2:05 PM
Room: 1000 Fontana Lab
Instructor: David Brewer (English)

GE (New) Foundation: Historical and Cultural Studies course
GE (Legacy) Culture and Ideas and Diversity: Global Studies course

Required Texts:

Kiekhefer, Richard. Magic in the Middle Ages. 3rd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021. ISBN: 9781108796897

Copenhaver, Brian P. The Book of Magic: From Antiquity to the Enlightenment. London: Penguin Classics, 2017. ISBN: 9780141393148

 

MedRen 5611 - History of the Book Studies

History of Book

Description: This course will introduce students to the history of the book in the hand-press period from the 15th to the 18th century. It will consider important theoretical and historical questions related to the effects—religious, scientific, political, cultural, literary, economic, educational, etc.—of the spread of the printed book in early modern England and Europe. Working with materials in OSU’s Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, students will develop essential skills of descriptive and analytical bibliography (the description of books as physical objects and the analysis of their manufacturing and production). This research will enable students to explore how the material forms of texts both shaped and were shaped by diverse cultural agents, including printers, compositors, proofreaders, pressmen, publishers, booksellers, readers, and collectors, as well as by larger cultural forces, such as censorship, the Stationers’ Company, and international intellectual and trade networks.  This course is suitable for undergraduate and graduate students working in any field.

Required Texts: Philip Gaskell, A New Introduction to Bibliography, 2nd printing (Oak Knoll, 2000); Elizabeth Eisenstein, The Printing Revolution in Early Modern Europe, new ed. (Cambridge UP, 2005); Andrew Pettegree, The Book in the Renaissance (Yale UP, 2010); and many readings on Carmen, which students will be required to download and print.  There will also be several recommended texts.

Class: 35354 (UG), 35355 (G)
Time: WF 2:20 - 3:40 PM
Room: 086 University Hall
Instructor: Alan Farmer (English)

Required Texts:

Eisenstein, Elizabeth. The Printing Revolution in Early Modern Europe. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. ISBN: 9781107632752.

Gaskell, Philip. A New Introduction to Bibliography. New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2000. ISBN: 9781884718137.

Pettegree, Andrew. The Book in the Renaissance. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2011. ISBN: 9780300178210.

Recommended Texts:

Bowers, Fredson. Principles of Bibliographical Description. 2nd ed. New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 1995. ISBN: 9781884718007. 

Tanselle, G. Thomas. Descriptive Bibliography. Charlottesville: Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, 2020. ISBN: 9781883631192.

 

MedRen 5631 - Survey of Latin Literature: Medieval and Renaissance

Medieval Latin

Description: In this course, students will read widely in all genres of medieval Latin from antiquity to the late Middle Ages. The course aims to increase the student’s reading fluency and to anchor his or her knowledge of Latin grammar and syntax.  

Text:  Keith Sidwell, Reading Medieval Latin

Note: This is a combined section class with LATIN 5018.

Class: MEDREN 35409 (UG section), MEDREN 35410 (Grad section); LATIN 36676 (UG section), LATIN 36677 (Grad section).
Time: TR 11:10 AM - 12:30 PM
Room: 045 Hagerty Hall
Instructor: Frank Coulson (Classics)

 

 

MedRen 7899 - Medieval and Renaissance Colloquia

Description: MEDREN 7899 will consist of 1 credit hour per semester for attending CMRS lectures, faculty colloquia and subsequent discussions. This will amount to: 4 1-hour+ lectures by visiting professors and at least 1 internal lecture and subsequent discussion (total 3 hours per event); at least one lunch with visiting faculty member (2 hours); active involvement with the Medieval and Renaissance Graduate Student Association and its activities; and meetings with the Center director (one hour once per term). With permission of the Director other professional activities (such as attendance at appropriate conferences, on- or off-campus) may be substituted.

Prereq: Grad standing. Repeatable to a maximum of 3 cr hrs. This course is graded S/U.

Class: 21417
Time: generally F 4:00-6:00 (in line with scheduled lectures and faculty/student colloquia)
Room: Varies - please consult the CMRS Events page for additional info
Instructor: Christopher Highley (English)

 

MedRen 2211 - Medieval Kyoto: Landscapes and Portraits

A manuscript depiction of Kyoto, Japan in the Middle Ages

Description: Kyoto was the capital of Japan from the eighth to the nineteenth centuries. Today it continues to be the site of many temples, shrines, gardens, and other cultural monuments that attest to Kyoto’s enduring cultural practices and values.  UNESCO collectively recognizes seventeen “Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto” as World Heritage Sites.

This course specifically focuses on the city’s medieval period, from its founding in 794 to the late 16th century. This was a period in which Kyoto’s cultural identity emerged, and, in view of Kyoto as the site of national authority during this duration, the broader Japanese cultural identity.  Studying this timespan in the life of Kyoto lets us follow transformations in the lived environments of the city as it moves from imperial to shōgun military rule.  By examining literary and other works of art, we’ll also address similar cultural transformations involving aristocrats, warriors, Buddhist institutions, and merchants.  Students will have the opportunity to reflect on practices of urban historical preservation through the contemporary efforts of Kyoto’s citizens to preserve the heritage of the city.

Class: 34490
Time: TR 2:20-3:40PM
Room: Mendenhall Lab 125
Instructor: Naomi Fukumori (East Asian Languages and Literatures)

Required Texts:

  1. Clancy, Judith. Kyoto City of Zen: Visiting the Heritage Sites of Japan’s Ancient Capital. Tokyo and Rutland, Vermont: Tuttle, 2012.
  2. Dougill, John. Kyoto: A Cultural History. New York: Oxford UP, 2006.
  3. Stavros, Matthew. Kyoto: An Urban History of Japan’s Premodern Capital. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 2014.
  4. Selected literary works, including excerpts from The Tale of Genji, The Pillow Book of Sei Shōnagon, Account of My Hut, and The Tale of the Heike

GE (New) Foundation: Historical and Cultural Studies course
GE (Legacy) Culture and Ideas and Diversity: Global Studies course

 

MedRen 2618 - Travel and Exploration: Narratives of Travel and Intercultural Contact in the Age of Discovery (CANCELLED)

map of Christopher Columubs's travels and vandalized statue of Columbus reading "Stop Celebrating Genocide"

Description: What do you know about the man who the city of Columbus is named after? This spring semester, explore the writings of Renaissance explorers like Columbus and learn how to share your findings using ArcGIS StoryMaps. This course examines how travel narratives in the “Age of Discovery” shaped Europeans’ perceptions of their own and other cultures, generated and perpetuated stereotypes, and reflected and/or challenged imperial, colonial, and nationalist discourses.

Assignments include a presentation, an essay, and an ArcGIS StoryMap.

Class: 34488
Time: TR 11:10AM-12:30PM
Room: Baker Systems 148
Instructor: Lisa Voigt (Spanish and Portuguese)

Required Texts:

  1.  Mancall, Peter C., ed.  Travel Narratives from the Age of Discovery: An Anthology. Oxford Univ. Press, 2006.
  2. Endo, Shusaku. Silence. Trans. William Johnston. New York: Picador, 2016.

GE (New) Foundation: Historical and Cultural Studies course
GE (Legacy) Culture and Ideas and Diversity: Global Studies course

 

MedRen 2666 - Magic & Witchcraft

Early modern woodcut of witches and devil coming toward a woman

Description: This course will investigate the history of magic and witchcraft from late antiquity up through the eighteenth century, when the Enlightenment supposedly disenchanted the world. We’ll be particularly attentive to three questions: how people thought about magic and what it could (and couldn’t) do, how people who could supposedly cast magic were regarded and treated by those who could not, and how magic relates to the other major ways of understanding the world: religion and science. Most of us probably don’t believe (or at least completely believe) in magic, yet millions of people in the past who were every bit as smart as us did. We’ll try to understand why and how that belief might have made enough sense in their world that some of them turned to magic to improve their lives or harm their enemies and others felt so compelled to oppose magic that they were willing to hunt down and execute those they regarded as witches. Course requirements will include regular short informal writing exercises, some of which will require you to consider the beliefs and practices we’re studying as if they were your own.

Class: 28737
Time: TR 9:35-10:55AM
Room: Hagerty Hall 180
Instructor: David Brewer (English)

GE (New) Foundation: Historical and Cultural Studies course
GE (Legacy) Culture and Ideas and Diversity: Global Studies course

Required Texts:

Kiekhefer, Richard. Magic in the Middle Ages. 3rd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021. ISBN: 9781108796897

Copenhaver, Brian P. The Book of Magic: From Antiquity to the Enlightenment. London: Penguin Classics, 2017. ISBN: 9780141393148

Levack, Brian P., ed. The Witchcraft Sourcebook. 2nd ed. London: Routledge, 2015. ISBN: 9781138774971

 

MedRen 5695 - Foodways of Medieval and Early Modern Europe and the Mediterranean

Medieval manuscript of farmer with horse plowing and two crows

Description: Students will research the foodways of medieval and early modern Europe and the Mediterranean from multiple disciplinary perspectives, especially through literary and historical texts, archaeological evidence, folkloric and anthropological lenses, manuscripts and early printed books, hands-on re-creations of recipes and technologies, and the methods of experimental archaeology. Students will regularly present primary and secondary sources to the seminar. For those who are registered under the MedRen call number, the final research project may take the form of a scholarly paper, an online exhibit, or the documentation and sharing of a re-creation of a recipe or a food-related technology. The seminar experience will be enriched by guest speakers, a session in the Instructional Kitchen in the Ohio Union, and potentially field trips. (Any enrichment events that take place outside the scheduled class time will be optional.)

Readings will be made available on Carmen or through OSU Libraries. As of now, there is no plan to have students registered under the MedRen call number purchase any required textbook.

Class: 25782
Time: T 4:10-6:55PM
Room: Denney Hall 206
Instructor: Leslie Lockett (English)

 

MedRen 7899 - Medieval and Renaissance Colloquia

Description: MEDREN 7899 will consist of 1 credit hour per semester for attending CMRS lectures, faculty colloquia and subsequent discussions. This will amount to: 4 1-hour+ lectures by visiting professors and at least 1 internal lecture and subsequent discussion (total 3 hours per event); at least one lunch with visiting faculty member (2 hours); active involvement with the Medieval and Renaissance Graduate Student Association and its activities; and meetings with the Center director (one hour once per term). With permission of the Director other professional activities (such as attendance at appropriate conferences, on- or off-campus) may be substituted.

Prereq: Grad standing. Repeatable to a maximum of 3 cr hrs. This course is graded S/U.

Class: 25779
Time: generally F 4:00-6:00 (in line with scheduled lectures and faculty/student colloquia)
Room: Varies - please consult the CMRS Events page for additional info
Instructor: Christopher Highley (English)

MedRen 2215 - Gothic Paris: 1100 - 1300

Notre Dame Cathedral after fire

Description: An introduction to arts, architecture, poetry, history, music, theology, foods, fashions, and urban geography in Paris 1100-1300, the age of Gothic cathedrals and the rise of the university.

Students will:
1. be introduced to some of the main currents of medieval culture in Western Europe through the study of Paris, 1100-1300, gaining deeper historical and cultural appreciation and dispelling some misconceptions.
2. learn to recognize major characteristics of the “Gothic” style in art and architecture.
3. study the formation of the first major Western university, and use the methods of organization and analysis which developed there (and form the basis of analytical methods today).
4. study a crucial growth period of one of the world’s enduring cities, examining the complex web of economic, commercial, political and social forces which contributed to that growth, with the ultimate goal of gaining the ability to transfer that cultural analysis to other times and places.
5. read authentic primary texts in translation, with the goal of appreciating some of the stylistic features and extracting some knowledge of contemporary daily life and ideology.

Assignments: midterm & final exam, partly student written; short quizzes to process readings; a project researching and experiencing/ recreating something related to medieval Paris. 

Class: 34993
Time: WeFr 11:10AM-12:30PM
Room: 129 Mendenhall Lab
Instructor: Kristen Figg (CMRS)

Required Books

  • Letters of Abelard and Heloise, Betty Radice and M. T. Clanchy. Penguin Books (2013);
  • Honeysuckle and the Hazel Tree : Medieval Stories of Men and Women, Patricia Terry. University of California Press (1995);
  • Paris, 1200, John W. Baldwin. Stanford University Press (2010).

GE culture and ideas and diversity global studies course. **NEW: GE foundation historical and cultural studies course.**

 

MedRen 5610 - Manuscript Studies 

Medieval Manuscript with an illustrated bird

Description: This course introduces students to the pre-print culture of the European Middle Ages and trains them in the fundamental skills required to read and understand handwritten books, documents, and scrolls from ca. 500-1500 AD.  Students will work with manuscripts held in the OSU library’s Special Collections and will benefit from numerous guest lectures.  Knowledge of Latin and other medieval languages is NOT a prerequisite for enrollment.

Class: 34984 (UG); 34985 (G)
Time: TR 12:45-2:05PM
Room: 150A Thompson Library
Instructors: Leslie Lockett (English) and Eric Johnson (University Libraries) 

Required Books

  • Introduction to Manuscript Studies, Raymond Clemens and Timothy Graham, Cornell University Press (2007).