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Winter 2025

  • ANTH 185 Anthropologies of Latin America, TuTh 12:10-1:50pm (Core: C&I3)
  • ARTH 144 Race, Gender, and Nation in 18th- and 19th-Century American Art and Visual Culture, TuTh 2-3:40pm (Core: Diversity: US Perspectives)
  • *ENGL 55 Shakespeare and Film, MWF 10:30-11:35am
  • HIST 123 History of Plagues, Epidemics, and Infections, TuTh 2-3:40pm (Core: Science, Technology, and Society)
  • MUSC 142 Concert Choir, MW 5:10-6:20pm (Core: Arts)
  • MUSC 143 Chamber Singers, TuTh 3:50-5:30pm (Core: Arts)
  • PHIL 15 History of Western Philosophy: Early Modern, TuTh 2-3:40pm
  • RSOC 7 South Asian Religious Traditions, MWF MWF 10:30-11:35am (Core: RTC1)
  • SCTR 19 Religions of the Book, MWF 1-2:05pm (Core: RTC1)
  • *TESP 196 Eros, Lovesickness and the Religious Imagination, MWF 8-9:05am (Core: RTC3)
  • TESP 183 Ignatian Spirituality, MWF 10:30-11:35am and 1-2:05pm (Core: RTC3)

*New courses soon-to-be listed in the course catalog for the minor

Spring 2025 (Tentative)

  • ANTH 185 Anthropologies of Latin America, MWF 8-9:05am
  • ARTH 22 Reframing the Renaissance, TR 8:30-10:10am
  • ARTH 23 Art and Revolution Europe and the US 18th-20th Centuries, MWF 9:15-10:20am
  • ARTH 165 Islamic Art in the Age of Empire, W 3-6pm
  • CLAS 144 Heretics and Holy Wars, MWF 10:30-11:35am
  • ENGL 41 Intro to British Literature, TuTh 2-3:40pm
  • ENGL 144GS 18th Century British Literature, TuTh 12:10-1:50pm
  • HIST 96A US to 1877, TuTh 2-3:40pm
  • HIST 120 The Crusades, MWF 10:30-11:35am
  • *HIST 163 Colony, Slavery, Castro - The Caribbean since 1492, MWF 11:45am-12:50pm
  • MUSC 142 Concert Choir, MW 5:10-6:20pm
  • MUSC 143 Chamber Singers, TuTh 3:50-5:30pm
  • RSOC 81 Islam, TuTh 3;50-5:30pm
  • *RSOC 132 Religion, Race and Empire, MW 3:30-5:15pm
  • SCTR 19 Religions of the Book, MWF 8-9;05am and 9:15-10:20am

Other Options

MRST 199 Independent Study
Directed reading and research in source materials and secondary works dealing with selected problems rooted in the premodern period, culminating in an interdisciplinary paper. Prerequisite: Permission of program director and instructor. (2-5 units)

Note: In addition to the courses listed below, certain sections of Cultures & Ideas 11A and 12A may be applied to the minor. Many departments offer occasional special topics, directed reading/directed research, and seminar courses on premodern topics (including ARTH 97/197 and 196; ENGL 146, 147, 149, 166, 167, 190, and 97/197; HIST 130, 149, and 169; FREN 197; GERM 197; ITAL 125 and 197; SPAN 197; MUSC 193; PHIL 180; THTR 111, 112, 113, and 185). Students should consult with the program director to determine the applicability of these to the minor, as well as courses taken at other institutions or while studying abroad.