This course list is not all-inclusive but serves to direct students toward a selection of courses relevant to medieval studies; please direct inquiries about other courses’ eligibility for the Global Medieval Studies minor to Professor David Carballo (carballo@bu.edu).
Archaeology
AR100: Great Discoveries in Archaeology
AR150: Archaeology of Cities
AR190: Introduction to Archaeology
AR200: Heritage Matters: Introduction to Heritage Management
AR201: The Americas before Columbus
AR210: Minoan and Mycenaean Civilizations
AR215: The Contested Past
AR230: Introduction to Greek and Roman Archaeology
AR250: The Aztecs, Maya, and Their Predecessors: Archaeology of Mesoamerica
AR262: Asian Gods & Goddesses
AR270: Archaeology of the Age of Exploration
AR273: Archaeology of the Viking Age
AR280: Eating and Drinking in the Ancient World
AR283: North American Archaeology
AR290: Human Impacts on Ancient Environments
AR322: Ancient Aztec and Inca Civilizations
AR342: Archaeology in the Holy Land [=RN390]
AR365: Deep Histories of Conquest: Aztec Mexico and New Spain
AR390: The Archaeology of Southeast Asia
AR395: Politics of the Past: Archaeology, Museums, and Identity
AR534: Seminar in Roman Art: Imperial Rome
AR535: Europe and the Mediterranean World in Late Antiquity
AR590: Ceramic Studies in Archaeology
Classical Studies
CL101: The World of Greece
CL102: The World of Rome
CL106: The Others: Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in the Ancient World
CL111: Beginning Latin
CL112: Latin, II
CL115: Intensive Latin
CL161: Ancient Greek
CL162: Ancient Greek, II
CL211: Intermediate Latin, III: Prose
CL212: Latin, IV: Verse
CL213: Greek and Roman Mythology
CL216: Greek and Roman Religion
CL261: Greek, III: Prose
CL351: Latin Seminar
CL391: Greek Seminar
CL451: Advanced Latin Seminar
CL461: Advanced Greek Seminar
Core Curriculum
CC101: Core Humanities, I: Ancient Worlds
CC102: Core Humanities II: The Way: Antiquity and the Medieval World
CC201: Core Humanities III: Renaissance, Rediscovery, and Reformation
English
EN122: Medieval Worlds
EN163: Reading Shakespeare
EN221: Major Authors, I
EN322: British Literature, I
EN325: Topics in Early Modern British Literature
EN363: Shakespeare, I
EN364: Shakespeare, II
EN465: Critical Studies in Literature and Society [topic varies]
EN473: Critical Studies in Literary Genres [topic varies]
EN495: Critical Studies in Literary Topics [topic varies]
History
HI101: The Dawn of Europe: Antiquity to the Renaissance
HI175: World History to 1500
HI191: What Is Europe?
HI200: The Historian’s Craft
HI201: History of Medieval Europe
HI203: Magic, Science, and Religion [=RN 242]
HI204: History of the Crusades
HI207: Game of Thrones: Power and Politics in Pre-Modern Europe
HI208: Renaissance Europe
HI209: The Reformation: Religious Conflict in Early Modern Europe [=RN310]
HI210: Europe between Renaissance and Revolution
HI213: Sacred and Secular Power in Christianity and Islam [=RN208]
HI237: Reconstructing the African Past
HI254: The History of Ireland
HI255: History of Spain, 711-1898
HI260: The Venetian Republic
HI261: The Venetian Republic: 697-1797
HI290: Topics in History [topic varies]
HI304: Science and Religion: Dialogue and Debate
HI343: Taste, Culture, and Power: The Global History of Food
HI345: Greece and the Greeks: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern
HI347: Bodies, Drugs, and Healing: A Global History of Medicine
HI349: History of Religion in Precolonial Africa
HI350: Atlantic History
HI363: Early Chinese History
HI377: The Sword, the Cross, and the Crescent: Byzantium and the Near East
HI378: Armenia from Antiquity to the Middle Ages
HI385: History of Premodern Iran
HI400: Topics in History
HI406: Monks, Friars, and Saints
HI407: Topics in Medieval Religious Culture
HI410: Religion, Community, and Culture in Medieval Spain [=RN410 / JS455]
HI412: Popular Culture in Medieval and Early Modern Europe
HI414: Society and Culture in Early Modern Europe
HI482: Merchants, Pirates, Missionaries, and the State in Maritime Asia, 600-2000
HI595: Morocco: History on the Cusp of Three Continents
History of Art & Architecture
AH111: Pyramids to Cathedrals: An Introduction to Ancient and Medieval Art
AH220: Islamic Art and Architecture
AH225: Arts of Asia
AH234: Art of Rome
AH240: Medieval Art in Europe
AH257: Renaissance Art
AH313: Early Modern Islam
AH314: After Genghis Khan
AH317: From Morocco to Timbuktu: Art and Architecture at the Saharan Crossroads
AH352: Venetian Renaissance Art
AH365: Baroque Arts in Northern Europe
AH444: Illuminated Manuscripts from the Middle Ages
AH504: Topics in Religion and the Visual Arts [topic varies]
AH527: Topics in Art and Society [topic varies]
AH534: Imperial Rome
AH541: Courtly Commissions: Ottoman Art and Architecture
AH557: High Renaissance and Mannerist Art in Italy
AH563: Global Baroque
Jewish Studies
JS110: Judaism
JS244: Jewish Mysticism, I: Formative Traditions
JS250: Holy City: Jerusalem in Time, Space, and Imagination [=RN220]
JS311: Dead Sea Scrolls [=RN334]
JS455: Religion, Community, and Culture in Medieval Spain [=HI410 / RN410]
Philosophy
PH408: History of Medieval Philosophy [=RN338]
PH409: Maimonides
Religion
RN101: The Bible
RN103: Religions of Asia
RN104: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
RN202: From Jesus to Christ: The Origins of Christianity
RN206: Scriptures in World Religion
RN211: Chinese Religion
RN216: Judaism
RN220: Holy City: Jerusalem in Time, Space, and Imagination [=JS250]
RN224: Woman and Religion
RN242: Magic, Science, and Religion [=HI203]
RN325: Jewish Mysticism, I: Formative Traditions [=JS244]
RN326: The Kabbalah
RN334: Dead Sea Scrolls [=JS311]
RN338: History of Medieval Philosophy [=PH408]
RN340: The Qur’an
RN348: Rumi and Persian Sufi Poetry [=LZ381]
RN410: Religion, Community, and Culture in Medieval Spain [=HI410 / JS455]
RN420: Maimonides [=PH409]
RN494: Magical Texts: Literature and Practice
RN556: Dante: The Divine Comedy, II: Purgatory and Paradise [=LI556 / XL385]
Romance Studies
LF564: Medieval Lyric
LF565: Topics in Medieval and Renaissance Literature [topic varies]
LI350: Italian Literature, I: Medieval
LI555: Dante’s Hell [=RN555 / XL383]
LI556: Dante: The Divine Comedy, II: Purgatory and Paradise [=RN556 / XL385]
LS575: Topics in Peninsular Literature [topic varies]
World Languages & Literatures
LC250: Masterpieces of Classical Chinese Literature
LC260: Gateway to Asian Cultures [=LJ260, LK260, LN260, XL260]
LC285: Topics in Chinese Literature [topic varies]
LC320: Advanced Classical Chinese
LJ250: Masterpieces of Japanese Literature
LJ316: Classical Japanese
LK251: Classics of Korean Literature
LY441: 1001 Nights in the World Literary Imagination [=EN390]
LZ380: Persian Epic and Romance
LZ381: Rumi and Persian Sufi Poetry [=RN348]
XL223: Introduction to Middle Eastern Literatures
XL224: Introduction to East Asian Literatures
XL225: Introduction to South Asian Literatures
XL341: Medieval Muslim Travel Writing
XL343: Alexander the Great in the East
XL381: Topics in Gender and Literature