{"id":410,"date":"2018-05-30T15:19:36","date_gmt":"2018-05-30T19:19:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/medieval\/?page_id=410"},"modified":"2025-08-06T14:47:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T18:47:08","slug":"courses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/medieval\/academics\/courses\/","title":{"rendered":"Courses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8217; eligibility for the Global Medieval Studies minor to Professor Sunil Sharma, sharma@bu.edu .<\/p>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><strong>Archaeology<\/strong><\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<p>AR100: Great Discoveries in Archaeology<br \/>\nAR150: Archaeology of Cities<br \/>\nAR190: Introduction to Archaeology<br \/>\nAR200: Heritage Matters: Introduction to Heritage Management<br \/>\nAR201: The Americas before Columbus<br \/>\nAR210: Minoan and Mycenaean Civilizations<br \/>\nAR215: The Contested Past<br \/>\nAR230: Introduction to Greek and Roman Archaeology<br \/>\nAR250: The Aztecs, Maya, and Their Predecessors: Archaeology of Mesoamerica<br \/>\nAR262: Asian Gods &amp; Goddesses<br \/>\nAR270: Archaeology of the Age of Exploration<br \/>\nAR273: Archaeology of the Viking Age<br \/>\nAR280: Eating and Drinking in the Ancient World<br \/>\nAR283: North American Archaeology<br \/>\nAR290: Human Impacts on Ancient Environments<br \/>\nAR322: Ancient Aztec and Inca Civilizations<br \/>\nAR342: Archaeology in the Holy Land [=RN390]<br \/>\nAR365: Deep Histories of Conquest: Aztec Mexico and New Spain<br \/>\nAR390: The Archaeology of Southeast Asia<br \/>\nAR395: Politics of the Past: Archaeology, Museums, and Identity<br \/>\nAR534: Seminar in Roman Art: Imperial Rome<br \/>\nAR535: Europe and the Mediterranean World in Late Antiquity<br \/>\nAR590: Ceramic Studies in Archaeology<br \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><strong>Classical Studies<\/strong><\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p>CL101: The World of Greece<br \/>\nCL102: The World of Rome<br \/>\nCL106: The Others: Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in the Ancient World<br \/>\nCL111: Beginning Latin<br \/>\nCL112: Latin, II<br \/>\nCL115: Intensive Latin<br \/>\nCL161: Ancient Greek<br \/>\nCL162: Ancient Greek, II<br \/>\nCL211: Intermediate Latin, III: Prose<br \/>\nCL212: Latin, IV: Verse<br \/>\nCL213: Greek and Roman Mythology<br \/>\nCL216: Greek and Roman Religion<br \/>\nCL261: Greek, III: Prose<br \/>\nCL351: Latin Seminar<br \/>\nCL391: Greek Seminar<br \/>\nCL451: Advanced Latin Seminar<br \/>\nCL461: Advanced Greek Seminar<br \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><strong>Core Curriculum<\/strong><\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p>CC101: Core Humanities, I: Ancient Worlds<br \/>\nCC102: Core Humanities II: The Way: Antiquity and the Medieval World<br \/>\nCC201: Core Humanities III: Renaissance, Rediscovery, and Reformation<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><strong>English<\/strong><\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p>EN122: Medieval Worlds<br \/>\nEN163: Reading Shakespeare<br \/>\nEN221: Major Authors, I<br \/>\nEN322: British Literature, I<br \/>\nEN325: Topics in Early Modern British Literature<br \/>\nEN363: Shakespeare, I<br \/>\nEN364: Shakespeare, II<br \/>\nEN465: Critical Studies in Literature and Society [topic varies]<br \/>\nEN473: Critical Studies in Literary Genres [topic varies]<br \/>\nEN495: Critical Studies in Literary Topics [topic varies]<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><strong>History<\/strong><\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p>HI101: The Dawn of Europe: Antiquity to the Renaissance<br \/>\nHI175: World History to 1500<br \/>\nHI191: What Is Europe?<br \/>\nHI200: The Historian\u2019s Craft<br \/>\nHI201: History of Medieval Europe<br \/>\nHI203: Magic, Science, and Religion [=RN 242]<br \/>\nHI204: History of the Crusades<br \/>\nHI207: Game of Thrones: Power and Politics in Pre-Modern Europe<br \/>\nHI208: Renaissance Europe<br \/>\nHI209: The Reformation: Religious Conflict in Early Modern Europe [=RN310]<br \/>\nHI210: Europe between Renaissance and Revolution<br \/>\nHI213: Sacred and Secular Power in Christianity and Islam [=RN208]<br \/>\nHI237: Reconstructing the African Past<br \/>\nHI254: The History of Ireland<br \/>\nHI255: History of Spain, 711-1898<br \/>\nHI260: The Venetian Republic<br \/>\nHI261: The Venetian Republic: 697-1797<br \/>\nHI290: Topics in History [topic varies]<br \/>\nHI304: Science and Religion: Dialogue and Debate<br \/>\nHI343: Taste, Culture, and Power: The Global History of Food<br \/>\nHI345: Greece and the Greeks: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern<br \/>\nHI347: Bodies, Drugs, and Healing: A Global History of Medicine<br \/>\nHI349: History of Religion in Precolonial Africa<br \/>\nHI350: Atlantic History<br \/>\nHI363: Early Chinese History<br \/>\nHI377: The Sword, the Cross, and the Crescent: Byzantium and the Near East<br \/>\nHI378: Armenia from Antiquity to the Middle Ages<br \/>\nHI385: History of Premodern Iran<br \/>\nHI400: Topics in History<br \/>\nHI406: Monks, Friars, and Saints<br \/>\nHI407: Topics in Medieval Religious Culture<br \/>\nHI410: Religion, Community, and Culture in Medieval Spain [=RN410 \/ JS455]<br \/>\nHI412: Popular Culture in Medieval and Early Modern Europe<br \/>\nHI414: Society and Culture in Early Modern Europe<br \/>\nHI482: Merchants, Pirates, Missionaries, and the State in Maritime Asia, 600-2000<br \/>\nHI595: Morocco: History on the Cusp of Three Continents<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><strong>History of Art &amp; Architecture<\/strong><\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p>AH111: Pyramids to Cathedrals: An Introduction to Ancient and Medieval Art<br \/>\nAH220: Islamic Art and Architecture<br \/>\nAH225: Arts of Asia<br \/>\nAH234: Art of Rome<br \/>\nAH240: Medieval Art in Europe<br \/>\nAH257: Renaissance Art<br \/>\nAH313: Early Modern Islam<br \/>\nAH314: After Genghis Khan<br \/>\nAH317: From Morocco to Timbuktu: Art and Architecture at the Saharan Crossroads<br \/>\nAH352: Venetian Renaissance Art<br \/>\nAH365: Baroque Arts in Northern Europe<br \/>\nAH444: Illuminated Manuscripts from the Middle Ages<br \/>\nAH504: Topics in Religion and the Visual Arts [topic varies]<br \/>\nAH527: Topics in Art and Society [topic varies]<br \/>\nAH534: Imperial Rome<br \/>\nAH541: Courtly Commissions: Ottoman Art and Architecture<br \/>\nAH557: High Renaissance and Mannerist Art in Italy<br \/>\nAH563: Global Baroque<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><strong>Jewish Studies<\/strong><\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p>JS110: Judaism<br \/>\nJS244: Jewish Mysticism, I: Formative Traditions<br \/>\nJS250: Holy City: Jerusalem in Time, Space, and Imagination [=RN220]<br \/>\nJS311: Dead Sea Scrolls [=RN334]<br \/>\nJS455: Religion, Community, and Culture in Medieval Spain [=HI410 \/ RN410]<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><strong>Philosophy<\/strong><\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p>PH408: History of Medieval Philosophy [=RN338]<br \/>\nPH409: Maimonides<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><strong>Religion<\/strong><\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p>RN101: The Bible<br \/>\nRN103: Religions of Asia<br \/>\nRN104: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam<br \/>\nRN202: From Jesus to Christ: The Origins of Christianity<br \/>\nRN206: Scriptures in World Religion<br \/>\nRN211: Chinese Religion<br \/>\nRN216: Judaism<br \/>\nRN220: Holy City: Jerusalem in Time, Space, and Imagination [=JS250]<br \/>\nRN224: Woman and Religion<br \/>\nRN242: Magic, Science, and Religion [=HI203]<br \/>\nRN325: Jewish Mysticism, I: Formative Traditions [=JS244]<br \/>\nRN326: The Kabbalah<br \/>\nRN334: Dead Sea Scrolls [=JS311]<br \/>\nRN338: History of Medieval Philosophy [=PH408]<br \/>\nRN340: The Qur\u2019an<br \/>\nRN348: Rumi and Persian Sufi Poetry [=LZ381]<br \/>\nRN410: Religion, Community, and Culture in Medieval Spain [=HI410 \/ JS455]<br \/>\nRN420: Maimonides [=PH409]<br \/>\nRN494: Magical Texts: Literature and Practice<br \/>\nRN556: Dante: The Divine Comedy, II: Purgatory and Paradise [=LI556 \/ XL385]<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><strong>Romance Studies<\/strong><\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p>LF564: Medieval Lyric<br \/>\nLF565: Topics in Medieval and Renaissance Literature [topic varies]<br \/>\nLI350: Italian Literature, I: Medieval<br \/>\nLI555: Dante\u2019s Hell [=RN555 \/ XL383]<br \/>\nLI556: Dante: The Divine Comedy, II: Purgatory and Paradise [=RN556 \/ XL385]<br \/>\nLS575: Topics in Peninsular Literature [topic varies]<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h3 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><strong>World Languages &amp; Literatures<\/strong><\/h3><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p>LC250: Masterpieces of Classical Chinese Literature<br \/>\nLC260: Gateway to Asian Cultures [=LJ260, LK260, LN260, XL260]<br \/>\nLC285: Topics in Chinese Literature [topic varies]<br \/>\nLC320: Advanced Classical Chinese<br \/>\nLJ250: Masterpieces of Japanese Literature<br \/>\nLJ316: Classical Japanese<br \/>\nLK251: Classics of Korean Literature<br \/>\nLY441: 1001 Nights in the World Literary Imagination [=EN390]<br \/>\nLZ380: Persian Epic and Romance<br \/>\nLZ381: Rumi and Persian Sufi Poetry [=RN348]<br \/>\nXL223: Introduction to Middle Eastern Literatures<br \/>\nXL224: Introduction to East Asian Literatures<br \/>\nXL225: Introduction to South Asian Literatures<br \/>\nXL341: Medieval Muslim Travel Writing<br \/>\nXL343: Alexander the Great in the East<br \/>\nXL381: Topics in Gender and 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