Medieval Studies 1022 - Introduction to Medieval Studies
This course will introduce civilization and thought in Europe and the Mediterranean between 400 and 1500, with emphasis on the medieval roots of many modern institutions and attitudes, including philosophy, technology, law, governance, courtly love and attitudes to women, warfare, art and archaeology, Christianity and Islam, literature, music and coinage. 1.0 course

Medieval Studies 1025A/B - Introduction to the Medieval World
This course will introduce civilization and thought in Europe and the Mediterranean between 400 and 1500, with emphasis on the history, technology, law, governance, theology and philosophy of the period. It will focus on a theme, concept or moment in history, such as witchcraft, the Apocalypse, or the Crusades. 0.5 course

Medieval Studies 1026A/B - Introduction to Medieval Cultures and Literatures
This course will introduce civilization and thought in Europe and the Mediterranean between 400 and 1500, with emphasis on the cultures, art, music and literatures of the period. It will focus on a theme, concept or moment in history, such as courtly love and attitudes to women, warfare and weaponry, or the farce. 0.5 course

Medieval Studies 3022F/G - Introduction to Medieval Manuscripts
Using materials available in the Rare Books Room and from private collections, this course will familiarize students with the investigation of medieval manuscripts. It will introduce medieval scripts, the description of a medieval manuscript, issues of provenance and date, and the decoration used. Students will consider the preparation of ink and pigments, and the kinds of illumination and decoration available through the medieval period. 0.5 course

Medieval Studies 3320F/G - Directed Readings in Medieval Studies
Students pursue directed readings in a field of Medieval Studies selected in consultation with a faculty member. 0.5 course

Medieval Studies 3901F/G - Special Topics in Medieval Studies
This course explores a focused aspect of medieval society. Consult Program Director or website for details.

Medieval Studies 3902A/B - Special Topics in Medieval Studies
This course explores a focused aspect of medieval society. Consult Program Director or website for details.

Art History 2622F/G - Italian Renaissance Art
A survey of selected examples architecture, painting, and sculpture from Italy during the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries. 0.5 course

Art History 3620F/G - Race and Gender in the Pre-Modern World
This course examines issues in the fields of gender and racial studies in the pre-modern era. Topics relating to the ancient and colonial Americas and Europe will include the significant influence of women as artists, patrons, collectors, and art subjects. 0.5 course

Classical Studies 2200 - Classical Mythology
A study of Greek and Roman mythology, with some reference to its influence in modern European literature. 1.0 course

Classical Studies 2480A/B - Roman Emperors: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
This course examines the characters, policies, and actions of famous and infamous Roman emperors. It examines the virtues of the best emperors, the depravities of the worst emperors, and how these men are judged, using literary, documentary and archaeological evidence to see how their reputations have evolved over time. 0.5 course

Classical Studies 3050F/G - Study Tour to Italy: Roman History, Archaeology and Culture
This intensive 3-week long study tour to Italy offers students a unique international learning experience. Roman history, literature and culture will be discussed in direct relation to the physical remains in museums and archaeological sites, such as the Forum Romanum, the Colosseum, the Vatican Museum and Pompeii. 0.5 course

Classical Studies 3303F/G - Travel and Geography in the Ancient World
This course examines material and theoretical aspects of travel and geography in the ancient world in order to understand how the ancient Greeks and Romans perceived their world and moved around in it. It uses artifacts from illuminated maps to shipwrecks, and primary sources including travel narratives and descriptive geographies. 0.5 course

Classical Studies 3450E - Roman History
(Classical Studies 3410E, Classical Studies 3450E, or the former Classical Studies 3400E, counts as a principal course towards the Honours Specialization in History) This course is a survey of Roman history from the founding of the city in the eighth century BCE to the decline of Roman power in the late empire. The course is intended as a mixture of Roman history (chronological narrative) and analysis of primary source material. 1.0 course

Classical Studies 3490F/G - Late Antiquity
This course explores the world of the late Roman Empire from the "crisis" of the third century AD onward, including figures such as Constantine the Great and Julian the Apostate. It examines the political, religious, intellectual and social history of the late Empire through literature, documentary texts, and material culture. 0.5 course

Classical Studies 4580F/G - Vindolanda Field School
This course is a 6-week study abroad experience in northern England. Students participate five days per week on the archaeological excavation at the Roman fort at Vindolanda, learning practical techniques of field archaeology. Weekends are spent taking field trips to the historical sites of Northern England and Scotland. 0.5 course

Classical Studies 4585F/G - Vindolanda Research Project
The course comprises the research component of the Vindolanda Field School. Students will write a research paper focused on some aspect of Roman history or archaeology. These papers should be related to or inspired by the student's experiences at Vindolanda but need not be about the site itself. 0.5 course

Comparative Literature and Culture 2141A/B - Food and Health in the Middle Ages
Discover the fascinating world of medieval food culture and explore the role nutrition played in the theory of health and wellness. Study the presumed medicinal properties of the foodstuffs available in pre-Columbian Europe, their preparation and consumption, and try your hands on period recipes from the different regions. 0.5 course

English 2076F/G - Medieval Heroes, Villains and Other Outsiders 
Many medieval heroes and villains are alive today: Thor, Loki, Beowulf, Joan of Arc, Richard the Lionheart, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Robin Hood, Arthur, Mordred, Hildegard of Bingen, Sylvester II. This course will investigate these real-life and literary figures, considering their construction in medieval texts, and their reconstruction through the ages. 0.5 course

English 3114E - Medieval Literature (Huron University College)
An introduction to some of the major themes and forms of Old and Middle English literature, with particular emphasis on Beowulf, Chaucer and his contemporaries, and the Arthurian tradition. 1.0 course

English 3300 - History of English Language
A study of the historical development of English phonology, morphology, orthography and syntax from Old English to the modern period. At the same time, we examine the changing roles of English (commercial, literary, and administrative) and the different varieties of the language available to its many speakers. 1.0 course

English 3310 (formerly English 3012) - Old English Language and Literature
Studying the language and literature of England a millennium ago, we will move from introducing the language to simple prose texts to the poetry of the Exeter and Vercelli Books, and for most of the second term to the study of Beowulf. 1.0 course

English 3315E - Disenchanted Chaucer: Authority and Literature in Medieval England
The authority of crown, family, and church, and even the texts that supported those institutions, was questioned in the late medieval period. While introducing the Middle English language, this course will explore how Geoffrey Chaucer and his contemporaries used literature to critique social and political institutions. 1.0 course

English 3316E - Love in the Middle Ages
This course explores representations of love and desire in the culture of Europe from the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries. While introducing the Middle English language, we will read romances, dream visions, mystical visions, love letters, and plays in their scientific, historical, and religious contexts. 1.0 course

English 3318E - Middle English Literature (Brescia University College and King's University College)
This course is an introduction to some of the major texts and themes of Middle English literature, with an emphasis on Chaucer and his contemporaries. Examples of medieval drama, romances, texts from the Arthurian tradition, and medieval autobiography and letter-writing may also be included. 1.0 course

English 3319F/G - Topics in Medieval Language and Literature
This course allows for further study in medieval literature beyond the introductory level. It may concentrate on a shorter historical span, a particular genre, or use some other principle of selection. Consult the Department for offerings. 0.5 course

English 3320F/G - Desire in the Renaissance
Love and desire are complicated emotions, both today and in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. We will examine the profuse complexity of Renaissance love poetry, by men and women, queer and straight, including writers such as Shakespeare, Wroth, Donne, Barnfield, Spenser, Wyatt, Sidney, Marlowe, Herrick, Carew, Suckling, Marvell, and Philips. 0.5 course

English 3321F/G - Paradise Lost
This half-course will examine such topics as Milton’s grand style, Satan, epic heroism (is Paradise Lost an epic or anti-epic?), the nature of innocence, what it means to "fall," and whether there can be a "fortunate fall." Attention will also be paid to seventeenth-century politics, science and astronomy. 0.5 course

English 3322F/G - Witchcraft, Magic and Science in Renaissance English Literature
This course examines witchcraft, magic, and the emergence of science in a variety of dramatic and/or non-dramatic English Renaissance texts. These may include, but not be limited to, works by Shakespeare, Marlowe, Jonson, Middleton, Spenser, Milton, Donne, Bacon and Burton, as well as select contemporaneous witchcraft, exorcism, and demonology pamphlets. 0.5 course

English 3323F/G - Drama After Shakespeare
The decades following Shakespeare’s retirement witnessed the production of some extraordinary drama. This half-course will range from dark tragedies, by authors such as Middleton and Ford, to improbable romances by the likes of Heywood and Fletcher. Island princesses, miraculous reunions, lycanthropy, bloody murders, sexual obsession, and redemption lie in wait. 0.5 course

English 3327A/B - Remediated Shakespeare
This half-course will explore four major plays through a range of media including early and later print, staged performance, film, and live stream. Study of Shakespeare as text and performance will include students annotating, editing and staging scenes, and creating websites and/or blogs to reflect on their acts of making. 0.5 course

English 3328E - Renaissance Literature
Poetry and prose from the renaissance/early modern period, covering a range of male and female authors, such as More, Sidney, Spenser, Marlowe, Shakespeare, Lanyer, Donne, Jonson, Wroth, Herbert, Herrick, Marvell, and Milton; examination of their individual achievements will be combined with studies of form and genre, and the surrounding historical context. 1.0 course

English 3330E - Shakespeare
Shakespeare remains one of the most influential of English writers. This course studies twelve plays across a range of genres. Instructors may integrate theatre-oriented exercises and/or other dramatic or non-dramatic material, depending on individual emphasis. When possible, the teaching program will include an autumn theatre trip. 1.0 course

English 4311E - Seminar in Medieval Language and Literature
Topics will vary from year to year. For examples of previous course offerings, click here. 1.0 course

English 4312F/G - Seminar in Medieval Language and Literature
Topics will vary from year to year. For examples of previous course offerings, click here. 0.5 course

French 3540F/G/Z-3542F/G/Z- Culture and Literature in Society: The Middle Ages in France
Through the study of the cultural productions from the Middle Ages in France, students will deepen their knowledge of specific productions as well as of critical approaches to them in order to be able to formulate their own critical perspectives and to communicate them effectively and accurately orally and in writing. Permission of the Department is required for all Z-courses. 0.5 course

French 3560F - Culture and Literature in Society: The French Renaissance
Through the study of the cultural productions from the Renaissance in France, students will deepen their knowledge of specific productions as well as of critical approaches to them in order to be able to formulate their own critical perspectives and to communicate them effectively and accurately orally and in writing. 0.5 course

French 3870A/B - History of the French Language
An overview of the internal and external evolution of French, from Latin to the present. Historical phonetics, morphology and syntax shed light on lexical developments as well as philological issues arising in French texts of different periods. Social and political factors influencing the status of French today are also considered. 0.5 course

French 4040A/B - Old French Language
The introduction to Old French has a double objective: it permits the direct study of the earliest examples of French literature and at the same time provides a diachronic overview of the morphological, phonetic and syntactic evolution of the French language. 0.5 course

German 3341F/G - Literature and Culture of the Middle Ages
Study the 12th century revitalized intellectual life in Europe, and the great medieval works of chivalry and romantic love in their cultural context. Gain indepth knowledge of castle and cathedral architecture, fashion, food, travel, sexuality, courtly love, and the hunt in text and image. Taught in English and German. 0.5 course

History 2401E - Medieval Europe
This course examines the transformation of European economies, political structures, religious and social institutions, and cultures in the thousand years between the fall of Rome and the European voyages of discovery, and the degree to which ordinary people shaped their societies and affected the course of historical change. 1.0 course

History 2606E - The Making of the Modern Middle East
This course moves from the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire through the formation of independent Turkey and the Arab and Jewish states to a consideration of social, economic and political developments such as the development of secular nationalism, socialism, pan-Islamism, and the challenges facing the modern Middle East. 1.0 course

History 2607F/G - History & Civilization of Medieval Islam
The course introduces the main events and themes of Islamic history and civilization and their place in world history. Topics include: Muhammad and the Qur'an, the Islamic legal system, social structure and political institutions, literature, philosophy, theology, art and architecture, medicine and science, interaction with Europe, the Crusades, and trade. 0.5 course

History 2650E - Peppers, Pirates and Priests: East Asia in World History Before 1800 (King's University College)
Explores cultural, social, religious and economic interactions both within East Asia and between East Asia and the rest of the world before the age of European dominance. 1.0 course

History 2818F/G - Plague and Death from Antiquity to the 18th Century
From ancient 'plague' pestilences to the Black Death to outbreaks in London and Marseille, this course examines the disruption and uncertainty that characterized these disease episodes. How society and medicine understood disease causation, treatment options, and regulation will be examined through the lens of power, class, race, and gender. 0.5 course

History 2821F/G - Jewish History from the Origins of the Israelites to 1492 CE
This course examines the history of Jews and Judaism as a history of cultural development, change, and negotiation. How have Jews interacted with other cultures? How has the nature of Jewish identity, culture, and religion varied and shifted over time? The class will focus on major events, issues, and developments. 0.5 course

History 3401E - The European Renaissance
This course follows the Renaissance from its origins in Northern Italy and investigates how it developed and flourished in diverse environments, both in Italy and later in Northern Europe. We will consider the art, but will focus on the political, cultural and social developments which inspired and paid for it. 1.0 course

History 3602F/G - Crusaders and Muslims in the Holy Land
This course examines the social and economic factors behind the Crusades, both in medieval Europe and in the Middle East. It explores the Crusaders kingdom in the context of medieval Islam and Christianity, as a neighbor of the Islamic states, and as a link to Mediterranean Europe. 0.5 course

History 3605E - Crusaders & Moslems in the Twelfth Century
Aspects of Frankish and Moslem Societies and Cultures in the Middle East. 1.0 course

History 3621F/G - Late Medieval Korea
This course explores the history of Korea from the tenth to sixteenth centuries, during a period of transformative change in northeast Asia. 0.5 course

History 4603F/G - Silk Roads and Spice Routes: Ancient and Medieval Asia and World Contacts
This course will investigate the economic, political, religious, cultural, and technological impact of long distance land and sea trade between Asia and other world regions in ancient and medieval times up to around 1500. 0.5 course

Latin 2000 - Advanced Latin
A continuation of Latin grammar and an introduction to the works of Latin authors. 1.0 course

Music 3700A/B - Topics in Medieval Music
Selected topics in the historical, cultural, and analytical study of medieval music (c. 900 – 1400). 0.5 course

Philosophy 2014 - Thomistic Philosophy
An introduction to the philosophy of Thomas Aquinas through a study of several of his basic philosophical writings. The course will concern principally his philosophy of nature, philosophical psychology, moral philosophy, metaphysics and philosophical theology. 1.0 course

Philosophy 2202F/G - Early Modern Philosophy
A critical examination of key works of selected figures of the 17th and 18th centuries. 0.5 course

Philosophy 2205W/X - Ancient and Medieval Philosophy (King's University College)
A survey of the great philosophers from the pre-Socratics to Aquinas; focusing on the systematic unity of their thought, the influence of their ideas and their importance for us today. Themes include: the nature of reality, human existence, truth, God, political agency, and ethics. 1.0 course

Philosophy 2214 - Thomistic Philosophy I (King's University College)
An introduction to the philosophy of Thomas Aquinas through textual analysis and discussion of a selection of his philosophical writings. The course will concern principally his philosophy of nature, philosophical psychology, moral philosophy, metaphysics and philosophical theology. 0.5 course

Philosophy 3012F/G - Medieval Philosophy
A survey of core issues and figures in medieval philosophy. 0.5 course

Philosophy 3014F/G - Later Medieval Philosophy (Huron University College)
An intermediate survey of selected works by philosophers writing in the high middle ages. Figures to be studied may include Siger of Brabant, Thomas Aquinas, Duns Scotus, and William of Ockham. 0.5 course

Religious Studies 2126F/G - The Early Church to the Late Middle Ages (Huron University College)
The history of the Christian Church from its origin to the late Middle Ages. 0.5 course

Religious Studies 2204F/G - World Religions: Judaism and Islam (King's University College)
A study of the history, faith and practices of Judaism and Islam. 0.5 course

Religious Studies 2285F/G - Introduction to Islam (King's University College)
A study of Islam, its origin, main beliefs and practices; Islamic law, theology and mystical traditions; the diversity of modern Islam and its responses to the modern world. 0.5 course

Religious Studies 2297F/G - Faith in Sound, Stone, and Paint (Huron University College)
An exploration of how music, architecture, and the visual arts can both reflect and help shape faith. Representative works from a wide variety of historical periods will be studied in their theological and cultural contexts. 0.5 course

Theological Studies 3331F/G - Liturgical Music (Huron University College)
A study of the role and function of music in its liturgical contexts (Eucharist, Daily Office, Service of the Word) throughout the church year. It includes a historical and practical survey of the principal genres and types of liturgical music. 0.5 course