The 26 Medieval and Renaissance courses listed below are being offered in the spring and count toward the major and minor. See Program Requirements for distribution requirements among the four course-study areas. Students should meet with the Director of Undergraduate Studies or the Program Coordinator for advising before determining a course schedule.

For course descriptions, go to ACES, look up the list of MEDREN courses, and for any course click the link to Course Synopsis. Not all departments have put up or will put up detailed course descriptions. The "course study areas" to which these courses may be distributed for the major are indicated after each course.

Course descriptions can also be found in the current Undergraduate Bulletin, where over 120 Medieval and Renaissance courses are listed. When looking in the Bulletin for course descriptions, keep in mind that full course descriptions are given in one place only (to save space)—in the section of the course's home department. For example, MEDREN 229A, Renaissance and Baroque Art History (cross-listed with Art History 255A) is listed among the MEDREN courses, but its full description is to be found in the Art History section of the Bulletin.

All the courses listed below may be taken toward degrees in both Medieval and Renaissance Studies and in the departments to which MEDREN courses are cross-listed.

To read about faculty teaching the courses below, go to Faculty Profiles.

For all sorts of valuable information on registration, see Trinity College's Summary of Important Information about Requirements, Registration, and Other Academic Regulations.

Course Synopsis / Undergraduate Bulletin / Faculty

89S.01. First Year Seminar: "Musical Shakespeare" (Also MUSIC 89S.01)
Davidson
MW 4:40 - 5:55
Fine Arts

127.01. Early Modern Europe (Also HISTORY 117)
Stutler
WF 8:30 - 9:45
History

151.01. Medieval Cultures (Also ARTHIST 121.01, CLST 121.01, HISTORY 241.01)
Neuschel and Rasmussen
MW 1:25 - 2:40
Meets interdisciplinary introduction requirement with MEDREN 152 Renaissance Cultures

201S.01 Music History I: To 1650 (Also MUSIC 255S.01)
McCarthy
TUTH 3:05 - 4:20
Fine Arts

220.01. The Art of Medieval Southern Italy (Also VMS 335.01)
Bruzelius
TUTH 3:05 - 4:20
Fine Arts

Course Synopsis / Undergraduate Bulletin / Faculty

233.01. Michelangelo in Context (Also ITALIAN 261.05, ARTHIST 259.01)
Galletti
TUTH 8:30 - 9:45
Fine Arts

287D.01. Magic, Religion, and Science since 1400 (Also HISTORY 260D.01)
Robisheaux
MW 1:25 - 2:15
Note: Discussion Section Required (MEDREN 287D, Sections 01 - 04)
History

289.01. The Rise of Modern Science: Through Newton (Also HISTORY 302.01)
Parrish
WF 10:05 - 11:20
History

321.01. Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales (Also ENGLISH 333.01)
Sirko
WF 8:30 - 9:45
Language and Literature

332.01. Shakespeare after 1600 (Also ENGLISH 337.01, THEATRST 337.01)
Porter
TUTH 4:40 - 5:55
Language and Literature

Course Synopsis / Undergraduate Bulletin / Faculty

333.01. Shakespeare: The Comedies and the Romances (Also ENGLISH 334.01, THEATRST 334.01)
Quilligan
TUTH 1:25 - 2:40
Language and Literature

354.01. Medieval Christianity in Film and Fiction (Also HISTORY 244.01, RELIGION 261.01)
Dubois
M 6:15 - 8:45
Philosophy and Religion

432S.01. Capstone Seminar: "Medieval Communities" (Also HISTORY 463S.01)
Morrow
MW 1:25 - 2:40
History

450.01. Dante's Divine Comedy (Also ITALIAN 481.01, RELIGION 262.01, HISTORY 253.01, LIT 245.01)
Eisner
TUTH 11:45 - 1:00
Language and Literature

458.01 Renaissance and Baroque Literature: "Golden Age Drama" (Also SPANISH 410.01, ISIS 251.01)
Greer
MW 11:45 - 1:00
Language and Literature

Course Synopsis / Undergraduate Bulletin / Faculty

459.01. Golden Age Literature: Cervantes (Also SPANISH 411.01)
Greer
MW 3:05 - 4:20
Language and Literature

506S.01. Art and Markets (Also ARTHIST 508.01, VMS 567S.01, ECON 321S.01)
Van Miegroet
W 6:30 - 9:00
Fine Arts

524.01. Music of the Baroque Era (Also MUSIC 553.01)
McCarthy
M 3:05 - 5:35
Fine Arts

551.01. Modern European Christianity (Also CHURHST 751)
Pak
TUTH 2:30 - 3:45
Note: Preceptorial Required
Philosophy and Religion

576S.01. Microhistory (Also HISTORY 520S.01)
Robisheaux
W 7:30 - 10:00
History

Course Synopsis / Undergraduate Bulletin / Faculty

590.01. Advanced Seminar in Medieval and Renaissance Studies: "History of the Crusades (1095-1300)" (Also CHURHST 763)
Riedel
M 2:30 - 5:00
Philosophy and Religion

590.02. Advanced Seminar in Medieval and Renaissance Studies: "Byzantium and Islam" (Also CHURHST 818)
Riedel
TH 2:30 - 5:00
Philosophy and Religion

610S.01. Introduction to Medieval German (Also GERMAN 610S.01)
Rasmussen
W 4:40 - 7:10
Language and Literature

632S.01. Topics in Renaissance Poetry and Prose (Also ENGLISH 538S.01)
Quilligan
W 4:40 - 7:10
Language and Literature

690S-2.01. Topics in Renaissance Studies: "Love, War, Corsairs, Empire" (Also ITALIAN 590S-1.01, ARTHIST 590S-2.01, LIT 590S.03)
Finucci
W 4:40 - 7:10
Language and Literature or Fine Arts

Course Synopsis / Undergraduate Bulletin / Faculty

Other courses being taught that do not have a MEDREN cross-listing but can count toward the major or minor:

ITALIAN 323S-01. Italian Poetry: "Poetry and the Invention of Italy"
Eisner
TUTH 3:05 - 4:20
Language and Literature

Inter-Institutional Registration Agreement

For those who are not aware of the opportunity, Duke and UNC have a reciprocal registration arrangement that allows undergraduate students at one university to take courses at the other. For a list of courses being offered at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, see the website for UNC's program in Medieval and Early Modern Studies

Under the inter-institutional registration agreement, any graduate, professional, or undergraduate student enrolled as a degree-seeking student at any of the following participating universities may participate in registration via the inter-institutional registration process:

Duke University
North Carolina Central University
North Carolina State University
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
University of North Carolina at Greensboro

For further information on rules and registration procedures, go to the Inter-Institutional Registration Agreement website.

Duke/UNC direct bus:
A new Duke/UNC direct bus, funded by the Robertson Scholars Program, departs frequently and makes traveling between the two campuses easier than ever before. See the Robertson Scholars website for the departure and arrival schedule for this bus.