About the Program
Coordinator: John R. Lenz, Associate Professor of Classics
A minor in Western Heritage, covering classical antiquity through the Renaissance and early modern Europe , permits focused study of the roots and early history of Western culture. Study of the contributions of the ancient Greeks and Romans and of medieval and Renaissance history, thought and literature provides a critical basis for a more informed understanding of contemporary Western culture. The multidisciplinary approach encourages the integration of perspectives from more than one discipline.
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Requirements for the Minor (20 Credits)
Note: No one course may count in more than one category.
I. One of the following core courses (4 credits):
CL 120/REL 120/Classical Morality & Religious Ethics from Plato to Machiavelli (4)
CL 136/HIST 136/Foundations of the European Intellectual Tradition (4)
HUM 11/Classical Antiquity (4)
HUM 12/The European Middle Ages (4)
PHIL 36/History of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy (4)
II. Two courses (8 credits) in Classical literature and/or civilization, chosen from the following:
ARTHST 4/Western Art I: Ancient and Medieval (4)
ARTHST 54/Archaeology of Greece and Rome (4)
ARTHST 101/Greek and Roman Art (4)
CL 20/HIST 20/The Ancient World: Greece (4)
CL 21/HIST 21/The Ancient World: Rome (4)
CL 22/Classical Literature in Translation (4)
CL 24/Archaeology of Greece and Rome (4)
CL 25/Classical Mythology (4)
CL 27/Society and Family in Ancient Greece and Rome (4)
CL 28/Topics from the Classical World (2-4)
CL 120/REL 120/Classical Morality & Religious Ethics from Plato to Machiavelli (4)
CL 128/Advanced Classics Seminar (2)
CL 136/HIST 136/Foundations of the European Intellectual Tradition (4)
CL 165/REL 165/Greek and Roman Religions (4)
ENGL 30/Western Literature I (4)
HUM 11/Classical Antiquity (4)
PHIL 4/Introduction to Ethics (4)
PHIL 36/History of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy (4)
REL 13/Introduction to the Hebrew Bible (4)
REL 14/Introduction to the New Testament (4)
REL 113/Studies in the Gospels (4)
REL 114/The Pauline Epistles (4)
III. Two courses (8 credits) in Medieval and/or Renaissance topics, chosen from the following:
ARTHST 4/Western Art I: Ancient and Medieval (4)
ARTHST 102/Medieval Art (4)
ARTHST 103/Italian Renaissance Art (4)
ARTHST 104/Baroque and Rococo Art (4)
CL 120/REL 120/Classical Morality & Religious Ethics from Plato to Machiavelli (4)
CL 136/HIST 136/Foundations of the European Intellectual Tradition (4)
ENGL 21B/Medieval and Renaissance British Literatures (4)
ENGL 31/Western Literature II (4)
ENGL 38/LING 105/History and Structure of the English Language (4)
ENGL 112/Advanced Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Literature (4)
ENGL 143/Shakespeare (4)
ENGL 176/Shakespeare on Film: Seminar (4)
FREN 152/The French Classical Stage (4)
GERM 112/High Middle Ages Through Baroque (in German) (4)
HIST 13/JWST 13/Jewish History from Roman Times to the Enlightenment (4)
HIST 39/History of England to 1714 (4)
HIST 130/Medieval Europe (4)
HUM 12/The European Middle Ages (4)
MUS 101/Music of the Middle Ages and Renaissance (4)
PHIL 36/History of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy (4)
REL 20/Introduction to Christianity (4)
REL 21/Judeo-Christian Ethics (4)
REL 25/History of Christian Thought I (4)
REL 27/Eastern Christianity I (4)
SPAN 114/Don Quixote and the Discourse of Fiction (4)
SPAN 135/Constructing Spain : Conquest, Reconquest, and the Inquisition (in Spanish) (4)
SPAN 136/Literature of the Conquest of America (in Spanish) (4)
SPAN 137/Love, Sex, and Spirituality in Early Modern Spain (in Spanish) (4)
THEA 109/Theatre History I: Origins to the Renaissance (4)
With the permission of the coordinator, a departmental special topics course, independent study, or upper-level special topics seminar may be substituted for one of the above-mentioned courses, when the topic is appropriate.
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