Courses on the Classical Tradition and its Reception after Antiquity
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ART 3230 – Medieval Art and Architecture
Dr. Rita Tekippe
Credits: 3.00
Lecture based course in religious and secular art in the Early Christian, Byzantine, Medieval, or Northern Renaissance periods, c. 100-1500 CE, including selected scripture, painting and architecture in historical and cultural context. May be repeated up to 9 credit hours if the topic changes.
College: College of Arts & Humanities
Department: Art
Pre-requisites: ART 2201 Minimum Grade: C and ART 2202 Minimum Grade: C
ENGL 4105 – Renaissance Literature
Dr. Meg Pearson
ENGL 4106 – Studies in Drama
Dr. Maria Doyle
Credits: 3.00
An intensive examination of the formal, social, cultural and historical contexts of a single literary genre as well as the theoretical concerns that underlie its analysis. May be repeated for credit as genre or topic varies. Students may enroll up to three semesters.
College: College of Arts & Humanities
Department: Englsih / Philosophy
ENGL 4110 – Medieval Literature
Dr. John Crafton
Credits: 3.00
An examination of medieval English literature in its various aspects, considering texts in their historical context.
College: College of Arts & Humanities
Department: English / Philosophy
ENGL 4120 – 17th – Century Literature
Dr. Meg Pearson
Credits: 3.00
An investigation of significant issues, themes, and ideologies in selections of seventeenth-century British literature studied in terms of their original cultural context.
College: College of Arts & Humanities
Department: English / Philosophy
ENGL 4188 – Shakespeare
Dr. Meg Pearson
Credits: 3.00
An examination of the career of a single literary figure in the context of literary history. Frequent offerings in Shakespeare and Chaucer will rotate with courses in a variety of other figures from several literary traditions. May be repeated for credit as topic varies. Shakespeare may be taken for up to six (6) hours, if topic varies, with department chair's permission.
College: College of Arts & Humanities
Department: English / Philosophy
FORL 4185 – Topics in Language and Literature
Dr. Robert Kilpatrick
Credits: 3.00
Content of course varies. This course focuses on topics related to the study of culture, literature, film, and/or linguistics. Taught in English. Course may be repeated for credit with different topic. (Possible topics: Language, Society, and Culture; Arab Women in Literature and Film; Applied Linguistics in the Foreign Language Classroom; U.S. Latino Culture and Literature, etc.)
College: College of Arts & Humanities
Department: Foreign Languages / Literatures
Pre-requisites: ENGL 1102 Minimum Grade: C
FREN 4230 – Classical French Drama
Dr. Robert Kilpatrick
Credits: 3.00
A study of the major dramatists of the seventeenth century.
College: College of Arts & Humanities
Department: Foreign Languages/Literatures
Pre-requisites: FREN 3100 Minimum Grade: C or FREN 3101 Minimum Grade: C or FREN 3102 Minimum Grade: C or FREN 3210 Minimum Grade: C or FREN 3211 Minimum Grade: C or FREN 3220 Minimum Grade: C or FREN 3221 Minimum Grade: C or FREN 3450 Minimum Grade: C
SPAN 4280 – The Spanish Golden Age
Dr. Julia Farmer
Credits: 3.00
A study of representative works of the Golden Age (16th and 17th centuries) in Spain.
College: College of Arts & Humanities
Department: Foreign Languages/Literatures
Pre-requisites: SPAN 3102 Minimum Grade: C and SPAN 3030 Minimum Grade: C
XIDS 2100 – Mythology and Religion
Dr. Lori Snaith
Credits: 3.00
This course is an overview of the interdependent and interdevelopmental character of movements in the arts and historical/philosophical ideas. The course may be team-taught with a multivariable format which includes lecture-discussion, open discussion among the instructors, tapes, and presentations.
College: No College Designated
Department: Interdisciplinary
Pre-requisites: ENGL 1102 Minimum Grade: C or ENG 102 Minimum Grade: C or ENGL Placmnt Exam-Credit 1102 X