Medieval Studies (MEDVL)Arts and Sciences
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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2023-2024.
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Classes
MEDVL 1101
Course Description
No description available. view course details
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS:How to Write a Love Letter—Medieval Advice
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Rockefeller Hall 105
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Bajorek, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS:Mdvl Allegories & Fables
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Sibley Hall 211
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Emmons, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Medieval Crossdressings
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Rockefeller Hall 187
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Chauncy, J
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Details in Dress-Reading Mdvl Clothing
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall G26
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Gall, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Medieval Love Songs
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Rockefeller Hall 183
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Perry, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Conjuring Horror in Medieval Literature
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Clark Hall 294D
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Randle, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Art of Friendship in the Latin Middle Ages
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall 254
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Thomas, Z
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
MEDVL 1660
Course Description
Globalization may seem like a recent hot topic, but it was already very much in vogue 1000 years ago when Norse explorers burst out of Scandinavia to journey as far as North America, Azerbaijan, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 1660, NES 1660
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR White Hall 106
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Falk, O
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
MEDVL 2170
Course Description
This course explores major texts and themes of the Hispanic tradition from the 11th to the 17th centuries. We will examine general questions on literary analysis and the relationship between literature ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LATA 2170, SPAN 2170
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Phillips Hall 219
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Li, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
MEDVL 2655
Course Description
At the beginning of the 7th century, a new religion, Islam, appeared in Arabia and by the end of the century, Muslims had defeated the Byzantines and Persians and created an empire that stretched from ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 2530, NES 2655, RELST 2655
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Morrill Hall 106
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Powers, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
MEDVL 3110
Course Description
In this course, we will read and discuss some of the earliest surviving English poetry and prose. Attention will be paid to (1) learning to read the language in which this literature is written, (2) evaluating ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 3110, ENGL 6110, MEDVL 6110
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall 202
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Zacher, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
MEDVL 3245
Course Description
This course explores the relation between literary and utopian Enlightenment cultures in Western history. For each moment of rapid change, from Plato to the Communist revolutions of the twentieth century ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 3255, HIST 3255
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW White Hall 106
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Simpson, W
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
MEDVL 3315
Course Description
Old Norse is a collective term for the earliest North Germanic literary languages: Old Icelandic, Old Norwegian, Old Danish, and Old Swedish. The richly documented Old Icelandic is the center of attention, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LING 3315
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Uris Hall 494
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Svavarsdottir, H
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
MEDVL 4050
Course Description
"Is love an art? Then it rquires knowledge and effort," writes Erich Fromm in the first chapter of The Art of Loving. His question (from 1956) is not a new one. This course engages with the long tradition ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 4007, COML 6007, FREN 4050, FREN 6050, MEDVL 6050
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Uris Hall 303
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Howie, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
MEDVL 4295
Course Description
This course introduces the canon of premodern German literature, including lyric poetry (Minnesang), Arthurian romance (Gottfried's Tristan, Wolfram's Parzival, Hartmann's Iwein), and the heroic ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GERST 4285, GERST 6285, MEDVL 6285
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Uris Library 311
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Born, E
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
MEDVL 4310
Course Description
Topic: Writing Through the Forest in Search of Trees. Hello, Humanities Student! Are you a plotter or a pantser? Not sure? Come and join us to find out, and to gain valuable insight into what kind of a ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4310, ARTH 6310, JWST 4310, JWST 6310, MEDVL 6310, NES 4700, NES 6700, RELST 4310, RELST 6310, SPAN 4570, SPAN 6590
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Goldwin Smith Hall G24
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Robinson, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
MEDVL 4420
Course Description
Through guided readings in Chinese of selected poems of the Tang dynasty (618-907) on various themes and in different styles, students develop the essential analytical skills for reading Tang poetry while ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CAPS 4420, CHLIT 4420, CHLIT 6620
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR White Hall 104
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Warner, D
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Prerequisite: minimum three years of Chinese and/or one year of Classical Chinese or permission of instructor.
MEDVL 4761
Course Description
The people who invaded the isle of Britain after the withdrawal of Roman government in the early fifth century, and who dominated it until the establishment of Norman rule in the late eleventh century, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 4761, HIST 6761, MEDVL 6761
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Uris Hall 254
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Falk, O
- T Goldwin Smith Hall 181
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Falk, O
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
MEDVL 6020
Course Description
Reading and translation of Latin philosophical texts. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LATIN 7262, PHIL 6020, RELST 6020
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-2 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Hans Bethe House 125
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Brittain, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
MEDVL 6050
Course Description
"Is love an art? Then it rquires knowledge and effort," writes Erich Fromm in the first chapter of The Art of Loving. His question (from 1956) is not a new one. This course engages with the long tradition ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 4007, COML 6007, FREN 4050, FREN 6050, MEDVL 4050
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Uris Hall 303
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Howie, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
MEDVL 6110
Course Description
In this course, we will read and discuss some of the earliest surviving English poetry and prose. Attention will be paid to (1) learning to read the language in which this literature is written, (2) evaluating ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 3110, ENGL 6110, MEDVL 3110
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall 202
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Zacher, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
MEDVL 6191
Course Description
Fear of idolatry is a recurrent feature of Western culture. The Christian image threatens to short-circuit the flow of spirituality between humans and God, just as images of the ancient, pagan gods threaten ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 6191
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Uris Hall 254
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Simpson, W
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
MEDVL 6221
Course Description
This seminar presents an introduction to Judeo-Arabic through the study of selected classical texts and the study of its grammar and lexicon. Because Judeo-Arabic combines elements of Hebrew and Arabic ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARAB 6221, JUARA 6221, JWST 6221, NES 6221, RELST 6221
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W White Hall 413
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Brann, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
MEDVL 6285
Course Description
This course introduces the canon of medieval German literature: lyric poetry (Minnesang), Arthurian romance (Gottfried's Tristan, Wolfram's Parzival, Hartmann's Iwein), and the heroic epic (Nibelungenlied). ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GERST 4285, GERST 6285, MEDVL 4295
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Uris Library 311
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Born, E
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
MEDVL 6310
Course Description
Topic: Writing Through the Forest in Search of Trees. Hello, Humanities Student! Are you a plotter or a pantser? Not sure? Come and join us to find out, and to gain valuable insight into what kind of a ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4310, ARTH 6310, JWST 4310, JWST 6310, MEDVL 4310, NES 4700, NES 6700, RELST 4310, RELST 6310, SPAN 4570, SPAN 6590
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Goldwin Smith Hall G24
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Robinson, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
MEDVL 6761
Course Description
The people who invaded the isle of Britain after the withdrawal of Roman government in the early fifth century, and who dominated it until the establishment of Norman rule in the late eleventh century, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 4761, HIST 6761, MEDVL 4761
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Uris Hall 254
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Falk, O
- T Goldwin Smith Hall 181
- Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
Instructors
Falk, O
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
MEDVL 8010
Course Description
This course gives students the opportunity to work with a selected instructor to pursue special interests or research not treated in regularly scheduled courses. After getting permission of the instructor, ... view course details
MEDVL 8020
Course Description
This course should be used for an independent study in which a small group of students works with one member of the graduate faculty. After getting permission of the instructor, students should contact ... view course details