Medieval and Renaissance Collegium (MARC)

May be elected as an interdepartmental concentration program

Prerequisites to Concentration

1. Successful completion of two (2) courses from among: the following

   Anthropology 222; Classical Archaeology 221, 222; Classical Civilization 101, 102; Great Books 191, 192, 201, 202; History 110, 111, 200, 201, 210, 211, 212, 213, 220, 286, 380, 381; History of Art 101, 102; Religion 308, 309.

2. Fourth-term college-level proficiency in one of the Classical or Western European Languages

The Concentration Program

I. MARC Course Requirements:

Eight (8) three- or four-credit courses in the five areas listed below. At least five of these eight courses must be 300 level or above. One of these eight courses may be MARC 490, the MARC Independent Study course (three or four credits) which may be used for writing the MARC thesis.

1. Five-Area Distribution Requirement: one three- or four-credit course in each of the following five fields:
   1. Late Antiquity and Early Medieval
   2. Later Medieval
   3. Mediterranean Renaissance
   4. Northern Renaissance
   5. Non-Western, Pre-Modern
2. Three (3) additional three- or four-credit courses in the 5 areas listed above.
3. Interdisciplinary Requirement: The eight (8) courses used to satisfy the concentration requirement must include courses in at least three (3) different departments or programs.

II. Language Requirements:

1. At least one year of high school Latin or one semester of college Latin. This requirement must be completed by the beginning of the senior year.
2. One upper-level course (300 or over) of three or four credits in the literature of one of the following languages: French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Old/Middle English, Old French or Latin.

   OR

   Two (2) terms of a language (other than the one used to satisfy the prerequisite) taken from the above list.

III. The MARC Thesis

A substantial research paper (30 to 50 pages), written under the direction of an appropriate faculty member, is due at the end of the student's final term and must be completed for certification for graduation in MARC. The Director of MARC serves as second reader. If the MARC Director is the thesis director, another faculty member will be asked to serve as second reader.

Courses in Medieval and Renaissance Collegium