Program Overview

Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Medieval and Renaissance Studies allows students the ability to modify their majors with a broad array of courses concerning societies and cultures that developed and flourished from Late Antiquity to Early Modernity. While centered in Europe, the concentration embraces developments in related cultures, especially that of the Mediterranean. The modification can be used in conjunction with any appropriate major, including:

• Art History
• Comparative Literature
• English
• French
• German Studies
• Government
• History
• Italian
• Portuguese
• Religion
• Romance Languages

How to Modify Your Major

Students can modify a major with Medieval and Renaissance Studies (MDRN). This consists, as per the instructions for a modified major, of six classes from a primary department (not including prerequisites for that major), and four classes relating to Medieval and Renaissance Studies from at least two other departments. Typical primary departments include:

• Art History
• History
• French
• Italian
• Spanish
• English
• Religion
• Comparative Literature
• Classics

A student modifying their major with Medieval and Renaissance Studies must, in consultation with their primary advisor and an advisor from the Medieval and Renaissance Studies steering committee, do the following:

• Determine, in consultation with your major advisor, which the ten or more courses will go towards the major as a whole, both in the primary department and the ancillary modifying departments.
• As part of the process of declaring your major, you must also have the four classes from Medieval and Renaissance Studies approved as part of the overall plan by a member of the Medieval and Renaissance Studies faculty committee.
• Submit the "written statement" describing the curricular plan as a "unified, coherent whole" to both your home department.
• Complete and submit the online Medieval and Renaissance Studies Planning sheet to indicate your modifying courses and rationale for major modification.

Departments

The following departments are available:

• African and African American Studies
• Anthropology
• Art History
• Asian Societies, Cultures, and Languages Program
• Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Classics
• Cognitive Science
• Comparative Literature
• Computer Science
• Earth Sciences
• East European, Eurasian, and Russian Studies
• Economics
• Education
• Engineering Sciences
• English
• Environmental Studies
• Film and Media Studies
• French and Italian
• Geography
• German Studies
• Government
• History
• Humanities 1 & 2
• Jewish Studies
• Latin American, Latino and Caribbean Studies
• Linguistics
• Mathematics
• Medieval and Renaissance Studies
• Music
• Native American Studies
• Philosophy
• Physics and Astronomy
• Psychological and Brain Sciences
• Quantitative Social Science
• Religion
• Sociology
• Spanish and Portuguese
• Speech at Dartmouth
• Studio Art
• Theater
• Women’s and Gender Studies
• Writing Program

Inclusivity

Dartmouth is committed to academic excellence and encourages the open exchange of ideas within a culture of mutual respect. People with different backgrounds, life experiences, and perspectives make the Dartmouth community diverse, which enhances academic excellence.