Premodern Cultures

College of Arts and Sciences

Description:

Examine the foundations of premodern cultures with engaging lectures and activities. By studying the preindustrial past, you will differentiate between the present and past, recognizing how the past was different and how we arrived at the current moment.

Through interdisciplinary analysis, you will explore essential concepts, including the evaluation and use of tools to study arts and societies from ca. 1200 BCE–1500 CE. You will work with a variety of historical artifacts and literary documents, learning to identify and analyze relationships between the present and past, art and culture, and various disciplinary specializations. This knowledge will equip you to assess issues like climate change, structural inequalities, and racial and economic justice.

To complete this microcredential, select one course from each category below (history; language and literature; culture) for a total of 9 credit hours.

History:

• HIST 101 Western Civilization I
• HIST 111 World History to 1450
• HIST 330 History of East Asian Civilizations
• HIST 340 The Middle Ages, 500–1500 AD
• HIST 411 The Vikings, 700–1100 AD
• HIST 501 Japan's Samurai Age
• HIST 504 Intellectual History of Early China
• HIST 559 History of Aztecs, Inca, and Maya
• HIST 565 History and Culture of Greece
• HIST 566 History and Culture of Rome
• HIST 567 Europe in the Middle Ages
• HIST 581 Gender and Sexuality in Greece and Rome
• HIST 585 Medieval Christianity

Language and Literature:

• CLSCS 501 Topics in Classical Literature in Translation
• ENGL 309 Introduction to Classical Literature in Translation
• ENGL 361 British Survey 1
• ENGL 501 Topics in Classical Literature in Translation
• ENGL 605 Readings in Medieval Literature
• ENGL 700 Old English
• LATIN 301 Intermediate Latin - Prose
• LATIN 302 Intermediate Latin - Poetry
• SPAN 730 Medieval Spanish Literature

Culture:

• ART 195 Survey of Western Art History 1
• ART 604 Greek Art History
• CLSCS 502 Topics in Classical Studies
• ENGL 230 Classical Cultures
• ENGL 231 Medieval and Renaissance
• ENGL 297 Honors Introduction to the Humanities 1
• ENVD 250 History of the Designed Environment 1
• HIST 297 Honors Introduction to the Humanities 1
• MUSIC 490 Collegium Musicum
• MUSIC 530 Music History 1: Ancient Greece through 1700
• PHILO 297 Honors Introduction to the Humanities 1
• PHILO 300 History of Ancient Philosophy
• PHILO 301 History of Philosophy
• PHILO 648 Philosophy and Origins of Ancient Science
• POLSC 661 Ancient and Medieval Political Thought
• THTRE 572 History of Theatre 1

To sucessfully complete this microcredential and earn a digital badge showcasing foundational knowledge in premodern cultural studies, you must earn at least a C in each course.