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Program Minimum Units
25 Units
University Minimum Units
18 Units
Interests
Literature & Culture, Architecture & the Built Environment, Art: Visual & Performing, Religion & Spirituality, Languages
Academic Areas
Humanities & Arts

Overview

The Division of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages offers an undergraduate minor in Medieval Studies.

The minor in Medieval Studies:

  • Provides Stanford students with the historical knowledge and framework through which to view globalism

  • Embeds the study of medieval culture in a coherent framework that resonates with contemporary issues of community building, the virtual world, and mobility

  • Promotes an innovative cross-disciplinary and skill-based approach to Medieval Studies

Declaring The Minor

To declare, students should complete the Medieval Studies minor declaration worksheet opens in a new tab, sending it to the department Director of Undergraduate Studies (DUS) for approval. Once signed, they should send the worksheet to the Undergraduate Student Services Officer opens in a new tab(DLCL) via email, before completing the final step of declaration via Axess.

Requirements Overview

Students’ plans must adhere to these common overarching requirements:

  • Students complete six courses of three units or more for a total of 25 units

  • Coursework may not duplicate work counted toward other majors or minors

  • All courses must be taken for a letter grade

Requirements

Program Requirements

Complete all of the following requirements:

Introductory Core Courses

This introductory course must be taken for five (5) units.

Complete at least 1 of the following courses:
HISTORY 115D

Europe in the Middle Ages, 300-1500

3-5 Units
ENGLISH 131

Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde: Love and War in the Middle Ages

5 Units
ENGLISH 184X

Information Technologies: A History

5 Units
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Elective Courses

Electives may be selected from many offerings in various disciplines according to student interests, but they must follow a coherent course of study. The Undergraduate Faculty Director must approve this course of study and elective courses.

Courses are relevant to the major in departments across the university, including English, East Asian Studies, History, Religious Studies, Music, Comparative Literature, German, French, Italian, Iberian and Latin American Cultures, Slavic Languages and Literatures, and Classics. 

  • Up to five units may be taken in a medieval language, such as (but not limited to) Old English, Old Norse, Medieval Latin, Old French, Middle High German, and Classical Arabic.

  • Appropriate courses offered through BOSP may count toward this minor

Complete any of the following course(s):
ENGLISH 56

Earliest English Poetry

3 Units
ARTHIST 106

Byzantine Art and Architecture, 300-1453 C.E.

3-5 Units
GERMAN 230

German Literature (800-1700)

3-5 Units
FRENCH 113

Lyric Returns: Craft and Creative Translation

3-5 Units

The pre-listed courses here are recommended electives but not required. Additional courses must be approved by the Faculty Director.