MA in Medieval Studies

This program, intended to provide a synthesis of broad areas of medieval culture and thought as a basis for constructive research in specialized aspects of medieval cultural and intellectual history, is interdepartmental in nature and would include course offerings in the areas of medieval languages and literature , history, art, philosophy, and philology. Work leading to the degree of Master of Arts in medieval studies may be undertaken under either Plan A (with thesis) or Plan B (without thesis). In either case, course work in medieval studies should be distributed among several departments, and the student s advisory committee is composed of representatives of three departments.The program, cutting across all academic disciplines chronologically, is by its nature related directly to all areas of academic interest, especially those (history, literature, philosophy, language, art, and social science) which study the evolution of modern civilization. Within a given discipline (English literature, for example), the program would permit a specialized focus on a chronological segment of the discipline from the wider vantage-point of related interdisciplinary studies.