Majors and Minors

Major in Ancient, Medieval, and Renaissance Studies

Students complete the major in one of three tracks: Ancient, Medieval, or Renaissance. Each AMRS major consists of a total of twelve courses: three Foundation courses, six Core courses, and two Elective courses; and AMRS 490: Independent Study, a capstone project leading to an interdisciplinary research paper (minimum fifteen pages). The project is directed by a faculty supervisor, and overseen by a project committee consisting of the faculty supervisor and two other faculty from at least one other department. The committee will also assess the student’s progress, based on papers from at least two previous courses in constituent departments. This project is ordinarily undertaken in the senior year.

Core courses not taken to satisfy the Core requirement may be taken to satisfy the Electives requirement. A maximum of four courses taken from any one department may be counted toward completion of any AMRS major. In addition to Electives, Independent Studies and Directed Readings are available in appropriate departments.

Minor in Ancient, Medieval, and Renaissance Studies

Students may complete a minor in one of the three tracks: Ancient, Medieval, or Renaissance. The minors consist of six courses: two Foundation courses, two Core courses, and two Elective courses from the major in the same area of study. No more than two from any one department may be counted toward the completion of an AMRS minor.

A student may complete either the combination of an AMRS major and an AMRS minor in a different track, or two AMRS minors, provided that no more than one course is counted toward both the major and the minor, or toward both minors.

Departments participating in the AMRS program include:

English, Fine Arts, History, Humanities-Classics, Modern Foreign Languages, Music, Philosophy, and Religion.