Concentration Requirements
(undergraduate major)
Concentrators are required to take a minimum of eight courses:
1. Three courses on Renaissance and/or early modern topics in one field in which the student has primary interest or training, e.g. Iiterature, history of art and architecture, history.
2. Three courses related to the Renaissance and/or early modern period chosen from two other fields.
3. A senior project of which possible examples might be: 1) a senior thesis (roughly equivalent to a senior seminar paper); 2) the staging of an early modern play; 3) the performance of early modern music; 4) an exhibition. The final project will be developed in consultation with two REMS faculty advisors who work closely with the student. Credit will be granted through registration for Independent Study in the department for which the topic of research lies.
4. Other relevant courses of the student's choosing.
In addition, the student must be able to demonstrate a reading knowledge of a relevant modern or ancient language other than English. This language requirement does not count as one of the eight courses.
Entrance to the Program:
Interested students are invited to discuss the program with faculty members who offer Renaissance and Early Modern courses in the various departments and with the Director of the Program. The concentration may be combined with a standard departmental concentration by overlapping some courses. Such a combination provides both sound disciplinary training and a strong Renaissance and Early Modern focus.