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Students must check to ensure that prerequisites are met. Students may be deregistered, at the request of the instructor, from any course for which prerequisites and/or restrictions have not been met.
MARS 1F90
Medieval and Renaissance Civilizations
Key themes, problems and topics in Medieval and Renaissance civilizations, including: the development of concepts of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance; notions of decline, renewal, rebirth and reformation in the West; sources and methods of inquiry.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
*MARS 2P90
Beowulf to Boccaccio: Great Books and Writers of the Middle Ages (also offered as LART 2P90)
Major medieval writers and selections from their works. Writers include the Beowulf poet, Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio, Chaucer and Christine de Pisan.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to MARS, GBLS and LART majors until date specified in Registration guide.
Prerequisite: one of MARS 1F90, LART 1F90, (GBLS) 1F93, one Humanities context credit or permission of the Director.
MARS 2P91
Castle, Cathedral and Manor: Medieval Architecture and Society
Relationship of trends in military, religious, domestic, urban and monumental architecture of the Middle Ages to changes in medieval society; the relationship of medieval architecture and art to thought.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to MARS majors until date specified in Registration guide.
Prerequisite: MARS 1F90, one Humanities context credit or permission of the Director.
#MARS 2P92
Early to High Renaissance Art and Architecture (also offered as ITAL 2P92 and VISA 2P92)
Major monuments, buildings and art works of the period from several critical perspectives including the humanist influence on the arts in Florence and Rome, the issue of patronage and the question of the artist's cultural status.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: one of MARS 1F90, ITAL 1F90, VISA 1Q98 and 1Q99 or permission of the instructor.
Note: given in English.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in VISA (ITAL) 2P40.
MARS 3F50
Heritage of Viking and Medieval Iceland
Heritage, literary culture, manuscripts and environment of the Viking age and medieval Iceland, c. 870-1300. Visits to historic, heritage and saga sites.
Restriction: students must have a minimum of 10.0 overall credits or permission of the Director.
Note: offered in Iceland. Students must apply prior to registering through the Centre. Application deadlines will be determined on an annual basis. Students are expected to pay their own expenses.
MARS 3P51
International Field Course I
Intensive field course of relevance to Medieval and Renaissance Studies.
Restriction: Permission of the Director.
Prerequisite: MARS 1F90
Note: Consult the Centre prior to registration. Students are expected to cover all their own expenses.
MARS 3P52
International Field Course II
Intensive field course of relevance to Medieval and Renaissance Studies.
Restriction: Permission of the Director.
Prerequisite: MARS 1F90
Note: Consult the Centre prior to registration. Students are expected to cover all their own expenses.
MARS 3P55
Directed Studies I
Topics and readings to be chosen in consultation with a faculty member who is willing to supervise the student.
Restriction: open to MARS majors who hold a minimum 75 percent major average, permission of the Director and instructor.
Prerequisite: four MARS credits.
MARS 3P56
Directed Studies II
Topics and readings to be chosen in consultation with a faculty member who is willing to supervise the student.
Restriction: open to MARS majors who hold a minimum 75 percent major average, permission of the Director and instructor.
Prerequisite: four MARS credits.
*MARS 3P90
Prose and Poetry of the Renaissance (also offered as LART 3P90)
Themes and style in the works of 15th- and 16th-century continental writers; humanism and philosophical treatises; realism and classicism; Petrarchan ideal in lyric poetry; quérelle des anciens et des modernes; imitation and originality; the status of the vernacular. Authors may include Machiavelli, Castiglione, Ariosto, Pico, Valla, Ficino, Erasmus, the Plaeiade poets, Rabelais, and Montaigne.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to MARS, GBLS and LART majors until date specified in Registration guide.
Prerequisite: one of MARS 1F90, LART 1F90, (GBLS) 1F93 or permission of the Director.
MARS 3V90-3V95
Themes in Medieval-Renaissance Civilizations
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
MARS 3V94
2010-2011: Special Topics in Medieval and Renaissance Studies (also offered as ENGL 3V94)
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to MARS majors until date specified in Registration guide.
Prerequisite: two MARS credits or permission of the Director.
MARS 3V96-3V99
Problems in Medieval-Renaissance Civilizations
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
MARS 4P80
End of the Ancient World and the Making of the Middle Ages
Transformation of the Roman world between the third and ninth centuries from a variety of critical perspectives, emphasizing recent historical and archaeological work.
Restriction: students must have a minimum 70 percent major average and approval to year 4 (honours).
MARS 4P81
The Cross Goes North
Conversion of Europe to Christianity as a significant theme in the history of the first millennium and the development of Medieval European culture. Processes in the conversion of the so-called barbarian peoples of northern Europe between about 500 and 1000.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: students must have a minimum 70 percent major average and approval to year 4 (honours).
MARS 4P98
Honours Seminar in Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Critical approaches to Medieval and Renaissance studies from a variety of disciplines and perspectives.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: students must have a minimum 75 percent major average and approval to year 4 (honours).
MARS 4P99
Honours Thesis
Major project in Medieval and Renaissance Studies on a topic of mutual interest to the student and instructor.
Restriction: students must have a minimum 75 percent major average and approval to year 4 (honours).
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