To satisfy the MEMS Minor, students must complete 18 credits with a “C” or better. You must take 2 English courses, 2 History Courses, and 2 Courses in any of the following: Africana Studies, Ancient Studies, Art, French, Music, Latin, or Philosophy.
AFST 312/HIST 354 West African History – Dr. Gloria Chuku
Thurs 4:00-6:30 PM Counts towards: Writing Intensive (3 credits)
History of West Africa from the period of the medieval empires through the era of the slave trade, the revolutionary 19th century, colonial rule and independence. Recommended Preparation: AFST211 or AFST 212 or HIST 242 or HIST 243, or permission of instructor.
ART 216 Studies in Visual Culture (Prehistory through the 1750s) – Dr. Kimberly Anderson
Tues 4:30-7 PM Counts towards: Arts/Humanities (GEP), Culture (GEP) (3 credits)
Focused study of six or seven specific, momentous periods in the history of world art dating from prehistory to the mid-eighteenth century. By studying selected moments in the history of world art in some depth, students will gain an awareness of how art objects and visual culture both shape and represent societies and their histories.
ART 329/ART 429/RLST 380 Art & Iconoclasm – Dr. James Magruder
Tues/Thurs 10:00-11:15 AM (3 credits)
The rise of monotheism in the late Roman Empire raised fundamental questions about the propriety or possibility of religious art. Can an earthly art communicate spiritual truth? What limits define what can be portrayed? This class will explore the rise of Christian art, east and west, early Jewish art, and Islamic art in the Mediterranean before the Crusades. It will also seek to explain iconophobic and iconoclastic reactions to religious art. Prerequisite: ART 216, ART 221 or permission of the instructor.
ENG 250 Introduction to Shakespeare – Dr. Michele Osherow
Tues/Thurs 4:00-5:15 PM Counts towards: Arts/Humanities (GEP) (3 credits)
An introduction to the times and art of Shakespeare through the study of a selection of major plays. Students will be given background information necessary to an understanding of the works. The emphasis of the course will be on making Shakespeare and the dramatic form accessible.
ENG 348 Premodern Families – Dr. Kathryn McKinley
Mon/Wed 1:00-2:15 PM (3 credits)
This course explores family dynamics within medieval and early modern literature: fathers, mothers, daughters, sons, children, childbirth, midwives, distant/absent and surrogate parents, racial and religious intermarriage, sibling rivalries, family dysfunctions, arranged marriages,primogeniture, forms of play, working wives, child labor, divorce, etc. How did social class or gender shape family experience? Didliterature reflect social practice? How did family structure inform individual identity? We will consider the fascinating work done recently on premodern social history. Texts: a royal Spanish song cycle, Pearl, Parzival, Cliges, the Decameron, Chaucer, The Duchess of Malfi, Romeo and Juliet, King Lear, and the Paston Letters.
HIST 445 /HIST 645 History of Science to 1700 – Dr. Nicholas Bonneau
Tues/Thurs 4:00-5:15 PM
Counts towards: Social Sciences (GEP), Writing Intensive, Social Sciences (GFR) (3 credits)
This course examines the growth of scientific knowledge in the World. Topics will include views of nature in traditional societies, Babylonian mathematics and astronomy, Egyptian medicine, the work of the ancient Greeks, medieval European and Arabic science, the Copernican revolution, the relationship between religion and science, and the Scientific Revolution. Recommended Preparation: Lower level Social Sciences or Culture course.
LATN 101 – Dr. Erika Bucciantini
Mon/Tues/Wed/Thurs 9:00-9:50 AM Counts towards: Language (GFR) (3 credits)
Foundations of Latin.
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LATN 101 – Dr. Erika Bucciantini
Mon/Tues/Wed/Thurs 11:00-11:50 AM Counts towards: Language (GFR) (3 credits)
Foundations of Latin.
LATN 201 – Dr. Molly Jones-Lewis
Mon/Tues/Wed/Thurs 10:00-10:50 AM
Counts towards: 201 Level Language Requirement (GEP) 201 Level Foreign Language (GFR) (3 credits)
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LATN 201 – Dr. Molly Jones-Lewis Mon/Tues/Wed/Thurs 11:00-11:50 AM
Counts towards: 201 Level Language Requirement (GEP) 201 Level Foreign Language (GFR) (3 credits)
Review and reading selections from Caesar, Nepos, Florus, etc. Prerequisite: LATN 102 with a grade of ‘C’ or better or three years of high school Latin.
LATN 402 Special Author Seminar – Dr. Molly Jones-Lewis
Mon/Wed 1:00-2:15 PM Recommended Preparation: LATN 201 (3 credits)
MUSC 307.07: Collegium Musicum (Early Music Ensemble) – Dr. Lindsay Johnson
TBD (1 credit; repeatable for credit)
The UMBC Collegium Musicum is a performance ensemble dedicated to exploring and performing European-styled vocal and instrumental music from Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods, sampling musical repertoires created between 800 and 1750. Under the direction of Dr. Lindsay Johnson, members meet in collaborative ensembles of various sizes to study and perform period vocal and instrumental music. Students are given the opportunity to sing in a variety of conventional and extended vocal styles, and to play recorder, crumhorn, racket, shawm, organ, harpsichord, drum, guitar, and Baroque violin, viola, and cello. Emphasis is given to the study of musical style, performance practice, singing and playing one-on-a-part, and excellence in ensemble performance.
General musical background and informal audition are required; style and specific period instruments are taught within the ensemble.