WINTER

HIST 371  History and Film/Tudors: Representations in Film and Media  

Dr. Catherine Hinchcliff

Asynchronous class.  Counts towards: Culture (GEP) (GFR), Arts/Humanities (GFR)

The political maneuvers and scandals of Tudor monarchs from 1485-1603 have captured the imaginations of everyone from William Shakespeare to Margot Robbie to musical theater lovers of Six.  This course will examine film, television, and stage adaptations of stories of the Tudor period, exploring the relationship between history and film.  In place of classroom activities, online work may include independent mastery assignments, discussion boards, videos with quizzes, writing assignments, and other active learning experiences.

SPRING

ART 216    Studies in Visual Culture (Prehistory through the 1750s)  

Dr. Kimberly Anderson

2 sections: Tues OR Thurs 4:30-7 PM Counts towards: Arts/Humanities (GEP), Culture (GEP)  

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.

Cross listed: ART 329/HIST 358/ART 429 Art and Society in the Renaissance 

Dr. James Magruder

Mon/Wed 2:30-3:45 PM  Counts towards: Culture (GEP), Social Sciences (GEP)

As pioneers of new ways of seeing the world and new technologies to represent it, early modern European artists did not just represent the world, they remade it. This course seeks to understand how new social and economic conditions led to new patterns of art making, patronage, and consumption. We particularly analyze the rise of optics in formulating universal truths, the display of Nature through an expanded book culture, and new beliefs about human society in order to understand the birth of modernity, 1400-1700.

ENGL 351 Studies in Shakespeare

Dr. Michele Osherow  

Mon/Wed 5:30-6:45 PM

This course will explore a selection of Shakespeare's plays and adaptations of these on film, stage, canvas, and in print. We'll consider Shakespeare's texts for their rich literary complexity and think through the practices and choices surrounding their adaptation in (mostly) recent decades. The phenomenon of Shakespearean adaptation raises questions about authorship, the status of "classic" texts and their variant forms, and the role of Shakespeare in popular culture. Whether respectful or irreverent, set today or centuries ago, adaptations of Shakespeare evidence our investment in his work, and the ways in which we continue to rely on Shakespeare to navigate the world.

HIST 255 History of Christianity from its Origins to the Reformation 

Dr. John Birkenmeier

Mon/Wed/Fri 11:00-11:50 AM  Counts towards: Social Sciences (GEP)

Study of Hebrew and Greco-Roman traditions, the life of Christ, the New Testament and development of theology, triumph of the church in the Roman Empire, the medieval church, the Reformation and the end of medieval Christendom, and implications of the Reformation for the modern world.

HIST 363 The Crusades

Dr. John Birkenmeier  

Mon/Wed 2:30-3:45 PM Counts towards: Culture (GEP), Social Sciences (GEP)

The Crusades is a study of peace and war in the Middle Ages.  This course will examine medieval society, including societies in Byzantium and in Islamic territories, analyzing how the crusades permanently changed the political and social structure of Europe, the Balkans, and the Middle East.

HIST 366 Case Studies in the History of Western Sexuality 

Dr. Susan McDonough 

Tues/Thurs 1:00-2:15 PM Counts towards: Culture (GEP), Social Sciences (GEP)

This course will explore how sexuality works in Western history.  We will work with the contention that sexuality, along with connected notions of masculinity and femininity, are largely social constructions, and have been the object of intense social scrutiny and political regulation.  We will investigate sexual desire and behavior, and sexual and gender ideologies, and will explore how they relate to a variety of topics such as race, marriage, reproduction, same-sex relations, religion, and the politics of state building.

For History Majors only:

HIST 497 Historical Research: Disasters in the Early Modern World 

Dr. Amy Froide

Mon/Wed 1:00-2:15 PM

Historical methodology with respect to research, organization, and preparation of materials.  Written and oral reports and a research paper are required. 

MUSC 307-07 Collegium

 Dr. Paula Maust 

Mon/Wed 2:30-3:45 PM  APPROVED FOR AN IN-PERSON COMPONENT

This course introduces students to medieval and early modern literature composed for small ensembles. Students will perform with their small ensemble at the end of the semester. This course is repeatable for a maximum of 20 credits. Recommended Preparation: MUSC 190 or MUSC 193 or MUSC 194 or prior experience playing in an ensemble. Note: Permission of department is required.

LATN 102

 Dr. Emily Erickson 

Mon/Tue/Wed/Thurs 9:00-9:50 AM  

LATIN 102-02 

Dr. Molly Jones-Lewis

Mon/Tues/Wed/Thurs 11:00-11:50 AM

Counts towards: Language (GFR)

Continuation of LATN 101.  You must have completed LATN 101 with a C or better or two years of high school Latin. 

For a complete list of courses that satisfy the MEMS Minor, consult the website: mems.umbc.edu.