Rice Course Schedule, Fall 2001
Medieval Studies (MDST)
Rice Course Schedule as of 10/28/2001.
This schedule is maintained by the Office of the Registrar
(reg@rice.edu).
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NOTE: Course web pages are available for some MDST courses.
MDST 101 ELEMENTARY LATIN I Credits 3.00 Fall 01
Study of the fundamentals of Latin grammar, with emphasis on the acquisition of
reading skills. Must complete LATI 102 to receive distribution credit for LATI
101. Also offered as LATI 101.
001 SH 352A - MWF 02:00PM - 02:50PM Staff Enr: 0 Max: NA
MDST 108 ART IN CONTEXT: LATE MEDIEVAL & RENAISSA Credits 3.00 Fall 01
Exploration of themes in the art, architecture, and history of the late Middle
Ages and Renaissance. We will employ historical texts, literature, and
illustrations of works of art, showing how historical documents and sources can
illuminate the cultural context of art and architecture. Also offered as HART
240 and HUMA 108.
001 TBA - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM Manca, Joseph P. Enr: 0 Max: NA
Neagley, Linda
MDST 111 INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF WESTERN A Credits 4.00 Fall 01
Survey of painting, sculpture, and architecture from the Paleolithic period to
the 14th century. One additional hour of tutorial per week assigned during
first week. Also offered as HART 101.
001 SH 301 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM Neagley, Linda Enr: 0 Max: NA
MDST 201 HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY I Credits 3.00 Fall 01
Survey of the major philosophers and philosophical systems of ancient Greece,
from Parmenides to the Stoics. Required for Philosopy majors. Also offered as
Phil 201.
001 GRB 212W - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM Morrison, Donald R. Enr: 0 Max: NA
MDST 202 INTRODUCTION TO MEDIEVAL CIVILIZATION: T Credits 3.00 Fall 01
Introduction to European culture of the "Dark Ages," from the fall of Rome to
the end of Viking invasions. Includes the use of historical, literary,
artistic, and archaeological sources to trace changes in European material,
spiritual, and cultural life between 300-1000 A.D. Offered with additional work
as HIST 325 and MDST 325.
Also offered as HIST 202.
001 HZ 212 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM Stahl, Alan Enr: 2 Max: NA
MDST 211 INTERMEDIATE LATIN I: PROSE Credits 3.00 Fall 01
Review of grammar and readings in Latin prose.
Pre-req- LATI 101 or equivalent.
001 SH 352A - MWF 01:00PM - 01:50PM Wallace, Kristine Gilmart Enr: 0 Max:
MDST 257 JEWS AND CHRISTIANS IN MEDIEVAL EUROPE Credits 3.00 Fall 01
Though Jewish and Christian history are often treated as separate fields, over
the course of their long coexistence the two communities profoundly affected
each other. Their histories are intimately related. This course will study
these relations, focusing on Jewish communities within the context of Christian
Europe. Offered with additional work as MDST 357 and HIST 357. Also offered as
HIST 257.
001 HUM 120 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM Haverkamp, Eva Enr: 1 Max: NA
MDST 281 THE MIDDLE EAST FROM THE PROPHET MUHAMMA Credits 3.00 Fall 01
An introduction to the history of the Middle East from the rise of Islam to the
beginning of the nineteenth century. Topics include the Islamic conquests and
the classical Islamic state, Arabization, Jewish and Christian communities, the
impact of the Turkic peoples, and the Ottoman Empire, with an emphasis on the
long-term social, cultural, and political trends that shaped the history of the
region in the premodern period. Also offered as HIST 281.
001 HUM 328 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM Sanders, Paula Enr: 0 Max: NA
MDST 300 MEDIEVAL WOMEN WRITERS Credits 3.00 Fall 01
A close reading of the Divine Comedy, with attention to its theological,
philosophical, scientific, literary, historical, and artistic background. Refer
to course website at http:\\www.ruf.rice.edu/~jchance. Also offered as ENGL
311. Different topics may be repeated for credit.
001 HUM 119 - TTH 02:30PM - 03:50PM Chance, Jane Enr: 0 Max: NA
MDST 303 UNDERGRADUATE INDEPENDENT READING Credits 3.00 Fall 01
Independent reading under the supervision of a faculty member. Open to a
limited number of advanced students with special permission. Also offered as
HIST 303.
Pre-req- Permission of instructor required.
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: NA
MDST 321 DIRECTED READINGS IN MEDIEVAL HISTORY Credits 4.00 Fall 01
Also offered as HIST 521.
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: NA
MDST 325 INTRODUCTION TO MEDIEVAL CIVILIZATION: T Credits 3.00 Fall 01
Enriched version of MDST 202. May not receive credit for both MDST 202 and MDST
325. Also offered as HIST 325.
001 TBA - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM Stahl, Alan Enr: 0 Max: NA
MDST 338 SPECIAL TOPICS IN MEDIEVAL ART Credits Fall 01
Special topics and new courses in Medieval art. Not necessarily repeated. May
be used in awarding transfer credit. Also offered as HART 338.
Pre-req- Permission of instructor.
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: NA
MDST 339 INDEPENDENT STUDY IN MEDIEVAL ART Credits Fall 01
Independent study, reading, or special research in Medieval art. Also offered
as HART 339.
Pre-req- Permission of instructor.
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: NA
MDST 355 ART AND ARCHITECTURE IN THE MIDDLE EAST: Credits 3.00 Fall 01
Survey of art and architecture of the Middle East from the 7th through 13th
centuries. It examines the form and function of architecture settings and works
of art, as well as the social and cultural contexts, patterns of use, and
evolving meanings attributed to art by the users. Of special concern is the
evolution of the Islamic tradition, analysis of urban patterns and rituals.
Also offered as HART 325.
001 TBA - TTH 01:00PM - 02:20PM Watenpaugh, Heghnar Enr: 0 Max: NA
MDST 357 JEWS AND CHRISTIANS IN MEDIEVAL EUROPE Credits 3.00 Fall 01
Enriched version of MDST 257. May not receive credit for both MDST 257 and HIST
357. Also offered as HIST 357.
001 HUM 120 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM Haverkamp, Eva Enr: 0 Max: NA
MDST 368 MYTHOLOGIES Credits 3.00 Fall 01
his interdisciplinary course will introduce students to a variety of world
mythologies and mythmakers, from the beginnings to the modern period. Designed
to explore the relationship between a culture and its myths as expressed in
specific literary or religious works, "Mythologies" offers a means of
understanding cultural difference as well as the fundamental topics of human
desire and aspiration (creation and birth, the purpose of life, heroic struggle
against nature and death, the hope for rebirth, etc.). Included mythologies:
Babylonian, Sumerian, Hindu, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Irish, Welsh, Old Norse,
Anglo-Saxon, Finnish, Mayan, Hopi, modern (Borges, Philip Glass). Also offered
as ENGL 368 and WGST 368.
Refer to course web site at
http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~jchance/myth.htm.
001 HUM 117 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM Chance, Jane Enr: 4 Max: NA
MDST 395 HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE Credits 3.00 Fall 01
Survey of 6,000 years of language history. Includes the phonological,
morphological, syntactic, and semantic history of the English language from its
Indo-European origins, through the Anglo-Saxon and Middle English periods, and
up to the present day. Also offered as ENGL 395 and LING 395.
001 TBA - MW 03:00PM - 04:30PM Mitchell, E. Douglas Enr: 0 Max: NA
MDST 415 COURTLY LOVE IN MEDIEVAL FRANCE Credits 3.00 Fall 01
Undergraduate version of FREN 515. Examination of social, religious,
philosophical, and historical aspects of the 12th Century that combined to
produce a new concept of love expressed first in Occitan lyric poetry, lais,
and romances of northern France. Included are medieval works based on this
concept, such as lyric poetry of both langue d'oc and langue d'oil, the lais of
Marie de France, and Le Chevalier a la charette by Chretien de Troyes, as well
as works from later centuries that demonstrate the continuation of what has
become a social construct. Also offered as FREN 415.
Prereq-FREN 301 and FREN 311
Also offered as FREN 415
001 SH 460 - MWF 09:00AM - 09:50AM Nelson, Deborah H. Enr: 0 Max: NA
MDST 428 MEDIEVAL SPANISH LITERATURE Credits 3.00 Fall 01
Graduate version of MDST 418. Also offered as SPAN 518.
001 TBA - W 01:00PM - 03:30PM Merida-Jimenez, Rafael Enr: 0 Max: NA
MDST 429 MUSIC OF THE MIDDLE AGES Credits 3.00 Fall 01
Also offered as MUSI 429.
001 APB 1404 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM Meconi, Honey Enr: 0 Max: NA
MDST 456 COLLEGIUM Credits 3.00 Fall 01
Also offered as MUSI 436.
001 TBA - TBA Meconi, Honey Enr: 0 Max: NA
MDST 465 JEWS & CHRISTIANS: PERCEPTIONS OF THE OT Credits 3.00 Fall 01
This course will study how Jews and Christians imagined the other in the Middle
Ages and how these perceptions persisted and changed during modern times. Topic
of discussion: just as the Jewish position towards Christianity was influenced
by Christian attitudes toward Jews, we must assume that the Christian stance
was influenced by Jewish attitudes toward Christianity. Also offered as HIST
445.
001 SH 207A - T 02:30PM - 05:30PM Haverkamp, Eva Enr: 0 Max: NA
MDST 488 TOPICS IN MEDIEVAL HISTORY Credits 3.00 Fall 01
Reasearch seminar on selescted issues, subject or themes in medieval history.
Spring 2002: The development of the Italian communes from ancient Roman centers
through their role in the birth of the Renaissance. Urban civilization played
a stronger role in the life of medieval Italy than in other areas of Europe.
Attention will be paid to artistic, urbanistic, devotional and literary
developments as well as to political and social institutions. Each participant
will research and report on a specific city through the period and topics under
study. Also offered as HIST 488.
001 GRB 211W - W 02:00PM - 05:00PM Staff Enr: 0 Max: NA
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