Rice Course Schedule, Fall 2003
Medieval Studies (MDST)
Rice Course Schedule as of 11/06/2003.
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 03
Study of the fundamentals of Latin grammar with emphasis on acquisition of
reading skills. Also offered as LATI 101.
001 HB 227 - MWF 01:00PM - 01:50PM Wallace, Kristine Enr: 2 Max: 0
MDST 111 INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF WESTERN A Credits 4.00 Fall 03
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Survey of painting, sculpture, and architecture from the Paleolithic period
through the fourteenth century. An additional hour of tutorial per week will be
assigned during the first week. Also offered as HART 101.
001 SH 301 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM Neagley, Linda Enr: 0 Max: 0
Quenemoen, Caroline
MDST 201 HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY I Credits 3.00 Fall 03
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Survey of major philosophers and philosophical systems of ancient Greece, from
Parmenides to the Stoics. Also offered as PHIL 201.
001 KH 101 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM Moran, Dermot Enr: 5 Max: 0
MDST 203 INTRODUCTION TO MEDIEVAL CIVILIZATION: T Credits 3.00 Fall 03
Continuation of MDST 202 (not a prerequisite). Includes European culture from
the year 1000 to the discovery of the Americas, which encompasses the Crusades,
the "discovery of the individual," chivalry and chivalric literature, the Black
Death, and the beginnings of the Age of Exploration, using pictorial and
architectural as well as literary and historical sources. Offered with
additional work as MDST 326. Also offered as HIST 203.
001 HUM 328 - MWF 09:00AM - 09:50AM Decker, Michael Enr: 3 Max: 0
MDST 211 INTERMEDIATE LATIN I: PROSE Credits 3.00 Fall 03
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Review of grammar and readings in Latin prose. Also offered as LATI 201.
Pre-req- LATI 101 or equivalent.
001 FL 414 - MWF 02:00PM - 02:50PM Wallace, Kristine Enr: 0 Max: 0
MDST 281 THE MIDDLE EAST FROM THE PROPHET MUHAMMA Credits 3.00 Fall 03
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
An introduction to the history of the Middle East, from the rise of Islam to
the beginning of the 19th 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 pre-modern period. Also offered as HIST 281.
001 RH 123 - MWF 01:00PM - 01:50PM Sanders, Paula Enr: 3 Max: 0
MDST 303 UNDERGRADUATE INDEPENDENT READING Credits 3.00 Fall 03
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: 0
MDST 310 DANTE IN TRANSLATION Credits 3.00 Fall 03
Dante in Translation: A close reading of Dante's Divine Comedy, with attention
to the meaning of words, images, symbols, figures, structures, the significance
of a canto within the respective cosmic hierarchy, the overall meaning of a
book, and with reference to the political and religious controversies of the
time in Florence, Italy, and medieval Europe and Africa. Also listed as ENGL
310.
001 HUM 119 - TTH 02:30PM - 03:45PM Chance, Jane Enr: 0 Max: NA
MDST 311 OLD ENGLISH Credits 3.00 Fall 03
This course will be a combination of Old English Grammar and readings in Old
English. Also offered as ENGL 324 and LING 312.
Prereq- Permission of instructor.
001 RH 304 - MW 03:00PM - 04:15PM Mitchell, E. Douglas Enr: 0 Max: NA
MDST 321 DIRECTED READINGS IN MEDIEVAL HISTORY Credits 4.00 Fall 03
Also offered as HIST 521.
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 0 Max: 0
MDST 326 INTRODUCTION TO MEDIEVAL CIVILIZATION: T Credits 3.00 Fall 03
An enriched version of MDST 203. Students may not receive credit for both MDST
203 and MDST 326. Also offered as HIST 326.
001 HUM 328 - MWF 09:00AM - 09:50AM Decker, Michael Enr: 3 Max: NA
MDST 332 LATE GOTHIC ART & ARCHITECTURE IN NORTHE Credits 3.00 Fall 03
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Examination of art and architecture produced in the late gothic period within
three distinct settings-the court, the city, and the church. Includes private,
public, and religious life as expressed in the objects, architecture, and
decoration of the castle and palace, the house, city hall and hospital, and the
chapel and parish church. Also offered as HART 332.
001 SH 429 - MWF 09:00AM - 09:50AM Neagley, Linda Enr: 0 Max: 0
MDST 335 MAPPING GERMAN CULTURE: COURTSHIP, LOVE Credits 3.00 Fall 03
The literature of the High Middle Ages is the first since antiquity to probe
the hazards and potentials of romance between men and women, as well as
single-sex friendship and love. This course will show how the literary ideal of
love emerged in a society that was torn apart by war and rivalry. The poems and
stories we will read belong to the treasures of medieval literature from the
German lands. Taught in English with a possible FLAC section. Enrollment is
limited to 25. Also offered as WGST 330 and GERM 330.
001 RH 202 - MWF 09:00AM - 09:50AM Staff Enr: 1 Max: NA
MDST 368 MYTHOLOGIES Credits 3.00 Fall 03
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
This 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, and modern (Borges, Philip Glass). Also
offered as ENGL 309 and WGST 368.
001 HUM 117 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM Chance, Jane Enr: 6 Max: NA
MDST 429 MEDIEVAL MUSIC Credits 3.00 Fall 03
A study of the major musical styles and composers of western art music before
1400 and their historical, cultural, and sociological contexts. Also offered as
MUSI 429.
001 APB 1403 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM Meconi, Honey Enr: 1 Max: NA
MDST 438 WOMEN & GENDER IN THE MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC W Credits 3.00 Fall 03
Examines some features of the legal position and social realities of men and
women in the Islamic world, with emphasis on how boundaries of gender have
traditionally been drawn. Includes the family and sexual ethics, he harem,
polygamy, divorce, and eunuchs (who played an important role in both the
military and in certain religious institutions). Enrollment is limited. Also
offered as WGST 455 and HIST 438.
001 KH 105 - M 02:00PM - 05:00PM Sanders, Paula Enr: 0 Max: 0
MDST 441 HILDEGARD OF BINGEN Credits 3.00 Fall 03
The course examines the life and works of 12th century polymath Hildegard of
Bingen, including her achievements in music, poetry, religious thought,
medicine, natural science, and linguistics. Enrollment is limited to 15. Also
offered as MUSI 724 and WGST 441.
001 APB 1403 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM Meconi, Honey Enr: 0 Max: 0
MDST 456 COLLEGIUM Credits 3.00 Fall 03
Also offered as MUSI 436.
001 TBA - TBA Meconi, Honey Enr: 0 Max: 0
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