Pre-Modern Studies

An option is a “mini-minor” – a set of courses in one discipline that can be completed in conjunction with any undergraduate degree program, allowing you to focus on an additional subject of interest.

Enhance your understanding of the thought, literature, and history of the pre-industrial (pre-1800) world. The study of historical culture in world civilizations from antiquity through early modernity will allow you to better understand the origins and development of culture informing modern global society.

Courses & Requirements:

Students who have fulfilled the requirements for an Honours or General degree in any subject may graduate with an Option in Pre-Modern Studies if they have successfully completed 5.0 credits from the courses listed below, including at least 0.5 credit from each of the periods and an additional 3.5 credits from any of the periods:

• Antique
  • AHCL-HIST 1100H: War in the Desert
  • AHCL-ANTH 1200H: The Trojan War: An Epic of Archaeology
  • AHCL 1300H: Gods, Heroes, Monsters
  • AHCL-HIST 2103H: Approaches to Classical Historians
  • AHCL 2303H: Approaches to Classical Literature
  • AHCL-GESO 2520H: Women in the Ancient World, 700 BCE–600 CE
  • AHCL 3100H: The Athenian Empire
  • AHCL-HIST 3103H: Ancient Warfare
  • AHCL-HIST 3171H: Alexander the Great and His Age
  • AHCL-HIST 3181H: The Age of Constantine
  • AHCL-HIST 3182H: The Age of Attila
  • AHCL-ANTH-HIST 3190H: Ancient Anatolia
  • AHCL 3351H: Romance, Fantasy, and Adventure in the Ancient World
  • AHCL 4001H, 4002H: Senior Seminar
  • ANTH-AHCL 1030H: Archaeology I: Accessing the Past
  • ANTH-AHCL 2201H: Introduction to Egyptian Archaeology from the Pharaohs to the Romans
  • ANTH-AHCL 2205H: Archaeology and Art History of Ancient Greece
  • ANTH-AHCL 2206H: Archaeology and Art History of Ancient Rome
  • ANTH-AHCL-HIST 3221H: State Religion in Ancient Greece & Rome
  • ANTH-AHCL-HIST 3222H: Mystery Cults and Restricted Rituals in the Ancient Mediterranean
  • ANTH-AHCL 3240H: Etruscan Archaeology, ca. 1000–200 BCE
  • ANTH-AHCL 3251H: The Archaeology of Ancient Athens
  • ANTH-AHCL 3850Y: Field Course in Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology
  • ANTH-AHCL 4003H: Senior Seminar in Classical Archaeology
  • PHIL-AHCL 2420H: Ancient Philosophy I: Pre-Socratics to Plato
  • PHIL-AHCL 2430H: Ancient Philosophy II: Aristotle and the Hellenists
  • PHIL-AHCL 4430H: Advanced Topics in Ancient Philosophy
  • 1.0 credit in ancient Greek (GREK) at the 2000 level or higher
  • 1.0 credit in Latin (LATN) at the 2000 level or higher
  • Other AHCL, GREK, or LATN courses by permission of program coordinator
• Medieval
  • ENGL 2100Y (Term 1): Perilous Realms: Medieval and Renaissance Literature
  • ENGL 3100Y: History of the English Language
  • ENGL 3121H: Love, Honour, and the Pursuit of Happiness: Medieval Romance
  • ENGL 3123H: Angels and Demons, Shepherds and Shrews: Medieval Drama
  • ENGL 3125H: Desire, Sex, and Death on the Road to Canterbury: Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales
  • ENGL 4101H: Advanced Studies in Old English Language and Literature
  • ENGL 4120Y/4121H: Advanced Studies in Middle English Language and Literature
  • HIST 1201H
  • HIST 1701H: World History to 1800
  • HIST 2041H: The Age of Disasters, 1300–1500
  • HIST-AHCL 2051H: Early Medieval Europe, 300–1050
  • HIST 2061H: High Medieval Europe, 1000–1325
  • HIST 2071H: The Renaissance, 1300–1550
  • HIST 3550H: Medieval Warfare
  • HIST 3600Y/3601H: The Age of Explorations, 1300–1650
  • HIST 4050Y: Medieval Invention
  • HIST 4500Y: Renaissance Lives, 1350–1600
  • HIST 4510Y/4511H : Medieval Warfare 
• Early Modern/Renaissance
  • ENGL 2100Y (Term 2): Perilous Realms: Medieval and Renaissance Literature
  • ENGL 2150Y/2151H: Studies in Shakespeare
  • ENGL 2152Y/2153H: Reading Shakespeare for the Classroom and Stage
  • ENGL 3153H: The Renaissance Theatre
  • ENGL 3155H: Sex and Politics in Elizabethan Literature
  • ENGL 3200Y/3201H: Milton and His Age
  • ENGL 3210Y (Term 1): Foundations in Restoration to Romantic Literature
  • ENGL 4150Y/4151H: Advanced Studies in Shakespeare
  • ENGL 4152Y/4153H: Advanced Studies in Renaissance Literature 
  • FREN 3172H: Molière et son époque / Seventeenth-Century French Literature
  • FREN 3182H: Le siècle Candide / Eighteenth-Century French Literature
  • HIST 2071H: The Renaissance, 1300–1550
  • HIST 2080Y: Ordinary People in a Changing World
  • HIST 2101H: War and Society before 1800
  • HIST 2751H: The Rise and Fall of Ancient and Imperial East Asia
  • HIST 3560Y: The Family in England, 1500–1900
  • HIST 3580Y: Witchcraft and Magic in the Western World
  • HIST 3600Y/3601H: The Age of Explorations, 1300–1650
  • HIST-FRSC 3751Y: The History of Crime in England
  • HIST 3753H
  • HIST 3754H
  • HIST 3810H: Confessionalization and Crisis: Europe in the Age of Religious War, 1500-1700
  • HIST 4500Y: Renaissance Lives, 1350–1600
  • HIST 4550Y/4551H: Topics in the History of Early Modern Europe
  • HIST 4560Y: The Family in England, 1500–1900
  • HIST 4580Y: Witchcraft and Magic in the Western World
  • HIST-FRSC 4751Y: The History of Crime in England
  • HIST 4755Y/4757H: Early Modern Piracy
  • PHIL 3420H: Modern Philosophy I: Reason and Revolution
  • PHIL 3430H: Modern Philosophy II: The Enlightenment

Program Coordinator:

Michael W. Hickson michaelhickson@trentu.ca