Medieval Studies (MEDVL)Arts and Sciences
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- Schedule of Classes - February 16, 2018 10:59AM EST
- Course Catalog - February 12, 2018 11:18AM EST
Classes
MEDVL 1101
Course Description
No description available. view course details
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS:Imagining Empire—Symbols of Pwr in Mdvl World
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR McGraw Hall 366
Instructors
Barber, S
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Additional Information
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Women in Anglo-Saxon Literature
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall G22
Instructors
D'Ignazio, S
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Additional Information
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Getting Emotional in the Middle Ages
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall G24
Instructors
Lawrence, R
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Additional Information
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Death, Faith, &Doubt in the Mdvl Short Story
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Balch Hall - Tatkon Ctr 3331
Instructors
McLaughlin, M
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Additional Information
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS:There &Back Again—Routes Across the Mdvl Globe
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Rockefeller Hall 185
Instructors
Naeve, P
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Additional Information
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Romans and Barbarians in Late Antiquity
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Balch Hall - Tatkon Ctr 3343
Instructors
Reid, D
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Additional Information
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS:Anglo-Saxon World—Monsters/Warriors/Legends
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall 369
Instructors
Sprenkle, A
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Additional Information
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: FWS: Gods and Kings in the Middle Ages and Beyond
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Balch Hall - Tatkon Ctr 3343
Instructors
Vinhage, P
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Additional Information
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.
MEDVL 2170
Course Description
This course explores major texts and themes of the Hispanic tradition from the 11th to the 17th centuries. We will examine general questions on literary analysis and the relationship between literature ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LATA 2170, SPAN 2170
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Klarman Hall KG42
Instructors
Garces, M
MEDVL 2655
Course Description
At the beginning of the 7th century, a new religion, Islam, appeared in Arabia and by the end of the century, Muslims had defeated the Byzantines and Persians and created an empire that stretched from ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: HIST 2530, NES 2655, RELST 2655
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Goldwin Smith Hall 142
Instructors
Powers, D
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Goldwin Smith Hall 158
Instructors
Staff
MEDVL 2740
Course Description
Although Scotland, which was long a separate nation, is now politically united with England, it preserves its distinctiveness. This course provides an introduction to Scottish literature, with special ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 2740
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Credits and Grading Basis
3-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall 236
Instructors
Hill, T
Shaw, H
MEDVL 3080
Course Description
An introduction to Old Norse-Icelandic mythology and the Icelandic family saga-the "native" heroic literary genre of Icelandic tradition. Texts will vary but will normally include the Prose Edda, the Poetic ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 3080
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall 283
Instructors
Hill, T
MEDVL 3110
Course Description
In this course, we will read and discuss some of the earliest surviving English poetry and prose. Attention will be paid to (1) learning to read the language in which this literature is written, (2) evaluating ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 3110, ENGL 6110, MEDVL 6110
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall 283
Instructors
Hill, T
MEDVL 3315
Course Description
Old Norse is a collective term for the earliest North Germanic literary languages: Old Icelandic, Old Norwegian, Old Danish, and Old Swedish. The richly documented Old Icelandic is the center of attention, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LING 3315
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Uris Hall 494
Instructors
Stefansdottir, B
MEDVL 3677
Course Description
As the founder of Islam Muhammad is one of the most influential figures in world history. An important source for his life is the Sira of Ibn Ishaq (d. ca. 761), a biography that opens with Muhammad's ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 3677, HIST 6677, NES 3677, NES 6677, RELST 3677
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Sibley Hall 318
Instructors
Powers, D
MEDVL 3750
Course Description
Introduction and training in dendrochronology and its application to archaeology, art history, and environment through participation in a research project dating ancient to modern tree-ring samples especially ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one laboratory. Combined with: ARKEO 3090, ARKEO 6755, ARTH 3250, CLASS 3750, CLASS 6755
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Goldwin Smith Hall B48
Instructors
Manning, S
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Additional Information
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
MEDVL 4002
Course Description
Reading and translation of Latin philosophical texts. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LATIN 7262, MEDVL 6020, PHIL 4002, PHIL 6020, RELST 4100, RELST 6020
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Goldwin Smith Hall 124
Instructors
MacDonald, S
MEDVL 4050
Course Description
Is love an art? Then it requires knowledge and effort, writes Erich Fromm in the first chapter of The Art of Loving. His question (from 1956) is not a new one. This course engages with the long tradition ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 4007, COML 6007, FREN 4050, FREN 6050, MEDVL 6050
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W McGraw Hall 365
Instructors
Howie, C
MEDVL 4285
Course Description
This course gives students a comprehensive overview of the Old French language and intensive practice reading medieval texts in the original. Students will also gain familiarity with the principal research ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: FREN 4285
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF McGraw Hall 145
Instructors
Alkire, T
MEDVL 4557
Course Description
How and why do landscapes come to inspire the religious imagination? And how do sensory landscapes, more specifically-territories of sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell-inform, inflect, and engage the ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 4677, NES 4557, NES 6557, RELST 4557
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Morrill Hall 111
Instructors
Haines-Eitzen, K
MEDVL 4718
Course Description
How can studying the deep past of information storage and transmission help us understand our current engagements with information and contemplate its future? In this course we will we will explore the ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 4618, CLASS 4632, COML 4615, SHUM 4618, STS 4618
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T A D White House 109
Instructors
Roby, C
MEDVL 6020
Course Description
Reading and translation of Latin philosophical texts. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LATIN 7262, MEDVL 4002, PHIL 4002, PHIL 6020, RELST 4100, RELST 6020
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Goldwin Smith Hall 124
Instructors
MacDonald, S
MEDVL 6050
Course Description
Is love an art? Then it requires knowledge and effort, writes Erich Fromm in the first chapter of The Art of Loving. His question (from 1956) is not a new one. This course engages with the long tradition ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 4007, COML 6007, FREN 4050, FREN 6050, MEDVL 4050
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W McGraw Hall 365
Instructors
Howie, C
MEDVL 6110
Course Description
In this course, we will read and discuss some of the earliest surviving English poetry and prose. Attention will be paid to (1) learning to read the language in which this literature is written, (2) evaluating ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 3110, ENGL 6110, MEDVL 3110
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall 283
Instructors
Hill, T