The Minor in Medieval Studies is of interest and use to graduate students seeking to study the Middle Ages in a way that would complement and deepen their study of history, language, literature, art, etc. The program will allow these students to gather the broadly interdisciplinary coursework outside the student’s home department or program into a meaningful credential that appears on their transcript.

Admissions

A student should declare their interest to the Director of the Medieval Studies Program before beginning coursework required for the minor. See Contact Box for Director information.

All Graduate School students must utilize the Graduate Student Portal in MyUW to add, change, or discontinue any doctoral minor. To apply to this minor, log in to MyUW, click on Graduate Student Portal, and then click on Add/Change Programs. Select the information for the doctoral minor for which you are applying.

Requirements

Required Courses

To earn a doctoral minor in Medieval Studies, students must complete a minimum of 9 credits from the courses listed below. Other graduate-level courses on medieval topics may be approved for the minor in consultation with the program director.

Students should be aware of the following when selecting courses:

• Courses must have the "Grad 50%" designation.
• At least two different subject listings are required.
• Courses must be from different subject listing than the student's home department or program.

Course Options