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Courses

The following medieval studies courses are currently offered at Swarthmore. Majors and minors are also allowed to include medieval courses from Bryn Mawr, Haverford, and the University of Pennsylvania in their curriculum.

  • Fall 2018
  • Spring 2019
  • Fall 2019
  • Spring 2020

Fall 2018

  • ARTH 002. The Western Tradition
  • CHIN 027. The Story in Dynastic China
  • ENGL 102. Chaucer and Medieval Literature
  • RELG 020. Christian Mysticism
  • RELG 114. Love and Religion

Spring 2019

  • CHIN 033. Introduction to Classical Chinese
  • ENGL 046. Tolkien and Pullman and Their Literary Roots
  • HIST 001A. First-Year Seminar: The Barbarian North
  • HIST 012. Chivalric Society: Knights, Ladies, and Peasants
  • LING 033. Introduction to Classical Chinese

Fall 2019

  • ENGL 010. "Beowulf" to Milton
  • HIST 002A. Medieval Europe
  • HIST 006A. The Formation of the Islamic Near East
  • RELG 053. Gender, Sexuality, and the Body in Islamic Discourses
  • RELG 108. Poets, Saints, and Storytellers: The Poetry and Poetics of Devotion in South Asian Religions

Spring 2020

  • CHIN 033. Introduction to Classical Chinese
  • ENGL 014. Old English/History of the Language
  • ENGL 046. Tolkien and Pullman and Their Literary Roots
  • HIST 001T. First-Year Seminar: Cross and Crescent: Muslim-Christian Relations in Historical Perspective
  • HIST 014. Friars, Heretics, and Female Mystics: Religious Turmoil in the Middle Ages
  • RELG 100. Holy War, Martyrdom, and Suicide in Christianity, Judaism and Islam
  • RUSS 047. Russian Fairy Tales

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