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| Anthropology | |
| ANTH 3880 | African Archaeology (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course surveys transformations in the African past, from the Middle Stone Age emergence of modern humans, to the florescence of lifeways in the Late Stone Age, to the broad mosaic of small-, medium-, and large-scale Iron Age societies, to the archaeology of colonial encounters. We also consider how archaeological methods work to produce knowledge in combination with studies of genetics, climate and environment, and historical methods. |
| History of Art | |
| ARTH 2153 | Romanesque and Gothic Art (3 - 4) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | From the Romanesque churches along the Pilgrimage Routes to the new Gothic architecture at St. Denis outside Paris and on to late medieval artistic production in Prague, this course examines profound and visually arresting expressions of medieval piety, devotion, and power made by artists from roughly 1000-1500. Throughout our investigations, particular attention will be paid to the contributions of important medieval women. |
| ARTH 2961 | Arts of the Islamic World (3 - 4) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | The class is an overview of art made in the service of Islam in the Central Islamic Lands, Egypt, North Africa, Spain, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and South and Southeast Asia. Discussion sections offer more in depth discussions of larger issues raised in the lectures. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015 |
| ARTH 3151 | Art and Science in the Middle Ages (3 - 4) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | During the medieval period, power and knowledge required the endorsement of clerics. Alongside secular courtiers they also cultivated creative expressions of their erudition, revealing the medieval interpenetration of art, science and religion. The artworks surveyed in this course provide lasting records of critically creative confrontations between the scientific and spiritual traditions linked to medieval Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. Course was offered Fall 2023, Spring 2014 |
| Arabic in Translation | |
| ARTR 3245 | Arabic Literary Delights (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | In this course, we will venture into the fascinating words and worlds of premodern Arab-Islamic leisure and pleasure. We will focus specifically on the literary representation of and socio-cultural/theosophical debate on humor, pleasantry, wit, frivolity, eating, feasting, banquets crashing, dietetics, erotology, aphrodisiacs, sexual education and hygiene. |
| English-Literature | |
| ENGL 1500 | Masterworks of Literature (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | An introduction to the study of literature. Why is imaginative literature worth reading and taking seriously? How do we prepare ourselves to be the best possible readers of imaginative literature? Course was offered Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010 |
| ENGL 3162 | Chaucer II (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Studies Troilus and Criseyde and other works, read in the original. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Fall 2023 |
| ENGL 5559 | New Course in English Literature (1 - 4) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject of English Literature. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.engl.virginia.edu/courses. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019 |
| German in Translation | |
| GETR 3464 | Medieval Stories of Love and Adventure (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course traces the lineage and shapes of the Arthurian legend as witnessed in medieval literature and modern adaptations, including film and television ("Games of Thrones," "Star Wars," etc.) The aim is familiarity with the story of King Arthur and his court, as well as an ability to appreciate the permutations of the legend in all forms of media. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020 |
| History-European History | |
| HIEU 4511 | Colloquium in Pre-1700 European History (4) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | The major colloquium is a small class (not more than 15 students) intended primarily but not exclusively for history majors who have completed two or more courses relevant to the topic of the colloquium. Colloquia are most frequently offered in areas of history where access to source materials or linguistic demands make seminars especially difficult. Students in colloquia prepare about 25 pages of written work. Some restrictions and prerequisites apply to enrollment. See a history advisor or the director of undergraduate studies. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2020, Fall 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2011 |
| History-Middle Eastern History | |
| HIME 2001 | The Making of the Islamic World (4) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Explores the history of the Middle East and North Africa from late antiquity to the rise to superpower status of the Ottoman Empire in the 16th century. Topics include the formation of Islam and the first Arab-Islamic conquests; the fragmentation of the empire of the caliphate; the historical development of Islamic social, legal, and political institutions; science and philosophy; and the impact of invaders (Turks, Crusaders, and Mongols). |
| History-General History | |
| HIST 4501 | Major Seminar (4) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | The major seminar is a small class (not more than 15 students) intended primarily but not exclusively for history majors who have completed two or more courses relevant to the topic of the seminar. The work of the seminar results primarily in the preparation of a substantial (ca. 25 pages in standard format) research paper. Some restrictions and prerequisites apply to enrollment. See a history advisor or the director of undergraduate studies. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| Japanese in Translation | |
| JPTR 3100 | Myths and Legends of Japan (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | A seminar exploring Japan's earliest myths describing the origins of its islands, their gods, and rulers through close readings in English of eighth-century chronicles and poems. Fulfills the Non-Western and Second Writing requirements. |
| Medieval Studies | |
| MSP 3501 | Exploring the Middle Ages (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Discussion and criticism of selected works of and on the period. Taught by different members of the medieval faculty. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2015 |
| Religion-Buddhism | |
| RELB 2450 | Zen (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Studies the development and history of the thought, practice, and goals of Zen Buddhism. |
| Religion-Islam | |
| RELI 5559 | New Course in Islam (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of Islam. Course was offered Spring 2023, Fall 2021, Fall 2019, Fall 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| Religion-Judaism | |
| RELJ 5559 | New Course in Judaism (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subject of Judaism Course was offered Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| Spanish | |
| SPAN 4210 | History of the Spanish Language II (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | The course examines the development of the Spanish language through texts produced from the Middle Ages to the present day. The main goal will be the interpretation of individual texts as a source of linguistic data and the analysis of language in its cultural, social and historical context. Including texts from Latin American and Spain, the commentary will cover the analysis of phonological, grammatical and lexical aspects.
Prerequisites: SPAN 3000 or SPAN 3200 Course was offered Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2011, Fall 2010 |