MA in Medieval Studies

The Master of Arts in medieval studies is an interdisciplinary degree program. M.A. candidates complete four core courses in affiliated departments and choose electives taught by faculty across the university. In addition to regularly scheduled courses, as a student at the Medieval Institute you may have access to special topics seminars offered on campus by visiting scholars or off campus through Western Michigan University's affiliation with the Center for Renaissance Studies at the Newberry Library in Chicago. Recent courses at the Newberry taken by WMU students include "Gender, Bodies, and the Body Politic in Medieval Europe," "Boethius’s Consolation of Philosophy and Its Afterlife," "Lives and Deeds: Writing Biography in the Middle Ages" and "Digital Humanities and Premodern Studies: An Introduction."