Degree and Diploma Programs by Graduate Unit
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Medieval Studies
Faculty Affiliation
Arts and Science
Degree Programs Offered
Medieval Studies—MA, PhD
Collaborative Programs
The following collaborative programs are available to
students in participating degree programs as listed below:
1. Ancient and Medieval Philosophy
 Medieval Studies, PhD
2. Book History and Print Culture
 Medieval Studies, MA, PhD
3. Editing Medieval Texts
 Medieval Studies, PhD
4. Jewish Studies
 Medieval Studies, MA, PhD
5. Sexual Diversity Studies
 Medieval Studies, MA, PhD
6. Women and Gender Studies
 Medieval Studies, MA, PhD
Overview
The Centre for Medieval Studies provides
interdepartmental programs in the medieval period.
Students are expected to cross the limits of traditional
subjects, and research is especially encouraged in oftenneglected boundary areas between traditional
departments.
The centre offers its students training in basic skills and
tools in order to read the materials remaining from the
medieval past and to explore them with learning and
imagination. All students entering the centre are asked to
improve their proficiency in Latin before registration, since
there are Medieval Latin requirements for all degrees.
Examinations in Medieval Latin are set at the beginning of
the Fall session and at the end of the Spring session. All
incoming students must take the Level One Latin
examination at the beginning of the Fall session for
placement purposes.
Contact and Address
Web: http://medieval.utoronto.ca
Email: medieval.studies@utoronto.ca
Telephone: (416) 978-4884
Centre for Medieval Studies
University of Toronto
3rd Floor, 125 Queen's Park
Toronto, Ontario M5S 2C7
Canada
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Degree Programs
Medieval Studies
Master of Arts
Minimum Admission Requirements
 Applicants are admitted under the General Regulations
of the School of Graduate Studies. Applicants must also
satisfy the Centre for Medieval Studies' additional
admission requirements stated below.
 An appropriate bachelor's degree from a recognized
university with an average grade of at least a B+ in
previous courses. Coursework in the medieval period
must have formed part of the program.
 Applicants for the MA degree, full-time and part-time,
must:
o follow application instructions on the department's
website and
o complete forms in which they state the reasons for
undertaking graduate studies in the medieval area and
their qualifications for applying to do so.
Program Requirements
 MA students may be full-time or part-time. Full-time
students may be admitted to either a one-year or a twoyear degree, depending on their previous training in
Latin and medieval studies.
 MA students must either achieve a pass of the Level
One Medieval Latin examination upon arrival or else
attain credit in MST 1000Y in the first year of enrolment
in the MA program.
 Students may obtain an MA in medieval studies by
coursework or by a combination of coursework and
thesis.
o In the coursework option, the student must
successfully complete 4.0 full-course equivalents
(FCEs), unless he or she passes the Level One Latin
examination upon arrival, in which case 3.0 FCEs are
required. MA students who pass the Level One Latin
examination on arrival are required to take only 3.0
FCEs for the MA; however, those interested in
eventually proceeding to the PhD are strongly urged to
audit MST 1001Y. (Enrolment for credit for MST 1001Y
is open only to students enrolled in a doctoral
program.) MA students who do not pass the Level One
Latin examination on arrival must register for MST
1000Y.
o In the thesis option, in addition to the thesis, 3.0
FCEs are required or else 2.0 FCEs plus a Level One
Latin examination pass upon arrival in the program. An
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MA thesis must be on a subject approved by the
Centre for Medieval Studies, and the topic must be
submitted to the centre by November 30 of the MA
year.
 In the MA program, course training in Latin is given at
three levels. All students are expected to arrive with
knowledge equivalent to at least a first-year university
course in Latin language. MST 1000Y Introductory
Medieval Latin is the MA-level course. While this course
is preparatory to the departmental Level One Latin
examination, a pass in the course does not guarantee a
pass of the departmental examination at the
corresponding level. Advanced seminars are open to
those MA students who have achieved a pass of the
Level Two Latin examination.
Program Length
3 sessions full-time one-year MA (typical registration
sequence: F/W/S);
6 sessions full-time two-year MA (typical registration
sequence: F/W/S/F/W/S);
6 sessions part-time
Time Limit
3 years full-time;
6 years part-time
Doctor of Philosophy
Minimum Admission Requirements
 Applicants are admitted under the General Regulations
of the School of Graduate Studies. Applicants must also
satisfy the Centre for Medieval Studies' additional
admission requirements stated below.
 Ability to do independent research of high quality.
Applicants may be admitted via one of two routes:
1. Direct entry—an appropriate bachelor's degree from a
recognized university with an average grade of at
least A- in the applicant's overall
program. Coursework in the medieval period must
have formed part of the program.
2. Entry with a master's degree—a master's degree in
medieval studies or a related field from a recognized
university with an average grade of at least A- in the
applicant's overall program. Students in the Centre for
Medieval Studies' MA program must apply formally for
admission to the PhD program on the same basis as
all other applicants.
 All applicants must:
o follow application instructions on the department's
website
o complete forms in which they state the reasons for
undertaking graduate studies in the medieval area and
their qualifications for applying to do so
o pass the Level One Latin examination before they may
register in the PhD program.
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Program Requirements
 The PhD is offered only on a full-time basis. During the
first two years, students must take a minimum of 3.0
FCEs, including 1.0 FCE in one minor subject. In view of
the centre's interdepartmental nature, courses in
medieval philosophy, history, music, English, and so on,
that are related to the general area of the major field
may be counted as minors, as long as they do not
directly constitute part of the Major Field Proposal. MST
1001Y may not be counted as a minor subject or
included in the 3.0 FCEs minimum for the degree, but it
must be taken in addition to the 3.0 FCEs minimum by
all those who do not pass the Level Two Latin
examination upon arrival in the program.
 In the PhD program, course training in Latin is given at
two levels. MST 1001Y Intermediate Medieval Latin is
the PhD-level course. While this course is preparatory to
the departmental Level Two Latin examination, a pass in
the course does not guarantee a pass of the
departmental examination at the corresponding level.
Advanced seminars are open to those with either prior
credit in MST 1001Y or else a pass of the Level Two
Latin examination. These seminars thus serve both
advanced students of medieval Latin as well as those
who have passed MST 1001Y but require further training
in order to achieve the Level Two Latin examination
pass.
 By December of Year 2, students should have a full
Advisory Committee, consisting of a supervisor and two
other members. During the Spring session of the same
academic year, students should develop the Major Field
Proposal in consultation with the Advisory Committee.
The proposal should be submitted by the end of the
spring term, and no later than the beginning of the Fall
session of Year 3. The proposal must be prepared
according to the guidelines of the Centre for Medieval
Studies. It must be signed by all members of the
Advisory Committee and submitted to the centre for
approval by the centre's Executive Committee at least
two months prior to the Major Field Examination.
 Students must pass the Level Two Latin examination
and the centre's examinations in the French and German
languages before moving on to the Major Field
Examination. No other language may be substituted for
any of these. Failure to pass all the language exams by
the end of Year 3 leads to an automatic failure of the
Major Field Examination and thus to termination from the
program.
 The purpose of the Major Field Examination is to
demonstrate both the student's scholarly expertise in the
particular area of doctoral dissertation and a broader
academic competence. The Major Field Examination has
two components: a statement paper and an oral
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examination. The statement paper is normally five to
seven pages (approximately 1,500 words) and has to be
submitted to the members of the Advisory Committee
two weeks before the oral examination takes place. The
examination is a two-hour-long oral exam. The Major
Field Examination is graded on a pass/fail basis.
The Advisory Committee, in consultation with the
Executive Committee of the centre, has the discretion to
determine if a student may retake the Major Field
Examination. Only one retake is permitted and must take
place within two months of the first exam; no more than
two attempts at the Major Field Examination are allowed.
Students who do not pass the Major Field Examination
before the beginning of Year 4 will be recomended to
SGS for termination of registration.
 After a successful Major Field Examination, i.e., usually
during the Spring session of Year 3, students should
develop and submit a PhD dissertation proposal. This
outline of the student's proposed doctoral dissertation
should be worked out by the student in close
consultation with the supervisor and the Advisory
Committee. The complete PhD dissertation proposal
should be prepared according to the guidelines of the
Centre for Medieval Studies. The proposal must be
signed by all members of the student's Advisory
Committee and submitted to the Centre for approval by
the Executive Committee. The candidate will be required
to defend the dissertation at the Doctoral Final Oral
Examination.
 It is possible to complete a PhD in Medieval Studies in
four years, but some students, depending on their
background preparation, find that it takes longer than
four years. Students intending to work in an area of
medieval studies that requires the acquisition of one or
more extra languages may find that it is not possible to
complete a doctorate within four years.
Program Length
4 years full-time; 5 years direct-entry
Time Limit
6 years full-time; 7 years direct-entry
Course List
Not all courses are offered every year. Please consult the
centre's website which lists the courses the Centre for
Medieval Studies will offer this year as well as those
offered by associated departments. A graduate course is
understood to require at least two hours per week of class
meeting and such research hours as may be required.
Courses marked (PR) have prerequisites; further
information may be obtained from the centre's website.
Twelfth-Century Renaissance?
FAH 1123H
The Art of the Medieval Book
FAH 1124H
Byzantine Church Decoration
FAH 1125H
Medieval Pilgrimage Art and
Architecture
FAH 1126H
Exceptional Cities of the Middle Ages
FAH 1127H
Early Medieval Art
FAH 1128H
Byzantine Art and the West
FAH 1130Y
The Classical Tradition in Western
Medieval Art
FAH 1131H
Profane Medieval Art
FAH 1134H
Communal Painting and Propaganda in
Italy During the Thirteenth and
Fourteenth Centuries
FAH 1135H
Naples in the Later Middle Ages
FAH 1141H
Words and Images in Medieval Art
FAH 1142H
Multicultural Middle Ages
FAH 1171H
Beginning of Modernism: From Images
to Pictures
FAH 1200H
Crusader Art
Book History and Print Culture
BKS 1000Y
Book History and Print Culture
BKS 2000H
Advanced Seminar in Book History
and Print Culture
BKS 2001H
Practicum in Book History and Print
Culture
Classics
CLA 5007H
Criticism of Latin Poetry
CLA 5017H
Latin Legal Texts and the History of
Late Roman Institutions
Comparative Literature
COL 5021H
Body and Text
COL 5086H
Literature, Culture and Contact in
Medieval Iberia
East Asian Studies
Art
FAH 1120H
FAH 1121H
Problems in Patronage
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EAS 1143Y
Civilization in Medieval China
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English
ENG 1001H
Old English I
ENG 1002H
Old English II
ENG 1009H
Writing the Nation: Pre-Modern
Historigraphies
ENG 1551H
The Canterbury Tales
ENG 2485H
London Drama 1190–1590
French Language and Literature
FRE 1164H
Medieval French Language and
Literature
Germanic Languages and Literatures
GER 1200H
HPS 1215H
Medieval Technology and Society
HPS 1217H
Technology and War: 1090–1918
HPS 5007H
Fundamentals of the History of
Technology I
Italian Studies
ITA 1025H
Old Italian
ITA 1029H
History of Italian Religious Language
ITA 1165H
Introduction to Italian Philology
ITA 1170H
Textual Criticism and the Editing of
Early Italian Texts
ITA 1200H
Dante
ITA 1203H
Boccaccio
ITA 1330H
Petrarch and Petrarchism
ITA 1540H
Renaissance Italian Theatre
ITA 1545H
The Sacra Rappresentazione
ITA 1597H
The Commedia dell'Arte
Middle High German
History
HIS 1201H
The Materials of Medieval History
(Credit/ No Credit)
HIS 1207H
Pastoralia: The Medieval History of
Pastoral Care
HIS 1208H
Writings of Robert Grosseteste
HIS 1209H
The Anglo-Saxons
HIS 1213H
Medieval Institutes of Perfection (joint
graduate/undergraduate)
HIS 1215H
Social Change in Medieval England,
1154–1279
HIS 1218H
The Mediaeval Church (joint
graduate/undergraduate)
HIS 1220H
Mediaeval Canon Law (joint
graduate/undergraduate)
HIS 1221H
Topics in Early Modern European Social
History
HIS 1222H
Ritual in Renaissance and Early Modern
Europe
HIS 1223H
Humanism and the Renaissance
HIS 1230H
The Sexes in the Western World, 1450–
1650
HIS 1283H
Crusades, Conversion and
Colonialization in the Medieval Baltic
(joint graduate/undergraduate)
HIS 1293Y
History and Philosophy of Science and
Technology
Kievan Rus'
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Joint Courses
JIF 1000H
Romance Philology I
JIF 1001H
Romance Philology II
JMT 1001H
Topics in the Ancient Philosophical
Commentators (PR)
Medieval Studies
MST 1000Y
Introductory Medieval Latin
MST 1001Y
Intermediate Medieval Latin
MST 1002H
Topics in Medieval Latin Literature
(PR)
MST 1016H
Hagiography of the Norman Transition
(PR)
MST 1017H
Medieval Exegesis (PR)
MST 1020H
The Medieval Latin Epic (PR)
MST 1035H
Humanistic Latin (PR)
MST 1101H
Codicology (PR)
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MST 1102H
Practical Palaeography (PR)
MST 2037H
Legendary History of Britain and
Ireland from Celtic Sources
MST 1104H
Latin Palaeography I (PR)
MST 1105H
Latin Palaeography II (PR)
MST 2038H
Medieval Brittany (PR)
MST 1107H
Latin Textual Criticism (PR)
MST 2039H
Saints, Monasteries, and Heretics in
Medieval Brittany
MST 1110H
Diplomatics and Diplomatic Editing
(PR)
MST 2040H
Beginnings of Medieval Rhetoric and
Poetics (PR)
MST 1111H
Sources and Materials for Editing
Medieval Texts (PR)
MST 2048H
Music in Medieval Life
MST 2050Y
Middle Welsh
MST 1113H
Vernacular Text-Editing: A
Collaborative Project
MST 2055Y
Studies in Middle Welsh Texts (PR)
MST 1115H
English Palaeography (PR)
MST 3021H
Boethius (PR)
MST 1116H
New Philology
MST 3022H
MST 1121H
Literacy in Late Antiquity (c. 284–632)
Consolation Through the Ages: Later
Medieval Approaches to Boethius's
Consolation of Philosophy (PR)
MST 1371H
Old English Philology: Grammar (PR)
MST 3103H
Gender and Desire in the Spirituality
of Aelred of Rievaulx (PR)
MST 1379H
The Blickling Homilies (PR)
MST 3112H
MST 1381H
Homilies of the Vercelli Book (PR)
Geography and Identity in Old and
Middle English Literature
MST 1384H
The Exeter Book of Old English Verse
(PR)
MST 3113H
Figures of Heroism in Old English
Literature (PR)
MST 1422H
Introduction to the Study of Magic in
the Middle Ages
MST 3116H
Topics in Medieval Medicine
MST 3123H
Introduction to Medieval Medicine
MST 1425H
Medieval Magic: Predicting the Future
and Influencing Events (PR)
MST 3140Y
Medieval Catalan Language and
Literature
MST 3150H
Medieval French Epic (PR)
MST 2001H
Old Saxon
MST 2005H
Medieval German Heroic Epic (PR)
MST 3151H
Introduction to Old French
MST 2006H
Wolfram von Eschenbach: Parzival
(PR)
MST 3152H
Introduction to Old Occitan (PR)
MST 2010Y
Old Norse
MST 3153H
Old Occitan Trobador Poetry (PR)
MST 2015H, Y
Studies in Old Norse Texts (PR)
MST 3156H
Charlemagne: Facts and Legends
MST 2017H
The Sources of Norse Myths (PR)
MST 3157H
Old French and Old Occitan Crusade
Epics (PR)
MST 2030Y
Old and Middle Irish
MST 3158H
MST 2031H
Early Irish Saga (PR)
The Roman de la Rose and Medieval
Allegory (PR)
MST 2032H
Medieval Irish Poetry 500–1600 (PR)
MST 3159H
Classical Antiquity in the French
Middle Ages (PR)
MST 2033H
Textual Studies in Medieval Irish
Poetry (PR)
MST 3162H
Boccaccio and Chaucer
MST 2034H
Introduction to Early Irish Law (PR)
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MST 3163H
Medieval French Historiography: The
Normans
MST 3322H
William of Ockham (PR)
MST 3164H
Medieval French Romance
MST 3326H
Individuation and Individuality in
Medieval and Early Modern
Philosophy
MST 3201H
Medieval Social History
MST 3203H
Topics in Medieval Economic History
MST 3327H
Free Will and Human Action in
Medieval Philosophy
MST 3204H
Marxism and Premodern History
MST 3340H
Imagination in Medieval Philosophy
MST 3205H
Violence in Medieval Society
MST 3346H
Medieval Islamic Philosophy
MST 3207H
Decretists and Decretalists: Canonical
Jurisprudence 1140–1300
MST 3501H
Introduction to the Medieval Christian
Liturgy
MST 3210H
Medieval Spain (PR)
MST 9310Y, H
Directed Reading
MST 3223H
Medieval and Early Modern
Inquisitions
MST 9315Y, H
Directed Reading
MST 3225H
Jews and Christians in Medieval and
Renaissance Europe
MST 3230H
The Common Law of Medieval Europe
MST 3235H
Communal Florence, 1150–1530
MST 3236H
Music
MUS 1040H
Topics in Medieval Music
Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations
NMC 1311Y
Post-Biblical Hebrew: Mishnah and
Midrashim
The Papal Monarchy
NMC 1326Y
Topics in Midrashic Literature
MST 3242H
The Carolingians and the Birth of
Europe
NMC 1500Y
Archaeology, from Alexander to
Muhammad
MST 3243H
Dark Age Italy
NMC 2090Y
Islamic History to the Fall of Baghdad
MST 3244H
Patron Saints of Early Medieval Italy
NMC 2119H
Readings in Mediaeval Arabic Legal
Documents
MST 3245H
Pharmacy from Antiquity to the Early
Middle Ages
NMC 2221H
Medieval Persian Ethical and Advice
Literature
Pharmacy from Early Islam to
Medieval and Renaissance Europe
NMC 2222H
Persian Mystical Poetry
MST 3251H
The Merovingians
NMC 2225H
History of Medieval Iran and Central
Asia
MST 3262H
Monastic Identities
NMC 2226H
Readings in Medieval Persian Historical
and Documentary Sources
MST 3246H
MST 3301H
Themes in Medieval Philosophy
MST 3306H
Topics in Augustine
NMC 2500H
Early Islamic Art and Architecture
MST 3307H
Augustine in Transition (PR)
NMC 2515Y
The Islamic City
MST 3308H
The Philosophy of Peter Abelard
NMC 2521H
MST 3310H
Thomas Aquinas
The Taj Mahal and Its Origins: Medieval
Islamic Architecture in Iran, Central
Asia, and India
MST 3311H
Topics in Medieval Metaphysics (PR)
NMC 2526H
Islamic Painting
MST 3321H
Philosophy of Mind in the Middle Ages
(PR)
NMC 2527H
Islamic Decorative Arts
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NMC 2540Y
Islamic Archaeology
Philosophy
PHL 2020H
Augustine
PHL 2030H
Aquinas
PHL 2032H
Seminar in Aquinas
PHL 2040H
Medieval Philosophy
PHL 2041H
Seminar in Medieval Philosophy
PHL 2042H
Topics in Medieval Philosophy
PHL 2045H
Late Medieval Philosophy
Religion
RLG 3232H
Sacred Space in the Christian
Tradition
RLG 3653Y
Jewish Exegetical Traditions in
Antiquity
Slavic Languages and Literatures
SLA 1104H
Introduction to Old Church Slavonic
SLA 1109H
Studies in Old Church Slavonic
Spanish
SPA 2021H
The Politics of Print
SPA 2022H
Books and Borders
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