Graduate students admitted to a degree program in any field may earn one of two M.A.- or Ph.D.-level certificates: the Certificate in Medieval Studies or the Certificate in Renaissance Studies. Since medieval and renaissance studies are by nature interdisciplinary, students in the certificate program receive interdisciplinary training. Besides the course work and examinations required in their major field, students take six to nine semester hours of credit outside their discipline and receive training in a medieval vernacular language or a modern European language.
The core of the program has two components: (1) Latin, the international language for both the Middle Ages and Renaissance, and (2) paleography, the study of the physical medium through which Latin and other languages were transmitted.
The certificate program prepares students for advanced study or for academic positions by augmenting their skills and knowledge, thereby making them more equipped to handle the demands of their fields. For more information, contact the director of the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies by phone, by fax, or by e-mail (robert.bjork@asu.edu).
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