Course Descriptions

An introduction to the cultural and literary traditions of ancient Greece and Rome through the close reading of specific core texts. Emphasis will be placed on the development of key themes and values as they evolved in antiquity, and their reception in modern times.

Weekly hours: 3 Lecture hours
Note: Students with credit for CMRS 201.6 or INTS 101.12 will not receive credit for this course.

An introduction to the civilization of the European Middle Ages and Renaissance through the lens of literature, philosophy, art, and other sources.

Weekly hours: 3 Lecture hours
Note: Students with credit for CMRS 201.6 or INTS 101.12 will not receive credit for this course.

Offered occasionally by visiting faculty and in other special situations to cover, in depth, topics that are not thoroughly covered in regularly offered courses.

Weekly hours: 3 Lecture hours

Offered occasionally by visiting faculty and in other special situations to cover, in depth, topics that are not thoroughly covered in regularly offered courses.

Weekly hours: 3 Lecture hours

The Director’s colloquy is a non-credit course that ensures Students and Director are in regular communication as a community of scholars. The colloquy is designed to support student success in the completion of their degree and future career path. Three meetings of two hours each will be held over the semester. Each meeting will be focussed on different aspects of scholarly preparedness and post-degree career planning. Topics include successful research and writing strategies, meeting graduates of the program and learning about their post-degree employment experiences, planning for post-graduate life, whether it be joining the workforce or further education in professional programs. Students will meet our USask research librarians, successful CMRS graduates (published writers, managers, teachers, lawyers, professors, administrators, archivists, museum directors, theatre directors), and will take part in facilitated discussions on how to use their humanist education to create a meaningful life in a challenging world.

Prerequisite(s): 30 credit units of courses within the College of Arts and Science.

The purpose of this course is to give students a good foundational knowledge in current curatorial practices and theory. Through readings, discussions, case studies, and museum/gallery visits, students will examine a variety of curatorial subjects and themes, including the history of museum/art gallery display and collecting, collections management (cataloging, conservation, and research), exhibition development from proposal to display, digital approaches to collections and exhibitions, education and outreach through collections, as well as curatorial ethics.

Weekly hours: 1.5 Lecture hours and 1.5 Seminar/Discussion hours
Prerequisite(s): 3 credit units of 200-level HIST, CLAS, CMRS, ANTH, or ARTH courses.

Introduces the student to basic elements in the study of manuscripts. The greatest portion of the course will involve guided transcription, annotation, and analysis of manuscripts relevant to the research of the instructor. The texts in question will never have been edited and thus represent entirely original research. Students will also learn about methods such as context function analysis, provenance research, and historical bibliography. Although this will be done initially through lectures, the experience of confronting pre-modern manuscripts first-hand in all of their richness will form the backbone of the course.

Weekly hours: 1.5 Lecture hours and 1.5 Practicum/Lab hours
Prerequisite(s): 6 credit units 200-level or above HIST, ENG, or CMRS or permission of instructor.

Offered occasionally by visiting faculty and in other special situations to cover, in depth, topics that are not thoroughly covered in regularly offered courses.

Weekly hours: 3 Seminar/Discussion hours

Offered occasionally by visiting faculty and in other special situations to cover, in depth, topics that are not thoroughly covered in regularly offered courses.

Weekly hours: 3 Seminar/Discussion hours

Many aspects of medieval and renaissance culture had their roots in the Greco-Roman Classical period. Detailed study of a selected text or theme and related scholarship aims to deepen understanding of cultural continuity and change between the three periods. Texts and themes will change yearly. Please consult the CMRS homepage: http://www.artsandscience.usask.ca/cmrs/

Weekly hours: 3 Seminar/Discussion hours
Prerequisite(s): CMRS 110 and CMRS 111; or permission of the program director.
Note: Students may take this course more than once for credit, provided the topic covered in each offering differs substantially. Students must consult the Department to ensure that the topics covered are different.

A directed research course wherein students in biweekly meetings with a supervisor and a class seminar will develop skills required for graduate study: preparation of annotated bibliography, research proposal, major research paper and oral presentation. Projects will be focused on the classical, medieval or renaissance period.

Weekly hours: 1.5 Seminar/Discussion hours
Prerequisite(s): Permission of the Program Director.
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): CMRS 401

This course on the study of numismatics (coinage and currency) from ancient Greece and Rome will serve as an introduction to the field of numismatics, and will show students how coins are used by historians, art historians and archaeologists as a valuable resource and area of research for these various fields. The course will cover the numismatic histories of ancient Greece and Rome touching on coins as currency, but also as a means of mass media, and as precious artworks. Students will have the opportunity to learn how to read and analyze coins using original specimens housed in the Museum of Antiquities collections.

Weekly hours: 3 Seminar/Discussion hours
Prerequisite(s): 9 credit units of Humanities courses, of which 3 credit units must be at the 300 level or above, or permission of the instructor or program director.
Note: Some background in ancient Greek and/or Roman history is recommended but not required.

An independent study course in which the student works one-on-one with a CMRS faculty member on manuscript evidence relating to that faculty member’s research. It involves students directly in the process of advanced primary research and the excitement of discovery using sources which may well never have been examined before.

Weekly hours: 3 Lecture hours
Prerequisite(s): CMRS 333.3 or permission of the instructor.

Offered occasionally by visiting faculty and in other special situations to cover, in depth, topics that are not thoroughly covered in regularly offered courses.

Weekly hours: 3 Seminar/Discussion hours

Offered occasionally by visiting faculty and in other special situations to cover, in depth, topics that are not thoroughly covered in regularly offered courses.

Weekly hours: 3 Seminar/Discussion hours
Note: Costs in addition to tuition will apply to this course. Please contact the college for more details.

Offered occasionally in special situations. Students interested in these courses should contact the department for more information.

Offered occasionally in special situations. Students interested in these courses should contact the department for more information.

Students writing a Master's thesis must register for this course.