Course Selection Guidebook [pdf] - College of William and Mary

Course Selection Guidebook – Fall 2011disciplines. By taking courses offered by many different departments, students can deepen theirunderstanding of the Middle Ages and Renaissance while learning to think and to work in aninterdisciplinary way.For a complete list of the program’s requirements for majors and minors, please consult the coursecatalog or the program’s web page: http://www.wm.edu/as/medren/index.php.Introductory courses: students with an interest in “Med-Ren” are encouraged to take freshmanseminars that cover medieval or Renaissance topics – these seminars can be applied toward themajor or minor. Such students are also encouraged to take introductory 100- and 200-level coursesoffered by those departments (Art History, Classical Studies, English, History, Modern Languages,Music, Philosophy and Religious Studies) that contribute to the program (for example, English203, British Literature I, or Religious Studies 210, Introduction to the History of Christianity).Students who have placed into 300-level language courses are encouraged to take those that covermedieval and Renaissance subjects (such as German 301, German Literature from the Beginningto the Seventeenth Century).For more information, please contact Professor Suzanne Hagedorn, Director of the Program inMedieval and Renaissance Studies, English Department, 757-221-3923.Military ScienceArmy Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) is proud of its affiliation with the College ofWilliam & Mary. The Military Science Department’s program and our credited courses provide aparallel path for the students to study while obtaining an academic degree. The studies arerigorous and, once completed, the student who attends ROTC will receive commission in theUnited States Army (Active Duty, Reserve, and/or National Guard up to an 8 year serviceobligation). The ROTC program offers 1 to 4 year UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATEscholarships in support of obtaining Bachelors, Masters or a second degree from the College ofWilliam and Mary. The benefits, listed below, provide a way for students to limit the financialhardships associated with obtaining a degree. While there are many programs/avenues to acquirefunds, our program is unique because the ROTC instructors provide 4 years of leadership training,a future career and a way to leave the college or university with the debt many students acquire atthe end of their collegiate studies. The College of William & Mary Army ROTC program canoffer to qualified students who pass the medical and physical fitness tests and have a minimumGPA of 2.5 the current benefits.What Military Science Offers:1. Extensive leadership and management courses, which are applicable both to civilianindustry and military service.2. Opportunities to participate in leadership and confidence-building activities such asland navigation, adventure training, marksmanship, field training exercises and physicaltraining.3. Future undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral level studies requiring funding in medicine,psychology (clinical), nursing, law, dental, business, education and other undergraduate/graduate educational fields.4. Opportunity to study abroad in support of curriculum major.5. Ability to compete and earn prized Army schools that include Air Assault and Airbornetraining as a contracted Cadet.59