Early Modern Studies

An EMSP student is required to take the program’s three core course doublets:

• EMSP 2001.03 & EMSP 2002.03 (or EMSP 2000.06)
• EMSP 3001.03 & EMSP 3002.03 (or EMSP 3000.06)
• EMSP 4001.03 & EMSP 4002.03 (or EMSP 4000.06)

plus at least six credit hours EMSP electives.

The requirements for the second honours subject are dependent on that department, and vary from program to program. Early Modern Studies Program students may fulfil the honours requirement in either of the two honours subjects. Usually this subject will be the one in which the student has taken more classes. In the Early Modern Studies Program, completion of the Honours Seminar (EMSP 4501.03 & EMSP 4502.03) fulfils the requirement of the honours qualifying examination; alternatively, with the approval of the director, an honours thesis (in conjunction with EMSP 4551.03 & EMSP 4552.03) also fulfil the requirement of the honours qualifying examination. Both the Honours Thesis and Honours Seminar are full-year classes. They are normally taken as part of a regular course load.

You can take a minor in EMSP to complement your degree. Engage in an interdisciplinary exploration of the birth of the modern world.

Complete a minimum of 18 credit hours to a maximum of 27 credit hours including:

• One of the core course doublets:
  • EMSP 2001.03 & EMSP 2002.03 (or EMSP 2000.06)
    *Both EMSP 2001.03 & EMSP 2002.03 must normally be taken in the same academic year to meet this requirement.
  • EMSP 3001.03 & EMSP 3002.03 (or EMSP 3000.06)
    *Both EMSP 3001.03 & EMSP 3002.03 must normally be taken in the same academic year to meet this requirement.
  • EMSP 4001.03 & EMSP 4002.03 (or EMSP 4000.06)
    *Both EMSP 4001.03 & EMSP 4002.03 must normally be taken in the same academic year to meet this requirement.
• 6 credit hours at the 3000 or 4000 level.  EMSP 3001.03 & EMSP 3002.03 (or EMSP 3000.06) OR  EMSP 4001.03 & EMSP 4002.03 (or EMSP 4000.06) will also fulfill this requirement).
• 6 credit hours at any level.

Students enrolled in the Combined Honours or Minor program in EMSP can opt to have a maximum of one 3-credit hour “selective” course at Dalhousie University to count toward the EMSP part of their degree. The Registrar’s Office at King’s should be notified if students wish to pursue this option.

Eligible selectives in 2021-22 only

• ENGL 2217 Shakespeare at the Globe
• ENGL 3015 Renaissance Drama
• ENGL 3026 Romantic Era I: Radicals and Visionaries
• FILM/PERF/THEA 4926 Creative Responses to A Midsummer Night’s Dream
• FREN 3400 Love and Death (French Prose & Poetry) (held with EURO 2101)
• GERM 2011 German Folk and Fairy Tale
• HIST 3101 Punishment, Crime, and the Courts in England, c. 1559-1850
• THEA 2012 Early Modern Theatre
• THEA 4702 Special Topics 3: ‘Early Modern Comedy of Character’