Combined Honours
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.
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Core Courses
Structures of the Modern Self I
EMSP2001.03
Fall
Scotiabank Room
TR 1435-1555
Structures of the Modern Self II
EMSP2002.03
Winter
Scotiabank Room
TR 1435-1555
Humanity, Nature, and Environment in the Early Modern Period I: Renaissance to the Age of Reason
EMSP3001.03
Fall
Archibald Room
M 1235-1425
W 1235-1325
Humanity, Nature, and Environment in the Early Modern Period II: Enlightenment to Romanticism
EMSP3002.03
Winter
Archibald Room
M 1235-1425
W 1235-1325
Conceptions of State, Society and Revolution in the Early Modern Period I
EMSP4001.03
Fall
Frazee Room
TR 1005-1125
Conceptions of State, Society and Revolution in the Early Modern Period II
EMSP4002.03
Winter
Frazee Room
TR 1005-1125
Electives
The Lecture Series: Representation of Colonialization and De-Colonialization
CTMP2011.03/3011.03/4011.03 / EMSP2011.03/3011.03/4011.03 / HSTC2011.03/3011.03/4011.03
Winter
KTS Lecture Hall
T 1605-1755
T 1905-2055 (biweekly)
Magic, Science and the Occult: from Antiquity to Postmodernity
HSTC2120.03 / EMSP2360.03 / HIST2990.03 / RELS2120.03
Fall
KTS Lecture Hall
MW 1135-1255
Violence and Wonder: Baroque Art
EMSP2215.03 / EURO2101.03
Winter
Scotiabank Room
MW 1005-1125
The Vampire: Modernity and the Undead
EMSP2313.03 / CTMP2313.03
Fall
KTS Lecture Hall
M 1735-2025
Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe
EMSP2320.03 / GWST2420.03 / RELS2320.03
Winter
Online / Asynchronous
Asia and the West: Centuries of Dialogue
EMSP2390.03 / CTMP2102.03 / HSTC2811.03 / CHIN2082.03
Fall
Classroom AA1
MW 1005-1125
The Art of Global Encounters in the Early Modern Period
EMSP2415.03
Fall
Scotiabank Room
MW 1005-1125
The Pirate and Piracy
EMSP2480.03 / HIST2750.03
Winter
KTS Lecture Hall
MW 1605-1725
Ideas of the Sea and Seafaring: Intercultural Perspectives
EMSP2490.03 / CTMP2207.03 / HSTC2220.03
Fall
KTS Lecture Hall
MW 1605-1725
Spinozisms: From Early Modernity to the Contemporary World
EMSP3216.03 / CTMP3316.03
Fall
Seminar 7
MW 1435-1555
Love, Lust and Desire in Italian Renaissance Art
EMSP3280.03 / GWST3280.03
Fall
Archibald Room
TR 1005-1125
In Search of the Philosopher's Stone: The History of European Alchemy
HSTC3121.03 / EMSP3321.03 / HIST3990.03 / RELS3121.03
Winter
Archibald Room
TR 1305-1425
Science and Religion: Historical Perspectives
HSTC3200.03 / EMSP3330.03 / RELS3200.03 / HIST3075.03
Fall
Seminar 7
TR 1605-1725
Art, Optics, and Technologies of Illusion
EMSP 3350.03 / HSTC 3350.03
Winter
Classroom AA1
TR 1005-1125
Theories of Punishment
EMSP3430.03 / CTMP3170.03
Fall
Online / Asynchronous
Cross-Cultural Encounters with the Islamic World in Early Modern Art and Literature
EMSP3640.03
Winter
Seminar 7
MW 1605-1725
Studies in Early Modern Subjectivities: The Republic of Women
EMSP 3610.03
Winter
Shatford Room
MW 1435-1555
Honours Thesis & Colloquium
Early Modern Studies Honours Thesis
EMSP 4551.03 and EMSP 4552.03
Fall
Winter
ONLINE - SYNCHRONOUS & ASYNCHRONOUS
New in 2022/23 - Cross-Cultural Encounters with the Islamic World
Minor
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.
- EMSP 2001.03 & EMSP 2002.03 (or EMSP 2000.06)
- 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.
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Core Courses
Structures of the Modern Self I
EMSP2001.03
Fall
Scotiabank Room
TR 1435-1555
Structures of the Modern Self II
EMSP2002.03
Winter
Scotiabank Room
TR 1435-1555
Humanity, Nature, and Environment in the Early Modern Period I: Renaissance to the Age of Reason
EMSP3001.03
Fall
Archibald Room
M 1235-1425
W 1235-1325
Humanity, Nature, and Environment in the Early Modern Period II: Enlightenment to Romanticism
EMSP3002.03
Winter
Archibald Room
M 1235-1425
W 1235-1325
Conceptions of State, Society and Revolution in the Early Modern Period I
EMSP4001.03
Fall
Frazee Room
TR 1005-1125
Conceptions of State, Society and Revolution in the Early Modern Period II
EMSP4002.03
Winter
Frazee Room
TR 1005-1125
6 credit hours at the 3000 or 4000 level
Humanity, Nature, and Environment in the Early Modern Period I: Renaissance to the Age of Reason
EMSP3001.03
Fall
Archibald Room
M 1235-1425
W 1235-1325
Humanity, Nature, and Environment in the Early Modern Period II: Enlightenment to Romanticism
EMSP3002.03
Winter
Archibald Room
M 1235-1425
W 1235-1325
The Lecture Series: Representation of Colonialization and De-Colonialization
CTMP2011.03/3011.03/4011.03 / EMSP2011.03/3011.03/4011.03 / HSTC2011.03/3011.03/4011.03
Winter
KTS Lecture Hall
T 1605-1755
T 1905-2055 (biweekly)
Spinozisms: From Early Modernity to the Contemporary World
EMSP3216.03 / CTMP3316.03
Fall
Seminar 7
MW 1435-1555
Love, Lust and Desire in Italian Renaissance Art
EMSP3280.03 / GWST3280.03
Fall
Archibald Room
TR 1005-1125
In Search of the Philosopher's Stone: The History of European Alchemy
HSTC3121.03 / EMSP3321.03 / HIST3990.03 / RELS3121.03
Winter
Archibald Room
TR 1305-1425
Science and Religion: Historical Perspectives
HSTC3200.03 / EMSP3330.03 / RELS3200.03 / HIST3075.03
Fall
Seminar 7
TR 1605-1725
Art, Optics, and Technologies of Illusion
EMSP 3350.03 / HSTC 3350.03
Winter
Classroom AA1
TR 1005-1125
Theories of Punishment
EMSP3430.03 / CTMP3170.03
Fall
Online / Asynchronous
Cross-Cultural Encounters with the Islamic World in Early Modern Art and Literature
EMSP3640.03
Winter
Seminar 7
MW 1605-1725
Conceptions of State, Society and Revolution in the Early Modern Period I
EMSP4001.03
Fall
Frazee Room
TR 1005-1125
Conceptions of State, Society and Revolution in the Early Modern Period II
EMSP4002.03
Winter
Frazee Room
TR 1005-1125
6 credit hours at any level
Structures of the Modern Self I
EMSP2001.03
Fall
Scotiabank Room
TR 1435-1555
Structures of the Modern Self II
EMSP2002.03
Winter
Scotiabank Room
TR 1435-1555
The Lecture Series: Representation of Colonialization and De-Colonialization
CTMP2011.03/3011.03/4011.03 / EMSP2011.03/3011.03/4011.03 / HSTC2011.03/3011.03/4011.03
Winter
KTS Lecture Hall
T 1605-1755
T 1905-2055 (biweekly)
Magic, Science and the Occult: from Antiquity to Postmodernity
HSTC2120.03 / EMSP2360.03 / HIST2990.03 / RELS2120.03
Fall
KTS Lecture Hall
MW 1135-1255
Violence and Wonder: Baroque Art
EMSP2215.03 / EURO2101.03
Winter
Scotiabank Room
MW 1005-1125
The Vampire: Modernity and the Undead
EMSP2313.03 / CTMP2313.03
Fall
KTS Lecture Hall
M 1735-2025
Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe
EMSP2320.03 / GWST2420.03 / RELS2320.03
Winter
Online / Asynchronous
Asia and the West: Centuries of Dialogue
EMSP2390.03 / CTMP2102.03 / HSTC2811.03 / CHIN2082.03
Fall
Classroom AA1
MW 1005-1125
The Art of Global Encounters in the Early Modern Period
EMSP2415.03
Fall
Scotiabank Room
MW 1005-1125
The Pirate and Piracy
EMSP2480.03 / HIST2750.03
Winter
KTS Lecture Hall
MW 1605-1725
Ideas of the Sea and Seafaring: Intercultural Perspectives
EMSP2490.03 / CTMP2207.03 / HSTC2220.03
Fall
KTS Lecture Hall
MW 1605-1725
Humanity, Nature, and Environment in the Early Modern Period I: Renaissance to the Age of Reason
EMSP3001.03
Fall
Archibald Room
M 1235-1425
W 1235-1325
Humanity, Nature, and Environment in the Early Modern Period II: Enlightenment to Romanticism
EMSP3002.03
Winter
Archibald Room
M 1235-1425
W 1235-1325
Spinozisms: From Early Modernity to the Contemporary World
EMSP3216.03 / CTMP3316.03
Fall
Seminar 7
MW 1435-1555
Love, Lust and Desire in Italian Renaissance Art
EMSP3280.03 / GWST3280.03
Fall
Archibald Room
TR 1005-1125
In Search of the Philosopher's Stone: The History of European Alchemy
HSTC3121.03 / EMSP3321.03 / HIST3990.03 / RELS3121.03
Winter
Archibald Room
TR 1305-1425
Science and Religion: Historical Perspectives
HSTC3200.03 / EMSP3330.03 / RELS3200.03 / HIST3075.03
Fall
Seminar 7
TR 1605-1725
Art, Optics, and Technologies of Illusion
EMSP 3350.03 / HSTC 3350.03
Winter
Classroom AA1
TR 1005-1125
Theories of Punishment
EMSP3430.03 / CTMP3170.03
Fall
Online / Asynchronous
Cross-Cultural Encounters with the Islamic World in Early Modern Art and Literature
EMSP3640.03
Winter
Seminar 7
MW 1605-1725
Conceptions of State, Society and Revolution in the Early Modern Period I
EMSP4001.03
Fall
Frazee Room
TR 1005-1125
Conceptions of State, Society and Revolution in the Early Modern Period II
EMSP4002.03
Winter
Frazee Room
TR 1005-1125
New in 2022/23 - Ideas of the Sea
Dalhousie Selectives
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.