Undergraduate Certificate
Undergraduates interested in the literature, history, and culture of Britain are encouraged to develop an interdisciplinary concentration in British and Irish Studies. This work, to be completed in addition to a regular departmental major, will lead to a Certificate in British and Irish Studies. The Certificate demonstrates that the student has done serious work in several aspects of British and Irish Studies and will be advantageous when applying to graduate school or for jobs. It is open to students (including non-degree students)Ìýin Arts and Sciences and the professional colleges (e.g., Journalism and Business).
Students will take a total of 24 credits in British Studies (normally as 8 courses of 3 hours each). A grade of C- or better must be received in all classes. The courses should be distributed as follows:
- In the department of primary focus (either English or History, depending on the student's own interests), any 4 courses in British or Irish Studies. CBIS will provide a list of possible courses.
- In the secondary department (either History, English, or Political Science, depending upon which was chosen as the primary area), a minimum of 2 courses and a maximum of 4 courses. CBIS will provide a list of possible courses (see below).
- Students may take 1 or 2 courses in departments other than English, History, or Political Science, chosen from the attached list, in place of courses in the secondary department.
- Students are encouraged, though not required, to do some work of explicitly interdisciplinary nature. This might involve taking a team taught course offered by two departments, like English 3162 / History 3163 or English 4112 / History 4113, or doing an Independent Study or Honors Thesis which spans two disciplines.
- Studying in Britain or Ireland would be a fine addition to the Certificate. See the Office of International Education, Environmental Design Bldg., Room 1B45, (303)-492-6016, for information on CU's Study Abroad programs.
This is a list of pre-approved courses (as it will appear in the 2025-26 Course Catalog). Other courses, including topics courses, that is, courses with topics that vary from section to section or semester to semester, may be substituted with the approval of the CBIS director.
Art History
- ARTH 4309 Ìý ÌýÌý Neoclassicism and Romanticism: 1760 – 1840 (3)
- ARTH 4319 Ìý ÌýÌý European Art from 1830 to 1886 (3)
Economics
- ECON 4514ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Economic History of Europe (3)
English
- ENGL 1500ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Introduction to British Literature (3)
- ENGL 2503ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Medieval and Renaissance (3)
- ENGL 2504ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Enlightenment and Modernity (3)
- ENGL 2767ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Race, Empire, and the Postcolonial (3)
- ENGL 3000 Ìý ÌýÌý Shakespeare for Nonmajors (3)
- ENGL 3068ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Modernisms and Modernity, 1900-1945 (3)
- ENGL 3078ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Contemporary Literature: 1945 to the Present (3)
- ENGL 3164ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý History and Literature of Georgian Britain (3)
- ENGL 3227 Ìý ÌýÌý Sex in Shakespeare’s Time (3)
- ENGL 3300 Ìý ÌýÌý Literary London (3)
- ENGL 3523ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Renaissance Literature (3)
- ENGL 3544ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý The Long Eighteenth Century (3)
- ENGL 3553ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Chaucer and the Invention of English Literature (3)
- ENGL 3563ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Shakespeare in Dialogue (3)
- ENGL 3564ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Romantic Literature and its Revolutions (3)
- ENGL 3573ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Shakespeare in Performance (3)
- ENGL 3583ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Milton’s Worlds (3)
- ENGL 3604ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Victorian Literature (3)
- ENGL 4003ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Old English 1: Introduction to Old English (3)
- ENGL 4013 Ìý ÌýÌý Old English 2: Intermediate Old English (3)
- ENGL 4023 Ìý ÌýÌý Old English 3: Beowulf (3)
- ENGL 4048ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý The Modernist Novel (3)Ìý [formerly 4224]
- ENGL 4113ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Medieval Worlds (3)
- ENGL 4513ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý British Medieval Literature (3)
- ENGL 4514ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Advanced Topics: The Long 18th Century (3)
- ENGL 4524ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Advanced Topics: Romanticism (3)
- ENGL 4624ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Topics in Transnational Literature 1660-1900 (3)
- ENGL 4634ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Advanced Topics: The Victorian Era (3)
- ENGL 4693ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Advanced Topics in British Literature to 1600 (3)
History
- HIST 1113ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Introduction to British History to 1660 (3)
- HIST 1123ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Introduction to British History since 1660 (3)
- HIST 1528 Ìý ÌýÌýÌýÌý Introduction to South Asian History since 1757 (3)
- HIST 3113ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Seminar in Medieval and Early Modern English History (3)
- HIST 3133ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Seminar in Britain since 1688 (3)
- HIST 4013ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Law and Society in Premodern England to 1688 (3)
- HIST 4053ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Britain and the Empire, 1688-1964 (3)
- HIST 4123ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Kings & Commoners in an Age of Crisis: English History 1327-1487 (3)
- HIST 4125ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Early American History to 1763 (3)
- HIST 4133ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Tudor England, 1485-1603 (3)
- HIST 4143ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýThe Making of Great Britain: British History 1603-1714 (3)
- HIST 4258 Ìý ÌýÌýÌýÌý Africa under European Colonial Rule (3)
- HIST 4339 Ìý ÌýÌýÌýÌý Borderlands of the British Empire (3)
- HIST 4349ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Decolonization of the British Empire
- HIST 4558 Ìý ÌýÌýÌýÌý Buddha to Gandhi: A History of Indian Nonviolence (3)
Humanities
- HUMN 4000 Ìý ÌýThe Question of Romanticism (3)
- HUMN 4082 Ìý Ìý19th-Century Art and Literature (3)
Linguistics
- LING 1010 Ìý ÌýÌýÌý The Study of Words (3)
- LING 3545 Ìý ÌýÌýÌý World Language Policies (3)
- LING 4650 Ìý ÌýÌýÌý Language Teaching Materials Design (3)
Political Science
- PSCI 2004ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Survey of Western Political Thought (3)
- PSCI 3172ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Democracy and Its Citizens in the US and EU (3)
- PSCI 4002ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Western European Politics (3)
- PSCI 4016 Ìý ÌýÌýÌýÌý Inequality and Public Policy in the U.S. and Europe (3)
- PSCI 4213ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Europe and the International System (3)
- PSCI 4283 Ìý ÌýÌýÌýÌý International Migration and Policy (3)
- By taking courses dealing with various aspects of British Studies, students will gain a picture of Britain from several vantage points.
- Upon successful completion of requirements, students will be awarded an official Certificate in British Studies, signed by the Director of the Center for British Studies and the Dean of Arts and Sciences. The Certificate may be used by the student in applying for graduate school or employment, as evidence of a sustained interdisciplinary concentration in British Studies.
- Click here to download an application form
- If you have fulfilled the requirements for the certificate,Ìýclick here to download a completion form
For More Information
Please contact the Executive Director of CBIS at CBIS@colorado.edu.