Degree Requirements for the Major in Judaic Studies

General Program B.A.: 36 credits with at least 12 credits at the 300 level or above, to include:

 

1. Hebrew Language and Literature: a minimum of 6 credits in Hebrew beyond A Heb 102, plus either 3 credits at the 300 level or above from courses with an A Heb rubric (excluding A Heb 450 and 497) or one of the following:
1. A Jst 372: Issues in Modern Hebrew Literature
2. A Jst 372Z: Issues in Modern Hebrew Literature (Writing Intensive)
3. A Jst 373: The Arab in Israeli Literature
4. A Jst 373Z: The Arab in Israeli Literature (Writing Intensive)
5. A Jst 374: Love & Sex in Hebrew Literature
6. A Jst 374Z: Love & Sex in Hebrew Literature (Writing Intensive)

 

2. Judaic Life and Thought: a minimum of 18 credits from the following categories:
1. Judaic Studies Survey: 3 credits (1 course)

                                                               i.      
A Jst 150: Jewish Civilization

                                                              ii.      A Jst 155: Traditions and Practices

2. Foundations, Ancient and Medieval: 6 credits (2 courses) representing two of the three areas: Biblical, Hellenistic and Rabbinic, Medieval

                                                               i.      Biblical:

1.       A Jst 240: Archaeology, Biblical

2.       A Jst 242: Bible as Literature

3.       A Jst 251: Biblical History

4.       A Jst 281: Prophets

5.       A Jst 285: Hero and Antihero in Jewish and Christian Scripture

6.       A Heb 390: Biblical Readings

                                                              ii.      Hellenistic and Rabbinic:

1.       A Jst 241: Archaeology, Greece-Rome

2.       A Jst 252: Hellenistic History

3.       A Jst 285: Hero and Antihero in Jewish and Christian Scripture

4.       A Jst 325: Rabbinic Literature

                                                            iii.      Medieval:

1.       A Jst 253: Medieval History

2.       A Jst 285: Hero and Antihero in Jewish and Christian Scripture

3.       A Jst 325: Rabbinic Literature

4.       A Jst 343: Medieval History

 

3. Modern Jewish Experience: 6 credits (2 courses) representing two of the three areas: America, Israel, and Europe:
1. The Americas:

                                                               i.      A Jst 165: Jews & Conversos in Latin America

                                                              ii.      A Jst 221: American Jewish Experience

                                                            iii.      A Jst 225: American Cinema and the Jews

                                                            iv.      A Jst 254: Modern Jewish History

2. Israel:

                                                               i.      A Jst 244: Zionism, Palestine, and Israel in Historical Perspective

                                                              ii.      A Jst 245: Imagining the Jewish Nation

                                                            iii.      A Jst 272: Modern Hebrew Lit in Translation

                                                            iv.      A Jst 373: Arab in Israeli Literature

                                                             v.      A Heb 308: Readings in Hebrew Literature

                                                            vi.      A Heb 309: 20th Century Hebrew Literature

                                                          vii.      A Heb 310: Contemporary Narrative

                                                         viii.      A Jst 359: Israeli Politics

3. Europe:

                                                               i.      A Jst 244 Zionism, Palestine, and Israel in Historical Perspective

                                                              ii.      A Jst 245: Imagining the Jewish Nation

                                                            iii.      A Jst 250: Holocaust in History

                                                            iv.      A Jst 254: Modern Jewish History

                                                             v.      A Jst 265: Modern Yiddish Culture

                                                            vi.      A Jst 357: West European Jewry

                                                          vii.      A Jst 358: East European Jewry

 

4. Themes and Issues: 3 credits (1 course)
1. A Jst 215: Music of the Jewish People
2. A Jst 245: Imagining the Jewish Nation
3. A Jst 248: Women in Jewish History and Literature
4. A Jst 256: World Jewry since Holocaust
5. A Jst 265: Modern Yiddish Culture
6. A Jst 275: Antisemitism in Historical Perspective
7. A Jst 286: Jerusalem: City and Idea
8. A Jst 291: Messiah and Messianism in Judaism and Christianity
9. A Jst 331: Modern Jewish Thought
10. A Jst 360: Autobiographies
11. A Jst 367: Jewish Literary Imagination
12. A Jst 374: Love and Sex in Hebrew Literature

 

5. Electives: 9 credits (3 courses) from any category.

No more than a total of 4 credits from among A Heb 450, A Jst 450, and A Jst 490 may be applied toward the major.

 

Credit from Independent Study courses (A Heb 497, A Jst 497), the Honors Colloquium (A Jst 495) and Topics courses (A Jst 299, 499) may be applied to categories appropriate to their subject matter as determined by the Judaic Studies chair or major adviser. Relevant courses offered by other departments or transferred from other institutions may also be approved for credit toward the major by the chair or the Judaic Studies major adviser.