Jewish Studies Minor

Students whose major area of interest is not Jewish studies may nonetheless find that a minor in Jewish studies makes an invaluable contribution to their studies. This introduction to Jewish studies is helpful for students who plan to do graduate work in Jewish studies, whether through traditional academic disciplines or in Jewish studies programs, and also for students who plan to attend rabbinical schools or to find work with Jewish communities. For others with an interest in Jewish topics, but without such plans, a minor in Jewish studies offers intellectual enrichment and a focus within the student’s chosen field.

Course Requirements

The minor requires a minimum of eight courses. A minimum of 5 upper-division courses must be completed within the Jewish studies minor course requirements. In consultation with a faculty adviser, students will plan a program of study to fulfill the following distribution of courses:

Lower-Division Courses

One of the following Jewish studies core courses:

HIS74Introduction to Jewish History and Cultures

5

HIS74AIntroduction to Middle Eastern and North African Jewish History: Ancient to Early Modern

5

HIS74BIntroduction to Middle Eastern and North African Jewish History, 1500-2000

5

HIS75Film and the Holocaust

5

HIS76The Holocaust

5

LIT61JIntroduction to Jewish Literature and Culture

5

Upper-Division Courses

Three upper-division Jewish studies core courses:

HIS155History of Modern Israel

5

HIS163BGenesis: A History

5

HIS172AGerman History

5

HIS172BGerman Film, 1919-1945

5

HIS178EModern Jewish Intellectual History

5

HIS185ILatin American Jewish History in the Modern Period

5

HIS185JThe Modern Jewish Experience

5

HIS185KJewish Life in Eastern Mediterranean Port Cities

5

HIS185LWhere Civilizations Met--Jews, Judaism, and the Iberian Peninsula

5

HIS185MZionism: An Intellectual History

5

HIS185OThe Holocaust and the Arab World

5

HIS194FJewish Shanghai

5

HAVC135EJewish Identity and Visual Representation

5

JWST185N
/HIS 185N
The Holocaust in a Digital World

5

LGST114Jews, Anti-Semitism, and the American Legal System

5

LGST115Law and the Holocaust

5

LIT118AHebrew Bible

5

LIT164AJewish Travel Narratives

5

LIT164BHebrew Poetry

5

LIT164CGlobal Jewish Writing

5

LIT164DJewish Diaspora, Ethnicity, and Urban Life

5

LIT164GLiterature and the Holocaust

5

LIT164HJewish Writers and the European City

5

LIT164JJewish Writers and the American City

5

LIT181ABiblical Hebrew, Part 1

5

LIT181BBiblical Hebrew, Part 2

5

PHIL148The Holocaust and Philosophy

5

Electives

Four additional core or elective courses from the Jewish studies curriculum, two of which must be upper-division.

The following courses are electives only. Students may satisfy their Jewish studies elective requirements by taking additional lower-division core and/or upper-division core courses from the Jewish studies curriculum. Jewish studies minors may also apply lower-division Hebrew or Yiddish language courses to their elective requirements.

HIS2AThe World to 1500

5

HIS2BThe World Since 1500

5

HIS70AModern European History, 1500-1815

5

HIS70BModern European History, 1815-present

5

HIS167AThe First World War

5

HIS167BThe Second World War in Europe

5

HIS172CHistory of German Film, 1945 to Present

5

HIS172DHitler and the Third Reich

5

HIS176Eastern Europe, 1848-2000

5

HIS178AEuropean Intellectual History: The Enlightenment

5

HIS178BEuropean Intellectual History: The 19th Century

5

HIS178CEuropean Intellectual History, 1870-1970

5

HIS184BRacism and Antiracism in Europe: From 1870 to the Present

5

JWST199Tutorial

5

LIT112IKafka in Translation

5

MUSC80IMusic of Modern Israel

5

MUSC81PHistory of Jewish Music

5

MUSC80TMizrach: Jewish Music in the Lands of Islam

5

MUSC80YMusic, Anti-Semitism, and the Holocaust

5