The Jewish Studies Minor

Note: The grade point average of the coursework comprising the minor must be no less than 2.0 with no course grade below C- (1.7).

Five units of approved Jewish Studies courses, including:

At least two units from each group A and B below, selected from at least two different disciplines.

A maximum of two units may be taken at another accredited institution or through an approved study abroad program, with the JWST advisor’s approval. No more than half a unit shall be awarded for internship credit. No more than one 100-level course shall count toward the minor.

Prerequisites do not count toward the minor unless otherwise noted.

Group A: Identity and Representation

course Culture Wars & Identity Debates in German Society from Empire to EU
course Representing the Holocaust
course Politics of the Middle East and North Africa
course The Bible as Literature
course Horror and the Bible
course Sex and the Hebrew Bible
course The Hebrew Bible, the Climate, and the End of the World as We Know It
course Introduction to the Hebrew Bible
course Introduction to the New Testament
course Queer Bible
course Genesis
course The Hebrew Prophets
course Hate: A History of Antisemitism

Group B: Culture and History

course Remembering the Holocaust in Today’s Germany (Kahn)
course Human Rights and Revolution in the Atlantic World (1750-1850)
course Nazi Germany
course Europe in crisis, 1881-1949
course The Modern Middle East
course ST: Jews in the United States (Yellin)
course ST: Jewish History and Memory (Sackley)
course Satan
course The History of Israel

Special Contract Courses

These courses count toward Jewish Studies with permission of Instructor and JWST coordinator. A/B classification will be determined at time of approval.

course Sex and Gender in the Middle East
course Late Antique Art
course Archaeology of the Middle East
course ST: Leonard Cohen (Schwartz)
course Introduction to German Literature
course Heimathorror/Homeland Horror
course Culture Wars and Identity Debates in German Society from Empire to EU
course Global Migrations (Kahn)
course American Culture 1945-2000
course State and Society in Modern America
course Hellenistic Greece and Republican Rome
course The Roman Empire
course Race and Immigration in Europe
course Russian Empire / Soviet Union / After
course Cold War Europe 1945-1991
course Early Islamic World – special contract
course Ottoman Empire – special contract
course ST: Patriotic Histories
course ST: Modern Turkey – special contract
course Researching Genocide (Kahn)
course Pilgrimage Studies (relevant Pilgrimages only – for example, Berlin)
course German Cinema
course Intro to 20th Century and Contemporary Russian Literature
course Russian and Eastern European Film
course Bolsheviks, Bombs, and Ballet
course Literature and Social Change in Eastern Europe
course Lost Christianities
course Rhetorical Theory (Mifsud)

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