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Need study skills help?  Then contact the Student Academic Center
(855-7313) for on-line authorization for EDUC-X101 (Learning
Strategies for History, two additional credits) that will be offered
2:30 MW or 4:00 MW.

The Jewish impact on the development of the modern age has famously
led some to term the twentieth-century “The Jewish Century.”  At the
same time, modernity in all its forms has impacted the history of
Jewish civilization in fundamental ways.  This course will examine
the history of the Jewish people from the Expulsion from Spain in
1492 to the present day.  Topics to be discussed include Kabbalah
and Jewish mysticism, the development of Reform Judaism, Hasidism,
Jewish patterns of migration, the American Jewish experience, the
Holocaust, Zionism, and the foundation of the State of Israel. 
Students will learn how to approach texts from a historical
perspective, how to think analytically about the past, how to
formulate historically relevant questions, and how to analyze a
variety of historical materials, including primary source texts and
modern scholarship.  Although this course can serve as a
continuation of H251, H251 is not a prerequisite for this
introductory course.  Course requirements will include tests, short
writing assignments, and an exam.