Jewish Studies Undergraduate Courses by Category

Yiddish (Germanic Studies)

• GER-Y 100 Beginning Yiddish I (4 cr.)
• GER-Y 150 Beginning Yiddish II (4 cr.) P: Y100
• GER-Y 200 Intermediate Yiddish I (3 cr.) P: Y150 or consent of instructor
• GER-Y 250 Intermediate Yiddish II (3 cr.) P: Y200 or consent of instructor

Hebrew (Jewish Studies)

• JSTU-B 200 Intermediate Biblical Hebrew I (3 cr.) P: Grade of C or higher in H 150 or equivalent proficiency.
• JSTU-B 250 Intermediate Biblical Hebrew II (3 cr.) P: Grade of C or higher in B 200.
• JSTU-H 100 Elementary Hebrew I (4 cr.)
• JSTU-H 150 Elementary Hebrew II (4 cr.) P: Grade of C or higher in H 100 or equivalent proficiency.
• JSTU-H 200 Intermediate Modern Hebrew I (3 cr.) P: Grade of C or higher in H 150 or equivalent proficiency.
• JSTU-H 250 Intermediate Modern Hebrew II (3 cr.) P: Grade of C or higher in H 200 or equivalent proficiency.
• JSTU-H 300 Advanced Modern Hebrew I (3 cr.) P: Grade of C or higher in H 250 or equivalent proficiency.
• JSTU-H 350 Advanced Modern Hebrew II (3 cr.) P: Grade of C or higher in H 300 or equivalent proficiency.
• JSTU-H 365 Advanced Hebrew Conversation and Composition (3 cr.) P: Grade of C or higher in H 350 or equivalent proficiency
• JSTU-H 375 Introductory Readings in Hebrew Literature (in Hebrew) (3 cr.) A&H; P: Grade of C or higher in H 350 or equivalent proficiency. (May count as a Literature and the Arts course.)
• JSTU-H 460 Israeli Film and Fiction in Hebrew (3 cr.) A&H, CSA P: Grade of C or higher in H350 or equivalent proficiency. (May count as a Literature and the Arts or History and Society course).
• JSTU-H 480 Modern Hebrew Literature in Hebrew (3 cr.) A&H, CSA; P: Grade of C or higher in any Hebrew course above H 350 (such as H 365, H 375, H 485, or H 497), or equivalent. (May count as a Literature and the Arts or History & Society course).
• JSTU-H 485 Recent Hebrew Literature in Hebrew (3 cr.) A&H, CSA; P: Grade of C or higher in H 350 or equivalent proficiency. (May count as a Literature & the Arts or a History & Society course).
• JSTU-H 497 Individual Readings in Hebrew (1-4 cr.) P: Grade of C or higher in H 350 or equivalent proficiency. May be repeated for a maximum of 9 credit hours.

• JSTU-J 251/HIST-H 251 Introduction to Jewish History: From the Bible to Spanish Expulsion (3 cr.) S&H, CSA
• JSTU-J 252/HIST-H 252 Introduction to Jewish History: From Spanish Expulsion to the Present (3 cr.) S&H, CSA

College of Arts and Sciences

• COLL-C 103 Critical Approaches to the Arts and Humanities (3 cr.) A&H, Critical Approaches to the Arts & Sciences/Topics
  Topic: Cultural Representations of the Holocaust; A Question of Jewish Identity: The Case of Judaism

Communication and Culture

• CMCL-C 445 Media, Culture and Politics (3 cr.)
  Topic: Film, Fascism, and Psychoanalysis

Comparative Literature

• CMLT-C 100 Freshman Seminar (3 cr.) A&H
  Topic: The Agnostic Bible
• CMLT-C 301 Special Topics in Comparative Literature (3 cr.) A&H, CSA; P: C 205 or 3 credit hours in literature
  Topics: The Agnostic Bible; Poetics of Biblical Narrative; Reading the Prophets
• CMLT-C 377 Topics in Yiddish Literature (3 cr.) A&H, CSA; P: C 205 or 3 credit hours in literature
  Topics: Fantasy, Realism, & Fiction in Early Modern and Modern “Classic” Yiddish Literature; Love, Soul, and Destiny in Modern Yiddish Literature; Selected Readings in 20th Century Yiddish Fiction; Yiddish Life: On Page, On Stage, On Screen
• CMLT-C 378 Topics in Yiddish Culture (3 cr.) A&H, CSA; P: C 205 or 3 credit hours in literature
  Topics: Culture, Memory, and Identity: Yiddish in the Post-Holocaust World; Ghetto, Shtetl, and Beyond: Millennium of History & Society of Yiddish; History & Sociology of Yiddish; Yiddish in America
• CMLT-C 400 Studies in Comparative Literature (3 cr.) A&H; P: C 205 or 3 credit hours in literature
  Topics: Job, from the Bible to Kafka; The Poetics of Biblical Narrative
• CMLT-C 405 Senior Seminar in Comparative Literature (6 cr. max.) A&H; P: C 205 or 3 credit hours in literature Topics: The Bible in Western Literature: Job, from the Bible to Kafka; Prophecy & Poetry

English

• ENG-L 241 American Jewish Writers (3 cr.) A&H, CSA
• ENG-L 367 Literature of the Bible (3 cr.) A&H
• ENG-L 375 Studies in Jewish Literature (3 cr.) A&H, CSA
  Topics: American Jewish Writers; Jewish American Responses to the Holocaust; Literature of the Holocaust; Representations of the Holocaust
• ENG-L 460 Seminar: Literary Form, Mode, and Theme (3 cr.)
  Topic: The Poetics of Biblical Narrative

Fine Arts

• FIN-A 200 Topics in Art History (3 cr.)
  Topic: Introduction to Jewish Art (CSA); Jews as Artists and Subjects

Folklore

• FOLK-F 252 Folklore and The Humanities (3 cr.) A&H
  Topic: Life Cycle & Year Cycle in Jewish Folklore; American Musical Theater and Ethnic Representation: Jews and African-Americans
• FOLK-F 357 American Jewish Popular Music (3 cr.) A&H, DUS/(CSB)
• FOLK-F 358 Jewish Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music (3 cr.) A&H
  Topics: Introduction to Jewish Folk Literature; Making Klezmer Music; Music in Judaism
• FOLK-F 359 Exploring Jewish Identity Today (3 cr.) S&H, CSA (can be IW)

Germanic Studies

• GER-E 341 Dutch Culture: The Modern Netherlands (3 cr.) S&H, CSB
  Topic: Anne Frank: Her Diary in Perspective
• GER-E 351 Topics in Yiddish Literature (3 cr.) A&H, CSA
  Topics: Fantasy, Realism, & Fiction in Early Modern and Modern “Classic” Yiddish Literature; Love, Soul, and Destiny in Modern Yiddish Literature; Selected Readings in 20th Century Yiddish Fiction; Yiddish Life: On Page, On Stage, On Screen
• GER-E 352 Topics in Yiddish Culture (3 cr.) A&H, CSA
  Topics: Culture, Memory, and Identity: Yiddish in the Post-Holocaust World; Ghetto, Shtetl and Beyond: Millennium of History and Society of Yiddish; History and Sociology of Yiddish; Yiddish in America
• GER-Y 495 Individual Readings in Yiddish Studies: Language, Literature, Culture (1-3 cr.) Consent of instructor

Hutton Honors College

• HON-H 226 Interdepartmental Colloquia (3 cr.) A&H; P: Consent of Hutton Honors College or JS advisor.
  Topics: The Agnostic Bible; Literature of the Holocaust (CSA)
• HON-H 234 Literature of Time & Place (3 cr.) A&H, GCC/(CSA)
  Topics: Anne Frank & Hitler: Studies in the Representations of Good & Evil; Literature of the Holocaust
• HON-H 235 Religion in Literature, Music, Art, and Performance (3 cr.) A&H
  Topic: The Agnostic Bible
• HON-H 303 Interdepartmental Colloquia (3 cr). P: consent of Hutton Honors College or JS advisor; A&H
  Topics: The Agnostic Bible; The American Jewish Experience; American Jewish Writers (CSA); Literature of the Holocaust (CSA); Poetics of Biblical Narrative

Jewish Studies

• JSTU-C 240 Contemporary Israeli Culture (3 cr.) A&H, CSA
• JSTU-C 340 The Kibbutz in Fact and Fiction (3 cr.) A&H, CSA
• JSTU-C 360 Israeli Film and Fiction (3 cr.) A&H, CSA
• JSTU-H 460 Israeli Film and Fiction in Hebrew (3 cr.) A&H, CSA P: Grade of C or higher in H350 or equivalent proficiency. (May count as a Jewish language course or History and Society).
• JSTU-H 480 Modern Hebrew Literature in Hebrew (3 cr.) A&H, CSA; P: Grade of C or higher in any Hebrew course above H 350 (such as H 365, H 375, H 485, or H 497), or equivalent. (May count as a Jewish language or a History & Society course).
• JSTU-H 485 Recent Hebrew Literature in Hebrew (3 cr.) A&H, CSA; P: Grade of C or higher in H 350 or equivalent proficiency. (May count as a Jewish language or a History & Society course.)
• JSTU-J 203 Arts and Humanities Topics in Jewish Studies (3 cr.) A&H
  Topic: The Wandering Jew
• JSTU-J 303 Arts and Humanities Topics in Jewish Studies (3 cr.) A&H
  Topic: Introduction to Jewish Folk Literature; The Jewish Folktake: Its Evolution, Poetics and Roles; Women & Femininity in Jewish & Israeli Folk Narratives
• JSTU-J 403 Arts and Humanities Topics in Jewish Studies (3 cr.) A&H
• JSTU-L 280 David: The Man and the King (3 cr.) A&H, GCC/(CSA)
• JSTU-L 285 Guns and Roses: Representations of Soldiers and War in Modern Hebrew Literature (3 cr.) A&H, GCC/(CSA)
• JSTU-L 380 Modern Hebrew Literature in English (3 cr.) A&H, CSA (can be an IW)
• JSTU-L 385 Recent Hebrew Literature in English (3 cr.) A&H, CSA
• JSTU-L 390 Biblical Themes in Modern Hebrew Literature (3 cr.) A&H
• JSTU-L 395 S.Y. Agnon and the Jewish Experience (3 cr.) A&H, CSA

Slavic Languages & Literatures

• SLAV-C 365 Seminar in Czech and Central European Literatures & Cultures (3 cr.) A&H, CSA
  Topics: Central European Literature & Culture Between the Wars; Czech and Jewish Culture in Bohemia: Poetry, Film, and Novel
• SLAV-R 345 Jewish Characters in Russian Literature (3 cr) A&H, CSA

West European Studies

• WEUR-W 406 Special Topics in Western European Studies (3 cr.) A&H
  Topic: Anne Frank: Her Diary in Perspective

Anthropology

• ANTH-E 332 Jewish Women: Anthropological Perspectives (3 cr.) S&H, CSA
• ANTH-E 371 Modern Jewish Culture and Society (3 cr.) S&H, CSA
• ANTH-E 382 Memory and Culture (3 cr.) S&H
• ANTH-E 400 Undergraduate Seminar (3 cr.)
  Topics: Ethnicities in Israel; Israeli Society and Culture; The Jewish Family; Jewish Women

College of Arts and Sciences

• COLL-C 103 Critical Approaches to the Arts and Humanities (3 cr.) A&H, Critical Approaches to the Arts & Sciences/Topics
  Topic: Cultural Representations of the Holocaust; Power, Politics, and Piety: Nationalism and Territory in Israel/Palestine; A Question of Identity: The Case of Judaism

Communication and Culture

• CMCL-C 311 Images of War and Peace in Public Culture (3 cr.)
  Topic: Images of War and Peace in Israeli Public Culture
• CMCL-C 445 Media, Culture and Politics (3 cr.)
  Topic: Film, Fascism, and Psychoanalysis

Comparative Literature

• CMLT-C 377 Topics in Yiddish Literature (3 cr.) A&H, CSA; P: C 205 or 3 credit hours in literature
  Topics: Fantasy, Realism, & Fiction in Early Modern and Modern “Classic” Yiddish Literature; Love, Soul, and Destiny in Modern Yiddish Literature; Selected Readings in 20th Century Yiddish Fiction; Yiddish Life: On Page, On Stage, On Screen
• CMLT-C 378 Topics in Yiddish Culture (3 cr.) A&H, CSA; P: C 205 or 3 credit hours in literature
  Topics: Culture, Memory, and Identity: Yiddish in the Post-Holocaust World; Ghetto, Shtetl, and Beyond: Millennium of History & Society of Yiddish; History & Sociology of Yiddish; Yiddish in America

English

• ENG-L 241 American Jewish Writers (3 cr.) A&H, CSA
• ENG-L 367 Literature of the Bible (3 cr.) A&H
• ENG-L 375 Studies in Jewish Literature (3 cr.) A&H, CSA
  Topics: American Jewish Writers; Jewish American Responses to the Holocaust; Literature of the Holocaust; Representations of the Holocaust

Folklore

• FOLK-F 252 Folklore and The Humanities (3 cr.) A&H
  Topic: Life Cycle & Year Cycle in Jewish Folklore; American Musical Theater and Ethnic Representation: Jews and African-Americans
• FOLK-F 357 American Jewish Popular Music (3 cr.) A&H, DUS/(CSB)
• FOLK-F 358 Jewish Folklore/Folklife/Folk Music (3 cr.) A&H,
  Topics: Introduction to Jewish Folk Literature; Making Klezmer Music; Music in Judaism
• FOLK-F 359 Exploring Jewish Identity Today (3 cr.) S&H, CSA (can be IW)

Germanic Studies

• GER-E 341 Dutch Culture: The Modern Netherlands (3 cr.) S&H, CSB
  Topic: Anne Frank: Her Diary in Perspective
• GER-E 351 Topics in Yiddish Literature (3 cr.) A&H, CSA
  Topics: Fantasy, Realism, & Fiction in Early Modern and Modern “Classic” Yiddish Literature; Love, Soul, and Destiny in Modern Yiddish Literature; Selected Readings in 20th Century Yiddish Fiction; Yiddish Life: On Page, On Stage, On Screen
• GER-E 352 Topics in Yiddish Culture (3 cr.) A&H, CSA
  Topics: Culture, Memory, and Identity: Yiddish in the Post-Holocaust World; Ghetto, Shtetl and Beyond: Millennium of History and Society of Yiddish; History and Sociology of Yiddish; Yiddish in America
• GER-Y 495 Individual Readings in Yiddish Studies: Language, Literature, Culture (1-3 cr.) Consent of instructor

History

• HIST-A 379 Issues in Modern U.S. History (3 cr.) S&H
  Topic: The Holocaust in American Memory
• HIST-B 200 Issues in Western European History (when Jewish history topic) (3 cr.) S&H
  Topic: The Arab-Israeli Conflict; Extreme Violence in Europe 1900-1945: Political Utopias, Ethnic Conflict and Total War; History of Jerusalem: Three Faiths, Three Thousand Years; War & Violence in 20th Century Europe
• HIST-B 300 Issues in Western European History (when Jewish history topic) (3 cr.) S&H
  Topics: The Jews of Spain: Sephardic History and Culture
• HIST-B 303 Issues in Modern European History (when Jewish history topic) (3 cr.) S&H
  Topic: Anti-Semitism in Europe Since the Enlightenment
• HIST-B 315 European Anti-Semitism from the Enlightenment to the Holocaust (3 cr.) S&H
• HIST-B 321 European Jews in the Age of Discovery (3 cr.) S&H, CSA
• HIST-B 322 Jews in the Modern World (3 cr.) S&H, CSA
• HIST-B 323 History of the Holocaust (3 cr.) S&H, CSA
• HIST-B 324 Zionism and the State of Israel (3 cr.) S&H, CSA
• HIST-B 330 The Jews of Spain (3 cr.) S&H, CSA
• HIST-B 400 Issues in Western European History (when Jewish history topic) (3 cr.) S&H
• HIST-C 300 Issues in Classical & Byzantine History (3 cr.) S&H
  Topics: Jews, Christians and Muslims in the Medieval Mediterranean; Three Cultures in the Medieval Mediterranean: Interactions between Muslims, Christians & Jews
• HIST-D 304 Jews in East Central Europe (3 cr.) S&H, CSA
• HIST-H 259 American Jewish History (3 cr.) S&H, DUS/(CSB)
• HIST-J 300 Seminar in History (3 cr.) S&H
  Topics: Jewish Memories, Memoirs, and History; The Jews of Islam; The Jews of Spain: Jewish Life under Christianity & Islam; Jewish Memories, Memoirs, & History; The People of the Book: Jewish History and Modern Jewish Texts; Perpetrators of the Holocaust; The Sephardic Diaspora; Testimonies of the Holocaust
• HIST-J 400 Seminar in History (3 cr.) S&H, IW; P: J 300
  Topics: Anti-Semitism and Jewish Responses; Jewish Cultural History of the Modern Era; Jewish Emancipation; Perpetrators of the Holocaust

Hutton Honors College

• HON-H 226 Interdepartmental Colloquia (3 cr.) A&H
  Topic: Literature of the Holocaust
• HON-H 234 Literature of Time & Place (3 cr.) A&H
  Topics: Anne Frank & Hitler: Studies in the Representations of Good & Evil; Literature of the Holocaust (CSA)
• HON-H 303 Interdepartmental Colloquia (3 cr). P: consent of Hutton Honors College or JS advisor; A&H, GCC/(CSA)
  Topics: The American Jewish Experience; American Jewish Writers (CSA); Literature of the Holocaust; Understanding Antisemitism

International Studies

• INTL-I 300 Topics in International Studies (3 cr.)
  Topic: Living Jerusalem: Ethnography and Bridge Blogging in Disputed Territory

Jewish Studies

• JSTU-C 240 Contemporary Israeli Culture (3 cr.) A&H, CSA
• JSTU-C 340 The Kibbutz in Fact and Fiction (3 cr.) A&H, CSA
• JSTU-C 360 Israeli Film and Fiction (3 cr.) A&H, CSA
• JSTU-H 460 Israeli Film and Fiction in Hebrew (3 cr.) A&H, CSA; P: Grade of C or higher in H 350 or equivalent proficiency.
• JSTU-H 480 Modern Hebrew Literature in Hebrew (3 cr.) A&H, CSA; P: Grade of C or higher in any Hebrew course above H 350 (such as H 365, H 375, H 485, or H 497), or equivalent.
• JSTU-H 485 Recent Hebrew Literature in Hebrew (3 cr.) A&H, CSA; P: Grade of C or higher in H 350 or equivalent proficiency.
• JSTU-J 203 Arts and Humanities Topics in Jewish Studies (3 cr.) A&H
  Topic: Life Cycle & Year Cycle in Jewish Folklore; Understanding Antisemitism; The Wandering Jew; Women in American Jewish History
• JSTU-J 204 Social and Historical Topics in Jewish Studies (3 cr.) S&H
  Topic: The Arab-Israeli Conflict
• JSTU-J 259 American Jewish History (3 cr.) S&H, CSA
• JSTU-J 303 Arts and Humanities Topics in Jewish Studies (3 cr.) A&H
  Topic: American Judaism and Popular Culture; The Holocaust: Philosophical and Theological Reflections; Introduction to Jewish Folk Literature; The Jewish Folktale: Its Evolution, Poetics and Roles; Jews and Race in the U.S., Survey of Polish Jewish Culture; Women & Femininity in Jewish & Israeli Folk Narratives; Zionism & the State of Israel
• JSTU-J 304 Social and Historical Topics in Jewish Studies (3 cr.) S&H
  Topic: Contemporary Environmental Challenges in Israel; Israeli Society: Political, Social, and Religious Divides; Zionism and the State of Israel
• JSTU-J 310 Jews and Race (3 cr.) A&H, CSA
• JSTU-J 403 Arts and Humanities Topics in Jewish Studies (3 cr.) A&H
  Topic: Judaism and Gender
• JSTU-J 404 Social and Historical Topics in Jewish Studies (3 cr.) S&H
• JSTU-L 280 David: The Man and the King (3 cr.) A&H, GCC/(CSA)
• JSTU-L 285 Guns and Roses: Representations of Soldiers and War in Modern Hebrew Literature (3 cr.) A&H, GCC/(CSA)
• JSTU-L 380 Modern Hebrew Literature in English (3 cr.) A&H, CSA (can be an IW)
• JSTU-L 385 Recent Hebrew Literature in English (3 cr.) A&H, CSA
• JSTU-L 395 S.Y. Agnon and the Jewish Experience (3 cr.) A&H, CSA

Near Eastern Languages and Cultures

• NELC-N 204 Topics in Middle Eastern Culture and Society (3 cr.) S&H, CSA
  Toipics: Israeli Inequality in Context; Multiple Voices of Israeli Society

Political Science

• POLS-Y 352 The Holocaust and Politics (3 cr.) S&H, CSA
• POLS-Y 401 Topics in Political Science (3 cr.) S&H
  Topic: Israeli Society: Political, Social, and Religious Divides

Slavic Languages & Literatures

• SLAV-C 365 Seminar in Czech and Central European Literatures & Cultures (3 cr.) A&H, CSA
  Topics: Central European Literature & Culture Between the Culture; Czech and Jewish Culture in Bohemia: Poetry, Film, and Novel
• SLAV-R 345 Jewish Characters in Russian Literature (3 cr) A&H, CSA

West European Studies

• WEUR-W 406 Special Topics in Western European Studies (3 cr.) A&H
  Topic: Anne Frank: Her Diary in Perspective

College of Arts and Sciences

• COLL-C 103 Critical Approaches to the Arts and Humanities (3 cr.) A&H, Critical Approaches to the Arts & Sciences/Topics
  Topic: Power, Politics and Poety: Nationalism and Territory in Israel/Palestine; Theism & Atheism

Comparative Literature

• CMLT-C 100 Freshman Seminar (3 cr.) A&H
  Topic: The Agnostic Bible
• CMLT-C 301 Special Topics in Comparative Literature (3 cr.) A&H, CSA; P: C 205 or 3 credit hours of literature
  Topics: The Agnostic Bible; Poetics of Biblical Narrative; Reading the Prophets
• CMLT-C 405 Senior Seminar in Comparative Literature (3 cr.) A&H; P: C 205 or 3 credit hours of literature P: at least one 300 level CMLT course or consent of instructor
  Topics: The Bible in Western Literature; Job, from the Bible to Kafka; Prophecy & Poetry

English

• ENG-L 367 Literature of the Bible (3 cr.) A&H
• ENG-L 460 Seminar: Literary Form, Mode, and Theme (3 cr.)
  Topic: The Poetics of the Bible

Folklore

• FOLK-F 252 Folklore and The Humanities (3 cr.) A&H
  Topic: Life Cycle & Year Cycle in Jewish Folklore
• FOLK-F 359 Exploring Jewish Identity Today (3 cr.) S&H, CSA (can be IW)

History

• HIST-C 300 Issues in Classical & Byzantine History (3 cr.) S&H
  Topics: Jews, Christians and Muslims in the Medieval Mediterranean; Three Cultures in the Medieval Mediterranean: Interactions between Muslims, Christians & Jews

Hutton Honors College

• HON-H 226 Interdepartmental Colloquia (3 cr.) A&H; P: Consent of Hutton Honors College or JS advisor
  Topic: The Agnostic Bible
• HON-H 303 Interdepartmental Colloquia (3 cr). P: consent of Hutton Honors College (or JS advisor); A&H
  Topic: Paul and his Influence on Early Christianity; Poetics of Biblical Narrative

Jewish Studies

• JSTU-J 203 Arts & Humanities Topics in Jewish Studies (3 cr.) A&H
• JSTU-J 220 Sacred Books of the Jews (3 cr.) A&H
• JSTU-J 303 Arts and Humanities Topics in Jewish Studies (3 cr.) A&H
  Topic: American Judaism and Popular Culture; Dead Sea Scrolls; Gender and Rabbinic Literature; The Holocaust: Philosophical and Theological Reflections; Jews and Race in the U.S.; Rabbinic Judaism: Literature & Beliefs; Torah, Temple, & God in Judaism; Understanding the Rabbinic Mind
• JSTU-J 320 Rabbinic Judaism: Literature and Beliefs (3 cr.) A&H CSA
• JSTU-J 403 Arts & Humanities Topics in Jewish Studies (3 cr.) A&H
  Topic: Judaism and Gender
• JSTU-L 390 Biblical Themes in Modern Hebrew Literature (3 cr.) A&H

Philosophy

• PHIL-P 205 Modern Jewish Philosophy (3 cr.) A&H, CSA
• PHIL-P 305 Topics in the Philosophy of Judaism (3 cr.) A&H, CSA, (can be IW) P: 3 credits of philosophy

Religious Studies

• REL-A 202 Topics in African, European, and West Asian Religions (3 cr.) A&H
  Topics: Biblical Justice; Hell and Heaven in Judaism; The Jewish Jesus through the Ages; Judaism and the Holocaust; Women in American Jewish History
• REL-A 210 Introduction to the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible (3 cr.) A&H, CSA
• REL-A 220 Introduction to New Testament (3 cr.) A&H, CSA
• REL-A 230 Introduction to Judaism (3 cr.) A&H, CSA
• REL-A 235 Sacred Books of the Jews (3 cr.) A&H, CSA
• REL-A 300 Studies in African, European, and West Asian Religions (3 cr.) A&H
  Topics: The Book of Job and the Crisis of Faith; Death & the Afterlife in Ancient Judaism; Dilemmas of Modern Judaism; Gender and Rabbinic Literature; The Hebrew Bible in Hollywood; Introduction to Rabbinic Literature; Issues in the Study of the Hebrew Bible; Jews and Race in the U.S., Rabbinic Judaism: Literature & Beliefs; Revelation in Rabbinic Literature; Suffering and Lament in Ancient Judaism; Torah, Temple, & God in Judaism; Understanding the Rabbinic Mind; Women in the Bible
• REL-A 305 Ancient Mediterranean Religions (3 cr.) A&H, CSA (if JS is 1/3 or more of material)
• REL-A 315 Prophecy in Ancient Israel (3 cr.) A&H, CSA
• REL-A 317 Judaism in the Making (3 cr.) A&H, CSA
• REL-A 318 Rabbinic Judaism: Literature and Beliefs (3 cr.) A&H, CSA
• REL-A 320 Jesus and the Gospels (3 cr.) A&H, CSA
• REL-A 321 Paul and his Influence on Early Christianity (3 cr.) A&H, CSA
• REL-A 335 Introduction to Jewish Mysticism (3 cr.) A&H, CSA
  P: Previous course in Judaism or consent of instructor
• REL-A 395 The Bible and Slavery (3 cr.) A&H, CSA
• REL-A 415 Topics in Ancient Israelite Religion (3 cr.) A&H, CSA; P: A 210.
  Topics: Biblical Justice; The Poetics of Biblical Narrative; Studies in Rabbinic & Talmudic Literature
• REL-A 420 Religions of Ancient Rome (3 cr.) A&H, GCC/(CSA)
• REL-A 430 Topics in the History of Judaism (3 cr.) A&H P: Course on Judaism or consent of instructor
  Topics: The Struggle for the Holy Land: Power, Piety and Politics in the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict; Talmud
• REL-A 440 Judaism and Gender: Philosophical and Theological Perspectives (3 cr.) A&H, CSA
• REL-A 450 Topics in the History of Christianity (3 cr.) A&H, CSA
  Topics: The Bible and Slavery; Jews and Christians
• REL-D 300 Study in Theory, Ethics, & Comparison (3 cr.) A&H
  Topic: Dilemmas of Modern Judaism
• REL-D 362 Religious Issues in Contemporary Judaism (3 cr.) A&H, CSA (can be IW)
• REL-D 385 Messianism and Messiahs in Comparative Perspective (3 cr.) A&H, CSA
• REL-D 410 Topics in Religious Philosophy (3) A&H
  Topics related to Jewish Studies
• REL-R 152 Jews, Christians, and Muslims (3 cr.) A&H, CSA
  Topic: The Binding of Isaac in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

• JSTU-H 495 Individual Readings in Jewish Studies (1-3 cr.)
  P: Consent of instructor and authorization from JS advisor. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours.

• JSTU-H 399 Readings for Honors in Jewish Studies (3 cr.) P: Approval of instructor and honors advisor. Guided readings in preparation for honors thesis.
• JSTU-H 499 Honors Thesis (3-6 cr.) P: Approval of Program Honors Committee.

• JSTU-P 180 Leadership in Jewish Studies (1 cr.) May be repeated for a maximum of 3 credits. Only 1 per semester. Does not count in either major or certificate.
• JSTU-J 498 Internship in Jewish Studies (1-6 cr.) Students need to have a Jewish Studies faculty sponsor and are responsible for finding and securing their own internship. May be repeated for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
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