The request to eliminate the Minor in Judaic Studies
Date: April 21, 2015
To: College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
From: Office of Academic Affairs
Approved On: April 8, 2015
Approved by: Undergraduate Course and Curriculum Committee
Implementation Date: Spring 2016
Note: Deletions are strikethroughs. Insertions are underlined.
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Minor in Judaic Studies
An interdisciplinary Minor in Judaic Studies allows students to cultivate a knowledge of the breadth of Jewish culture, history, literature, and religion. College of Liberal Arts & Sciences courses that satisfy the minor address different aspects of Judaism, Jewish history, Jewish literature, and Jewish contributions to global cultures.
Program Requirements
The minor requires the completion of 18 hours of approved courses offered by at least two departments. At least 9 hours must be in courses at the 3000-level or above. Though it is not a requirement, minors are strongly encouraged to take at least 3 hours in ancient or modern Hebrew and RELS 2110 Judaism.
Below is a representative list of courses that have recently been offered. The complete list of approved courses is updated each semester to reflect the actual course offerings of the participating departments and is available online.
ARTH 4609 Representations of the HolocaustENGL 4002 Women in Literature: Jewish Women WritersENGL 4050 Topics in English: Literary Responses to the HolocaustGERM 3150 The Holocaust through German Literature and FilmHIST 2216 History of the Modern Middle EastHIST 3148 The HolocaustLACS 1201 Biblical Hebrew ILACS 1202 Biblical Hebrew IIRELS 2104 Hebrew ScripturesRELS 2110 JudaismRELS 3000 Women in the BibleRELS 3104 Prophecy and Prophetic Literature in Ancient IsraelRELS 3107 Psalms and Wisdom LiteratureRELS 3111 Women in JudaismRELS 4000 Advanced Biblical HebrewRELS 4107 Early JudaismRELS 4108 Medieval JudaismRELS 4109 Modern JudaismRELS 4110 Contemporary Jewish Thought