(Listed by Department)

This list includes all courses that might be offered for graduate credit in Jewish Studies. Some of these are graduate-level colloquia, others are small lectures or seminars which combine graduate and undergraduate students, and still others are advanced undergraduate lectures which can be augmented through additional reading and writing assignments. Jewish Studies

M.A. students should see requirements to identify the courses they can/should take. Doctoral students with research interests related to Jewish Studies are encouraged to combine their degree with a doctoral minor in Jewish Studies, which allows them to take advantage of the wealth of resources and expertise available through the Borns Jewish Studies Program.

JEWISH STUDIES

JSTU-H 501 Elementary Hebrew I (3 cr.)

JSTU-H 502 Elementary Hebrew II (3 cr.) P: H 501 or equivalent proficiency

JSTU-H 503 Intermediate Modern Hebrew I (3 cr.) P: H 502 or equivalent proficiency JSTU-H 504 Intermediate Modern Hebrew II (3 cr.) P: H 503 or equivalent proficiency. JSTU-H 505 Advanced Modern Hebrew I (3 cr.) P: H 504 or equivalent proficiency.

JSTU-H 506 Advanced Modern Hebrew II (3 cr.) P: H 505 or equivalent proficiency.

JSTU-H 500 Topics in Jewish Studies (3 cr.) Intensive study of selected topics and issues in Jewish Studies. May be repeated with different topics for credit.

JSTU-H 520 Colloquium in Jewish Studies (4 cr.) This course is an interdisciplinary survey of various methodologies and approaches in the field of Jewish Studies.

JSTU-H 591 Directed Readings in Hebrew (1-6 cr.)

JSTU-H 595 Directed Readings in Jewish Studies (1-4 cr.) Directed readings in various topics in Jewish Studies; topics, credit hours, and readings to be determined in consultation with faculty member with whom the student wishes to work. May be repeated 5 times for up to 8 credit hours.

JSTU-J 699 M.A. Thesis in Jewish Studies (3 cr.) The thesis should not exceed 40 pages or 12,000 words. Thesis defense before a committee of three faculty members, at least two of whom must be Jewish Studies faculty.

JSTU-P 598 Internship in Jewish Studies (1-6 cr.) S/F grading. Through internships, students make particular use of their skills, learn new skills, and start to build professional contacts in their field of interest. S/F grading.

 

BIBLICAL AND LITERARY STUDIES

IBLS-I 600 Colloquium in Biblical and Literary Studies (4 cr.) (when topic focuses on Hebrew Bible)

 

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE

CMLT-C 505 Western Literary and Intellectual Traditions to 1500 (4 cr.) (when topic is related to Jewish Studies)

CMLT-C 545 The Bible and Western Literature (4 cr.) (when topic focuses on Hebrew Bible)

 

ENGLISH

ENG-L 761 American Poetry (4 cr.) (when topic is related to Jewish Studies)

ENG-L 762 Research in Composition, Literacy, and Culture (4 cr.) (when topic is related to Jewish Studies)

ENG-L 780 Special Studies in English and American Literature (4 cr.) (when topic is related to Jewish Studies)

ENG-W 602 Contemporary Theories in Rhetoric, and Composition (4 cr.) (when topic is related to Jewish Studies)

 

EUROPEAN STUDIES

EUR-W 605 Selected Topics in West European Studies (1.5-12 cr.) (when topic is related to Jewish Studies)

 

GERMANIC STUDIES

GER-Y 501 Beginning Yiddish I (3 cr.)

GER-Y 502 Beginning Yiddish II (3 cr.) P: Y 501 or consent of instructor. GER-Y 503 Intermediate Yiddish I (3 cr.) P: Y 502 or consent of instructor. GER-Y 504 Intermediate Yiddish II (3 cr.) P: Y 503 or consent of instructor. GER-Y 505 Topics in Yiddish Literature (3 cr.)

Topics: Fantasy, Realism, and Fiction: The First Century of Modern Yiddish Literature; Love, Soul and Destiny in Modern Yiddish Literature; Readings in Modern Yiddish Poetry; Selected Reading in 20th Century Yiddish Fiction

GER-Y 506 Topics in Yiddish Culture (3 cr.)

Topics: Aspects of Modern Yiddish Culture, 1880-1980; Culture, Memory and Identity: Yiddish in the Post-Holocaust World; Ghetto, Shtetl, and Beyond: Millennium of the History and Sociology of Yiddish; A Language Without an Army: Functions and Conceptions of Yiddish Through the Ages; Readings in Yiddish Ethnography: Folklore and Dialectology; Yiddish in America; Yiddish Life on Page, on Stage, on Screen

GER-Y 815 Individual Readings in Yiddish Studies: Language, Literature and Culture (1-4 cr.) Guided readings. May be repeated.

 

HISTORY

Doctoral students in the Department of History may major in Jewish history.

 

(The courses below are cross-listed in Jewish Studies when they pertain to Jewish history): HIST-H 620 Colloquium in Modern Western European History (4 cr.) when topic is related to

Jewish Studies, including: Approaches to Jewish Studies; A Century of Genocide; Globalization and Jewish History; Historiography of the Holocaust; Jews in Modern Europe; Life after Death: Rebuilding Germany after World War II

HIST-H 640 Colloquium in Russian History (4 cr.) (when topic is related to Jewish Studies) HIST-H 680 Colloquium in Cultural History (4 cr.) (when topic is related to Jewish Studies) HIST-H 720 Seminar in Modern Western European History (4 cr.) (when topic is related to

Jewish Studies)

HIST-H 780 Seminar in Cultural History (4 cr.) (when topic is related to Jewish Studies)

 

MIDDLE EASTERN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES

MELC-H 575 Introductory Readings in Hebrew Literature (3 cr.)

MELC-N 511 Foreign Study in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures (2-8 cr.) (when topic is related to Jewish Studies)

MELC-N 587 Modern Hebrew Literature in English (3 cr.) MELC-N 588 Recent Hebrew Literature in English (3 cr.) MELC-N 591 Directed Readings in Hebrew (1-6 cr.)

MELC-N 675 The Kibbutz in Fact and Fiction (3 cr.) MELC-N 687 Modern Hebrew Literature in Hebrew (3 cr.) MELC-N 691 Research in Medieval Hebrew Texts (3 cr.)

MELC-N 695 Graduate Topics in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures (1-4 cr.) when

Topic is related to Jewish Studies, including Biblical Themes in Modern Hebrew Literature in English; Gender, Difference, and Israel; Introductory Readings in Hebrew Literature; Israeli Film and Fiction; Modern Hebrew Literature in English; Muslim Spain; Recent Hebrew Literature in English; Recent Hebrew Literature in Hebrew; S. Y. Agnon and the Jewish Experience

MELC-N 708 Seminar in Judaic Literature (3 cr.)

RELIGIOUS STUDIES

Doctoral students in Religious Studies can focus on "Jewish Thought and Culture," "Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Religions," or "Religion in the Americas."

REL-R 511 Religion of Ancient Israel (3 cr.) REL-R 521 Studies in Early Christianity (3 cr.)

REL-R 541 Studies in the Jewish Tradition (3 cr.)

REL-R 610 Studies in Biblical Literature and Religion (4 cr.) (when focuses on Jewish Studies)

REL-R 615 The Bible in Literature courses (4 cr.)

REL-R 660 Religion and Culture (4 cr.) (when topic is related to Jewish Studies) REL-R 663 Textual Interpretations (4 cr.) (when topic is related to Jewish Studies) REL-R 665 Interpretations of Religion (4 c.) (when topic is related to Jewish Studies)

REL-R 672 Religious Thought and Ethics (4 cr.) (when topic is related to Jewish Studies) REL-R 714 Studies in Jewish Thought and Culture (4 cr.)

REL-R 763 Textual Interpretations (4 cr.) (when topic is related to Jewish Studies) REL-R 793 Advanced Biblical Study (1-4 cr.) (when topic is related to Hebrew bible)

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