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

ARTH 210 Late Antique Art
HIST 233 Reformation Europe*
HIST 244 Propaganda State
HIST 306 American Identities*
LAIS 421 Christians, Jews and Muslims from Frontier to Empire: Medieval Spain
LLC 360 Representing the Holocaust
PLSC 346 Politics of Cultural Pluralism
PLSC 355 International Relations of the Middle East
RELG 359 American Judaism
THTR 119 Broadway Musical Theatre*
THTR 229 Going Solo: The Practice of Identity in Contemporary Solo

Group B: Literature, Culture, and History

CLSC 321 Archaeology of the Middle East*
ENGL 217 The Bible and Literature
GERM 472 Culture Wars and Identity Debates in German Society from Empire to EU
HIST 218 State and Society in Modern America
HIST 240 Human Rights and Revolution in the Atlantic World (1750-1850)
HIST 248 Europe in crisis, 1881-1949
HIST 249 Cold War Europe, 1945-1991
HIST 271 The Modern Middle East
LLC 335 Bolsheviks, Bombs and Ballet: Soviet Culture and Civilization*
RELG 201 The Bible as Literature
RELG 230 The History of Israel
RELG 241 Introduction to the New Testament
RELG 242 Jesus in History and Tradition
RELG 331 The Hebrew Prophets

Courses with an * may apply toward the minor when approved by the Jewish Studies coordinator.