Minor in Jewish Studies

 

30 credits, to include the following:

1. RELIG 210 (5 credits) and SISJE/HIST 250 (5)

2. 15 credits of Jewish Studies elective, chosen from the list of approved Humanities/Social Science electives*

3. 5 additional credits chosen from the list of approved Humanities/Social Science electives or in courses in modern or Biblical Hebrew*

4. 15 credits of the minor must be taken in residence at the UW.

Course Lists

 

*Humanities/Social Science Electives

 

All SISJE-prefix courses (except 499) and their joint-listed equivalents

 

ENGL 311	Modern Jewish Literature in Translation (5)
ENGL 312	Jewish Literature: Biblical to Modern (5)
GERMAN 295	Contribs of German Jews to German Culture (5)
HEBR 451, 452, 453	Introduction to Hebrew Literature (3,3,3)
HEBR 454	Hebrew Poetry (3)
HEBR 455	Hebrew Fiction (3)
HEBR 456	Hebrew Poems and Prayers (3)
HEBR 457	Hebrew in Song (3)
HEBR/ARAB 470	Stories of the Prophets (3)
HEBR/ARAB 472	Quran and Bible Masorah (3)
NEAR E 251	Jewish Life in Literature and Film (3)
NEAR E 325	Modern Hebrew Literature in English (3)
NEAR E/RELIG 240	Intro to the Hebrew Bible: Old Testament (5)
RELIG 400	The Jewish Mystical Tradition (5)
RELIG 410	Law in Judaic Experience (5)
RELIG 415	Modern Jewish Thought (5)
RELIG 460	Anti-Semitism as a Cultural System (5)
RELIG 491	Seminar: Topics and Issues in Judaism (5)
SIS 150	Israel: Dynamic Society and Global Flashpoint (5)

 

*Modern and Biblical Hebrew Electives

 

HEBR 413	Elementary Modern Hebrew (5)
HEBR 421	Intermediate Modern Hebrew (5)
HEBR 422	Intermediate Modern Hebrew (5)
HEBR 423	Intermediate Modern Hebrew (5)
HEBR 426	Biblical Hebrew Prose (5)
HEBR 427	Biblical Hebrew Poetry (5)
HEBR 42	Inscriptions from Biblical Times (5)

 

 

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