The request to eliminate the Minor in Judaic Studies

Memo Date: 
Tuesday, 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 Holocaust
  • ENGL 4002 Women in Literature: Jewish Women Writers
  • ENGL 4050 Topics in English: Literary Responses to the Holocaust
  • GERM 3150 The Holocaust through German Literature and Film
  • HIST 2216 History of the Modern Middle East
  • HIST 3148 The Holocaust
  • LACS 1201 Biblical Hebrew I
  • LACS 1202 Biblical Hebrew II
  • RELS 2104 Hebrew Scriptures
  • RELS 2110 Judaism
  • RELS 3000 Women in the Bible
  • RELS 3104 Prophecy and Prophetic Literature in Ancient Israel
  • RELS 3107 Psalms and Wisdom Literature
  • RELS 3111 Women in Judaism
  • RELS 4000 Advanced Biblical Hebrew
  • RELS 4107 Early Judaism
  • RELS 4108 Medieval Judaism
  • RELS 4109 Modern Judaism
  • RELS 4110 Contemporary Jewish Thought