Minor in Jewish Studies

A minor in Jewish Studies requires 18 hours, including one of the following 3 Philosophy and Religion Studies courses:

• PHIL 3570 - Hebrew Bible
• PHIL 3573 -  Introduction to Judaism
• PHIL 3575 - Judaic Religion and Philosophy

and one of the four history courses listed below:

• HIST 4260 - The State of Israel
• HIST 4315 - Anti-Semitism: From Ancient Times to the Present
• HIST 4320 - Anti-Semitism in Europe, French Revolution to the Present 
• HIST 4390 - The Holocaust

In addition, four courses chosen in consultation with the Director of the Jewish Studies Program and representing at least two different departments are required. These courses include, but are not limited to, the following:

• HIST 4260 - Jews and the American South: Colonial Era to the Present
• HIST 4260 - Ancient Israel
• HIST 4260 - Jews and Judaism in Ancient Greece and Rome
• HIST 4261 - Jewish Women in Modern America
• HIST 4261 - The Jewish Experience in America
• HIST 4262 - Jew, Greek, and Roman: Backgrounds of Early Christianity
• HIST 4262 - Rome's Jewish Wars and the Roman Near East
• HIST 4263 - Arab-Israeli Wars
• HIST 4263 - The State of Israel
• HIST 4315 - Anti-Semitism: From Ancient Times to the Present
• HIST 4320 - Anti-Semitism in Europe, French Revolution to the Present
• HIST 4385 - Nazi Germany 
• HIST 4390 - The Holocaust 1933-45
• COUN 4900 - The American-Jewish Pysche
• ENGL 3913 - Yiddish Literature
• ENGL 3923 - American Jewish Writers 
• ENGL 4800 - Literature and the Holocaust
• ENGL 4940 - Hebrew Bible as Literature
• HEBR 1010 - Elementary Hebrew I
• HEBR 1020  - Elementary Hebrew II 
• HEBR 2040 - Intermediate Hebrew I
• HEBR 2050 - Intermediate Hebrew II
• JOUR 4210- Society, Politics and the Media in Israel
• JOUR 4210- The Image and Marketing of Israel in the World
• JOUR 4240- The Arab-Israeli Conflict and the International Media
• MUMH 4800 - Nazism, Judaism, and the Politics of Classical Music in Germany
• MUMH 4810 - Jews, Judaism, Anti-Semitism, and Opera
• PHIL 3570 - Hebrew Bible 
• PHIL 3573- Introduction to Judaism
• PHIL 3575 - Judaic Religion and Philosophy
• PHIL 4960 - Classical Jewish Thought: Maimonides and the 13 Principles of Faith
• PHIL 4960- Kabbalah: Jewish Mysticism, Myth, and Magic
  
• PHIL 4960 - Rabbinic Judaism
• PHIL 4960 -  Sexual Ethics in Judaism
• PSCI 3700 - Government and Politics of Israel
• PSCI 4330 - Jewish Political Thought
• RTVF 4415 - Film and the Holocaust