Academic Calendar 2025-2026

Hebrew (HEBR)

HEBR 101  Introduction to Modern Hebrew I  Units: 3.00  
For students with no (or a minimal) background in Hebrew. This course introduces elements of grammar and vocabulary of modern Hebrew.
NOTE Students can self-enrol during the course registration period. However, for students with previous knowledge of the language, final approval of enrolment is at the discretion of the instructor, pending an assessment of a student's language competency. Students can contact the instructor for an assessment anytime during the academic year (September-May). Please note that instructors may not be available for language competency assessments in May, June, July, and early August. Non-disclosure of previous knowledge of the language is considered a departure from academic integrity.
Learning Hours: 120 (36 Lecture, 84 Private Study)  
Requirements: Prerequisite None. Exclusion HEBR 190/6.0.  
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science  

Course Learning Outcomes:

  1. Engage in everyday conversations using common vocabulary and basic grammatical structures, allowing them, for example, to introduce themselves, ask and answer simple questions, and express their basic needs and preferences in the language.
  2. Understand spoken language on familiar topics, such as personal information, basic descriptions, and daily routines, delivered at a slow to moderate pace and using beginner-level vocabulary.
  3. Read and comprehend short texts related to everyday life, employing basic reading strategies to understand sentence structure, main ideas, and key details with limited use of a dictionary.
  4. Write simple messages, notes, and paragraphs employing correct syntax and basic vocabulary to express personal experiences, daily activities, and simple opinions.
  5. Cultural Context: Throughout the course, students will gain an introductory understanding of the cultural context of the target language, including significant customs, traditions, and social norms associated with the regions where the language is spoken.
  
HEBR 102  Introduction to Modern Hebrew II  Units: 3.00  
For students who have basic knowledge of Hebrew and can read and write all the letters of the Hebrew alphabet. This course continues where HEBR 101 left off and proceeds to introduce elements of grammar and vocabulary of modern Hebrew.
Learning Hours: 120 (36 Lecture, 84 Private Study)  
Requirements: Prerequisite HEBR 101/3.0. Exclusion HEBR 190/6.0.  
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science  

Course Learning Outcomes:

  1. Enhance their ability to read and write Hebrew Script and Print with and without Nikud.
  2. Write in complete and complex sentences in script.
  3. Understand basic passages on a variety of topics.
  4. Affectively use present and past tense verbs.
  5. Affectively use prepositions and coordinators to create grammatical sentences.
  6. Count, calculate, and use both masculine and feminine numbers until 100.
  
HEBR 190  Introduction to Modern Hebrew  Units: 6.00  
For students with no (or a minimal) background in Hebrew. Introduces elements of grammar and vocabulary of modern Hebrew.
Requirements: Prerequisite Permission of the Instructor. Exclusion Maximum of 6.0 units from: HEBR 101/3.0; HEBR 102/3.0; HEBR 190/6.0.  
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science  
  
HEBR 201  Intermediate Modern Hebrew  Units: 3.00  
An advanced extensive grammar review with practice in speaking, reading and writing that continues where HEBR 102 left off.
Learning Hours: 120 (36 Lecture, 84 Private Study)  
Requirements: Prerequisite HEBR 102/3.0 or HEBR 190/6.0. Exclusion HEBR 294/3.0*.  
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science  

Course Learning Outcomes:

  1. Write complex and coherent sentences.
  2. Understand and use past tense and future tense.
  3. Understand and use imperative.
  4. Increase vocabulary.
  5. Write a full-length essay using complex sentences and integrate the variety of elements learned in the course.
  
HEBR 301  Topics in Hebrew  Units: 3.00  
Specialized study, as circumstances permit, of a particular author, genre, theme, movement, literary form or some combination of these elements. Course details to be announced on website.
NOTE This course is repeatable for credit under different topic titles.
Requirements: Prerequisite HEBR 294 or permission of the Instructor. Note Visit the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures website for more information about this course.  
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science  
  
HEBR 393  Reading Modern Hebrew Literature  Units: 3.00  
Selections from current Israeli media including music, newspapers and television, as well as from modern Hebrew prose and poetry (e.g., Ahad Haam, Bialik, Tchernichowski, Agnon, Amichai, Oz, Yehoshua). The selections are studied in Hebrew; written assignments may be submitted in English.
Course Equivalencies: HEBR293, HEBR393  
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science  
  
HEBR 502  Directed Reading Hebrew  Units: 3.00  
Directed Hebrew reading of material not covered in other courses, appropriate to the student's level.
Requirements: Prerequisite Permission of the Instructor or the Program Director.  
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science