Academic Calendar 2025-2026

Jewish Studies – General (Arts) – Bachelor of Arts

Subject: Administered by the Jewish Studies Program, School of Religion.
Plan: Consists of 30.00 units as described below.
Plan Code: JWST-G-BA
Program: The Plan, with sufficient electives to total 90.00 units, will lead to a Bachelor of Arts Degree.

1. Core
A. Complete 6.00 units from the following:6.00
HEBR at any level
2. Option
A. Complete 12.00 units from the following course list:12.00
JWST_Options at the 200-level or above
B. Complete 12.00 units from the following course list:12.00
JWST_Options
Electives
Elective Courses60.00
Total Units90.00

3. Notes

A. Course choices, including special studies, independent study and study abroad courses must be approved by the Director of the Jewish Studies Program.

B. A maximum of 6.00 units from courses offered by other Faculties and Schools may be counted toward the program and/or Plan Requirements. This includes courses in BMED, COMM, GLPH, HSCI, LAW, NURS, and courses offered by Smith Engineering.

Jewish Studies Course List

The following list may contain courses offered through other Departments. In accordance with Academic Regulation 2.6 (Access to Classes), students do not have enrolment priority in all of these courses. Access to these courses may only be made available during the Open Enrolment period, and then only if space permits.

JWST_Options

HEBR 101Introduction to Modern Hebrew I3.00
HEBR 102Introduction to Modern Hebrew II3.00
HEBR 190Introduction to Modern Hebrew6.00
HEBR 201Intermediate Modern Hebrew3.00
HEBR 301Topics in Hebrew3.00
HEBR 393Reading Modern Hebrew Literature3.00
HEBR 502Directed Reading Hebrew3.00
HIST 220Jews on Film3.00
HIST 221Jewish and World Civilizations (until 1492)3.00
HIST 222Jewish and World Civilizations (since 1492)3.00
HIST 294Arab-Israeli Conflict and Regional Security3.00
HIST 295The Holocaust3.00
HIST 306Holocaust: Problems and Interpretations6.00
HIST 330Topics in History 16.00
HIST 337Multiculturalism in the Ottoman Empire3.00
HIST 339Jews Without Judaism3.00
HIST 344Insiders/Outsiders: Jewish Identity in the New World3.00
JWST 301Topics in Jewish Studies I3.00
JWST 302Topics in Jewish Studies II3.00
JWST 501Directed Reading in Jewish Studies I3.00
JWST 502Directed Reading in Jewish Studies II3.00
LLCU 310Introduction to Jewish Latin America3.00
LLCU 395Special Topics 13.00
PHIL 367Jewish Philosophy3.00
POLS 349Contemporary Antisemitism: Attitudes, Beliefs, and Practices3.00
POLS 435The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict3.00
RELS 131World Religions/Religious Worlds6.00
RELS 132Western Religions3.00
RELS 133Eastern Religions3.00
RELS 209Radical Jews3.00
RELS 213The Bible3.00
RELS 234Judaism3.00
RELS 284God and the Holocaust3.00
RELS 334Jewish Views of the Other3.00
RELS 398Jewish Cultural and Political Thought3.00
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This is a special topics course code. Since the course topic may change from year to year, annual review is required. A special topics course may be approved for use in this degree plan, with permission of the Director of the Jewish Studies Program.