2011-12 Jewish Studies Courses (by area)
JEWISH STUDIES
Jewish Studies 180W Introduction to Jewish Studies.
Jewish Studies 289 Independent Study.
Jewish Studies 290 Directed Readings.
Jewish Studies 294 Special Topics.
Jewish Studies 295 Senior Seminar.
Jewish Studies 296 Senior Project in Jewish Studies.
Jewish Studies 298a Senior Honors Research Seminar.
Jewish Studies 298b Seniors Honors Research Seminar
LANGUAGES
Hebrew 111a Elementary Hebrew
Hebrew 111b Elementary Hebrew.
Hebrew 113a Intermediate Hebrew.
Hebrew 113b Intermediate Hebrew.
Hebrew 201. Hebrew Grammar and Composition.
Hebrew 202W. Hebrew Grammar and Composition.
Hebrew 289a-b. Hebrew Independent Study. (NO AXLE CREDIT)
Yiddish (by examination)
Ladino (by examination)
Judaeo-Arabic (by examination)
AREA 1: BIBLICAL STUDIES
English 282. The Bible in Literature.
Jewish Studies 219. The New Testament in its Jewish Context.
Jewish Studies 233. Issues in Rabbinic Literature.
Religious Studies 108. Themes in the Hebrew Bible.
Religious Studies 112. Introduction to Judaism.
Religious Studies 225. Sexuality in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East.
AREA 2: ANTIQUITY AND THE MEDIEVAL WORLD
Anthropology 104. Introduction to Archaeology.
Classics 209. Greece and the Near East from Alexander to Theodosius.
Classics 213. History of the Roman Empire.
Classics 224. The Ancient Origins of Religious Conflict in the Middle East.
History 213. Muhammad and Early Islam.
History of Art 208. Art and Empire from Constantine to Justinian.
Jewish Studies 115F.01. In a Pluralistic Age: Jews, Christians and Muslims in Spain.
Jewish Studies 123. Jews in the Medieval World.
Jewish Studies 233. Issues in Rabbinic Literature.
Philosophy 211. Medieval Philosophy.
AREA 3: MODERN & CONTEMPORARY EXPERIENCE
European Studies 240.01 Topics in European Studies: Conspiracy Theories, Paranoid Politics, and National Myths.
European Studies 240.02. Topics in European Studies: Religion and Politics in Modern Europe
History 172. World War II.
History 230. Twentieth-Century Germany.
History 272c. Race, Power, Modernity. History 287d. Immigration, Race, and Nationality: The American Experience.
History 288a. Religion, Culture, and Commerce: The World Economy in Historical Perspective.
Jewish Studies 124. Perspectives in Modern Jewish History.
Jewish Studies 156. The Holocaust.
Jewish Studies 158. World Jewish Communities in the New Millennium.
Jewish Studies 252. Social Movements in Modern Jewish Life
Jewish Studies 258.01. Evolution of the Ethiopian Jews: Ancient Origins to Modern Israel.
Jewish Studies 280. Contemporary Jewish Issues (Service Learning in Jewish Studies).
Jewish Studies 288a. Internship Training.
Jewish Studies 288b Internship Research.
Political Science 230. Middle East Politics.
Religious Studies 229. The Holocaust: Its Meanings and Implications.
Religious Studies 239. Religious Autobiography.
AREA 4: CULTURE, PHILOSOPHY, AND LITERATURE
English 283. Jewish American Literature.
Foreign Program Work (FNTM) 218 Study Abroad. Hebrew University: Israel.
Foreign Program Work (FNTM) 251 Jewish Studies in Prague, Czech Republic.
German 273. Nazi Cinema: The Manipulation of Mass Culture.
Jewish Studies 115F.04. FYS: Civil Rights and Civil Wrongs: Black-Jewish Relations in the 1950s and 1960s.
Jewish Studies 138W. Jewish Humor.
Jewish Studies 235W. Hebrew Literature in Translation.
Jewish Studies 248W. Jewish Storytelling.
Jewish Studies 250. Is G-d Guilty? The Problem of Evil in Judaism.
Jewish Studies 252. Social Movements in Modern Jewish Life.
Jewish Studies 253W. Witnesses Who Were Not There: Literature of the Children of Holocaust Survivors
Music Literature (Blair) 261. Music, Identity, and Diversity.
Philosophy 115F.08. First Year Seminar: Concepts of God.
Philosophy 232. Critical Theory.
Philosophy 260. Twentieth-Century Continental Philosophy.
Philosophy 352.03. Topics in Philosophy: Psychoanalysis.
Philosophy 353.02. Figures in Philosophy: Maimonides and Friends.
Religious Studies 240. The Nature of Evil.
Russian 234 Russian Cinema.