The Jewish Studies minor introduces students to a multi-disciplinary study of Jewish histories, Jewish texts and their multiple interpretations, Jewish experiences and Jewish identities. Our students learn a broad range of methods and critical concepts in order to investigate these issues within their social, cultural, historical and political contexts.
The Jewish Studies minor appeals to students from humanities and social sciences departments including History, Religious Studies, American Studies, and Sociology. A minor in Jewish Studies prepares students to pursue a variety of humanities-related careers. Students who have minored in Jewish Studies at UCD have gone on to rabbinical and cantorial training, graduate school, law school, and teaching among other careers. The Jewish Studies minor has recently been expanded to reflect the many courses offered and made more flexible so that students can take an array of courses in different areas or pursue their particular interests in a specific discipline. More student choice, more course choices from which to choose.
The JEWISH STUDIES MINOR consists of 20 units, only five courses!
Students must complete one lower-division course (4 units) selected from the following list:
History 11: History of the Jewish People from Biblical Times
Jewish Studies 10: Introduction to Jewish Cultures
Religious Studies 12: The Emergence of Judaism, Christianity and Islam
Religious Studies 21: Hebrew Scriptures -OR- Religious Studies 23: Introduction to Judaism
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Any 4 upper-division courses (16 units) selected from the following list:
Comparative Literature
COM 147--Modern Jewish Writers
French
FRE 108--Modern French Culture
English
ENG 171A--The Bible as Literature: The Old Testament
ENG179--Topics in Comparative American Literatures
German
GER 116--Readings in Jewish Writing and Thought in German Culture
GER 117--After the Catastrophe: Jews and Jewish Life in Post-1945 Germany
GER 141--The Holocaust and its Literary Representation
Hebrew
HEB 100A--Advanced Modern Hebrew I
HEB 100B--Advanced Modern Hebrew II
HEB 100C--Advanced Modern Hebrew III
History
HIS 102 ** see below
HIS 112A--Topics Pre-Modern Jewish History
HIS 112B--Topics in Modern Jewish History
HIS 112C--History of Jews in the Muslim World
HIS 113--History of Modern Israel
HIS 142A--History of the Holocaust
HIS 142B--The Memory of the Holocaust
** Depending upon the topic, some HIS 102’s will count toward the JS Minor. Students should consult with the JS course list on the JS website to see whether a particular HIS 102 counts OR get in touch with the Director of JS.
Jewish Studies
JST 101--Topics in Jewish Thought
JST 110--Selected Topics in Jewish Literature
JST 111--Israeli Writing Since 1960
JST 112--Readings in Jewish Writing and Thought in German Culture
JST 120--Cinema and the American Jewish Experience
JST 121--Oral History and Jewish Life
Political Science
POL 135--International Politics of the Middle East POL 136--The Arab-Israeli Conflict
Religious Studies
RST 122--Studies in Biblical Texts
RST 126--Formation of the Rabbinic Tradition
RST 125--Dead Sea Scrolls, Apocrypha, and Pseudepigrapha
RST 130--Sex in Ancient Judaism and Christianity
Russian
RUS 130--Contemporary Russian Culture
Sociology
SOC 174--Sociology of the Jewish Experience
For more information, please visit the Jewish Studies website: http://jewishstudies.ucdavis.edu
or contact the Director, Prof. Diane Wolf: dlwolf@ucdavis.edu.
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For Advising and any questions regarding the Minor, please e-mail the Jewish Studies Program: jst@ucdavis.edu.