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Jewish Studies Courses

Listed below are the courses in Jewish Studies (JWST) taught within SIS.

There are many additional courses across the College of Liberal Arts that contribute to the Jewish Studies plan of study.

  • Fall 2026
    • JWST 330 - Introduction to Jewish Studies   
    • JWST 590 - Directed Readings in Jewish Studies
  • Summer 2026
    • JWST 330 - Introduction to Jewish Studies   
    • JWST 590 - Directed Readings in Jewish Studies
  • Fall 2025
    • JWST 330 - Introduction to Jewish Studies   

Courses in Jewish Studies are regularly offered in a variety of departments. Jewish Studies courses are available to our majors and minors, to students fulfilling College or University requirements, and to students with an interest in Judaica.

  • ENGL 264 - The Bible as Literature
  • ENGL 462 - The Bible as Literature: The Old Testament
  • ENGL 463 - The Bible as Literature: The New Testament
  • ENGL 583 - Jewish-American Fiction
  • HEBR 101 - Modern Hebrew I
  • HEBR 121 - Biblical Hebrew I
  • HEBR 102 - Modern Hebrew II
  • HEBR 122 - Biblical Hebrew II
  • HEBR 201 - Modern Hebrew III
  • HEBR 221 - Biblical Hebrew III
  • HEBR 202 - Modern Hebrew IV
  • HEBR 222 - Biblical Hebrew IV
  • HEBR 284 - Ancient Near Eastern History and Culture
  • HEBR 380 - Modern Israel: Cinema, Literature, Politics, and History
  • HEBR 385 - The Holocaust in Modern Hebrew Literature
  • HIST  245 - Introduction to Middle Eastern History and Culture
  • HIST  338 - History of Human Rights
  • HIST  345 - The Modernization of the Middle East
  • HIST  390 - Jews in the Modern World
  • HIST  408 - The History of Europe Since 1920
  • HIST  427 - History of Spain and Portugal
  • HIST  525 - Hitler and Twentieth-Century Germany
  • HIST  545 - The Middle East in the Twentieth Century
  • HIST  589 - History of Religion in America
  • HIST  595 - The Holocaust and Genocide
  • JWST 330 - Introduction to Jewish Studies (Undergraduate Core Curriculum/Humanities)
    • An interdisciplinary course touching on the full range of Jewish experience from antiquity to the present. Several members of the Jewish Studies faculty and guest lecturers participate, representing such fields as anthropology, history, language, literature, philosophy, politics, religion, and sociology.  
  • JWST 590 - Directed Readings in Jewish Studies
    • A reading course in aspects of Judaica directed by the instructor in whose particular field of specialization the content of the reading falls. Permission of Instructor required.  
  • PHIL  505 - Islamic and Jewish Philosophy and the Classical Tradition
  • REL   202 - Interpretation of the Old Testament
  • REL   231 - Religions of the West
  • REL   317 - Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity
  • REL   318 - The Bible and Its Early Interpreters
  • SOC  367 - Religion in America
  • SOC  514 - Racial and Cultural Minorities