Jewish Studies Concentration

​Course Requirements

Foundations

• REL 109 THE JEWISH EXPERIENCE

Area Studies

• Six courses from the following list, four of which must be at the 300 level:
• CTH 212 ANCIENT ISRAEL: HISTORY, LITERATURE AND  RELIGION 
• REL 236 VARIETIES OF JUDAISM IN THE GREEK AND ROMAN WORLD
• REL 268 MODERN JUDAISM
• REL 269 JUDAISM IN ANTIQUITY
• REL 270 WOMEN IN THE BIBLE
• REL 275 COMMUNITY AND AUTHORITY IN MEDIEVAL JUDAISM
• REL 263 RELIGION AND POLITICS IN THE MIDDLE EAST
• REL 205 RELIGION AND ETHICS II (when applicable)
• REL 305 TOPICS IN RELIGION AND CULTURE (when applicable)
• REL 320 TOPICS IN RELIGIOUS ETHICS (when applicable)
• REL 340 INQUIRIES IN WORLD RELIGIONS (when applicable)
• REL 350 TOPICS IN RELIGIOUS THOUGHT (when applicable)
• REL 380 TOPICS IN RELIGIOUS TEXTS (when applicable)
• REL 392 FOREIGN STUDY IN RELIGION (when applicable)
• REL 393 INTERNSHIP IN RELIGIOUS STUDIES (when applicable)

Specialized Study

• REL 399 INDEPENDENT STUDY

Allied Fields

• Three courses, approved by advisor or Chair, one must be at the 300 level.

Open Electives