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Undergraduate Bulletin College of Arts and Sciences
Borns Jewish Studies Program

Certificate in Jewish Studies

Students on Summer 2018, Fall 2018, or Spring 2019 requirements JSTUACRT
The certificate program provides students with a broad-based knowledge of Jewish studies.

Requirements

The certificate requires at least 24 credit hours, including the requirements listed below.
  1. Introduction to Jewish History I. One (1) course:
    • JSTU-J 251 Introduction to Jewish History: From the Bible to Spanish Expulsion
    • HIST-H 251 Introduction to Jewish History: From the Bible to Spanish Expulsion
    • REL-A 210 Introduction to the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible
  2. Introduction to Jewish History II. One (1) course:
    • JSTU-J 252 Introduction to Jewish History: From Spanish Expulsion to the Present
    • HIST-H 252 Introduction to Jewish History: From Spanish Expulsion to the Present
  3. Electives. 18 additional credit hours, selected from the following:
    • Jewish Studies Program (JSTU) courses
      • Any JSTU-[x] 100–499 except JSTU-H 196; JSTU-H 296; JSTU-H 396; JSTU-H 496; JSTU-X 170
    • Courses offered by other departments and programs
      • ARTH-A 245 Jewish Art
      • CMLT-C 100 Freshman Seminar (Approved topics: "THE AGNOSTIC BIBLE" (TPC 3))
      • CMLT-C 301 Special Topics in Comparative Literature (Approved topics: "THE AGNOSTIC BIBLE" (TPC 7))
      • CMLT-C 377 Topics in Yiddish Literature (Approved topics: "FANTASY, REALISM, & FICTION IN MODERN YIDDISH LIT" (TPC 3); "FROM OLD TO NEW:YIDDISH LIFE, LITERATURE, & MEMORY" (TPC 1); "YIDDISH LIFE: ON PAGE, ON STAGE, ON SCREEN" (TPC 2))
      • CMLT-C 378 Topics in Yiddish Culture (Approved topics: "GHETTO SHTETL AND BEYOND" (TPC 2); "YIDDISH & JEWISH IDENTITY AFTER THE HOLOCAUST" (TPC 1))
      • CMLT-C 400 Studies in Comparative Literature (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
      • CMLT-C 405 Senior Seminar in Comparative Literature (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
      • COLL-C 103 Critical Approaches to the Arts and Humanities (Approved topics: "POWER, POLITICS AND PIETY" (TPC 31); "QUESTION OF IDENTITY: JUDAISM" (TPC 30); "REPRESENTING THE HOLOCAUST" (TPC 1); "WHO WROTE THE BIBLE?" (TPC 37))
      • ENG-L 241 American Jewish Writers
      • ENG-L 367 Literature of the Bible
      • ENG-L 375 Studies in Jewish Literature (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
      • ENG-L 460 Seminar: Literary Form, Mode, and Theme (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
      • EURO-W 405 Special Topics in European Studies
      • EURO-W 406 Special Topics in European Studies (Approved topics: "ANNE FRANK IN PERSPECTIVE" (TPC 21))
      • GER-E 341 Dutch Culture: The Modern Netherlands (Approved topics: "ANNE FRANK IN PERSPECTIVE" (TPC 4); "ANNE FRANK: HER DIARY IN PERSPECTIVE" (TPC 2))
      • GER-E 351 Topics in Yiddish Literature (Approved topics: "LOVE, SOUL, AND DESTINY IN YIDDISH FICTION" (TPC 3); "YIDDISH LIFE: ON PAGE, ON STAGE, ON SCREEN" (TPC 1))
      • GER-E 352 Topics in Yiddish Culture (Approved topics: "TIMES & LIFE OF YIDDISH: HIST, SOCIOLOGY & CULTURE" (TPC 2))
      • GER-X 493 Individual Readings in Yiddish Studies: Language, Literature, Culture
      • HIST-A 379 Issues in Modern United States History (Approved topics: "HOLOCAUST IN AMERICAN MEMORY" (TPC 7))
      • HIST-B 200 Issues in Western European History (Approved topics: "THE ZIONIST MOVEMENT BETWN EUROPE/PALESTINE/ISRAEL" (TPC 33); "VIOLENCE IN EUROPE 1900-1945" (TPC 28); "WAR AND VIOLENCE-20TH CENTURY EUROPE" (TPC 15))
      • HIST-B 300 Issues in Western European History (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
      • HIST-B 303 Issues in Modern European History (Approved topics: "ANTI-SEMITISM SINCE THE ENLIGHTENMENT" (TPC 17))
      • HIST-B 315 European Anti-Semitism from the Enlightenment to the Holocaust
      • HIST-B 321 European Jews in the Age of Discovery
      • HIST-B 322 Jews in the Modern World (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
      • HIST-B 323 History of the Holocaust
      • HIST-B 324 Zionism and the State of Israel
      • HIST-B 330 The Jews of Spain
      • HIST-B 400 Issues in Western European History (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
      • HIST-C 230 Israel: History, Society, Culture
      • HIST-C 300 Issues in Classical and Byzantine History (Approved topics: "JEWS, CHRISTIANS,MUSLIMS IN MEDIEVAL MEDITERRANEAN" (TPC 16); "MUSLIMS, CHRISTIANS, AND JEWS" (TPC 13))
      • HIST-C 305 Issues in Near Eastern History
      • HIST-D 304 Jews of Eastern Europe
      • HIST-H 251 Introduction to Jewish History: From the Bible to Spanish Expulsion
      • HIST-H 252 Introduction to Jewish History: From Spanish Expulsion to the Present
      • HIST-H 259 American Jewish History
      • HIST-J 300 (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
      • HIST-J 400 Seminar in History (Approved topics: "ANTISEMITISM & JEWISH RESPNS" (TPC 29); "JEWISH EMANCIPATION" (TPC 16); "MODERN JEWISH CULTURAL HISTORY" (TPC 70); "PERPETRATING GENOCIDE" (TPC 168); "PERPETRATORS OF THE HOLOCAUST" (TPC 123))
      • HIST-W 300 Issues in World History (Approved topics: "REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS" (TPC 307))
      • HON-H 234 Literature of Time and Place (Approved topics: "ANNE FRANK AND HITLER" (TPC 5); "LITERATURE OF THE HOLOCAUST" (TPC 12))
      • HON-H 303 Interdepartmental Colloquia (Approved topics: "AMERICAN JEWISH WRITERS" (TPC 11); "LITERATURE OF THE HOLOCAUST" (TPC 4); "POETICS OF BIBLICAL NARRATIVE" (TPC 5); "THE AGNOSTIC BIBLE" (TPC 16); "THE AMERICAN JEWISH EXPERIENCE" (TPC 305))
      • HON-H 304 Interdepartmental Colloquia (Approved topics: "REFUGEES MIGRANTS FROM ELLIS ISLAND TO BUDAPEST" (TPC 308))
      • INTL-I 300 Topics in International Studies (Approved topics: "REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS: ELLIS ISLAND TO BUDAPEST" (TPC 311))
      • MELC-M 204 Topics in Middle Eastern Culture and Society (Approved topics: "PROSTITUTE,HOMEMAKER,CEO" (TPC 27))
      • MELC-M 214 Multiple Voices of Israeli Society
      • MELC-M 216 Israeli Inequality in Context
      • MELC-M 303 Issues in Middle Eastern History (Approved topics: "JEWISH PHILOSOPHY IN MEDIEVAL WORLD" (TPC 9); "MUSLIM SPAIN" (TPC 12))
      • MELC-M 305 Issues in Middle Eastern Literature (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
      • NELC-N 260
      • NELC-N 360
      • PHIL-P 205
      • PHIL-P 305 Topics in the Philosophy of Judaism
      • POLS-Y 352 The Holocaust and Politics
      • REL-A 202 Issues in African, European, and West Asian Religions (Approved topics: "WOMEN IN AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY" (TPC 1))
      • REL-A 210 Introduction to the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible
      • REL-A 220 Introduction to the New Testament
      • REL-A 230 Introduction to Judaism
      • REL-A 235 Sacred Books of the Jews
      • REL-A 300 Studies in African, European, and West Asian Religions (Approved topics: "RABBINIC JUDAISM" (TPC 9); "TORAH, TEMPLE AND GOD IN ANCIENT JUDAISM" (TPC 8); "UNDERSTANDING THE RABBINIC MIND" (TPC 1))
      • REL-A 305 Ancient Mediterranean Religions (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
      • REL-A 315 Prophecy in Ancient Israel
      • REL-A 316 Jews, Christians, and Others in Late Antiquity
      • REL-A 317 Judaism in the Making
      • REL-A 318 Rabbinic Judaism: Literature and Beliefs
      • REL-A 321 Paul and His Influence in Early Christianity
      • REL-A 335 Introduction to Jewish Mysticism
      • REL-A 375 Women in the Bible
      • REL-A 415 Topics in Ancient Israelite Religion (Approved topics: "RABBINIC AND TALMUDIC LITERATURE" (TPC 1))
      • REL-A 430 Topics in the History of Judaism (Approved topics: "BIBLE AND BEYOND-READING EARLY JEWISH LITERATURE" (TPC 17); "TALMUD" (TPC 9); "THE STRUGGLE FOR THE HOLY LAND" (TPC 14))
      • REL-A 440 Judaism and Gender: Philosophical and Theological Perspectives
      • REL-A 450 Topics in the History of Christianity (Approved topics: "PILGRIMS AND EXILES" (TPC 3))
      • REL-C 230 American Jewish History
      • REL-C 323 Jews and Race in the United States
      • REL-D 300 Studies in Theory, Ethics, and Comparison (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
      • REL-D 362 Religious Issues in Contemporary Judaism
      • REL-D 410 Topics in Religious Thought (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
      • REL-R 152 Jews, Christians, Muslims (Approved topics: "JEWS CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS" (TPC 2); "JEWS, CHRISTIANS, & MUSLIMS" (TPC 3); "JEWS,CHRISTIANS & MUSLIMS" (TPC 4))
      • REL-R 300 Studies in Religion (Approved topics: "JEWISH CRITICS OF ZIONISM" (TPC 313))
      • MUS-M 410 Composer or Topic (Approved topics: "AMERICAN JEWISH POPULAR MUSIC" (TPC 61); "MUSIC IN JUDAISM" (TPC 48))
  4. Certificate GPA, Hours, and Minimum Grade Requirements.
    1. At least 9 credit hours in the certificate must be completed in courses taken through the Indiana University Bloomington campus or an IU-administered or IU co-sponsored Overseas Study program.
    2. At least 9 credit hours in the certificate must be completed at the 300–499 level.
    3. Except for the GPA requirement, a grade of C- or higher is required for a course to count toward a requirement in the certificate.
    4. A GPA of at least 2.000 for all courses taken in the certificate—including those where a grade lower than C- is earned—is required.
    5. Exceptions to certificate requirements may be made with the approval of the department's Director of Undergraduate Studies, subject to final approval by the College of Arts and Sciences.