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Undergraduate Bulletin College of Arts and Sciences
Borns Jewish Studies Program

Minor in Hebrew

Students on Summer 2021, Fall 2021, or Spring 2022 requirements HEBREWMIN

Requirements

The minor requires at least 15 credit hours, including the requirements listed below.
  1. Complete either the Modern Hebrew or the Biblical Hebrew track:
    • Modern Hebrew.
      1. Intermediate Modern Hebrew I. One (1) course:
        • JSTU-H 200 Intermediate Modern Hebrew I
      2. Intermediate Modern Hebrew II. One (1) course:
        • JSTU-H 250 Intermediate Modern Hebrew II
      3. Advanced Modern Hebrew I. One (1) course:
        • JSTU-H 300 Advanced Modern Hebrew I
      4. Advanced Modern Hebrew II. One (1) course:
        • JSTU-H 350 Advanced Modern Hebrew II
      5. Hebrew Language or Hebrew Literature in English. One (1) additional course:
        • JSTU-C 340 The Kibbutz in Fact and Fiction
        • JSTU-H 365 Advanced Hebrew Conversation and Composition
        • JSTU-H 375 Introductory Readings in Hebrew Literature (in Hebrew)
        • JSTU-H 460 Israeli Film and Fiction in Hebrew
        • JSTU-H 477 Victims and Avengers: Readings in the Holocaust Literature of Israel in Hebrew
        • JSTU-H 480 Modern Hebrew Literature in Hebrew
        • JSTU-H 485 Recent Hebrew Literature in Hebrew
        • JSTU-L 377 Victims and Avengers: Readings in the Holocaust Literature of Israel (in English Translation)
        • JSTU-L 380 Modern Hebrew Literature in English
        • JSTU-L 385 Recent Hebrew Literature in English
        • JSTU-L 390 Biblical Themes in Modern Hebrew Literature
        • JSTU-L 391 David: The Man and the King
        • JSTU-L 395 S. Y. Agnon and the Jewish Experience
        • JSTU-X 491 Individual Readings in Hebrew (must be taken for at least 3 credits credit hours)
    • Biblical Hebrew.
      1. Intermediate Biblical Hebrew I. One (1) course:
        • JSTU-B 200 Intermediate Biblical Hebrew I
      2. Intermediate Biblical Hebrew II. One (1) course:
        • JSTU-B 250 Intermediate Biblical Hebrew II
      3. Advanced Modern Hebrew I. One (1) course:
        • JSTU-H 300 Advanced Modern Hebrew I
      4. Advanced Modern Hebrew II. One (1) course:
        • JSTU-H 350 Advanced Modern Hebrew II
      5. Advanced Literature Course. One (1) course:
        • JSTU-J 303 Arts and Humanities Topics in Jewish Studies (Approved topics: "THE BIBLE AND ETHICS: LOVE, POVERTY, AND WAR" (TPC 34); "TRAUMA, THE BIBLE AND AMERICAN IDENTITY" (TPC 32))
        • JSTU-L 390 Biblical Themes in Modern Hebrew Literature
        • JSTU-L 391 David: The Man and the King
        • One (1) of the following:
          • JSTU-J 320 Rabbinic Judaism: Literature and Beliefs
          • REL-A 318 Rabbinic Judaism: Literature and Beliefs
        • One (1) of the following:
          • JSTU-J 375 Women in the Bible
          • REL-A 375 Women in the Bible
        • ENG-L 367 Literature of the Bible
        • HON-H 303 Interdepartmental Colloquia (Approved topics: "THE AGNOSTIC BIBLE" (TPC 16))
        • REL-A 300 Studies in African, European, and West Asian Religions (Approved topics: "THE BIBLE AND ETHICS: LOVE, POVERTY AND WAR" (TPC 33))
        • REL-A 314 Gender and Power in the Hebrew Bible
        • REL-A 315 Prophecy in Ancient Israel
        • REL-A 415 Topics in Ancient Israelite Religion (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
        • REL-A 430 Topics in the History of Judaism (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
        • REL-R 300 Studies in Religion (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
  2. Minor GPA, Hours, and Minimum Grade Requirements.
    1. Minor GPA. A GPA of at least 2.000 for all courses taken in the minor—including those where a grade lower than C- is earned—is required.
    2. Minor Minimum Grade. Except for the GPA requirement, a grade of C- or higher is required for a course to count toward a requirement in the minor.
    3. Minor Upper Division Credit Hours. At least 9 credit hours in the minor must be completed at the 300–499 level.
    4. Minor Residency. At least 9 credit hours in the minor must be completed in courses taken through the Indiana University Bloomington campus or an IU-administered or IU co-sponsored Overseas Study program.

Minor Area Courses

  • Unless otherwise noted below, the following courses are considered in the academic program and will count toward academic program requirements as appropriate:

    • Any course contained on the course lists for the academic program requirements at the time the course is taken—as well as any other courses that are deemed functionally equivalent—except for those listed only under Addenda Requirements
    • Any course directed to a non-Addenda requirement through an approved exception

Exceptions to and substitutions for minor requirements may be made with the approval of the unit's Director of Undergraduate Studies, subject to final approval by the College of Arts and Sciences.