Jewish Studies - Arts

Note: For purposes of meeting program requirements, all foundations courses will count as six credits towards the major.

For a complete list of courses and detailed reading lists, see the program's supplemental calendar.

Specialized Honours BA Program

Students will take at least 57 credits in Jewish studies including:

• AS/HUMA 2850 9.00;
• AS/HUMA 3831 3.00;
• a minimum of 18 credits in Hebrew (Note: Students with proven proficiency in Hebrew will complete 18 credits from the list of courses where the language of instruction and/or texts are in Hebrew or in another Jewish language, for example, Yiddish);
• a minimum of 18 credits at the 4000 level.

Students must take six credits from each of the five categories listed below:

Antiquity to the Middle Ages
Early Modern to Contemporary Studies
Literature, Culture, and the Arts
History and Social Sciences
Classical Jewish Texts

Note: Jewish studies courses that are listed under more than one of the categories noted above may satisfy more than one of the requirements noted above. (Example: AS/HIST 4100 6.00 may count towards the required 18 credits at the 4000 level as well as the required six credits in both the Antiquity to the Middle Ages category and the History and Social Sciences category).

Honours BA Program

Students will take will take at least 42 credits in Jewish studies including:

• AS/HUMA 2850 9.00;
• AS/HUMA 3831 3.00;
• a minimum of 12 credits in Hebrew (Note: Students with proven proficiency in Hebrew will complete 12 credits from the list of courses where the language of instruction and/or texts are in Hebrew or in another Jewish language, for example, Yiddish);
• a minimum of 12 credits at the 4000 level.

Students must take six credits from each of the five categories listed below:

Antiquity to the Middle Ages
Early Modern to Contemporary Studies
Literature, Culture, and the Arts
History and Social Sciences
Classical Jewish Texts

Note: Jewish studies courses that are listed under more than one of the categories noted above may satisfy more than one of the requirements noted above. (Example: AS/HIST 4100 6.00 may count towards the required 12 credits at the 4000 level as well as the required six credits in both the Antiquity to the Middle Ages category and the History and Social Sciences category).

Honours Double Major BA Program

The Honours BA program described above may be pursued jointly with any other Honours bachelor's degree program in the Faculties of Arts, Environmental Studies, Fine Arts or with approved major degree programs in the Atkinson Faculty of Liberal and Professional Studies, Faculty of Health or Faculty of Science and Engineering. For further details on requirements, see the listings for specific Honours programs that may be pursued jointly with other Faculties.

Honours Double Major Interdisciplinary BA Programs

Note: Students may complete a maximum of 12 credits at the 1000 level and 2000 level in Jewish studies courses for major credit in Jewish studies.

Jewish studies may be linked with any Honours Double Major Interdisciplinary BA program in the Faculty of Arts. Students must take as least 42 credits in Jewish studies and at least 36 credits in the interdisciplinary program. Courses taken to meet Jewish studies requirements cannot also be used to meet the requirements of the interdisciplinary program. Students in these interdisciplinary programs must take a total of as least 18 credits at the 4000 level including at least 12 credits in Jewish studies and six credits in the interdisciplinary program. For further details of requirements, see the listings for specific Honours Double Major Interdisciplinary BA programs.

Students will take will take at least 42 credits in Jewish studies including:

• AS/HUMA 2850 9.00;
• AS/HUMA 3831 3.00;
• a minimum of 12 credits in Hebrew (Note: Students with proven proficiency in Hebrew will complete 12 credits from the list of courses where the language of instruction and/or texts are in Hebrew or in another Jewish language, for example, Yiddish);
• a minimum of 12 credits at the 4000 level.

Students must take six credits from each of the five categories listed below:

Antiquity to the Middle Ages
Early Modern to Contemporary Studies
Literature, Culture, and the Arts
History and Social Sciences
Classical Jewish Texts

Note: Jewish studies courses that are listed under more than one of the categories noted above may satisfy more than one of the requirements noted above. (Example: AS/HIST 4100 6.00 may count towards the required 12 credits at the 4000 level as well as the required six credits in both the Antiquity to the Middle Ages category and the History and Social Sciences category).

Honours Major/Minor BA Program

The Honours BA program described above may be pursued jointly with any Honours Minor bachelor's degree program in the Faculties of Arts, Environmental Studies, Fine Arts or with approved minor degree programs in the Atkinson Faculty of Liberal and Professional Studies, Faculty of Health or Faculty of Science and Engineering. For further details of requirements, see the listings for specific Honours programs that may be pursued jointly with other Faculties.

Honours Minor BA Program

The Honours Minor must be pursued jointly with an Honours BA program in the Faculty of Arts.

Students will take at least 33 credits in Jewish studies, including:

• AS/HUMA 2850 9.00;
• AS/HUMA 3831 3.00;
• 24 additional credits in Jewish studies.

Note: Faculty of Arts legislation requires that, in order to obtain an Honours BA (120 credits), students must take at total of at least 18 credits at the 4000 level including as least 12 credits at the 4000 level in each Honours Major or Specialized Honours Major.

Jewish Studies Courses

Note: Not all the courses below will necessarily be offered in any given year.

AS/HUMA 4050 3.00
AS/HUMA 4050 6.00

Antiquity to the Middle Ages

AS/HEB 3320 3.00
AS/HEB 3330 3.00
AS/HEB 3360 3.00
AS/HEB 3370 3.00
AS/HIST 3110 6.00
AS/HIST 4100 6.00
AS/HUMA 3810 6.00
AS/HUMA 3822 3.00
AS/HUMA 3856 3.00
AS/HUMA 4803 6.00
AS/HUMA 4808 6.00
AS/HUMA 4809 6.00
AS/HUMA 4811 3.00
AS/HUMA 4820 3.00
GL/HUMA 3900 6.00 (cross-listed to: GL/EN 3900 6.00)

Early Modern to Contemporary

AK/HUMA 3436 3.00
AS/HEB 3500 6.00
AS/HEB 3600 6.00
AS/HEB 3710 3.00
AS/HEB 3770 3.00
AS/HIST 3555 6.00
AS/HIST 3860 6.00
AS/HUMA 3810 6.00
AS/HUMA 3825 6.00
AS/HUMA 3829 3.00
AS/HUMA 3850 6.00
AS/HUMA 3856 3.00
AS/HUMA 4804 6.00
AS/HUMA 4818 3.00/AS/HUMA 4818 6.00
AS/POLS 3260 6.00
AS/SOSC 3917 3.00
AS/SOSC 3918 6.00
GL/SOCI 3640 6.00

Literature, Culture and the Arts

AK/HUMA 3436 3.00
AS/EN 4236 6.00
AS/HEB 3230 3.00
AS/HEB 3500 6.00
AS/HEB 3600 6.00
AS/HEB 3710 3.00
AS/HEB 3770 3.00
AS/HUMA 3810 6.00
AS/HUMA 3822 3.00
AS/HUMA 4809 6.00
AS/HUMA 4818 3.00/AS/HUMA 4818 6.00
FA/MUSI 1045 3.00
FA/MUSI 2045 3.00
FA/MUSI 3045 3.00
FA/MUSI 4045 3.00
FA/VISA 4800K 3.00

History and Social Sciences

AS/HIST 3110 6.00
AS/HIST 3555 6.00
AS/HIST 3860 6.00
AS/HIST 4100 6.00
AS/HUMA 3825 6.00
AS/HUMA 3829 3.00
AS/HUMA 3850 6.00*
AS/HUMA 4803 6.00
AS/HUMA 4804 6.00
AS/HUMA 4811 3.00
AS/POLS 3260 6.00
AS/SOSC 3917 3.00
AS/SOSC 3918 6.00
GL/SOCI 3640E 6.00

Classical Jewish Texts

AS/HEB 3210 3.00
AS/HEB 3220 3.00
AS/HEB 3320 3.00
AS/HEB 3330 3.00
AS/HEB 3360 3.00
AS/HEB 3370 3.00
AS/HUMA 3810 6.00
AS/HUMA 3840 6.00
AS/HUMA 4808 6.00
AS/HUMA 4820 3.00
GL/HUMA 3900 6.00 (cross-listed to: GL/EN 3900 6.00)
LW/LAW 3770 3.00

Language

AS/HEB 1000 6.00
AS/HEB 2000 6.00
AS/HEB 3000 6.00
AS/HEB 4000 6.00
AS/YDSH 1000 6.00

Other courses taught in Hebrew and/or with Hebrew texts:

AS/HEB 3210 3.00 (section A)
AS/HEB 3220 3.00 (section A)
AS/HEB 3230 3.00 (section A)
AS/HEB 3330 3.00
AS/HEB 3360 3.00
AS/HEB 3370 3.00
AS/HEB 3500 6.00
AS/HEB 3600 6.00
AS/HEB 4900 6.00

• Rules and Regulations in the Faculty of Arts