Liberal Arts and Professional Studies – Jewish Studies

Department of Humanities

For purposes of meeting program requirements, all nine-credit general education (foundation) courses will count as six credits towards the major.

For a complete list of courses and detailed reading lists, refer to the program’s supplemental calendar.

Specialized Honours BA: 120 Credits

Residency requirement: a minimum of 30 course credits and at least half (50 per cent) of the course credits required in each undergraduate degree program major/minor must be taken at York University.

Graduation requirement: students must successfully complete (pass) at least 120 credits which meet the Faculty's degree and program requirements with a cumulative grade point average of at least 5.00.

General education: 24 credits of general education chosen from approved courses in humanities, modes of reasoning, natural science and social science, including a minimum of six credits in each of humanities, natural science and social science.

Major credits: students will take at least 57 credits in Jewish studies including:

AP/HUMA 2850 9.00;
AP/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

Upper-level credits: at least 36 credits at the 3000 or 4000 level, including at least 18 credits at the 4000 level.

Credits outside the major: at least 18 credits.

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: AP/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: 120 Credits

Major credits: students will take will take at least 42 credits in Jewish studies including:

AP/HUMA 2850 9.00;
AP/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

Upper-level credits: at least 36 credits at the 3000 or 4000 level, including at least 18 credits at the 4000 level.

Credits outside the major: at least 18 credits. (Note: students who are completing a double major or major/minor are deemed to have fulfilled this requirement.)

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: AP/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

The Honours BA program described above may be pursued jointly with approved Honours Double Major degree programs in the Faculties of Environmental Studies, Fine Arts, Health, Liberal Arts and Professional Studies or Science and Engineering. For further details on requirements, refer to the listings for specific Honours programs that may be pursued jointly with other Faculties.

Note: in a double major program, a course may count only once toward major credit.

Honours Double Major Interdisciplinary BA

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 Liberal Arts and Professional Studies. 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, refer to the listings for specific Honours Double Major Interdisciplinary BA programs.

Note: in a double major program, a course may count only once toward major credit.

Major credits: students will take will take at least 42 credits in Jewish studies including:

AP/HUMA 2850 9.00;
AP/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: AP/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

The Honours BA program described above may be pursued jointly with approved Honours Minor degree programs in the Faculties of Environmental Studies, Fine Arts, Health, Liberal Arts and Professional Studies or Science and Engineering. For further details on requirements, refer to the listings for specific Honours programs that may be pursued jointly with other Faculties.

Note: in a major/minor program, a course may count only once toward major credit or minor credit.

Honours Minor BA

The Honours Minor BA program described may be combined with any approved Honours BA program that offers a major/minor option in the Faculties of Environmental Studies, Fine Arts, Health, Liberal Arts and Professional Studies or Science and Engineering. For further details on requirements, refer to the listings for specific Honours programs that may be pursued jointly with other Faculties.

Note: in a major/minor program, a course may count only once toward major credit or minor credit.

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