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To register for the Jewish Studies minor, students should see Ms. Karen Hummel,
Administrative Assistant in Religious Studies, 102 Smith Hall, 864-4664 to complete
and submit the form of declaration of a minor. On completing that form, students
will receive a worksheet for completing the minor. The requirements of the minor
are as follows:
1. To satisfy the requirements for the Jewish Studies minor, students must complete
the equivalent of the second year of Hebrew or Yiddish in addition to meeting
the course requirements listed below.
2. 15 credits from at least three different departments. Courses to meet this
requirement are to be selected from the list of courses below or other appropriate
courses at the University of Kansas or abroad approved by the Jewish Studies
advisor:
AM S 450: The American Experience; AMS 494 Jewish American Literature &
Culture; AMS 522/ SOC 522 American Racial and Ethnic Relations
CLSX 340 Roman Literature & Civilization, Honors
ENGL 203 Holocaust Literature or ENGL 336 Jewish American Literature and Culture;
ENGL 498 Honors Proseminar: Emotion, Relationship & Family; or ENGL 536
Literature and Theory of the Holocaust
EURS 511 Topic in European Studies: The Language and Culture of Yiddish Proverbs;
EURS 511 Topics European Studies: German Identities
HEBR 310 Introduction to Modern Hebrew Literature; HEBR 320 Introduction to
Classical Hebrew Literature. ; HEBR 500 Biblical Hebrew
HIST 320 From Goddesses to Witches; HIST 343 The Holocaust in History; HIST
510: Topics in: Medieval Jewish History; HIST 553 Muslims, Christians, and Jews
in Medieval Iberia; HIST 570 Middle East Since WWII; HIST 660 Biography of a
City: Jerusalem; HIST 847 Colloquium in Modern Russian History (Meets with REL
875)
REL 107 Living Religions of the West; REL 124 Understanding the Bible; REL 171
Religion in American Society; REL 315 . History and Literature of Early Christianity;
320 History of Judaism in the West; REL 321 History of Judaism in the East;
REL 325 Introduction to Judaism; REL 339 History of Religion in America; REL
376 American Judaism: Life and Thought; REL 377 Religion and Moral Decisions;
REL 500 Readings in Non-English Religious Texts; REL 512 Prophecy, Poetry, and
Story in the Hebrew Bible; REL 523 Dead Sea Scrolls; REL 525 Jews and Christians
in Greco-Roman Antiquity; REL 526 Jewish History and Literature in the Greek
and Roman Periods; REL 570 Studies in Judaism; REL 775 (Seminar in Religion
and Society: Zionism and Israel in Modern Jewish Religion); REL 875 Topics in
REL & Soc: History of the Russian Orthodox Church (Meets with HIST 847)
SLAV 514/HWC 514 Totalitarianism and Literature in Central Europe
SOC 522/AMS 522 American Racial and Ethnic Relations; SOC 621: Cross-Cultural
Sociology
2. At least 3 credits of independent research to be undertaken as a departmental
course or as a Jewish Studies course (proposed JS 490 Directed Study in Jewish
Studies or JS 491 Directed Study in Jewish Studies - Honors) in which a student
does an independent research project at KU or abroad under the supervision of
the Jewish Studies advisor. All independent study credits towards the minor
will need approval of the Jewish Studies advisor.
Faculty Members associated with the minor include Frank Baron (German),
Jonathan Boyarin (Religious Studies), Michael Fox (School of Medicine,
Health Policy
and Management), David Katzman (American Studies), Marni Kessler (Art History),
Cheryl Lester (English and American Studies), Eve Levin (Russian and East European
Studies) M.J. McLendon (English), Jim Mielke (Anthropology), Sara Rosen (Linguistics),
Hagith Sivan (History), David N. Smith (Sociology), Norman Yetman (Sociology).