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:
- 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.
- 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
- AMS 696/HIST 660/HWC 600 Biography of City: Jerusalem: 3000 Year History.
- ENGL 203 Holocaust Literature
- ENGL 336 Jewish American Literature and Culture
- ENGL 498 Honors Proseminar: Emotion, Relationship & Family
- 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 230 Biblical Hebrew
- HEBR 240 Biblical Hebrew II
- HEBR 310 Introduction to Modern Hebrew Literature
- HEBR 330 Third Level Modern Hebrew
- HEBR 340 Aspects of Modern Hebrew
- HEBR 350 Intermediate Conversational Hebrew
- HEBR 365 Topics in Biblical Hebrew: _______________
- HEBR 453 Investigation & Conference: ________________
- HIST 341 Hitler and Nazi Germany
- HIST 343 The Holocaust in History
- HIST 510: Topics in: Medieval Jewish Histor
- HIST 660 Biography of a City: Jerusalem
- HIST 661 Palestine and Antiquity
- HWC 514/SLAV 514 Totalitarianism and Literature in Central Europe
- HWC 600/AMS 696/HIST 660 Biography of City: Jerusalem: 3000 Year History.
- JWSH 311 Narratives of Jewish Life
- JWSH 327 Jewish Secular Culture
- JWSH 350 Contemporary Jewish Identities
- JWSH 380 Topics in Jewish Studies: ___________
- JWSH 490 Directed Study in Jewish Studies
- JWSH 491 Directed Study in Jewish Studies, Honors
- JWSH 572 Jewish Folklore
- JWSH 600 Advanced Topics in Jewish Studies: ___________
- REL 107 Living Religions of the West
- REL 325 Introduction to Judaism
- REL 376 American Judaism: Life and Thought
- 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 602 Special Topics: Talmud & Interpretation
- REL 775 Seminar in Religion and Society: Zionism and Israel in Modern Jewish Religion
- SLAV 514/HWC 514 Totalitarianism and Literature in Central Europe
- SOC 522/AMS 522 American Racial and Ethnic Relations
- SOC 621: Cross-Cultural Sociology
- THR 302 Undergraduate Seminar in: Theater and the Holocaust
- TH&F 302/702 - Seminar in Jewish-American Popular Culture
- THR 302/702 Israeli Cinema
- YDSH 104 Elementary Yiddish I
- YDSH 108 Elementary Yiddish II
- YDSH 212 Intermediate Yiddish I
- YDSH 216 Intermediate Yiddish II
- YDSH 453 Investigation and Conference: ______
- 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 Henry Bial, (Theater & Film), Lynn Davidman (Sociology/Religious Studies), Sergey Dolgopolski (Religious Studies), Tamara Falicov (Theater & Film), David Katzman (Emeritus, American Studies), Cheryl Lester (English and American Studies), M.J. McLendon (English), Renee Perelmutter (SLAV/JWSH), Hagith Sivan (History), Frances Sternberg (History), Megan E. Williams (ABD American Studies), Molly Zahn (Religious Studies).
