Jewish Studies minor

The University Undergraduate Curriculum Committee approved a change to this program during the academic year. Please refer to the Catalog Addendum for more information.

A minor in Jewish studies requires 18 hours, including:

Philosophy and religion course

One of the following philosophy and religion courses:

History course

One of the following history courses:

Four additional courses

In addition, four courses chosen in consultation with the Director of the Jewish and Israel Studies Program and representing at least two different departments are required. These courses include, but are not limited to, the following:

ARTH 4801 - Topics in Art History (when taught as “Jewish Art”)
ENGL 3913 - Topics in World Literature (when taught as “Yiddish Literature” or “The Jewish Graphic Novel” or “Arab-Israeli Conflict and the Graphic Novel” or “Modern Jewish Literature” or “Representations of Jews in European Literature”)
ENGL 4270 - Modern Jewish Literature
ENGL 4450 - Special Studies in a Single or Dual Author(s) (“when taught as “Borders, Race, Religion in Shakespeare & Cervantes”)
ENGL 4660 - Literature and the Holocaust
ENGL 4800 - Special Seminar in Literature or Language (when taught as “Hebrew Bible as Literature” or “Film and the Holocaust” or “Representations of Jews in European Literature” or “Jews in Western Literature from Chaucer to Dickens”)
HIST 4215 - Jews Under Greek and Roman Rule
HIST 4216 - Rome’s Eastward Expansion: From the Punic Wars to the Jewish Wars
HIST 4217 - Jew, Greek and Roman: Backgrounds of Early Christianity
HIST 4260 - Topics in History (when taught as “Jewish Women: A World Perspective” or as “Ancient Religion and Magic: Hebrew Bible to the Fall of Rome” or “War Crimes, Genocide, and Justice”)
HIST 4262 - Topics in European History (when taught as “Nazi Racial Policy” or may apply when appropriate and if approved by the JISP director, Dr. Richard Golden)
HIST 4263 - Topics in African-, Asian- or Latin American History (when taught as “Arab-Israeli Wars” or “Ancient Israel” or “The Messiah: From David to Jesus to the Present”)
HIST 4315 - History of Anti-Semitism from Ancient Times to the Present
HIST 4385 - Nazi Germany
HIST 4390 - The Holocaust, 1933–1945
HIST 4395 - The State of Israel
HIST 4435 - American Jewish Experience
HIST 4475 - Jewish Women in Modern America
JOUR 4210 - Topics in Journalism and Mass Media (when taught as “Public Opinion and Propaganda: Israel and the Middle East”)
JOUR 4240 - Comparative International Media Systems (when taught as “Comparative International Media Systems: Israel and the Middle East”)
MRTS 4415 - Topics in Film and Television Studies (when taught as “Israeli Cinema” or “Film and the Holocaust”)
MUMH 4800 - Nazism, Judaism and the Politics of Classical Music in Germany
MUMH 4810 - Jews, Judaism, Anti-Semitism and Opera
PHIL 2070 - World Religions
PHIL 2100 - Introduction to Judaism
PHIL 3120 - Social and Political Philosophy
PHIL 3320 - Medieval Philosophy
PHIL 3510 - Hebrew Bible
PHIL 3515 - David, Saul and Solomon: The Early Israelite Monarchy
PHIL 3525 - Rabbinic Judaism
PHIL 3530 - Kabbalah: Jewish Mysticism, Myth and Magic
PHIL 3535 - Classical Jewish Thought: The 13 Principles of Faith
PHIL 3540 - Judaism and Philosophy
PHIL 3550 - Jewish Business Ethics
PHIL 4960 - Topics in Philosophy (when taught as “Jews and Judaism in Modern Israel” or “The Ten Commandments” or “Sexual Ethics in Judaism” or “Sex and the Bible” or “The Historical Jesus” or “The Dead Sea Scrolls to the Talmud: Jewish Literature in Late Antiquity”)
PSCI 3100 - Topics in American Government (when taught as “U.S./Israeli Relations: Conflict, Cooperation and Advocacy”)
PSCI 3700 - Area Politics (when taught as “Government and Politics of Israel” or “Israeli Politics”)
PSCI 4330 - Topics in Political Theory (when taught “Jewish Political Thought” or “Zionism and Liberalism” or “Medieval Political Thought”)
PSCI 4700 - Topics in Comparative Politics (when taught as “Contemporary Conflicts in the Middle East”)
PSCI 4850 - Critical Issues in World Politics (when taught as “The Political Weaponization of Antisemitism”)
SOCI 4260 - Topics in Sociology (when taught as “The Family and Sex in Modern Israel” or “Contemporary Israel and Turkey” or “The Peoples of Israel: Identity and Diversity”)
THEA 4395 - Theatre and the Holocaust
THEA 4500 - Theatre Topics (when taught as “Staging Atrocity: Theatre of the Holocaust” or “The Broadway Musical”)
Other topics courses as approved when topic is appropriate.

Additional information

Other courses may also qualify if approved by the Jewish studies advisor. For more information or to sign up for a minor in Jewish studies, contact the main office at 940-369-8926 or jewish-studies@unt.edu.