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Jewish Studies
Department of Literature
Literature Department Building
Kresge College
(831) 459-1225
http://humwww.ucsc.edu/jewishstudies/index.html
Program Description
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The minor in Jewish studies introduces students to the study of
modern Jewish cultures and to the range of disciplines that bear
upon the field while supporting students' work in their own majors.
This introduction to Jewish studies is helpful for students who
plan to do graduate work in Jewish studies, whether through regular
disciplines or in Jewish studies programs and also for students
who plan to attend rabbinical schools or find work with Jewish communities.
For others with an interest in Jewish topics but without such plans,
a minor in Jewish studies offers intellectual enrichment and a focus
within the student's chosen field.
The Jewish studies minor is designed to complement existing majors
in the arts, humanities, physical and biological sciences, and social
sciences. It is conceived as an interdisciplinary program, and students
are urged to plan their program with a faculty adviser. There are
significant library resources, including the Baumann Endowment for
Classic Jewish Texts, the Neufeld-Levin Holocaust Materials, and
the Brose Fund for Visual Arts and Jewish Culture.
This minor offers students the opportunity to gain knowledge and
skills in a variety of contexts in various aspects of Jewish culture-with
special reference (though not limited) to modern issues. It will
help students prepare to move successfully into graduate programs
in a variety of disciplines-especially in the humanities, social
sciences, and preprofessional programs; and it will provide students
with a grounding in materials fundamental to Western culture and
liberal education, of value to majors in all divisions. In emphasizing
modern aspects, this minor connects with a range of disciplines
and programs on the UC Santa Cruz campus that explore the meanings
of modernity; at the same time, this minor will help students to
develop analytical tools, strategic versatility, and critical literacy.
The Jewish studies minor is administered by the Literature Department.
. Three lower-division courses; two may be Hebrew language
courses. Hebrew 1-3 are strongly recommended as is Literature 80A,
Biblical Narratives. Students can petition to have upper-division
courses substituted for the lower-division requirements.
Two courses from the upper-division sequence in literature, Modern
Literary Studies 144, Modern Jewish Cultures
Two additional upper-division courses
Students, especially those who plan to continue their studies
in graduate school, may wish to gain proficiency in Yiddish, German,
or Spanish, depending on their area of interest. Students who
participate in a UC Education Abroad Program (EAP) study year
in Jerusalem may petition to apply up to three courses from EAP
towards the minor. Petition forms are available in the Literature
Department Office.
Fall 2004
Hebrew 1, Instruction in the Hebrew Language
Hebrew 4, Intermediate Hebrew
Hebrew 80, Introduction to Biblical Hebrew
HIS 46, Introduction to Modern Jewish History
Modern Literary Studies 144D, Jewish Writers and the American
City
Winter 2005
History of Art and Visual Culture 190L, Jewish Identity in
Visual Representation
Hebrew 2, Instruction in the Hebrew Language
Hebrew 5, Intermediate Hebrew
History of Consciousness 80J, Social Movements in the U.S.
History 32, Spain 632 -1500
History 80W, The Holocaust: The Destruction of European
Jewry
History 165, Conflicts of Interests: War, Holocaust and Industry
in the Lodz Ghetto
Literature 80L, The Holocaust: The Destruction of European
Jewry
Modern Literary Studies 144B, Modernity as Jewish Challenge
and Catastrophe: Jewish American Experience
Modern Literary Studies 144I, Jews in Italy: Writing and
Witnessing the Holocaust
Porter 39, Jewish Personal Narrative on Fillm
Spring 2005
Hebrew 3, Instruction in the Hebrew Language
Hebrew 6, Intermediate Hebrew
History 137, Modern Jewish Intellectual History
History 196K, Topics in Medieval History
German Literature 120, Fear of the Foreign: Xenophobia
in German Literature and Culture
Modern Literary Studies 144E, Hebrew Poetry
Modern Literary Studies 144F, Israeli Literature
Pre- and Early Modern Literary Studies 127, Jewish Mystical
Texts
Pre- and Early Modern Literary Studies 201, Studies in
Antiquity
Music 80I, Music of Modern Israel
Sample Student Program
Year 1: Hebrew 1-2-3, Instruction in the Hebrew Language; Literature
80A, Biblical Narratives
Year 2: Hebrew 4-5-6, Intermediate Hebrew; Literature
80L/History 80W, The Holocaust: The Destruction of European Jewry
Year 3: two Modern Literary Studies 144 courses or EAP courses;
if EAP, take LTMO 144 courses in second year.
Y ear 4: upper-division courses in literature and history
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