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To receive the Certificate in Jewish Studies, a student must fulfill the following requirements:

  • Complete and submit the Jewish Studies Certificate Application.
  • Successfully complete, with a grade of C- or better, 8 courses (24 hours) approved for the certificate. This must include one introductory course, currently either Introduction to Jewish Culture (HEBR 2350) or Introduction to Jewish History (HIST 1108).
  • Fulfill the requirements for a B.S. or B.A. degree in an established major in a school or college of the University of Colorado.
  • Students must consult with a Jewish Studies Certificate advisor annually.
  • While beginning Hebrew does not count toward the certificate, intermediate and advanced Hebrew courses will count.
  • Many Jewish Studies courses also fulfill Core Course Requirements.

Courses

Literature & Culture

  • HEBR/JWST 2350 Introduction to Jewish Culture
  • HEBR/JWST 3202 Women, Gender & Sexuality in Judaism
  • ENGL/JWST 3312 Bible as Literature
  • ENGL/JWST 3677 Jewish-American Fiction
  • GRMN/JWST 2502 Representing the Holocaust
  • GRMN/JWST 3501 German-Jewish Writers: From the Enlightenment to the Present
  • GRMN/COML 5803 Ruins of Modernity
  • GSLL/JWST 3401 The Heart of Europe: Filmmakers & Writers in 20th Century Europe
  • GRMN/HUMN 2601 Kafkaesque
  • WRTG/JWST 2030 After the Holocaust

Language

  • HEBR 1010 Beginning Modern Hebrew (does not count toward the completion of a Certificate in
    Jewish Studies)
  • HEBR/JWST 1030 Biblical Hebrew
  • HEBR 2110/2120 Intermediate Modern Hebrew
  • HEBR 3010/3020 Advanced Modern Hebrew

History

  • HIST/JWST 1108 Introduction to Jewish History
  • HIST/JWST 4348 Topics in Jewish History: History of Israel
  • HIST/JWST 4348 Topics in Jewish History: Jews Under Islam
  • HIST 4433 Nazi Germany
  • HIST/JWST 4544 History of Yiddish Culture
  • HIST 4803 Topics: Modern European Jewish History

Philosophy

  • PHIL 4800 Topics: Rosenzweig
  • PHIL 2800 Topices: Modern Jewish Thought

Political Science

  • PSCI/GRAP2028 Topics: The Arab-Israeli Conflict

Religion

  • RLST/JWST 2600 Judaism/Christianity/Islam
  • RLST/JWST 4050/5050 Hebrew Bible
  • RLST/JWST 3100 Judaism

Social Sciences

  • ANTH/JWST 4580 The Holocaust: An Anthropological Perspective
  • ANTH 4020 Topics: Gender in Israel and the Middle East
  • ANTH 4020 Topics: Cultures of Israel and the Middle East