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The courses are taught by CSUN professors and adjunct lecturers from the departments of English, History, Modern and Classical Languages, Religious Studies, and Sociology.

Students of all religions and ethnic backgrounds are welcome to enroll in individual Jewish Studies courses or to complete the B.A. in Modern Jewish Studies.

 

Upon completion of the Modern Jewish Studies major, students should be able to

• describe the major events and cultural features of Jewish life in different international settings from 1600 to the present;

 

• define and analyze significant Jewish religious beliefs, ethics, religious practices, philosophies, and cultural expressions;

 

• describe the principal social contours of modern Jewish communities and families, and give examples of the complex and multifaceted forms of modern Jewish identity;

 

• demonstrate an ability to speak, comprehend, and write Modern Hebrew at an elementary level.

Introduction — 3 units

• JS 200 - Introduction to Judaism

Language — 4 units

• Heb 102 - Elementary Hebrew II

Culture and Society — 9 units

Choose three of the following courses:

• JS/WS 330 - Women in the Jewish Experience
• Soc 306 - Jewish Communal & Family Structure
• Soc 335 - Jewish Identity in the U.S.
• RS 476 - Modern Jewish Thought

History — 9 units

Choose three of the following courses:

• Hist/JS 210 - History of the Jewish People
• Hist 356 - Antisemitism in Europe
• Hist 357 - History of the Holocaust
• Hist 406 - Jews in the Ancient World
• Hist/JS 409 - Jews in the Modern Era
• RS 378 - American Jewish Experience
• JS/Hist 496ih - Israel's History and Peoples

Religion and Thought — 9 units

Choose three of the following courses:

• RS 377 - The Holocaust: Religious Responses
• RS 379 - Zionism: Religious and Secular
• RS 320 - Hebrew Bible or RS 375 Classical Judaic Texts
• RS 476 - Modern Jewish Thought
• RS 356 - Contemporary Religious Thought (Jewish thought section only)

Electives — 9 units

Choose three of the following courses:

• JS/WS 330 - Women in the Jewish Experience
• JS 300 - Humanities in the Jewish Society: Ancient and Medieval
• JS 390cs - Service Learning in the Jewish Community
• Eng 371 - Issues in Jewish American Writing
• Heb 101 - Elementary Hebrew I
• Hist 406 - Jews in the Ancient World
• RS 310 - Religion and Literature (Jewish literature section only)
• RS 320 - Hebrew Bible
• RS 375 - Classical Judaic Texts
• Soc 335 - Jewish Identity in the U.S.
• JS 151 & RTM 151f (linked course) - Natural Environment and Judaism