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Jewish Studies Overview
Faculty offer courses in numerous disciplines, including archaeology,
art, history, languages, literature, performance, philosophy, political science,
religion
and sociology. Jewish Studies classes are noted for their combination
of close textual study and vigorous intellectual debate. While languages
such
as Hebrew and Yiddish, along with texts from biblical and rabbinic literature,
remain crucial to Jewish Studies, the topics studied have expanded dramatically
to include many courses in modern Jewish history, thought and culture,
the Holocaust, Israeli society and Jewish popular culture.
The appeal of Jewish Studies rests on the role of Judaism as one
of the fountainheads of Western civilization. In addition, because Jewish
communities
have developed ways of inheriting the past through a highly critical
engagement both with Jewish traditions and with other cultures, Jewish
Studies classes
provide an excellent education in critical thinking for students of
all backgrounds. Indeed, Judaism has survived by reinventing itself in response
to adverse circumstances, so Jewish Studies classes also offer an excellent
education in survival at a time when social and economic change proceed
at ever increasing rates and thus demand repeated reinventions. Moreover,
because Jewish thought and culture have engaged in perhaps the longest
sustained discussion of the role of minorities within majority cultures,
Jewish Studies classes provide many resources for critical and fruitful
reflection on Canada’s remarkable diversity and on Canada’s
place in an increasingly global society.
Enquiries:
Centre for Jewish Studies (416) 978-8118/(416) 978-1624, jewish.studies@utoronto.ca/anna.shternshis@utoronto.cawww.cjs.utoronto.ca
Centre for Jewish Studies Programs
The Jewish Studies Undergraduate Program is divided into four areas
of concentration:
A: Classical Judaism
B: Jewish Philosophy and Thought
C: History and Social Sciences
D: Modern Culture, Languages, and Literatures
Jewish Studies
Specialist program:
(10 FCEs or equivalent, including at least 4 FCEs at the 300+ level and
at least 1 FCE at the 400-level)
1. CJS200H1, CJS400H1
2. 3 FCEs or proof of proficiency at the third-year level in
one of the following languages: Aramaic, Hebrew, Yiddish. Other
languages
are
accepted with special permission. Students entering the program
with requisite linguistic proficiency will choose any 3 FCEs
in their
first or second
areas of concentration (see below) in addition to the regular
requirements described in sections 3 and 4.
3. 4 FCEs in one of the four Jewish Studies areas of concentration,
of which at least 0.5 FCE at the 400 level. This is in addition
to the language requirements in section 2 (above).
4. Additional 2 FCEs in one other area of concentration, with
at least 1 FCE at 300+ level.
5. At least 0.5 FCE among the courses in sections 1-4 must satisfy
the quantitative reasoning requirement. If no Jewish Studies
courses meeting
this requirement are available in the first and second areas
of concentration (sections 3 and 4), students, in consultation
with
a Jewish Studies
advisor, may take a course with a quantitative reasoning component
in any Jewish
Studies area. This course will also count toward the requirements
in section 4.
Major program:
(7 FCEs or equivalent, including at least 2 FCEs at the 300+
level and at least 0.5 FCE at the 400-level)
1. CJS200H1, CJS400H1
2. 4.5 FCEs in one of the four Jewish Studies areas of concentration,
with at least 2 FCEs at the 300+ level. Students choosing “Classical Judaism” concentration
must take 2 FCEs of Jewish Studies approved language or demonstrate linguistic
proficiency at the second year level.
3. Additional 1.5 FCE in one other area of Jewish Studies
concentration.
4. At least 0.5 FCE among the courses in sections 1-3 must
satisfy the quantitative reasoning requirement. If no Jewish
Studies
courses meeting
this requirement
are available in the first and second areas of concentration
(sections 2 and 3), students, in consultation with a Jewish
Studies advisor,
may take
a course with a quantitative reasoning component in any Jewish
Studies area. This course will also count toward the requirements
in section
3.
Minor program:
(4 FCEs or their equivalent, including at least 1 FCE at the
300+ level)
1. CJS200H1
2. 3.5 FCEs in one of the four Jewish Studies areas
of concentration, including at least 1 FCE at the 300+
level.
Jewish Studies Courses by Concentration:
Please note: For the most up-to-date lists of courses
qualifying for each concentration, see the undergraduate
handbook
issued by the Centre
for
Jewish Studies.
A: Classical Judaism
CJS100Y1, CJS101H1, CJS102H1, CJS200H1, CJS210Y1, CJS211H1, CJS390H1, CJS400H1, CJS491H1; RLG100Y1, RLG202Y1, RLG239H1, RLG280Y1, RLG319H1, RLG320H1, RLG325H1, RLG326H1, RLG340Y1, RLG342Y1, RLG343H1, RLG345H1, RLG346H1, RLG432H1; NML150Y1, NML220Y1, NML250Y1, NML251Y1, NML320H1, NML350H1, NML351H1, NML352H1, NML354H1,
356H1, NML357H1, NML358H1, NML359H1, NML420Y1, NML450H1, NML451H1, NML452H1, NML454H1, NML457H1; NMC150H1, NMC151H1, NMC250H1, NMC252H1, NMC254Y1, NMC257Y1, NMC281H1, NMC282H1, NMC284H1, NMC324H1, NMC360H1, NMC361H1, NMC370Y1, NMC384H1, NMC388Y1, NMC450H1, NMC484H1; SMC421H1
B: Jewish Philosophy and Thought
CJS100Y1, CJS101H1, CJS102H1, CJS200H1, CJS210Y1, CJS211H1, CJS390H1, CJS400H1, CJS491H1; GER412H1, GER430H1; RLG100Y1, RLG202Y1, RLG220H1, RLG221H1, RLG239H1, RLG280Y1, RLG340Y1, RLG341H1, RLG342Y1, RLG343H1, RLG345H1, RLG346H1, RLG388H1, RLG432H1, RLG434H1, RLG445H1, RLG446H1; NMC388Y1; PHL310H1, PHL322H1, PHL323H1, PHL338H1, PHL370H1; POL381H1, POL407Y1, POL421H1, POL430Y1; SMC421H1
C: History and Social Sciences
ANT426H1; CJS100Y1, CJS101H1, CJS102H1, CJS200H1, CJS210Y1, CJS211H1, CJS390H1, CJS400H1, CJS491H1; GER362H1, GER363Y1; HIS208Y1, HIS301H1, HIS303Y1, HIS308H1, HIS317H1, HIS338Y1, HIS352H1, HIS356H1, HIS361H1, HIS389H1, HIS403Y1, HIS414H1, HIS431H1, HIS433H1, HIS442Y1, HIS444H1, HIS451H1; NMC275Y1, NMC278H1, NMC477H1; POL345H1, POL381H1, POL407Y1, POL430Y1, POL453Y1; RLG344Y1, RLG430H1, RLG453H1; SLA202H1, SLA302H1; SMC421H1; SOC250Y1, SOC341Y1; UNI280H1, UNI380H1
D. Modern Culture, Languages, and Literatures
ANT426H1; CJS100Y1, CJS101H1, CJS102H1, CJS200H1, CJS210Y1, CJS211H1, CJS390H1, CJS400H1, CJS491H1; FAH381H1; ENG275Y1, ENG375H1; GER260Y1, GER360H1, GER361H1, GER362H1, GER363Y1, GER412H1, GER462H1; HIS352H1, HIS389H1; NML155H1, NML156H1, NML255Y1, NML355Y1, NML455H1, NML456H1; NMC256Y1, NMC352Y1; RLG344Y1, RLG430H1; SLA202H1, SLA302H1, SLA303H1, SLA318H1; SMC421H1; UNI380H1
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