Judaic Studies Minor

Portland State University offers a comprehensive yet flexible undergraduate minor in Judaic Studies. Students completing the minor will have gained exposure to the study of Jewish history and culture in a variety of national and international contexts ranging from antiquity until the present day. Students completing the minor will choose from courses taught by the core faculty of the Judaic Studies program which focus on the Jews of the ancient Mediterranean, modern Europe, Israel and the United States. Through exploration of Jewish culture, Jewish contributions to other cultures, and the impact of modernity on national, ethnic, and religious identity, students will have broadened and deepened their education, better preparing them for our interconnected world of diverse cultures and religions.

Students undertaking the minor in Judaic Studies at PSU may be eligible for the Sara Glasgow Cogan Memorial Scholarship and the Abigail Jacobs-Kaufman Scholarship.

Requirements

To earn a minor in Judaic Studies a student must complete 28 credits in courses taught by the core faculty of the Judaic Studies program or their equivalents, at least 16 credits of which must be upper-division courses, and at least 12 credits of which must be taken in residence at PSU. Students may include up to 4 credits of coursework taught by faculty from outside the Judaic Studies program but which has a conceptual, topical, or methodological relevance to the discipline of Judaic studies. Up to 8 credits of Heb 203 or higher may also be applied.

For more information about special by-arrangement courses, and for-credit academic internship opportunities with local cultural and community institutions such as the Oregon Jewish Museum, contact the program advisor.

Courses approved for the minor:

Eng 330UJewish and Israeli Literature

4

FILM 384UTopics in American Cinema and Culture: Mamet

4

Hst 461Topics in Jewish History

4

Hst 491Reading Seminar

4

Hst 494Public History Seminar: Museums and Memory

4

JSt 201Introduction to Judaism

4

JSt 311/Hst 311Introduction to the New Testament

4

JSt 317U/Hst 317UJewish History from Antiquity to the Medieval Period

4

JSt 318U/Hst 318UJewish History from the Medieval Period to the Present

4

JSt 319U/Hst 319URabbinic Culture in the Roman World

4

JSt 308U/Hst 308UHistorical Introduction to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament

4

JSt 325URetelling the Bible

4

JSt 333UIsraeli Culture and Society

4

JSt 335USex, Love, and Gender: Israeli and Palestinian Experiences

4

JSt 372/Hst 372History of Antisemitism

4

JSt 378U/Hst 378UPagans, Christians and Jews

4

JSt 379U/Hst 379UHistory of Zionism

4

JSt 380U/Hst 380UThe Holocaust

4

JSt 381U/Hst 381UKabbalah: The Jewish Mystical Tradition

4

JSt 388UHistory of Modern Israel

4

JSt 399Special Studies

1-12

JSt 401Research

0-6

JSt 402Independent Study

1-12

JSt 404Cooperative Ed/Internship

1-12

JSt 405Reading and Conference

0-6

JSt 407Seminar

1-4

JSt 430Messiahs and Messianism

4

JSt 431The Arts and the Jewish Experience

4

JSt 435Jewish and Israeli Dance History

4