Jewish Studies Library

The Jewish Studies minor requires 18 hours/6 courses.

The Jewish Studies certificate requires 12 hours/4 courses.

3 hours (one course) from Philosophy and Religion:

  • PHIL 3050 Judaism and Religious Diversity
  • PHIL 3510 Hebrew Bible
  • PHIL 3530 Kabbalah: Jewish Mysticism, Myth, and Magic
  • PHIL 3540 Judaism and Philosophy

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Jewish Studies minor: 15 additional hours (5 courses) from the approved list below.

Jewish Studies certificate: 9 additional hours (3 courses) from the approved list below.

Courses on related topics that are not included in this list may count toward the minor or certificate with approval from the Jewish Studies director. For any questions, please contact asaf.angermann@unt.edu.

Jewish Studies LibraryList of Approved Jewish Studies courses

English

  • ENGL 3913 Yiddish Literature
  • ENGL 3913 The Jewish Graphic Novel
  • ENGL 3923 American Jewish Writers
  • ENGL 4660 Literature of the Holocaust
  • ENGL 4800 Film and the Holocaust
  • ENGL 4800 The Hebrew Bible as Literature

History

  • HIST 3308 Ancient Israel
  • HIST 3460 Modern Middle East History
  • HIST 3470 History of the Israeli-Palestine Conflict
  • HIST 4215 Jews under Greek and Roman Rule
  • HIST 4216 Rome's Jewish Wars and the Roman Near East
  • HIST 4217 Jew, Greek, and Roman Backgrounds of Early Christianity
  • HIST 4240 Nationalism, Zionism, Islamism in Modern Middle East History
  • HIST 4247 A History of Jews in the Middle East
  • HIST 4260 Jewish Women in World Perspective
  • HIST 4262 Anti-Semitism and Anti-Catholicism in Victorian England
  • HIST 4262 Modern Anglo-Jewish History
  • HIST 4263 Arab-Israeli Wars
  • HIST 4315 Anti-Semitism from Ancient Times to the Present
  • HIST 4320 Antisemistism in Europe 
  • HIST 4385 Nazi Germany
  • HIST 4390 The Holocaust, 1933 - 1945
  • HIST 4395 The State of Israel
  • HIST 4435 American Jewish Experience
  • HIST 4475 Jewish Women in Modern America

Journalism

  • JOUR 4210 Public Opinion and Propaganda Israel and the Middle East
  • JOUR 4240 Comparative International Media Systems Israel and the Middle East

Business

  • MKTG 2980/PHIL 3550 Jewish Business Ethics

Music History and Literature

  • MUMH 4800 Nazism, Judaism, and the Politics of Classical Music in Germany
  • MUMH 4810 Jews, Judaism, Anti-Semitism, and Opera

Philosophy and Religion

  • PHIL 3050 Judaism and Religious Diversity
  • PHIL 3320 Medieval Philosophy
  • PHIL 3350 Twentieth-Century Philosophy
  • PHIL 3510 Hebrew Bible
  • PHIL 3515 David, Saul, and Solomon The Early Israelite Monarchy
  • PHIL 3525 Rabbinic Judaism
  • PHIL 3530 Kabbalah Jewish Mysticism, Myth, and Magic
  • PHIL 3535 Classical Jewish Thought: The 13 Principles of Faith
  • PHIL 3540 Judaism and Philosophy
  • PHIL 3545 Sexual Ethics in Judaism

Political Science

  • PSCI 3100 U.S./Israeli Relations Conflict, Cooperation, and Advocacy
  • PSCI 3700 Government and Politics of Israel
  • PSCI 4330 Jewish Political Thought
  • PSCI 4330 Medieval Political Thought
  • PSCI 4330 Zionism and Liberalism

Radio, TV, and Film

  • RTVF 4415 Israeli Cinema

Merchandising and Hospitality Management

  • SMHM 2980 Jewish and Israeli Material and Popular Culture

Sociology

  • SOCI 4260 The Family in Modern Israel
  • SOCI 4260 Contemporary Israel and Turkey

Dance and Theatre Arts

  • THEA 4395 Theatre and the Holocaust
  • THEA 4500 Broadway the Jewish Musical