2026-2027 Course Catalog

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for the Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Minor in Jewish Culture and Society

The Program in Jewish Culture and Society offers an interdisciplinary minor and a concentration in Jewish Studies (through the LAS Interdisciplinary Studies Major).

for the Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Minor in Jewish Culture and Society

No more than 6 hours (two courses) may be at the 100 level.

The 18 hours selected by students for a minor in Jewish Culture and Society should form a coherent program and must be approved by the undergraduate advisor for the Program in Jewish Culture and Society.

A list of courses, regularly updated by the Program in Jewish Culture and Society, is available from the Program Office, 109 English Bldg., 608 South Wright Street, Urbana, Illinois, 61801.

Course List

 | Code | Title | Hours |

| --- | --- | --- | | One course in the cluster of Religion, chosen from a list of courses maintained by the Advisor in the Program in Jewish Culture and Society Office. | | 3 | | One course in the cluster of Culture, chosen from a list of courses maintained by the Advisor in the Program in Jewish Culture and Society Office. | | 3 | | One course in the cluster of History, chosen from a list of courses maintained by the Advisor in the Program in Jewish Culture and Society Office. | | 3 | | Of the 18 required hours, two courses (6 hours) must be 300-or 400-level courses. HEBR 403 and HEBR 404 cannot be used to satisfy this requirement. | | | | Electives within the minor. Students may choose additional courses from any of the three clusters or can choose from the following language courses: | | 9 | | HEBR 199 | Undergraduate Open Seminar | | | HEBR 201 | Elementary Modern Hebrew I | | | HEBR 202 | Elementary Modern Hebrew II | | | HEBR 205 | Intensive Biblical Hebrew | | | HEBR 403 | Intermediate Modern Hebrew I | | | HEBR 404 | Intermediate Modern Hebrew II | | | HEBR 405 | Advanced Modern Hebrew I | | | HEBR 406 | Advanced Modern Hebrew II | | | HEBR 407 | Topics Hebrew Lang & Lit | | | YDSH 103 | | | | YDSH 104 | | | | Total Hours | | 18 |

for the Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Minor in Jewish Culture and Society

1. Acquire knowledge of the main concepts in Judaism and Jewish culture.
2. Become conversant in the most significant events in Jewish history from antiquity to the present.
3. Acquire fluency, or almost fluency, in Jewish languages, such as Hebrew and Yiddish.
4. Develop critical reading skills, including the ability to approach primary texts and secondary literature with critical analysis.
5. Enhance their ability to identify the main argument of scholarly books and articles.
6. Develop rhetorical skills and strategies to convey their opinion on matters in Jewish history, culture, and religion.

for the Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Minor in Jewish Culture and Society

The Program in Jewish Culture & Society

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