Jewish studies majors must complete 12 3-credit courses in Jewish studies with a grade of C or better in each course. Out of the 12 courses, six 3-credit courses must be at the 300 level or above. The major requirements include:
1. 01:563:201 Jewish Society and Culture I: From Antiquity to the Middle Ages (3)
01:563:202 Jewish Society and Culture II: The Modern Experience (3)
2. Two courses in one Jewish language or literature (either Hebrew or Yiddish) (6-8). See further details below under Jewish Languages.
3. 01:563:464 Jewish Studies Seminar (3), normally taken during the second semester of the junior year
4. Seven courses (21 credits total), as follows:
one course in modern literature (in the original language or in translation)
one course in Jewish classical texts, defined as pre-1500 (in the original language or in translation)
one course in a social sciences approach to Jewish Studies
four elective courses of the student's choosing
