This information is part of the Colgate University catalog, 2024-25.
For more information about the program, transfer credit, etc., visit the Jewish studies program catalog page.
Minor Requirements
To complete the minor in Jewish studies the student must consult with a member of the advisory committee and/or the director to identify a course of study that includes five courses from the list below, at least one of which must be in Hebrew language. Only one independent study and one non-Colgate course may be counted.
- ENGL 368/PCON 368 - After Genocide: Memory and Representation
- HEBR 121 - Elementary Hebrew I
- HEBR 122 - Elementary Hebrew II
- HEBR 201 - Intermediate Hebrew I
- HEBR 202 - Intermediate Hebrew II
- HEBR 291 - Independent Study
- HEBR 295 - Intermediate-Level Hebrew Language Abroad
- HEBR 391 - Independent Study
- HEBR 395 - Advanced-Level Hebrew Language Abroad
- HEBR 491 - Independent Study
- HIST 272 - War and Holocaust in Europe
- JWST 181 - The Many Faces of Israel
- JWST 204 - Jewish Fiction since the Holocaust
- JWST 208/RELG 208 - The Hebrew Bible in America
- JWST 213/RELG 213 - The Bible as/and Literature
- JWST 222/RELG 222 - Comparative Scripture
- JWST 226/RELG 226 - Reason, Religion, and God
- JWST 250/CORE C143 - Jewish Diasporas: Ukraine, Moscow, Jerusalem, New York
- JWST 260 - Rabbis Reinventing: The Making of Judaism as We Know It
- JWST 275/HIST 275 - Modern Jewish History
- JWST 276/HIST 276 - Racial States: The Jim Crow South and Nazi Germany
- JWST 283/RELG 205 - Introduction to Judaism
- JWST 291 - Independent Study
- JWST 329/POSC 329 - The Politics of Nationalism and Memory in Eastern Europe (Extended Study)
- JWST 339/RELG 339 - Modern Jewish Philosophy
- JWST 343/RELG 343 - Gender and Judaism
- JWST 374/HIST 374 - Jews and Autobiography
- JWST 391 - Independent Study
- JWST 463/GERM 463 - Contemporary Jewish German Literature
- JWST 491 - Independent Study
- MIST 215/POSC 215 - Comparative Politics: Middle East (CO)
- RELG 230 - Feasting and Fasting: Religion and Food