Jewish Studies Minor

The interdisciplinary minor in Jewish Studies provides students with the opportunity to become acquainted with the culture, language, literature, religion, history, and philosophy of the Jewish people from antiquity to the present. For more information, visit: https://jewishstudies.as.uky.edu/

Minor Requirements

The minor in Jewish Studies requires 18 hours of course work as follows:

1. Required Courses

HJS 324 - Jews in the Bible and Beyond: From Abraham to the Inquisition 3 Credit Hours
HJS 325 - Jewish Thought and Culture II: From the Expulsion From Spain to the Present 3 Credit Hours

2. Elective Courses

HJS 101 - Elementary Hebrew 4 Credit Hours
HJS 102 - Elementary Hebrew 4 Credit Hours
HJS 201 - Intermediate Hebrew 3 Credit Hours
HJS 202 - Intermediate Hebrew 3 Credit Hours
HJS 326 - The Jewish Experience in America 3 Credit Hours
HJS 327 - Women in Judaism 3 Credit Hours
HJS 495 - Independent Study in Judaic Studies 3 Credit Hours
PHI 504 - Islamic and Jewish Philosophy and the Classical Tradition 3 Credit Hours
CLA 390 - Backgrounds to and Early History of Christianity to 150 Ce 3 Credit Hours
HIS 330 - A History of Western Religious Thought (I) 3 Credit Hours
HIS 323 - The Holocaust 3 Credit Hours
HJS 425 - Topics in Judaic Studies: (Subtitle Required) 3 Credit Hours

Note:

And other courses with significant Judaic studies content, as approved by the Director, to a maximum of 6 credit hours.

For further information, contact: Director Janice Fernheimer, jfernheimer@uky.edu; 1457 Patterson Office Tower 0027, 859-257-1994.