Current Jewish & Holocaust Studies Courses
Upcoming Courses - Fall 2021
REL 200 鈥� Introduction to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
Online
Professor Christine Poston
This course, a requirement for all Jewish & Holocaust Studies minors, provides an introduction or survey of the literature and social world of the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible. As a way of further illuminating these materials, attention will also be given to the history and religion of Israel as well as the other peoples of the ancient Near East. Fulfills the General Education Requirement.
Electives pre-approved for JHS minors:
HY336 鈥� Central Europe (Meola) MWF 12:20-1:10pm
HY337 鈥� Eastern Europe (Kozelsky) M 5:30-8:00pm
HY346 鈥� History of WW2 (Messenger) TTh 2:00-3:15pm
REL/PHL 352 鈥� World Religions (Meeker) Online
SY 352 鈥� Sociology of World Religions (Marshall) MWF 11:15am-12:05pm
Other Potential Electives (with permission of Instructor and JHS Director):
HY228 鈥� Latin America MWF 9:05-9:55am
HY312 鈥� America in the 60s (Lombardo) MWF 2:30-3:20pm
HY365 鈥� History of Islamic Civ. (post-1453)-W (Williams) TTh 12:30-1:45pm
Upcoming Courses - Fall 2023
Core Courses:
REL 200 - Introduction to the Hebrew Bible / Old Testament (online)
HY 347 - History of the Holocaust (Dr. Meola; web-blended)
Elective Courses:
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Past Courses
Fall 2022
HY/JHS 494 - Introduction to Jewish and Holocaust Studies
Spring 2022
HY 401 - Themes in World History - Antisemitism: Then and Now
HY 382 (W) - Jews and Modern American Culture
Spring 2021
REL 200 - Introduction to the Hebrew Bible / Old Testament
HY 390 - American Jewish History
HY 228 鈥� History of Latin America
HY 333 鈥� Great Britain since 1815
HY 365 (W) 鈥� Islamic Civilization since 1453
PSC 340 鈥� Race, Gender, & Politics
PSC 489 鈥� Leadership and World Leaders
REL/PHL/SY 352 鈥� World Religions
Fall 2020
HY 347 鈥� History of the Holocaust
REL 200 鈥� Introduction to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
HY 338 鈥� History of Russia
HY 356 (W) 鈥� European Civilization 1815 鈥� 1915
PHL/REL 352 鈥� World Religions
PSC 340 鈥� Race, Gender, & Politics
PSC 354 鈥� Media and Politics
PSC 360 鈥� Politics of Europe
PSC 365 (W) 鈥� Politics of the Middle East
PSC 372 鈥� American Foreign Policy
SY 200 鈥� Sex, Power, & Politics
Spring 2020
Elective Courses:
AN 290 鈥� Food and Culture
EH 226 鈥� American Literature after 1865
LG 490 鈥� Love and Family
HY 228 鈥� History of Latin America
HY 346 鈥揟he Second World War
HY 357 鈥� Europe since 1945
HY 364 鈥� Islamic Civilization to 1453
HY 457 鈥� Gender and Society in Early Modern Europe
PHL 245 鈥� Renaissance and Enlightenment
PSC 452 鈥� Politics of the Muslim World
SY 445 鈥� Majority-Minority Relations
Fall 2019
Elective Courses:
EH 226 鈥� American Literature after 1865
HY 390, Section 102 鈥� Central European History from Luther to Bismarck
HY465 鈥� Studies in Islamic Civilization (W course)
HY 458 鈥� Sex and Celibacy in the Christian West
PHL/REL 351 鈥� Philosophy of Religion (W course)
PHL/REL 352 鈥� World Religions
PSC 340 鈥� Race, Gender & Politics
PSC 365 鈥� Middle East Politics (W course)
SY 445 鈥� Majority-Minority Relations
Spring 2019
Elective Courses:
HY 348 - Hitler and Nazi Germany
HY 365 (W) - Islamic Civilization from 1453 to present
HY 442 - Research Seminar in European History
HY 457 - Studies in European History
PSC 489 - Leadership & World Leaders
PHL/REL/SY 352 - World Religions
SY 420 - Sociology of Religion
Spring 2018
Elective Courses:
HY 382, Sec 101 (W) - Jewish and Modern American Culture
Fall 2018
Electives Offered:
CA 343 鈥� Film History
HY 390-101 鈥� Race, Migration, and Identity in Contemporary Europe (since 1945)
HY 457/557 鈥� Imperial Britain: Metropole and Colony in the Victorian Era
IS 100 鈥� Introduction to International Studies
LG 366 鈥� Advanced German Grammar