Certification Requirements

Six courses are required for the certificate, including Religion 40 (Introduction to Judaism) and an independent study to be arranged in consultation with the DUS. Four courses must be at or above the 100 level. Not more than three courses in Religion may count for the certificate. One (semester) Hebrew language course may count toward the certificate.

Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

156. Representing the Holocaust
158. Jewish Culture in the Mediterranean

Cultural Anthropology

155. Palestine, Israel, Arab-Israeli Conflict

German

139S. Germany and the Holocaust

187. German Jewish Culture from the Enlightenment to the Present

188. Germany Confronts the Holocaust

189. Terror and German Cinema

196C. Jewish Berlin

Hebrew

1,2. Elementary Modern Hebrew
63,64. Intermediate Modern Hebrew
100. Advanced Topics in Modern Hebrew
125S. Advanced Modern Hebrew
183S, 184S. Topics in Modern Hebrew
226S. Advanced Modern Hebrew

History

134A. History of Jews in the Early Middle Ages
134B. History of Jews in the Late Middle Ages
134C. Jewish History, 1780s to Present
144A. The Crusades in the Holy Land
152. The Modern Middle East
195. The Palestine Problem

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Religion

1. Biblical Hebrew I
2. Biblical Hebrew II
40. Judaism. Bland
100. The Old Testament/Hebrew Bible
101A. Selected Studies in the Bible. Pentateuch
101B. Selected Studies in the Bible. Prophets
109. Women in the Biblical Tradition: Image and Role

118. Jewish Ethics

132S. Women in Judaism
133. The Foundations of Post-Biblical Judaism
134. Jewish Mysticism
135. Jewish Religious Thought
136. Contemporary Jewish Thought
207. Hebrew Prose Narrative
208. Classical Hebrew Poetry: An Introduction
220. Rabbinic Hebrew
221. Readings in Hebrew Biblical Commentaries
243. Archaeology of Palestine in Biblical Times
244. Archeology of Palestine in Hellenistic-Roman Times

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Special Topics Courses Offered Periodically

English 26S. Holocaust Testimonies
German 49S. Modern Jewish Experience
History 195S. The Palestine Problem
History 196S. Palestinian/Arab-Israel Conflict
History 196S. History of Russia and Eastern European Jews
Religion 195B. Jews in the Italian Renaissance.

Opportunities for independent study are also offered in various related departments. Procedures for registration and applications are available in 230 Gray Building.

Offerings at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill may also be taken in fulfillment of requirements for the certificate
(http://www.unc.edu/ccjs/index.html)