JWST 11001     INTRODUCTION TO JEWISH STUDIES      3 Credit Hours

Introductory exploration and examination of the diversity of Jewish life, culture, religion and society from antiquity to the present.

Prerequisite: None.

Schedule Type: Lecture

Contact Hours: 3 lecture

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

JWST 20011     INTRODUCTION TO THE HEBREW BIBLE OR OLD TESTAMENT      3 Credit Hours

Introduces students to the modern study of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) and the history and religion of ancient Israel. Designed to help students to understand the development of the Hebrew Bible in its ancient context. The course approaches the Hebrew Bible from historical, comparative, literary, anthropological and archeological perspectives in an effort to illuminate the world of its authors. No prior knowledge of the Bible, Judaism or Christianity is required.

Prerequisite: None.

Schedule Type: Lecture

Contact Hours: 3 lecture

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

JWST 30092     INTERNSHIP IN JEWISH STUDIES (ELR)      3-6 Credit Hours

(Repeatable for credit) Internship in Jewish studies.

Prerequisite: Special approval.

Schedule Type: Practical Experience

Contact Hours: 9-18 other

Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory-IP

Attributes: Experiential Learning Requirement

JWST 30100     JEWISH WOMEN IN THE MODERN WORLD      3 Credit Hours

Course explores the lives and experiences of Jewish women from diverse communities and traditions, in relation to a wide array of divergent cultural contexts within the modern world.

Prerequisite: None.

Schedule Type: Lecture

Contact Hours: 3 lecture

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

JWST 30200     JEWS, BASEBALL AND AMERICAN SPORTS      3 Credit Hours

Chronicles the experience of Jewish players and performers in American sports. Course explores the issues of religious and ethnic prejudice that Jewish athletes endured, challenged and overcame.

Prerequisite: None.

Schedule Type: Lecture

Contact Hours: 3 lecture

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

JWST 30300     CHILDREN OF THE HOLOCAUST: PERPETRATORS AND VICTIMS      3 Credit Hours

Examination of the children directly affected by the Holocaust (whether as victims, perpetrators, heroes, rescuers or survivors) and the impact these children had on the Holocaust and on history.

Prerequisite: None.

Schedule Type: Lecture

Contact Hours: 3 lecture

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

JWST 30301     HOLLYWOOD AND THE HOLOCAUST      3 Credit Hours

This course will examine the history of how Hollywood, starting in the 1930s, dealt with the rise of Nazism and its impact on the Jews of Germany and of Europe. In addition, we will be dealing with the large numbers of Holocaust-related films that reached the movie houses starting in the late 1940s to the present.

Prerequisite: None.

Schedule Type: Lecture

Contact Hours: 3 lecture, 0 lab, 0 other

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

JWST 40089     STUDY ABROAD (ELR)      1-4 Credit Hours

(Repeatable for credit) A Kent State study abroad experience led by Jewish Studies faculty that integrates traditional classroom learning with experiential activities and site visits outside the United States.

Prerequisite: None.

Schedule Type: International Experience

Contact Hours: 1-4 other

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Attributes: Experiential Learning Requirement

JWST 40090     STUDY AWAY (ELR)      1-4 Credit Hours

(Repeatable for credit) A Kent State out-of-classroom experience led by Jewish Studies faculty that integrates traditional classroom learning with experiential activities and site visits within the United States.

Prerequisite: None.

Schedule Type: Study Away

Contact Hours: 1-4 other

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Attributes: Experiential Learning Requirement

JWST 40095     SPECIAL TOPICS IN JEWISH STUDIES      3 Credit Hours

(Repeatable for credit) Topics vary per course offering as published in the Schedule of Classes.

Prerequisite: None.

Schedule Type: Lecture

Contact Hours: 3 lecture

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

JWST 40096     INDIVIDUAL INVESTIGATION      1-3 Credit Hours

(Repeatable for credit) Student-initiated experience in an area of interest not covered by a regular course offering and with the guidance of a Kent State faculty member.

Prerequisite: Special approval.

Schedule Type: Individual Investigation

Contact Hours: 3-9 other

Grade Mode: Standard Letter