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 (DIVG) (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: Diversity Global, 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