The goal of this requirement is to allow the student either to see the same subject from the perspective of more than one discipline or to illuminate the Judaic experience of one period by contrast with another. Of the six JS courses, at least one shall be a 100-level seminar or another advanced course approved by the concentration advisor. Another example of this type of module would be Political Science 50, Foundations of Political Analysis, and Judaic Studies 9, Modern Jewish Society and Politics. A learning module may provide a comparison of a Judaic topic with some other relevant topic and thus introduce the student to comparative studies as an approach to learning. Thus a comparative module might consist of Judaic Studies 1, Introduction to Judaism, and Religious Studies 2, Introduction to Christianity.
Modules involve courses in a variety of departments.
The JS Concentration Advisor will assist students in constructing modules that respond to the student's interests and educational objectives. No later than the end of spring registration in the junior year, the concentrator will designate an advanced departmental course as the capstone course for his or her concentration. This course will be selected in consultation with the concentration advisor and other faculty as appropriate. Within the frame of this capstone course, the concentrator will write a final course paper which displays the student's concentration focus, addressing in an appropriate way the theoretical and interpretive issues of the concentration focus. A candidate for honors in JS will write a thesis in the senior year.