The Judaic Studies concentration advisor will advise the student how best to fulfill these distribution requirements. 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 PS 50, Foundations of Political Analysis, and JS 9, Modern Jewish History, 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 JS 1, Introduction to Judaism, and RS 2, Introduction to Christianity.
Modules involve courses in a variety of departments.
Under normal circumstances, the two modular courses will be taken in the discipline that corresponds to the student's focus in Judaic studies. The Judaic studies concentration advisor will assist students in constructing modules that correspond with 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.