All who study Hebrew find that the experience sharpens their understanding of language in general and enables them to use their own language more effectively and thus to exercise a greater amount of control over their own lives, no matter what their eventual fields of interest or occupations. Hebrew language graduates find their marketable skills considerably enhanced by their humanities education. All freshman applicants are considered within a competitive admission process for Summer, Autumn, and Winter quarters for the Columbus campus. Once these criteria have been met and students are officially enrolled in the Colleges of the Arts and Sciences, they may declare their major as Hebrew, and then contact the coordinating adviser in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures. The GEC is a body of courses designed to ensure that each student becomes acquainted with the basic areas of academic study.
Some majors also require completion of a foreign language requirement.
Students may select up to 10 hours of course work in allied disciplines in consultation with their major adviser. The undergraduate courses offered in Hebrew fall into two general groups, literature and language. Students may emphasize one or both of these areas of study. Core courses include Hebrew 101 through 104. These courses do not apply toward the major.