For a full list of undergraduate courses being offered, including instructor names and meeting times, please check the UW Timetable.
To view a complete listing of all courses offered in Jewish Studies, please visit the Undergrad Course Catalog.
Visit our Syllabi Archive to view syllabi for courses taught in past semesters.
Fall 2012 Courses (scroll down for Spring 2012)
- Jewish 211: Introduction to Judaism
Major: Introduction to Judaism
Certificate: Cluster 1, 2 or 3
- Jewish 219: The American Jewish Experience
Major: History and Social Science (American requirement)
Certificate: Cluster 2
- Jewish 220: Introduction to Modern Jewish History
Major: History and Social Science
Certificate: Cluster 2
- Jewish 227: Introduction to Biblical Literature
Major: Literature, Philosophy, and the Arts (Diaspora requirement)
Certificate: Cluster 1 or 3
- Jewish 230: Elementary Topics in Jewish Literature: Representing the Holocaust in Poland: Ethical Issues
Major: Literature, Philosophy, and the Arts
Certificate: Cluster 1
- Jewish 301: Introduction to Hebrew Literature
Major: Hebrew Texts or Literature, Philosophy, and the Arts
Certificate: Cluster 1
Note: No permission from the instructor is necessary to enroll in this course.
- Jewish 401: Survey of Modern Hebrew Literature
Major: Hebrew Texts or Literature, Philosophy, and the Arts
Certificate: Cluster 1
- Jewish 432: Intermediate Topics in Jewish Philosophy and the Arts: Interdisciplinary Improvisation
Major: Literature, Philosophy, and the Arts
Certificate: Cluster 1
- Jewish 435: Jewish Philosophers: Antiquity – 17th Century
Major: Literature, Philosophy, and the Arts
Certificate: Cluster 1
- Jewish 448: Classical Rabbinic Texts
Major: Hebrew Texts or Literature, Philosophy, and the Arts
Certificate: Cluster 1 or 3
- Jewish 451: Biblical Archaeology
Major: History and Social Science
Certificate: Cluster 2
- Jewish 513: Biblical Texts, Poetry
Major: Hebrew Texts or Literature, Philosophy, and the Arts
Certificate: Cluster 1 or 3
- Jewish 515: Holocaust: History, Memory and Education
Major: History or Social Science
Certificate: Cluster 2
- Jewish 533: Readings in Contemporary Hebrew Literature
Major: Hebrew Texts or Literature, Philosophy, and the Arts
Certificate: Cluster 1
- Jewish 665: Israeli Politics and Society
Major: History and Social Science
Certificate: Cluster 2
- Literature in Translation 326: Topics in Dutch Literature in Translation: Anne Frank: Cracking the Diaries
Important note: This course is not cross-listed with Jewish Studies, but this course will still count toward the Jewish Studies Major and Certificate requirements.
Major: Literature, Philosophy, and the Arts (Diaspora requirement)
Certificate: Cluster 1
Spring 2012 Courses (click on course name to download syllabus)
- Jewish 236 (Bascom Course): Jewish Composers in the Early-Modern eras
Major: Disciplinary Perspectives
Certificate: Cluster 1
- Jewish 278: Food in Rabbinic Judaism
Major: Diaspora Lit, History, or Disciplinary Perspectives
Certificate: Cluster 2
- Jewish 302: Introduction to Hebrew Literature
Major: Hebrew Texts
Certificate: Cluster 1
- Jewish 318: Modern Jewish Literature
Major: Literature (diaspora or general)
Certificate: Cluster 1
- Jewish 319: Yiddish Song and the Jewish Experience
Major: Disciplinary Perspectives
Certificate: Cluster 1
Note: No permission from the instructor is necessary to enroll in this course.
- Jewish 332: Prophets of the Bible
Major: Literature (general)
Certificate: Cluster 1 or 3
- Jewish 371: Topic: Talmud in Aramaic
Major: Literature (general)
Certificate: Cluster 1 or 3
- Jewish 374: Modern Jewish Political Movements
Major: History
Certificate: Cluster 2
- Jewish 402: Survey of Modern Hebrew Literature
Major: Hebrew Texts or Literature
Certificate: Cluster 1
- Jewish 490, lecture 1: Topics in Jewish Studies: Classical Philosopher – Spinoza
Major: Disciplinary Perspectives
Certificate: Cluster 1
- Jewish 490, lecture 2: Topics in Jewish Studies: Modern Jewish History in Latin America
Major: History (American)
Certificate: Cluster 2
- Jewish 514: Biblical Texts, Poetry
Major: Hebrew Texts or Literature
Certificate: Cluster 1 or 3
- Jewish 515: Holocaust: History, Memory, and Education
Major: History or Disciplinary Perspectives
Certificate: Cluster 2
- Jewish 534: Readings in Contemporary Hebrew Literature
Major: Hebrew Texts or Literature
Certificate: Cluster 1
- Political Science 631: The Arab-Israeli Conflict
Important note: This course is not cross-listed with Jewish Studies, but this course will still count toward the Jewish Studies Major and Certificate requirements.
Major: Disciplinary Perspectives
Certificate: Cluster 2
- Classics 376: Love Poetry of the Ancient Mediterranean
Note: Only part of this course covers subject matter related to Jewish Studies, but Jewish Studies students will find all of the course material interesting and relevant to their studies. Students who take this course and write a final paper on a topic related to Jewish Studies can petition to receive Jewish Studies credit. For more information, please contact the Jewish Studies adviser.
Major: Literature
Certificate: Cluster 1 or 3