The education track aims to provide a series of courses that define the role that education has played in Jewish civilization. It requires a total of 33 credits: 18 in Jewish Studies, 9 in Education, and 6 in Education and Jewish Studies. In this track, the capstone course is replaced with a required seminar. Students electing the education track are responsible for reaching the level of fourth-semester proficiency in Hebrew necessary for required courses in Hebrew texts.
- Jewish Studies: 18 credits in the following four areas in Jewish studies, distributed as follows:
- Introduction to Judaism (3 credits)
- Jewish literature (3 credits)
- Jewish history (6 credits)
- Hebrew texts (6 credits)
- Education-Related Requirements: 9 credits in the following three areas:
- Developing a philosophical stance (3 credits; choose one)
- Ed Pol 540: Modern Philosophies of Education
- Ed Pol 545: Philosophical Conceptions of Teaching and Learning
- Ed Pol 550: Philosophy of Moral Education
- Education in Jewish Studies in a democratic, pluralistic society (3 credits; choose one)
- Ed Pol 460: Cultural Pluralism and Education
- Curric/Ed Pol/Relig St 516 Religion and Public Education
- Pedagogical/curricular issues pertinent to education in Jewish studies (3 credits; choose one)
- Curric 359: Teaching of History and the other Social Studies
- Curric 431: Young Adult Literature
- Curric/Jewish 515: The Holocaust: History, Memory, and Education
- Developing a philosophical stance (3 credits; choose one)
- Education and Jewish Studies Requirements: 6 credits, taken from the following:
- Ed Pol/Jewish 475: Education and Jewish Civilization
- Jewish 677: Independent Research for the Major
- Jewish 699: Directed Study
- Ed Pol/Curric: Seminar in Education and Jewish Studies (course under development)