Jewish Studies Minor

Requirements

18 credits in minor courses, including:

JS 1500Jews and Judaisms3
Course offerings for the Jewish Studies minor vary frequently. Before registration each semester, a list of eligible courses is posted as a See Also list in the Schedule of Courses (Classic Version). Many of those courses will not show up immediately in students’ degree audits. The courses listed below are always eligible and should automatically be applied in degree audits.
INTERMEDIATE LEVEL OR ABOVE. 6-9 additional credits at the 2000-level or above chosen from eligible courses, which regularly include:6-9
JS numbered 2000 or above
Topics in Jewish Traditions
The Holocaust
Jews in Modern Europe
Up to 3 additional credits from the following:0-3
HEBR numbered 2200 or above
OPEN LEVEL. 2 additional courses/6 credits chosen from eligible courses, which regularly include:6
JS numbered 1000 or above
Intermediate Hebrew I
Internships, Independent Study, and/or Undergraduate Research on relevant topics taken outside the JS prefix may be counted toward the minor with the approval of the program director.

Other Information

In the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), only one course may overlap between a major and a minor or between two minors.

Courses for the minor and/or its pre/co-requisites that are cross-listed in the catalog or schedule of courses under another course prefix may be taken under that other prefix and still count for these requirements.

With the approval of the chair/director, courses that applied to the minor in previous years but have since been deactivated may be applied to this year’s minor requirements if they are reactivated.

For a Bachelor of Arts degree, no more than 45 credits in courses with the same departmental prefix may be used toward completion of the 120 credits required for graduation. For a Bachelor of Science degree, the maximum is 50 credits.

At least half of the credits used to complete minor requirements must be taken at the University of Vermont.