Judaic & Israel Studies, Minor
View ChecksheetMinimum Total Credit Hours: 15-19
Minimum Upper-Division Hours: 9
Program Code: N608
- The requirements for a minor must be completed concurrently with the major degree requirements.
- No minor may be added by completing courses after receiving the bachelor’s degree.
At least six (6) credit hours must be earned in courses acceptable for residence credit by standards set forth by the Dodge College of Arts and Sciences, excluding transfer, correspondence, and examination (AP, CLEP, Advanced Standing) credit. Courses for the minor may not be taken Pass/ No Pass.
No single course may be used by a student to satisfy a major requirement and a minor requirement. A course may be used, however, to satisfy both a major support requirement and a minor requirement.
Requests to substitute a minor requirement must be approved in writing by the Judaic & Israel Studies program.
Required Courses
Students must successfully complete 15-19 hours from courses designated for the Judaic & Israel Studies minor, including at least nine (9) hours at the upper-division level.
A grade of C or better must be earned in each course counted for minor credit.
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Course | ||
| HIST 3973 | Judaism - A Religious History | 3 |
| Electives | ||
| Choose four courses from the Judaic & Israel Studies Minor Electives list | 12-16 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 15-19 | |
- Minors in the Dodge College of Arts & Sciences are available to all undergraduate students at OU. If the minor is officially declared, successfully completed, and noted on the graduation application, the student’s transcript will so indicate at the time the bachelor’s degree is posted.
Judaic & Israel Studies Minor Elective Course List
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ANTH 4953 | Special Topics in Anthropology (approved topic) | 3 |
| ENGL 3653 | The Bible as Literature | 3 |
| HEBR 1115 | Beginning Hebrew | 5 |
| HEBR 1225 | Beginning Hebrew (continued) | 5 |
| HEBR 2113 | Intermediate Hebrew | 3 |
| HEBR 2213 | Intermediate Hebrew II | 3 |
| HIST 2013 | Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations | 3 |
| HIST 2123 | The Holocaust | 3 |
| HIST 2503 | American Jews/Jewish Americans | 3 |
| HIST 3120 | Topics in Modern European History (approved topic) | 1-5 |
| HIST 3203 | Transformation of Jews | 3 |
| HIST 3313 | Israeli Culture Through Film | 3 |
| HIST 3403 | Modern Israel | 3 |
| HIST 3563 | Jerusalem | 3 |
| HIST 3653 | American Jewish History | 3 |
| HIST 3733 | History of Heaven and Hell in Judaism and Christianity | 3 |
| HIST 3953 | The Modern Middle East | 3 |
| HIST 3963 | From Zionism to Modern Israel | 3 |
| HIST 3993 | The Evolution of Martyrdom in the Judeo-Christian Civilization | 3 |
| HIST 4003 | Jews and Other Germans | 3 |
| HIST 4083 | Museums, Monuments, Memory | 3 |
| HIST 4313 | American Foreign Policy, 1900-45 | 3 |
| IAS 3003 | Topics in International and Area Studies (approved topic) | 3 |
| IAS 3203 | The Middle East Since World War I | 3 |
| IAS 3473 | The Arab-Israeli Conflict | 3 |
| MLLL 3063 | Survey of Jewish Literature from Antiquity to the Present | 3 |
| MLLL 3073 | The Hebrew Bible as Literature | 3 |
| RELS 4640 | Field Study in Religious Studies | 1-6 |