4025 - Graduate Diploma in Judaic Studies

The Postgraduate Diploma in Judaic Studies offers specialised units in Jewish theology, philosophy, history and literature. Spanning the biblical, rabbinic, medieval and modern periods, this course offers students the opportunity to pursue advanced Jewish studies and pursue independent research. Diverse course units expose students to an array of different methodologies and foci in Jewish scholarship.

Taught by the research professors and lecturers of the Centre for Jewish Studies, this course draws specifically on the research expertise of the centre's staff and presents students with access to some of the key issues and themes in Jewish scholarship today. Graduates will be fully prepared to undertake further research and/or may go on to work in Jewish education or other community organisations.

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Students completing this course will demonstrate:

• broad and deep familiarity with Jewish history, philosophy, theology and literature
• an understanding of the historical and cultural significance of key Jewish texts and be able to situate these texts in their broader intellectual milieu
• a familiarity with key debates and central issues in Jewish scholarship today
• strong skills in critical oral and written assessment of the academic scholarship.

Students complete one core unit and 36 points of electives.

Students complete the following core unit:

• JWM4030 Jewish history, Jewish memory: Writing and reading the Jewish past

plus a further 36 points of elective units at fourth year level from the following list or from related masters programs in holocaust studies, interreligious studies and Israel studies:

• HYM4175 Interpreting the Bible: Jewish and Christian perspectives
• HYM4260 Medieval dialogues: reason, mysticism, society
• JWM4020 Between homeland and Holy Land: the place of Israel in Jewish thought
• HYM4165 Final journey: the life and death of European Jews, 1900-1945
• JWM4260 Jewish literature of destruction
• JWM4040 Jewish literature of subversion

Students who complete the graduate diploma with a minimum credit average, may apply to enter the Masters of Judaic Studies.

After successful completion of 24 points, students may apply to exit the program with the related graduate certificate.

Postgraduate Diploma in Judaic Studies

* Where more than one award is listed, or in the case of double degrees, where more than one award is listed for one or both components of the double degree, the actual award/s conferred may depend on units/majors/streams/specialisations studied, the level of academic merit achieved (eg in the case of 'with honours' programs), or other factors relevant to the individual student's program of study.