Monash University Handbook 2010 Postgraduate - Course

Students undertaking this course will be made acquainted with a broad range of topics incorporating Israeli history, politics, international relations, public affairs, economy, cultures and arts, set within a range of global perspectives. Both teaching and research supervision will be conducted by Monash University staff alongside overseas visiting professors.

Students completing this course will demonstrate:

• a familiarisation with the contemporary social milieu of modern Israeli culture
• an appreciation of the intellectual history of pre-state (Yishuv) and early Israeli Hebrew thought
• a general acquaintance with a broad view of Israeli history, politics, society and culture.

This course consists of one core unit and 12 points of elective studies.

Students complete:

• JWM4020 Zionism: The argument

plus one 12 point elective from the following:

• HYM4195 Israelis and Palestinians between war and peace (intensive summer abroad unit)
• HYM4390 Historiography of the Arab-Israeli conflict
• JWM4030 Jewish history, Jewish memory
• JWM4540 Israeli culture through cinema and literature

Students who complete the graduate certificate with a minimum credit average, may apply to transfer to course 4036 Graduate Diploma in Modern Israel Studies.

Graduate Certificate in Modern Israel Studies