Students who commenced study in 2016 should refer to this area of study entry for direction on the requirments; to check which units are currently available for enrolment, refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your area of study.

Jewish studies

Undergraduate
Minor

Commencement year

This area of study entry applies to students commencing this course in 2016 and should be read in conjunction with the relevant course entry in the Handbook.

Any units listed for this area of study relate only to the 'Requirements' outlined in the Faculty of Arts component of any bachelors double degrees.

Unit codes that are not linked to their entry in the Handbook are not available for study in the current year.

Managing faculty

Faculty of Arts

Offered by

Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation
School of Philosophical, Historical and International Studies

Coordinator

Dr Noah Shenker

Websites

Faculty of Arts

Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation

School of Philosophical, Historical and International Studies

Location

Caulfield, Clayton

Jewish studies equips students with an understanding of Jewish civilisation in its many aspects - language and literature, history, theology, philosophy, rabbinics, law, politics and sociology. The level 1 gateway units will provide students with an understanding of the foundations of Jewish history, followed by more specialised electives across a diverse range of disciplines and areas of study. The minor offers several overseas units based at the Monash Prato Centre in Italy.

Availability

Jewish studies is listed in A2000 Bachelor of Arts at Caulfield and Clayton and 0202 Bachelor of Letters at Clayton as a minor.

Units

Minor requirements (24 points)

No more than 12 points at level 1 may be credited towards the minorminor (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2016handbooks/undergrad/arts-07.html).

Students complete:

(a.) Two level 1 gateway unitsgateway units (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2016handbooks/undergrad/arts-08.html) (12 points):

ATS1322 Conflict and coexistence 1: Jews, Christians and Muslims from antiquity through the middle ages
ATS1960 Conflict and coexistence 2: Jews, Christians and Muslims in the modern world

(b.) Two units (12 points), one each from Elective list A and Elective list B

Yiddish studies stream

Students complete four of the following, starting at the appropriate entry level and taken in order:

ATS1336 Yiddish language, culture and literature 1A
ATS1337 Yiddish language, culture and literature 1B
ATS2795 Yiddish language, culture and literature 2A
ATS2796 Yiddish language, culture and literature 2B
ATS3814 Yiddish language, culture and literature 3A
ATS3815 Yiddish language, culture and literature 3B

Elective list

Units are 6 points unless otherwise stated.

List A

ATS2185 Biblical texts and contexts
ATS2600 The Holocaust
ATS3194 Sacred cities: Jerusalem, Rome, Constantinople
ATS3284 Final journey: Remembering the Holocaust
ATS3287 War and peace: Models of conflict resolution
ATS3582 Arab-Israeli conflict
ATS3599 Modern Israel: History, politics and society
ATS3611 Imagining God: The mystic quest in Judaism, Christianity and Islam

List B

ATS2057 Genocide
ATS2108 Modern family: A global history
ATS2610 Ancient religions
ATS3314 Seeking justice: South Africa and Rwanda
ATS3580 The modern Middle East
ATS3583 History and film: Nazi Germany and the Jewish Holocaust
ATS3608 Myth and meaning in ancient worlds
ATS3632 Post-conflict: Justice, memory, reconciliation
ATS3888 Race and class in American literature
ATS3955 Writing destruction: Literature of war
ATS3956 Trauma and memory in the modern world

Relevant courses

Bachelors

Single degrees

Successful completion of the minor can be counted towards meeting the requirements for the following single degrees:

A2000 Bachelor of Arts
0202 Bachelor of Letters

Students in other single bachelor's degrees may be eligible to complete the minor by using 24 points of their free electives.

Double degrees

Successful completion of the minor can be counted towards meeting the requirements for the Bachelor of Arts component in the following double degrees:

A2005 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Fine Art
A2004 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Music
B2019 Bachelor of Business and Bachelor of Arts
B2012 Bachelor of Business Specialist and Bachelor of Arts
B2020 Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Arts
B2024 Bachelor of Commerce Specialist and Bachelor of Arts
D3002 Bachelor of Education (Honours) and Bachelor of Arts
E3002 Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) and Bachelor of Arts
C2002 Bachelor of Information Technology and Bachelor of Arts
L3003 Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and Bachelor of Arts
S2006 Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts