- 2018

Undergraduate

Minor

Commencement year

This area of study entry applies to students commencing this course in 2018 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 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(s)

Dr Nathan Wolski

Contact details

Jewish studiesJewish studies (http://future.arts.monash.edu/ug-jewish-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 required 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 as a minor.

Units

Minor requirements (24 points)

Students complete a. and b. below, or the Yiddish studies stream:

  1. The following two units (12 points):
    • ATS2189 Conflict and coexistence 1: Jews, Christians and Muslims from antiquity through the middle ages
    • ATS3190 Conflict and coexistence 2: Jews, Christians and Muslims in the modern world
  2. 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
  • ATS3194Not offered in 2018 Sacred cities: Between co-existence and persecution
  • ATS3284 Final journey: Remembering the Holocaust
  • ATS3287 War and peace: Models of conflict resolution
  • ATS3582Not offered in 2018 Arab-Israeli conflict
  • ATS3599Not offered in 2018 Modern Israel: History, politics and society
  • ATS3611 Imagining God: The mystic quest in Judaism, Christianity and Islam

List B

  • ATS2057 Genocide
  • ATS2108Not offered in 2018 The modern family: A global history
  • ATS2610 Ancient religions
  • ATS3314Not offered in 2018 Seeking justice: South Africa and Rwanda
  • ATS3580 The modern Middle East
  • ATS3583Not offered in 2018 History and film: Nazi Germany and the Jewish Holocaust
  • ATS3608Not offered in 2018 Myth and meaning in ancient worlds
  • ATS3632 Post-conflict: Justice, memory, reconciliation
  • ATS3955Not offered in 2018 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 degree:

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