Inventory of Undergraduate Courses

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*Courses marked with an asterisk (*) are not counted toward the requirement of no fewer than 18 credits in advanced courses for majors in this department.

§Independent work means not less than three additional hours each week of conference, research, independent reading, and writing as assigned by the instructor. The student's grade is determined in part by the successful completion of this independent work.

In 2010, the college transitioned to a new course numbering system in preparation for the migration to the CUNYfirst platform. Old course numbers - if available - are provided in the parenthesis after the "/" symbol.

• The Jewish Diaspora (JUST 1025)
• Anti-Semitism: The Longest Hatred (JUST 1095)
• Classical Jewish Texts: Moving Toward Modernity (JUST 1145)
• Jewish Approaches to Ethical Issues (JUST 2017)
• American Jewish History (JUST 2047)
• Jews of New York (JUST 2085)
• Yiddish Short Stories and Poetry in Translation (JUST 3624)
• Mishnah (JUST 4027)

Judaic Studies
• Introduction to Judaic Studies (JUST *1001 / JUD 1)
• Introduction to the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament/TaNaKh) (JUST 2510)
• Land and Cultures of Israel (JUST 3011 / JUD 11)
• Jewish Religion and Tradition (JUST 3012 / JUD 12)
• From Ghetto to Emancipation (JUST 3013 / JUD 13)
• Introduction to the Talmud (JUST 3014 / JUD 14)
• Midrash (JUST 3015 / JUD 15)
• Modern Jewish Biographies (JUST 3016 / JUD 16)
• The Jewish Woman (JUST 3017 / JUD 17)
• Sex and Gender in Judaism (JUST 3020)
• Tower of Babel: Syriac Christianity in Its Babylonian and Rabbinic Contexts (JUST 3021)
• Searching for God: Ancient Greeks, Jews, and Christians (JUST 3022)
• Introduction to the Bible and Apocrypha (JUST 3023 / JUD 23)
• Individual versus Community: Struggling with Spinoza & Hashing it out with Herzl in Modern Jewish Thought (JUST 3031 / JUD 31)
• Maimonides: Philosopher, Legalist, Physician (JUST 3033 / JUD 33)
• Medieval Jewish History (JUST 3035 / JUD 35)
• Mystics, Pietists, and Heretics: Topics in Early Modern Jewish History (JUST 3036 / JUD 36)
• The Hasidic Movement: Its History and Literature (JUST 3037 / JUD 37)
• Messianic Ideas and Movements in Jewish History (JUST 3038)
• Golems, Dybbuks and the Supernatural in Modern Jewish Literature and Culture (JUST 3042 )
• The Shtetl in History and Literature (JUST 3046 / JUD 46)
• Jews of Latin America (JUST 3048)
• History of the Holocaust (JUST 3050 / JUD 50)
• Readings in Talmud (JUST 3065)
• History of Zionism (JUST 3115 / JUD 11.5)
• Black-Jewish Activism: Coalitions in America (JUST 3124)
• Sages and Scholars (JUST 3135 / JUD 13.5)
• Business Practices and the Jewish Tradition (JUST 3205 / JUD 20.5)
• Making a Living: Jews, Business, and Professions from Antiquity up to the Modern World (JUST 3206)
• Sephardic Heritage (JUST 3405 / JUD 40.5)
• Ashkenazic Heritage: Poland, Russia, and Beyond (JUST 3465)
• Jews of Brooklyn (JUST 3489 / JUD 48.9)
• Holocaust Literature (JUST 3535 / JUD 53.5)
• Introduction to Israeli Literature in Translation (JUST 3631)
• Studies in Jewish Customs (JUST 4018 / JUD 18)
• Contemporary Issues in Halakhah (JUST 4020 / JUD 20)
• Job and the Problem of Evil (JUST 4022 / JUD 22)
• The Dead Sea Scrolls (JUST 4024 / JUD 24)
• Intermediate Talmud (JUST 4030)
• Kabbalah and Messianism (JUST 4034 / JUD 34)
• Religion and the Holocaust: During and After (JUST 4054 / JUD 54)
• Seminar in Special Topics (JUST 4071 / JUD 71)
• Italian Jewry (JUST 4435 / JUD 43.5)
• Summer Archaeological Field School in Israel (Intensive Program) (JUST 4701 / JUD 70.1)
• Special Topics (JUST 4751 / JUD 75.1)
• Special Topics (JUST 4752 / JUD 75.2)
• Independent Researches I (JUST 5531W / JUD 83.1W)
• Independent Researches II (JUST 5532W / JUD 83.2W)
• Independent Study I (JUST 5581 / JUD 88.1)
• Independent Study II (JUST 5582 / JUD 88.2)

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