Montclair State University

Below is the current Program of Study for the Jewish American Studies Minor. The requirements are currently under revision. See Fall 2011 Proposed Revisions.

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Proposed Revisions for the Jewish American Studies Minor

The minor is being revised and modernized, and it is anticipated that effective Fall 2011 the following will apply.

Complete 18 semester hours from the following:

1. Required Courses for the Minor

Complete the following two courses:

• JAST 201 Introduction to Jewish American Studies 3.0
• JAST 401 Capstone course in Jewish American Studies 3.0

2. Electives for Minor

Complete 4 courses for a total of 12 semester hours from at least 2 different departments or programs. Directed Readings or Special Topics in any department might be taken only when the content is related to the Minor with written approval of advisor for the Minor.

Jewish American Studies
_____JAST 219 Holocaust & the American Press 3.0
_____JAST 220 The Synagogue School in the American Sunday School Movement 3.0*
_____JAST/POLS 351 Comparative Legal Perspectives: Israel and the US 3.0
_____JAST 390 Selected Topics 3.0
_____JAST 399 Independent Study 3.0*

Modern Languages and Literatures
_____HEBR 101 Beginning Hebrew I 3.0*
_____HEBR 112 Beginning Hebrew II 3.0*
_____HEBR 121 Intermediate Hebrew I 3.0*
_____HEBR 132 Intermediate Hebrew II 3.0*

International Studies
_____INTL401 Study Abroad 6.0-12.0

Political Science and Law
_____POLS 215 Ethnic Politics in America 3.0
_____POLS 332 Immigration: Law and Politics 3.0
_____POLS 342 Govt & Politics / Middle East 3.0
_____POLS 416 Selected Topics 3.0#

English
_____ENLT 330 Reading the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament as Literature 3.0

Philosophy and Religion
_____RELG 200 Old Testament: Genesis-Joshua 3.0
_____RELG 202 Old Testament: Joshua-Daniel 3.0*
_____RELG 223 Religion in North America 3.0
_____RELG 273 The Holocaust: Religious Perspectives 3.0*
_____RELG 301 Contemporary Jewish Thought 3.0

Family and Child Studies
_____FCST/JAST 318 The Jewish American Family 3.0
_____FCST 408-03 Workshop in Fam. & Child St. : Immigration and Families 1.0-3.0* #
_____FCST 419 Special Studies in Fam & Ch. Services 3.0

Theatre and Dance
_____THTR 403 Independent Study 1.0-3.0#
_____THTR 432 Special Topics in Theater 1.0-3.0#

Music
_____MUGN 236 The History of Broadway 3.0

History
_____HIST 310 Immigrants in American History 3.0
_____HIST 410 Independent Study American Hist. 3.0
_____HIST 426 Nazi Third Reich 3.0
_____HIST 427 The Holocaust: 1939-1945 3.0

Justice Studies
_____JUST 319 Hate Crimes 3.0

Anthropology
_____ANTH 110 Multicultural America 3.0
_____ANTH 115 Cultures of the Middle East 3.0*
_____ANTH 425 Anthropology of Religion 3.0

Sociology
_____SOCI 202 Racial/Ethnic Relations 3.0*
_____SOCI 207 Social Structure of Am. Society 3.0

Women's and Gender Studies
______WMGS/HIST 314 Women and Migration 3.0

Total credits for the Minor: 18.0

Key:

# Although these courses are offered for variable credit, each course may only count for a maximum of 3.0 credits toward the JAST minor.

* Classes that will be offered for Spring 2011

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JAST220 - The Synagogue School in the American Sunday School Movement
This course explores the historical and socio cultural foundations of the Jewish American synagogue movement as part of the Sunday school movement in the United States. Topics in education, curriculum, materials and assessment development as well as pedagogical approaches to second/foreign language and languages for specific purposes will be studied as they relate to multiple models of the Jewish American k-12 supplementary education. This class serves as a core class in the Jewish American Studies minor. Prerequisite(s):ENGL105/ENGL106 0r JAST201

JAST 219 - The Holocaust and the American Press
This course will explore the press's role in two central questions concerning America's connection to the Holocaust from 1933-1945: What did the public know, and when did it know it? Then, if the public and certainly the government knew, why was nothing done to stop it? This intense course will combine journalism, history, anthropology, religion and ethics, and will draw from these disciplines, providing students with a broader view of their respective areas of concentration. In addition to lectures and history reading, there will be videos, copies of old newspapers, historic reporting on the Holocaust, and hopefully in-person testimony from Holocaust survivors. A research paper in the archives of media from the period will be required. It is an elective course in both the Jewish American Studies and Journalism minors. Cross-listed with ENGL 219. Prerequisite ENGL 105/106 or JAST 201.