Jewish Studies and Religion, BA (Boston)

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BA Language Requirements

12 semester hours.

From the catalog

All BA students are required to complete the BA degree language requirements, for a total of 12 semester hours of language study or demonstrated equivalent proficiency, as described in Additional Requirements for BA students. Successful demonstration of proficiency does not reduce total minimum semester hours of study required to earn the BA degree.

Required Courses

• One of:
  • JWSS 1285 — Jewish Religion and Culture
  • PHIL 1285 — Jewish Religion and Culture
• JWSS 4660 — Jewish Studies Module

Jewish Religion and Thought

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Complete one of the following:

• One of:
  • One of:
    • JWSS 2259 — Sex, Gender, and Judaism
    • WMNS 2259 — Sex, Gender, and Judaism
  • HIST 1100 — Law and History

Israel Studies

• INTL 2100 — Modern Israel

Jewish History

From the catalog

Complete one of the following:

• One of:
  • HIST 2280 — Hitler, Germany, and the Holocaust
  • HIST 2282 — The Holocaust and Comparative Genocide

Jewish Art and Culture

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Complete the following course:

• One of:
  • ENGL 3678 — Bedrooms and Battlefields: Hebrew Bible and the Origins of Sex, Gender, and Ethnicity
  • JWSS 3678 — Bedrooms and Battlefields: Hebrew Bible and the Origins of Sex, Gender, and Ethnicity

Jewish Studies Electives

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Complete three of the following not used to fulfill another requirement:

• Choose 12 semester hours from:
  • One of:
    • ENGL 3678 — Bedrooms and Battlefields: Hebrew Bible and the Origins of Sex, Gender, and Ethnicity
    • JWSS 3678 — Bedrooms and Battlefields: Hebrew Bible and the Origins of Sex, Gender, and Ethnicity
  • HIST 2280 — Hitler, Germany, and the Holocaust
  • One of:
    • HIST 2282 — The Holocaust and Comparative Genocide
    • JWSS 2282 — The Holocaust and Comparative Genocide
  • INTL 2100 — Modern Israel
  • JWSS 4992 — Directed Study
  • PHIL 1120 — Understanding the Bible
  • PHIL 1271 — Sex in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
  • POLS 2370 — Religion and Politics

Required Foundational Course

• PHIL 1110 — Introduction to Religious Studies

Lived Religion Elective

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Complete one of the following courses that has not been used to satisfy another requirement:

• One of:
  • PHIL 1133 — Selling Spirituality
  • PHIL 1220 — The Meaning of Death
  • PHIL 1260 — Apocalypticism in Film
  • PHIL 1271 — Sex in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
  • PHIL 1280 — Islam: Rituals, Traditions, and Debates
  • PHIL 1667 — Science Fiction and Film: Moral Dilemmas and Ethical Analysis
  • PHIL 2390 — Cults and Sects
  • PHIL 2410 — Possession, Sacrifice, and Divination in African Diasporic Religions
  • PHIL 2619 — Race and Religion in Film
  • PHIL 3100 — The Religious Worlds of Boston: Faith and Devotion in Urban Life
  • PHIL 3512 — Religion, Race, and Politics

Comparative Religion Elective

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Complete one of the following courses that has not been used to satisfy another requirement:

• One of:
  • PHIL 1111 — Introduction to World Religions
  • PHIL 1130 — Comparative Ethics
  • PHIL 1220 — The Meaning of Death
  • PHIL 1271 — Sex in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
  • PHIL 1275 — Hinduism, Buddhism, and Beyond
  • PHIL 1290 — Chinese Philosophy and Religion
  • PHIL 1667 — Science Fiction and Film: Moral Dilemmas and Ethical Analysis
  • PHIL 2395 — Japanese Buddhism
  • PHIL 3100 — The Religious Worlds of Boston: Faith and Devotion in Urban Life

Electives

From the catalog

Complete five of the following courses, one of which must be at the 2000 level or above and another one of which must be at the 3000 level or above, that have not been used to satisfy another requirement:

• Choose 20 semester hours from:
  • PHIL 1104 — Goddesses, Witches, Saints, and Sinners: Women and Religion
  • PHIL 1111 — Introduction to World Religions
  • PHIL 1120 — Understanding the Bible
  • PHIL 1130 — Comparative Ethics
  • PHIL 1133 — Selling Spirituality
  • PHIL 1220 — The Meaning of Death
  • PHIL 1260 — Apocalypticism in Film
  • PHIL 1271 — Sex in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
  • PHIL 1275 — Hinduism, Buddhism, and Beyond
  • PHIL 1280 — Islam: Rituals, Traditions, and Debates
  • PHIL 1285 — Jewish Religion and Culture
  • PHIL 1290 — Chinese Philosophy and Religion
  • PHIL 1666 — The Problem of Evil in Film
  • PHIL 1667 — Science Fiction and Film: Moral Dilemmas and Ethical Analysis
  • PHIL 2390 — Cults and Sects
  • PHIL 2395 — Japanese Buddhism
  • PHIL 2410 — Possession, Sacrifice, and Divination in African Diasporic Religions
  • PHIL 2619 — Race and Religion in Film
  • PHIL 3100 — The Religious Worlds of Boston: Faith and Devotion in Urban Life
  • PHIL 3512 — Religion, Race, and Politics
  • PHIL 4903 — Seminar in Religion

Capstone

• PHIL 4903 — Seminar in Religion

Integrative Requirements

• One of:
  • HIST 1294 — History of the Jews in the Modern World
  • JWSS 1294 — History of the Jews in the Modern World

Hebrew Language Introduction

8 semester hours.

From the catalog

Complete two courses in Hebrew. These courses also count toward the BA language requirement.

Substitutions

Possible equivalents for this program — dashed means a suggestion, not a rule, and every substitution needs your advisor's approval:

• JWSS 1285 ↔ PHIL 1285 (tier B)
• JWSS 2259 ↔ WMNS 2259 (tier B)

What the tiers mean

Parsed from the catalog by NU Map; the structured machine copy is in this college's JSON for the 2027 catalog, under jewish-studies-and-religion-ba-boston, and the official page is the authority.