The Interdisciplinary Program in Judaic Studies offers both a minor and a certificate. The Program cooperates with the departments of Anthropology, English, Modern Languages, History, Philosophy, Political Science, and Sociology, and the Interdisciplinary Studies, Women's Studies, Religious Studies, and Middle Eastern Studies programs. Interested students are encouraged to meet with the program director.
Minor Admission Requirements
Minor Requirements
Prerequisite Courses
Degree Requirements
Restricted Electives
18 Total Credits
- Complete all of the following
- A list of approved restricted elective courses is found in the myKnight audit. Other courses, including special topics, with the approval of the Director
- Complete at least 6 of the following:
- JST3401 - Jewish People in Antiquity (3)
- JST3415 - American Jewish History (3)
- JST3481 - 20th Century Jewish History and Thought (3)
- JST3701 - History of the Holocaust (3)
- JST3120 - Hebrew Scriptures (3)
- JST3125 - The Book of Job (3)
- JST3126 - Romantic Love in the Bible (3)
- JST3144 - Dead Sea Scrolls (3)
- JST3190 - Social Justice & the Prophets (3)
- JST3424 - Biblical Archaeology (3)
- JST3100 - The Hebrew Bible as Literature (3)
- JST3751 - Literature of the Holocaust (3)
- JST3803 - The Israeli Experience in Short Stories (3)
- JST3005 - Tenets of Judaism (3)
- JST3121 - Classic Texts of Judaism (3)
- JST3210 - Kabbalah: Jewish Mysticism (3)
- JST3620 - Contemporary Jewish Ethics and Morality (3)
- JST3450 - Modern Jewish Experience (3)
- JST3820 - Modern Israeli Culture (3)
- JST3551 - The Holy and the Profane: The Introduction of Secularism into Modern Judaism (3)
- JST3550 - Introduction to Modern Judaism (3)
- JST3821 - Israel: Start-Up Nation (3)
- HBR1120 - Modern Israeli Hebrew I (3)
- HBR1121 - Modern Israeli Hebrew II (3)
- HBR2200 - Intermediate Modern Israeli Hebrew I (3)
- HBR2201 - Intermediate Modern Israeli Hebrew II (3)
- HBR3250 - Biblical Hebrew (3)
- HBR3410 - Conversational Israeli Hebrew (3)
Grand Total Credits: 18
Required Courses
Foreign Language Requirements
Total Undergraduate Credit Hours Required: 18
Additional Information
Other Requirements
- A grade of "C" (2.0) or better is required in all courses used to satisfy the minor.
- At least 12 hours used in the minor must be earned at UCF.
- No credit by exam (TSD, Military credit) may be used.
- Internship, Co-op, or Independent Study credit cannot be used toward the minor.
