This information is part of the Colgate University catalog, 2025-26.
Minor Requirements
To complete the minor in Jewish studies the student must consult with a member of the advisory committee and/or the director to identify a course of study
Hebrew Language
- At least one HEBR course
Electives
Courses fulfilling this requirement have an attribute of XJWS in the course offerings.
Four electives from the list below:
- ENGL 368/PCON 368 - After Genocide: Memory and Representation
- FMST 319 - Holocaust in Film
- HEBR 121 - Elementary Hebrew I
- HEBR 122 - Elementary Hebrew II
- HEBR 201 - Intermediate Hebrew I
- HEBR 202 - Intermediate Hebrew II
- HEBR 291 - Independent Study
- HEBR 295 - Intermediate-Level Hebrew Language Abroad
- HEBR 391 - Independent Study
- HEBR 395 - Advanced-Level Hebrew Language Abroad
- HEBR 491 - Independent Study
- HIST 272 - War and Holocaust in Europe
- JWST 181 - The Many Faces of Israel
- JWST 204 - Jewish Fiction since Holocaust
- JWST 208/RELG 272 - Hebrew Bible in America
- JWST 213/RELG 273 - The Bible as/and Literature
- JWST 222/RELG 222 - Comparative Scripture
- JWST 226/RELG 226 - Reason, Religion, and God
- JWST 243 - From Borscht Belt to Borat: Jews in American Popular Culture
- JWST 250/CORE C143 - Jewish Diasporas: Ukraine, Moscow, Jerusalem, New York
- JWST 260 - Rabbis Reinventing: The Making of Judaism as We Know It
- JWST 275/HIST 275 - Between Homelands and Promised Lands: The Modern Jewish Experience
- JWST 276/HIST 276 - Racial States: The Jim Crow South and Nazi Germany
- JWST 283/RELG 205 - Introduction to Judaism
- JWST 291 - Independent Study
- JWST 329/POSC 329 - The Politics of Nationalism and Memory in Eastern Europe (Extended Study)
- JWST 339/RELG 339 - Modern Jewish Philosophy
- JWST 343/RELG 343 - Gender and Judaism
- JWST 374/HIST 374 - Jews and Autobiography
- JWST 391 - Independent Study
- JWST 463/GERM 463 - Contemporary Jewish German Literature
- JWST 491 - Independent Study
- MIST 215/POSC 215 - Comparative Politics: Middle East
- RELG 230 - Feasting and Fasting: Religion and Food
Jewish Studies Program
For more information about the department, including Faculty, transfer credit, awards, etc., please visit the Jewish Studies Program catalog page.