Concentration in Jewish Studies
Director: Dr. Mark Goodwin, mgoodwin@udallas.edu
Jewish Studies focuses on theological, philosophical, and historical aspects of Jewish
thought and tradition. The concentration also provides opportunities for interacting
with the local Jewish community through having local rabbis and Jewish scholars as
teachers, as well as potential opportunities for summer archeology in Israel. The
concentration involves four departments, theology, philosophy, history, and psychology.
Concentration Requirements
The concentration consists in 6 courses (18 credits), two required and four electives
from at least two departments (see below). No more than two courses in the concentration
may count as requirements toward a major.
Required courses (2):
THE 1312 Elementary Biblical Hebrew
THE 4363 or THE 4364 Judaism I & II
Elective courses (4):
THE 2313 Intermediate Biblical Hebrew I
THE 3321 Pentateuch/Mosaic Torah
THE 3323 Wisdom and Psalms
PHI 5381 ST/Maimonides & Spinoza
THE 4363 or THE 4364 (the required course above not taken)
PSY 3V52-01/HIS 4357-01 ST/Reflections on the Shoah: Perpetrators, Victims, and Bystanders