About this Program
- College: Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Credits: 15 | Completed with minimum grades of C
- Contact: Email
- Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs)
- Certificates must comply with the Certificate Policy.
Center Information
The Bud Shorstein Center for Jewish Studies promotes academic study of Jewish culture, history, and politics for all students at the University of Florida. The Center’s curriculum encourages critical thinking, textual analysis, research, oral argumentation, and writing. The Center has scholarship opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as study abroad opportunities.
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Center Email | Director Email | 352.392.9247
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GAINESVILLE FL 32611-8020
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Curriculum
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Certificates must contain at least nine credits of coursework that are unique to that program out of all other certificates and minors.
Open to all students enrolled in an undergraduate degree program at the University of Florida.
Offered by the Center for Jewish Studies in cooperation with the Center for European Studies and participating UF units, the certificate in European Jewish Studies is designed to familiarize students with key issues in the Jewish experience in Europe, including relations with other groups; the trajectory of Jewish integration in European societies and cultures; representations of the Jew within European cultures; and comparisons with North African and Middle Eastern populations outside and within the continent’s borders.
The EJS certificate provides students with multiple opportunities for concentrated and experiential areas of study. It allows students to work closely with their EJS faculty advisor to develop targeted, individualized areas of expertise from an array of specialists and perspectives to complement their majors and/or to prepare them for careers in governmental and non-governmental organizations, education, international business and politics, museums, festivals, libraries, Jewish associations and foundations. Students may specialize in national contexts or comparative and transnational cases, events and issues.
Requirements
Requirements consist of EJS approved individual study plans of 15 credits and attendance at a minimum of five relevant public lectures sponsored or co-sponsored by the Center for Jewish Studies and the Center for European Studies. Since availability of courses varies from year to year and new courses are often added, students should consult with a faculty advisor to determine which courses are approved for the certificate
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Approved survey course | 3 | |
| Approved concentration courses | 9 | |
| Experiential capstone | 3 | |
| Total Credits | 15 | |
Approved Survey Courses
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| EUH 3670 | Jewish History from 711 to 1492 | 3 |
| EUH 3671 | Jewish History from 1492-1750 | 3 |
| EUH 3672/JST 3930 | Modern European Jewish History | 3 |
| EUH 3931/JST 3930 | Special Topics in European History (Genocide, Ethnic Cleansing and Displaced Persons ) | 3 |
| GEW 4930 | Seminar in Germanic Languages and Literatures | 3 |
| HBR 4930 | Special Topics (Yiddish Language and Culture ) | 3 |
| JST/FRW 3930 | Special Topics in Jewish Studies (The Jewish Question) | 3 |
| JST 3930/FRT 3004 | Special Topics in Jewish Studies (Enduring Legacies ) | 3 |
| JST 3930 | Special Topics in Jewish Studies (Europe and the Jews ) | 3 |
Approved Concentration Courses
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| EUH 3033/JST 3930 | History of the Holocaust (History of the Holocaust ) | 3 |
| EUH 3670 | Jewish History from 711 to 1492 | 3 |
| EUH 3671 | Jewish History from 1492-1750 | 3 |
| EUH 3931/JST 3930 | Special Topics in European History (Genocide, Ethnic Cleansing and Displaced Persons (I) | 3-9 |
| EUH 3931/JST 3930 | Special Topics in European History (Holocaust in the Courtroom ) | 3-9 |
| EUH 3931/JST 3930 | Special Topics in European History (Holocaust Studies ) | 3-9 |
| EUH 4311 | Jews of Medieval Spain | 3 |
| EUS 4930/JST 3930 | Special Topics in European Studies (Children of the Revolution ) | 3 |
| GET/JST 3930 | Variable Topics in German Studies (Fascinating Fascism ) | 3-9 |
| GEW 3930 | Variable Topics in German Studies (The Limits of Representation ) | 3-9 |
| GEW 4731/JST 4936 | Contemporary German Literature (Remembering, Repeating and Working Through the Past ) | 3 |
| GEW 4930 | Seminar in Germanic Languages and Literatures (Modern German Jewish Culture ) | 3 |
| ITT/JST 3930 | Special Topics in Italian Literature and Culture (The Holocaust in Italy ) | 3 |
| JST 3930 | Special Topics in Jewish Studies (The Holocaust and Social Theory ) | 3 |
| JST 3930 | Special Topics in Jewish Studies (German Literature and Visual Culture ) | 3 |
| JST 3930/IDH 3931 | Special Topics in Jewish Studies (Shakespeare on Trial ) | 3 |
| JST/FRW 3930 | Special Topics in Jewish Studies (The Jewish Question in Post-Revolutionary France ) | 3 |
| JST 3930/FRT 3004 | Special Topics in Jewish Studies (Enduring Legacies ) | 3 |
| JST 3930 | Special Topics in Jewish Studies (Europe and the Jews ) | 3 |
| JST 3930 | Special Topics in Jewish Studies (Secular Jewish Culture ) | 3 |
| JST 3930 | Special Topics in Jewish Studies (Other Europe () | 3 |
| JST 3930/4936 | Special Topics in Jewish Studies (Resistance Literature ) | 3 |
| JST 4936 | Colloquium in Jewish Studies (Kafka and The Question of Jewish Modernity ) | 3 |
Approved Experiential Capstone
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Select one: | 3 | |
Director-approved courses with completion of a faculty approved assessment (research project). | ||
| Approved faculty-guided research in EJS (including approved JST 4905), with assessment | ||
JST approved study abroad | ||
CERTIFICATE WITH HONORS
Students may also participate in approved experiential learning projects, approved USP funded EJS research, and Honors theses in European Jewish Studies to receive certificate with Honors.