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FIU's Certificate in Judaic Studies is an interdisciplinary program, rooted in the humanities, fine arts and social sciences. The program is available to matriculated students as a minor, and independently to non-matriculated students. The Certificate is awarded by FIU's Institute for Judaic and Near Eastern Studies. Courses are offered at FIU's University Park and North Miami campuses, as well as at sites throughout the community. 

To earn the Certificate in Judaic Studies, students take 18 credit hours of approved courses distributed in the areas of Hebrew language, literature and the arts, religious studies, and history and the social sciences.  All courses credited towards the Certificate must be passed with a grade of C or better.

There are 5 requirements.

  1. Hebrew Language
  2. Foundation Course
  3. Literature and the Arts
  4. Religious Studies
  5. History and the Social Sciences

1. Hebrew language (up to 5 credit hours)

    Students must demonstrate an intermediate level of proficiency in either modern or Biblical Hebrew. This may be done by passing the second year Hebrew course in the Division of Modern Language, or the second year Biblical Hebrew course in the Department of Religious Studies, or by examination. Up to five credit hours of Hebrew may be credited toward the Certificate.

2. Foundation Course (3 credit hours)

    All Certificate students must take REL 3600 Judaism.

3. Literature and the Arts

    Certificate students will take at least one 3-hour course in this category. Courses include The Jewish Cinema, Jewish-American Women Writers, and Holocaust Literature.

4. Religious studies (at least 3 credit hours)

    REL 3600-Judaism satisfies this distribution requirement. Other courses include Hebrew Scriptures, Dead Sea Scrolls, Ethics of Judaism, Modernization of Judaism, and The Holocaust.

5. History and the social sciences (at least 3 credit hours)

    Certificate students will take at least one course in this category. Representative courses include Population and Geography of the Middle East, International Relations of the Middle East, History of the Holocaust, Jewish History to 1750, Modern Jewish History, and Black-Jewish Relations.

    Language Courses

    ARA  3130  "Arabaic 1"

    ARA  3131 "Arabaic 2"

    ARA  3210 "Intermediate Arabaic"

    HBR  1120 "Hebrew 1"

    HBR  1121 "Hebrew 2"

    HBR  2200 "Intermediate Hebrew"

    HBR  3100 "Biblical Hebrew 1"

    HBR  3101 "Biblical Hebrew 2"

    Judaic Studies Track Courses

    AML  4300 "Major American Jewish Writers"

    ENG  3138 "The Movies: Jewish Cinema"

    ENG  4132 "Studies in the Film: Film and the Holocaust"

    EUH  4033 "Nazism and the Holocaust"

    EUH  4xxx "Apocalypse and the Millennium in the Middle Ages"

    EUH  4xxx "Judaism and Christianity in Contact and Conflict"

    LIT    3170 "Topics in Literature and Jewish Culture"

    REL  3329 "Jewish Mysticism"

    REL  3600 "Judaism"

    REL  3630 "American Judaism"

    REL  3625 "Introduction to Talmud"

    REL  3990 "Women in the Bible"

    REL  3194 "The Holocaust"

    REL  3220 "Moses, Priests, Prophets"

    REL  3280 "Biblical Archeology"

    REL  4312 "Jews of Asia"

    REL  4613 "Modernization of Judaism"

    REL  4205 "Sacred Texts"

    REL  4224 "Prophets and Israel"

    REL  4936 "Kabbalah and Metaphysics"

    WOH 3281 "Jewish History to 1750"

    WOH 3282 "Modern Jewish History"

    Near Eastern Studies Track Courses

    CPO  3403 "Politics of the Middle East"

    CPO  4401 "The Arab-Israeli Conflict"

    CPO  4404 "Politics of North Africa"

    EUH   4187  "Judaism and Christianity: Contact and Conflict"

    FOL   3930  "Special Topics: Hebrew Culture"

    GEA  3554 "Geography of Russia and Central Eurasia"

    GEA  3635 "Population and Geography in the Middle East"

    INR   3045  "The Global Challenge of Refugees and Migrants"

    INR  3045 "The Global Challenge of Refugees and Migrants"

    INR   3274 "International Relations of the Middle East"

    INR   3226 "International Relations of Asia and the Caucuses"

    INR   3252 "International Relations of North Africa"

    INR   4082 "Islam in International Relations"

    REL   3220 "Moses, Priests, Prophets"

    REL   3250 "Jesus and the Early Christians"

    REL   3320 "Moses, Jesus, and Mohammed"

    REL   3362 "Islamic Faith and Society"

    REL   3672 "Religion and Society in Israel"

    REL   3209  "Dead Sea Scrolls"

    REL   3990  "Women in the Bible"

    REL   3270  "Biblical Theology"

    REL   3380  "Biblical Archeology"

    REL   3672  "Religion and Society in Israel"

    REL   4224  "Prophets and Isreal"

    WOH 2001  "World Civilization"

    WOH 3281  "Jewish History to 1750"

     
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