Degree Requirements (138 credits)
All courses are three credits, unless otherwise specified.
- Gratz College Courses (60 credits)
- Undergraduate Courses (48 credits)
Students work with an advisor to design a curriculum with courses from our Education, Jewish Education, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Nonprofit Management, Jewish Studies, and Jewish Communal Service programs.
- Courses in Human Rights (12 credits)
- Undergraduate Transfer Courses (60 credits)
Upon completion of 120 credits, students will earn their B.A. in Judaism & Human Rights and then may receive the M.A. after completing the following:
- Applying 12 credits taken for the B.A. to the M.A.
- Taking 18 additional credits in Human Rights courses, of which 3 credits will be for a Capstone Project or an Internship
While students work with an advisor to design their curriculum, the following courses are recommended for this program:
EDUCATION
- EDU 557: Current Issues in Understanding Economics, Class, and Language
- EDU 559: Teaching Tolerance in the Classroom
- EDU 575: Social Justice in the American Classroom
- EDU 597: Poverty and Education in American Schools
HEBREW LANGUAGE
HOLOCAUST & GENOCIDE
- HGS 503: Women in the Holocaust
- HGS 507: Their Brother's Keepers: Rescuers and Righteous Gentiles
- HGS 511: History of Antisemitism
- HGS 520: Genocide in Literature and Art
- HGS 524: Tarnscending Trauma: The Psychosocial Impact of the Holocaust on Survivor Families
- HGS 525: Post-Holocaust Theologies
- HGS 527: The Native American Genocides
- HGS 556: Genocide Prevention
- HGS 557: Comparative Genocide
- HGS 558: Gender and Genocide in the 20th Century
- HGS 559: The Holodomor: Ukrainian Famine/Genocide of 1932-33
- HGS 562: The Church and the Holocaust
- HGS 563: The Holocaust and Ethical Reasoning
INTERFAITH LEADERSHIP
- IFL 620: Successful Interfaith Dialogue
- IFL 622: Interfaith Social Justice and Social Action
- REL 621: Interfaith Lifecycle and Holidays
- REL 622: Interfaith Theology
- REL 623: Interfaith Liturgy
- REL 624: Interfaith Sacred Scriptures
- REL 625: The Saint in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
JEWISH-CHRISTIAN STUDIES
- JST 517: Comparative Liturgy of Judaism and Christianity
- JST 529: Jewish and Christian Interpretations of the Bible
- JST 603: Comparative Theology of Judaism and Christianity
- JST 620: Sages, Saints, and Sinners
- JST 625: The Jewish-Christian Encounter
JEWISH COMMUNAL SERVICE
- JST 504: The Jewish Family: Institute in Transition
- MGT 570: Conflict Management
JEWISH STUDIES
- JST 505: Perspectives on American Judaism
- JST 507: Introduction to Classical Judaism
- JST 515: The Problem of Evil: The Jewish Response
- JST 551: Judaism's Encounter with Modernity
- JST 604: Business and Workplace Ethics
- JST 615: Judaism and Christianity
Degree Requirements (120 credits)
All courses are three credits, unless otherwise specified.
Upon completion of 120 credits, students will earn their B.A. in Judaism & Human Rights
While students work with an advisor to design their curriculum, the following courses are recommended for this program:
EDUCATION
- EDU 557: Current Issues in Understanding Economics, Class, and Language
- EDU 559: Teaching Tolerance in the Classroom
- EDU 575: Social Justice in the American Classroom
- EDU 597: Poverty and Education in American Schools
HEBREW LANGUAGE
HOLOCAUST & GENOCIDE
- HGS 503: Women in the Holocaust
- HGS 507: Their Brother's Keepers: Rescuers and Righteous Gentiles
- HGS 511: History of Antisemitism
- HGS 520: Genocide in Literature and Art
- HGS 524: Tarnscending Trauma: The Psychosocial Impact of the Holocaust on Survivor Families
- HGS 525: Post-Holocaust Theologies
- HGS 527: The Native American Genocides
- HGS 556: Genocide Prevention
- HGS 557: Comparative Genocide
- HGS 558: Gender and Genocide in the 20th Century
- HGS 559: The Holodomor: Ukrainian Famine/Genocide of 1932-33
- HGS 562: The Church and the Holocaust
- HGS 563: The Holocaust and Ethical Reasoning
INTERFAITH LEADERSHIP
- IFL 620: Successful Interfaith Dialogue
- IFL 622: Interfaith Social Justice and Social Action
- REL 621: Interfaith Lifecycle and Holidays
- REL 622: Interfaith Theology
- REL 623: Interfaith Liturgy
- REL 624: Interfaith Sacred Scriptures
- REL 625: The Saint in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
JEWISH-CHRISTIAN STUDIES
- JST 517: Comparative Liturgy of Judaism and Christianity
- JST 529: Jewish and Christian Interpretations of the Bible
- JST 603: Comparative Theology of Judaism and Christianity
- JST 620: Sages, Saints, and Sinners
- JST 625: The Jewish-Christian Encounter
JEWISH COMMUNAL SERVICE
- JST 504: The Jewish Family: Institute in Transition
- MGT 570: Conflict Management
JEWISH STUDIES
- JST 505: Perspectives on American Judaism
- JST 507: Introduction to Classical Judaism
- JST 515: The Problem of Evil: The Jewish Response
- JST 551: Judaism's Encounter with Modernity
- JST 604: Business and Workplace Ethics
- JST 615: Judaism and Christianity
