(formerly Exercise Science)

(formerly Exercise Science)

(formerly Exercise Science)

Satisfies Junior Year Writing requirement. A variety of writing skills emphasized with assignments ranging from resumes to scientific writing (formerly Exercise Science).

Satisfies Junior Year Writing requirement. A variety of writing skills emphasized with assignments ranging from resumes to scientific writing (formerly Exercise Science).

(formerly Exercise Science)

This course explores Jewish life in Eastern Europe from the perspective of cultural studies. Particular emphasis is on origins of Soviet-Jewish culture, ethnicity, and identity, interaction with the surrounding society, immigration, Jews under communism, Holocaust, and transformation of Russian Jewish life in the twentieth century. Readings from various historical and literary sources; excerpts from film and media. (Gen.Ed. HS, DG)

This course approaches adaptation in two different senses: media to media and culture to culture. In both cases, we will ask questions about the nature of transformation. What is gained and what is lost in the transition? As a case study, we will focus on cinematic adaptations of Jewish literature and the ways these films reflect and shape modern Jewish experience, including issues of identity, gender, religion, persecution, immigration, and culture. The texts and films are in original English or translated from Yiddish, Hebrew, Russian, and other languages. (Gen. Ed. AT, DG)

A survey of the literature and culture of the Jewish people in the formative years of its history. Emphasis on the development of Judaism in the biblical, Graeco-Roman, and rabbinic periods. Final unit treats the Jewish life-cycle and the system of religious practices. (Gen. Ed. HS, DG)

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