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BA in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies - Bible and Ancient Near Eastern Studies Track

Main Subject Area

Theology, Divinity and Religious StudiesMain Subject Area

Program overview

Main Subject

Theology, Divinity and Religious Studies

Degree

BA

Study Level

Undergraduate

The Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies (NEJS) is home to a strong and diverse international faculty who research the Bible and Ancient Near East, the modern Middle East, Jewish civilization from its beginnings through historical and contemporary times, Israel studies, and Rabbinic Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Our classes are taught on many levels, in disciplines including textual and literary studies, history, social sciences, intellectual theory and philosophy, religion, and the arts. In addition to classical languages, the department offers courses in three modern languages and their literatures: Arabic, Hebrew, and Yiddish. More information is found elsewhere in the Bulletin under each language name. Undergraduate students are welcome to study in the department as majors, as minors, or simply to take individual courses. NEJS graduates go on to the full range of programs and careers in law, health care, business, politics, writing, and the arts. Some NEJS grads build on their outstanding undergraduate education to continue their academic pursuits in doctoral programs. Others pursue Brandeis MA degrees such as the five-year NEJS MA, the DeLET program for Jewish educators, or the Hornstein Jewish Leadership Program. The undergraduate major in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, divided into three parallel tracks (see below), is designed to combine a broad education in the various disciplines and periods that constitute this field, with a degree of specialization in one specific area. It is the intent of the major also to introduce students to the critical study of Near Eastern and Judaic sources, classical and modern, within the academic context. Majors are strongly encouraged to diversify their courses within the department and to consider related courses in other departments in order to acquaint themselves with the different disciplines and approaches that Near Eastern and Judaic Studies embraces. Learning Goals The learning goals of the Near Eastern and Judaic Studies Department encompass the three categories stressed in Brandeis University's general learning goals: Knowledge, core skills, and social justice. This statement of the learning goals of NEJS reflects our conviction that knowledge, values, and skills are often interconnected in the university and in the lifelong learning process as well--indeed that articulating skills and social justice as they are embedded in knowledge acquisition is, for us, the most useful and concrete way of formulating our objectives. This program based on Bible and Ancient Near Eastern Studies Track. In addition to Bible and Ancient Near Eastern Studies Track, there are Hebrew Language Track, Judaic Studies Track also available.

Program overview

Main Subject

Theology, Divinity and Religious Studies

Degree

BA

Study Level

Undergraduate

The Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies (NEJS) is home to a strong and diverse international faculty who research the Bible and Ancient Near East, the modern Middle East, Jewish civilization from its beginnings through historical and contemporary times, Israel studies, and Rabbinic Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Our classes are taught on many levels, in disciplines including textual and literary studies, history, social sciences, intellectual theory and philosophy, religion, and the arts. In addition to classical languages, the department offers courses in three modern languages and their literatures: Arabic, Hebrew, and Yiddish. More information is found elsewhere in the Bulletin under each language name. Undergraduate students are welcome to study in the department as majors, as minors, or simply to take individual courses. NEJS graduates go on to the full range of programs and careers in law, health care, business, politics, writing, and the arts. Some NEJS grads build on their outstanding undergraduate education to continue their academic pursuits in doctoral programs. Others pursue Brandeis MA degrees such as the five-year NEJS MA, the DeLET program for Jewish educators, or the Hornstein Jewish Leadership Program. The undergraduate major in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, divided into three parallel tracks (see below), is designed to combine a broad education in the various disciplines and periods that constitute this field, with a degree of specialization in one specific area. It is the intent of the major also to introduce students to the critical study of Near Eastern and Judaic sources, classical and modern, within the academic context. Majors are strongly encouraged to diversify their courses within the department and to consider related courses in other departments in order to acquaint themselves with the different disciplines and approaches that Near Eastern and Judaic Studies embraces. Learning Goals The learning goals of the Near Eastern and Judaic Studies Department encompass the three categories stressed in Brandeis University's general learning goals: Knowledge, core skills, and social justice. This statement of the learning goals of NEJS reflects our conviction that knowledge, values, and skills are often interconnected in the university and in the lifelong learning process as well--indeed that articulating skills and social justice as they are embedded in knowledge acquisition is, for us, the most useful and concrete way of formulating our objectives. This program based on Bible and Ancient Near Eastern Studies Track. In addition to Bible and Ancient Near Eastern Studies Track, there are Hebrew Language Track, Judaic Studies Track also available.

Admission requirements

Undergraduate

7+
Other English Language Requirements:  600 (paper-based TOEFL); 250 (computer-based TOEFL); 68 (PTE).
Jan-2000

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