Admission Requirements

• In addition to the admission requirements of the home graduate unit, sufficient linguistic knowledge, textual training, and familiarity with relevant scholarship in order to carry out graduate work in Jewish Studies within the chosen field are required.

Specialization Requirements

• Completion of CJS1000H, the core methods seminar in Jewish Studies. This seminar will introduce students to the different disciplines, methods, and approaches within Jewish Studies.

• 0.5 full-course equivalent (FCE) in Jewish Studies taken within the student's home graduate unit or in another unit (may count towards the course requirements of the student's home unit).

• A comprehensive exam in Jewish Studies, supervised by a faculty member chosen from Jewish Studies and in consultation with the graduate chair from the student's home unit, in which the student will be asked to show knowledge of areas of Jewish Studies relevant to his or her disciplinary focus.

• If the student's home program requires a major research paper or thesis, the focus of the paper must pertain to Jewish Studies, and the topic must be approved by the collaborative specialization director.