Open to students who have completed (or are completing) the four required courses for the Jewish Studies concentration, this course enables students to integrate their background in Jewish Studies with the disciplinarity normally associated with a departmental major. Team-taught by members of the JWST advisory committee, the course consists of three parts. 1) Introductory sessions on methodological issues in Jewish Studies. 2) 4-6 week period of individual meeting with faculty member while working on a 15- to 20-page research project. 3) Final month devoted to seminar style presentation and discussion of papers. Students participating in the seminar must sign up for an approved independent study. A student writing a thesis relevant to Jewish Studies for a departmental major may petition the chair of Jewish Studies to allow the thesis to meet the capstone requirement in place of JWST 491. Evaluation will be based on participation in discussions and final paper and presentation. Prerequisites: fulfillment of requirements of Jewish Studies concentration. No enrollment limit, however, chair of Jewish Studies must approve participation in the course (expected: 8).

Hour: Members of the Jewish Studies Advisory Committee