Learning Outcomes for the Jewish Studies Major. Identify and interpret major events, figures, and topics in Jewish history and culture

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1 March 6, 2013 Learning Outcomes for the Jewish Studies Major Students who complete the Jewish Studies major should demonstrate competence in the following academic skills and fields of knowledge: Jewish History and Culture Identify and interpret major events, figures, and topics in Jewish history and culture Demonstrate thorough knowledge of the as a historical phenomenon. Develop a nuanced understanding of the cultural dimensions of the through an analysis of literature, films, art, and/or music Jewish Languages Develop basic competency in modern or biblical Hebrew or Yiddish Critical Analysis Distinguish between primary and secondary sources Evaluate competing interpretations and multiple narratives of the past Analyze Jewish cultural sources, including literary texts, films, and music within a broader, cross-cultural context Effective Communication Present clear and compelling arguments, based on critical analysis of diverse literary, historical, film, and/or musical sources, and effectively communicate your interpretations in written essays and/or other media Scope Classical Period Modern Period

2 Assessment Plan for Effective Communication Outcome for Jewish Studies Majors Program Learning Outcome (PLO) Data Source Is this an existing assignment or will it be created? From whom evidence will be collected Assessment tool When evidence will be collected Analysis, report, recommendations Effective Communication Exit interview with faculty committee Final paper for required seminar It will be created Existing All graduating Jewish Studies majors All Jewish Studies majors A scoring rubric will be created An existing scoring rubric will be revised Spring 2014 When seminar is taken by student Fall 2014 Fall 2014 We hope to use the information gathered from the final paper and exit interview to design and implement new exercises, both oral and written, that will improve our students' ability to communicate effectively. Initially, we will incorporate these exercises into our seminars and, depending on their impact, in other courses, as well.

3 Jewish History and Culture Jewish Languages Critical Analysis Effective Communication Scope Identify and interpret major events, figures, and topics in Jewish history and culture Demonstrate thorough knowledge of the as a historical phenomenon. Develop a nuanced understanding of the cultural dimensions of the through an analysis of literature, films, art, and/or music. Develop basic competency in Hebrew (modern or biblical), or Yiddish Distinguish between primary and secondary sources Evaluate competing interpretations and multiple narratives of the past Analyze Jewish cultural sources, including literary texts, films, and music within a broader, crosscultural context Present clear and Modern compelling arguments, based on critical analysis of diverse literary, historical, film, and/or musical sources, and effectively communicate your interpretations in written essays and/or other media Classical Course Number Course Title HEBR 1 First-Year Hebrew HEBR 1A Intensive Elementary Hebrew HEBR 1B Intensive Elementary Hebrew HEBR 2 First-Year Hebrew HEBR 3 First-Year Hebrew HEBR 4 Second-Year Hebrew HEBR 5 Second-Year Hebrew HEBR 80 Introduction to Biblical Hebrew

4 YIDD 1 First-Year Yiddish YIDD 2 HIS 74 LIT 61J HIS 75 HIS 80W/LIT 80L JWST 101 HIS 155 HIS 162 HIS 163B HIS 172A First-Year Yiddish Introduction to Jewish History and Cultures Introduction to Jewish Literature and Culture Film and the The : The Destruction of European Jewry Jewish Studies: Methods and Approaches History of Modern Israel Canaan, Israel, and Palestine from Polytheism to Monotheism Genesis: A History German History HIS 172B German Film, HIS 178E Modern Jewish Intellectual History HIS 185A Conflict of Interest: War,, and Industry in the Lodz Ghetto

5 HIS 185B HIS 185D/HISC 118 HIS 185E HIS 185F HIS 185H HIS 185I HIS 185J HIS 185K HIS 194F LTCR 170 LTMO 144A LTMO 144B LTMO 144C LTMO 144D LTMO 144E Rethinking the : Bioscience, Race Theory, and Genocide Jewish Social Movements The Historiography of the Private Lives, Family Histories and the Experience Women, Gender, and Jewish Modernity (1800-Present) Latin American Jewish History in the Modern Period The Modern Jewish Experience Jewish Life in Eastern Mediterranean Port Cities Jewish Shanghai Methods and Materials: Jewish Fiction Jewish Diaspora, Ethnicity, and Urban Life Modernity as Jewish Challenge and Catastrophe: The American Experience. Literature and the Jewish Writers and the American City Hebrew Poetry: Biblical, Medieval, Modern

6 LTMO 144G LTMO 144H LTMO 144I LTMO 144J LTPR 102 LTPR 144A LTPR 144B LTPR 144D LTPR 153A LTPR 153B HIS 196G HIS 196M HIS 196N HIS 196P HIS 196R Global Jewish Writing Jewish Writers and the European City Jews in Italy: Writing and Witnessing the Jewish Travel Narratives Ancient Literature in Cross-Cultural Perspective: Hellenistic Jewish Fiction Jewish Mysticism Hebrew Bible Translation, Midrash, Interpretation Introduction to Biblical Hebrew and Literature, Part I Introduction to Biblical Hebrew and Literature, Part II Modern Germany and Europe Shtetl: Eastern European Jewish Life Eastern European Jewish Social History Hitler and Stalin Social World of Roman Palestine

7 JWST 190A/HISC 190A JWST 195A JWST 195B LTMO 190Y LTPR 190Y Jewish Socialism in Eastern Europe, Thesis Research Thesis Writing Topics in Modern Jewish Literature and Culture Topics in Pre- and Early Modern Jewish Literature and Culture