Students must select one of five tracks: (1) Jewish history, (2) Jewish religions, (3) Jewish literature and culture, (4) American Jewish literature and culture, or (5) Israeli studies.

Preparation for the Major
Required: Jewish Studies 10.

Transfer Students
To be admitted as Jewish Studies majors, transfer students with 90 or more units must complete the following introductory course prior to admission to UCLA: one social, cultural, and religious institutions of Judaism course.

The Major
Majors in all five tracks are required to take 14 upper division courses selected in consultation with the program adviser, including seven required core courses, five courses within the selected track, and two electives to be chosen from Hebrew, Jewish studies, or any courses listed under any track.

Core requirements include Jewish Studies M100 (or History M191H); one year of upper division Hebrew (either Hebrew 102A, 102B, and 102C, or Hebrew 103A, 103B, and 103C); two terms of the Jewish history sequence selected from Jewish Studies M191A through M191D; and one course on the Hebrew Bible selected from English 108A, Hebrew 120, or Jewish Studies M150A, 150B.

A third year of Hebrew or one year of Yiddish or another Jewish language is strongly recommended but not required.

Students are encouraged to take a research tutorial within Jewish Studies 199. A maximum of two 199 courses (8 units total) may be applied toward the major.

A course may be applied toward only one category within the major (i.e., core requirement, track requirement, or electives). No more than 20 units applied toward the Jewish Studies major may count toward fulfilling the requirements for a major or minor in another department or program.

For the Jewish history track, students are required to complete the remaining two courses from Jewish Studies M191A through M191D and three courses from the following list, in addition to the core courses for the major: Ancient Near East 162, History 191E, 191F, M191G, 194A, 197A, 199, Jewish Studies 140A, 140B, 170, M191G, M191S, M192A, M192B, 199.

For the Jewish religion track, students are required to complete Jewish Studies 150B and four of the following courses, in addition to the core courses for the major: Ancient Near East 162, English 108A, 108C, 199, Hebrew 120, 125, 130, History 194A, Jewish Studies 130, 135, M150A, M151A, 155, 170, M187, M191A, M191B, 199.

For the Jewish literature and culture track, students are required to complete Hebrew 103A, 103B, 103C, and two of the following courses, in addition to the core courses for the major: English 103, 108A, 108C, 189, German 112, Hebrew 111A, 111B, 111C, 120, 125, 130, 140, Iranian 131, Jewish Studies 135, 143, M150A, 150B, M151A, 151B, 155, 170, 175, M187, 197A through 197Z, 199.

For the American Jewish studies track, students are required to complete Sociology 159 and four of the following courses, in addition to the core courses for the major: English 103, 189, 199, History 199, Jewish Studies 135, 140A, 140B, M151A, M191I, M192B, 197A, 199, Yiddish 101A, 101B, 101C, 102A, 102B, 104.

For the Israeli studies track, students are required to complete Hebrew 103A, 103B, 103C, and two of the following courses, in addition to the core courses for the major: Hebrew 111A, 111B, 111C, C140, History 191F, 199, Jewish Studies 142, 151B, 175, M191B, M191S, 199, Political Science 121, 132A, 132B, 139, 164, 199.

Study in Israel
Students are encouraged to spend up to one year in Israel either to (1) study with an education abroad program or (2) study at an Israeli university. For information on studying in Israel, contact the Education Abroad Program, 1115 Hershey Hall, (310) 825-4889.