The Certificate in European Jewish Studies (EJS) complements any major with an interdisciplinary, individualized, and experiential program focused on European Jewry.
Overview
Offered by the Bud Shorstein Center for Jewish Studies in cooperation with the Center for European Studies and participating UF units, the certificate in European Jewish Studies is designed to familiarize students with key issues in the Jewish experience in Europe, including relations with other groups; the trajectory of Jewish integration in European societies and cultures; representations of the Jew within European cultures; and comparisons with North African and Middle Eastern populations outside and within the continents borders.
The EJS certificate provides students with multiple opportunities for concentrated and experiential areas of study. It allows students to work closely with their EJS faculty advisor to develop targeted, individualized areas of expertise from an array of specialists and perspectives to complement their majors and/or to prepare them for careers in governmental and non-governmental organizations, education, international business and politics, museums, festivals, libraries, Jewish associations and foundations. Students may specialize in national contexts or comparative and transnational cases, events and issues.
The certificate program is open to all undergraduates.
Requirements consist of EJS approved individual study plans of 15 credit hours and attendance at a minimum of five relevant public lectures sponsored or co-sponsored by the Bud Shorstein Center for Jewish Studies and the Center for European Studies. Since availability of courses varies from year to year and new courses are often added, students should consult with a faculty adviser to determine which courses are approved for the certificate:
- 3 credit hours from approved survey course options.
- 9 credit hours from approved concentration courses in history, the social sciences, European and Jewish languages, literatures, film, and theory.
- 3 credit hours approved experiential capstone in EJS
- Students may select from approved courses with completion of a faculty approved research project/paper.
- Students may participate in approved faculty guided research in EJS (including approved JST 4905).
- Students may participate in EJS approved study abroad.
- Students may participate in approved internships in EJS (including, JST 4940)
CERTIFICATE WITH HONORS: Students may also participate in approved experiential learning projects, approved USP funded EJS research, and Honors theses in European Jewish Studies to receive the certificate with Honors.
All courses must be completed with a minimum grade of C.
Substitutions are possible at the discretion of the Director or designee of the Bud Shorstein Center for Jewish Studies in consultation with a designated EJS faculty advisor.
For more information contact: Dr. Gayle Zachmann, Coordinator, European Jewish Studies Certificate at zachmann@ufl.edu or Dr. Jack Kugelmass, Director, Bud Shorstein Center for Jewish Studies at jkugelmas@ufl.edu