Jewish Studies and World Affairs Minor
Dr. Gilbert Kahn, Program Coordinator
Jewish Studies and World Affairs
Room: J-103I
Email: gkahn@kean.edu
Phone: 908-737-3996
The minor in Jewish World Affairs at Kean University is an 18 credit interdisciplinary program that can be taken in conjunction with any major academic curriculum. Jewish studies minors develop a skill-set that is attractive to all employers. Especially attractive is the ability to see the world from multiple perspectives and to grasp the complexities of different cultures. Graduates with a Jewish Studies background pursue careers in law, journalism, public service, education, social work, Jewish communal service, and the rabbinate. The Jewish Studies and World Affairs program inspires inquiry into the Jewish cultural interaction with the larger world and is a unique approach to cross-cultural understanding informed by one of our civilization’s fundamental and seminal cultures.
Total 18
Required Courses 9
Three courses, selected from the following:
HIST 3862: 1 credit service learning component
Electives 9
Three courses—at least two in any one concentration shown below — selected from the following:
Community Relations
| PSY 2630 | PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON PREJUDICE & RACISM | 3 |
| PSY 3630 | SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY | 3 |
| SOC 2300 | AMERICAN ETHNIC & RACIAL GROUPS | 3 |
Holocaust Studies
| ENG 3380 | LITERATURE OF THE HOLOCAUST | 3 |
| HIST 3244 | THE NAZI ERA-GERMANY BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST | 3 |
| HIST 4238 | GERMANY EMPIRE AND WAR, 1850 -1920 | 3 |
| HIST 3245 | THE HOLOCAUST 1939-1945 | 3 |
| ID 1800 | THE HOLOCAUST, GENOCIDE, AND MODERN HUMANITY | 3 |
World Perspectives