 | | Course ID: | HEBR 1001. 4 hours. | | Course Title: | Elementary Hebrew I | Course
Description: | Fundamentals of Hebrew grammar, conversation, and reading. | | Athena Title: | Elementary Hebrew I | | Nontraditional Format: | This course includes one hour of online coursework. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | HEBR 1002. 4 hours. | | Course Title: | Elementary Hebrew II | Course
Description: | A continuation of Elementary Hebrew I. Focuses on Hebrew
grammar, conversation, and reading. | | Athena Title: | Elementary Hebrew II | | Nontraditional Format: | This course includes one hour of online coursework. | | Prerequisite: | HEBR 1001 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | HEBR 2003. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Intermediate Hebrew I | Course
Description: | Readings of selected Hebrew texts from a range of periods,
biblical to modern. Continued study of vocabulary and grammar. | | Athena Title: | INTERM HEBREW I | | Prerequisite: | HEBR 1002 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | HEBR 2004. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Intermediate Hebrew II | Course
Description: | Engages a variety of Hebrew texts, expanding vocabulary, and
reinforcing the grammar. | | Athena Title: | Intermediate Hebrew II | | Prerequisite: | HEBR 2003 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | HEBR 3000. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Contemporary Hebrew Conversation and Composition | Course
Description: | Conversation and composition in the context of Israeli and Jewish
culture. Offered in Hebrew. Not open to native speakers. | | Athena Title: | Conversational Hebrew | | Prerequisite: | HEBR 2003 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | HEBR 3001. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Digital Hebrew | Course
Description: | Hebrew language resources on the web for Israeli and Jewish
culture, entertainment, arts, literature, and social media.
Offered in Hebrew. | | Athena Title: | Digital Hebrew | | Prerequisite: | HEBR 2003 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | HEBR 3005. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Modern Hebrew | Course
Description: | "Business" Hebrew for conversation and composition in the context
of modern social, economic, and intellectual issues. | | Athena Title: | Modern Hebrew | | Prerequisite: | HEBR 2003 | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | HEBR 3006. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Advanced Hebrew Language: Literary Translation | Course
Description: | Advanced techniques for translating from and into Hebrew of
literary works, including stories, scripts, and poetry. | | Athena Title: | Adv Hebrew Lang Lit Trans | | Prerequisite: | HEBR 2003 | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | HEBR 4001I. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Readings in Hebrew Bible | Course
Description: | Readings in the Bible, in Hebrew, with an emphasis on fluidity, vocabulary development, and understanding how to capture nuance in translation. | | Athena Title: | Bible in Hebrew | | Prerequisite: | HEBR 2003 or HEBR 4000 or permission of department | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | HEBR 4020. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Israeli Film | Course
Description: | The history of Israeli film and its political, social, and
cultural contexts. Investigation of particular directors, periods,
and styles; relationship between Israeli and other cinematic
traditions. | | Athena Title: | Israeli Film | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | HEBR(LING) 4088/6088. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Essentials of Hebrew: A Linguistic Approach | Course
Description: | Study in Hebrew grammar with attention to its historical
development and dialects and to its structural relations with
other Semitic languages. Focuses may include comparison to Arabic,
Aramaic, Phoenician and Punic, Ethiopic, and Akkadian. No prior
knowledge assumed. | | Athena Title: | Hebrew Essentials | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | HEBR 4100/6100. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Reading and Research in Hebrew Literature | Course
Description: | Directed study in reading and research in classical Hebrew literature. | | Athena Title: | Reading Research Hebrew Lit | | Nontraditional Format: | Directed study. | | Prerequisite: | HEBR 2004 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | HEBR 4101I/6101I. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Advanced Hebrew | Course
Description: | Film, literature, and scholarship in Hebrew, with an emphasis on
participation and cultural analysis and opportunities for
composition. | | Athena Title: | Advanced Hebrew | | Prerequisite: | HEBR 2003 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | HEBR 4960R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 16 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research I | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires
students to gather, analyze, and synthesize and interpret data and
to present results in writing and other relevant communication
formats. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Research I | | Nontraditional Format: | This course belongs to a progressive research course sequence to
promote a student's increasing skill development and depth of
inquiry, as well as growing independent research capability.
This course requires the close supervision of a faculty member
as the student undertakes a systematic and in-depth inquiry into
unknown, fundamental, and applied problems. In some cases, the
student will work collaboratively as part of a research team.
The student will have to apply understanding of the discipline
to identify or shape research questions and apply skills and
techniques learned to the research project. Students will gather
data, synthesize relevant literature, analyze, and interpret
data. The student will present results in writing or through
participation in research-group or program meetings and meetings
with their faculty mentor. The student will receive feedback
from the faculty mentor on their research progress and written
or oral presentation of results. A minimum of 45 hours of work
per credit hour per semester is required. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | HEBR 4970R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research II | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires
students to gather, analyze, and synthesize and interpret data and
to present results in writing and other relevant communication
formats. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Research II | | Nontraditional Format: | These courses belong to a progressive research course sequence
to promote a student's increasing skill development and depth of
inquiry, as well as growing independent research capability. The
courses require the close supervision of a faculty member as the
student undertakes a systematic and in-depth inquiry into
unknown, fundamental, and applied problems. In some cases, the
student will work collaboratively as part of a research team.
The student will have to apply understanding of the discipline
to identify or shape research questions and apply skills and
techniques learned to the research project. Students will gather
data, synthesize relevant literature, analyze, and interpret
data. The student will present results in writing or through
participation in research-group or program meetings and meetings
with their faculty mentor. The student will receive feedback
from the faculty mentor on their research progress and written
or oral presentation of results. A minimum of 45 hours of work
per credit hour per semester is required. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | HEBR 4980R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research III | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires
students to gather, analyze, and synthesize and interpret data and
to present results in writing and other relevant communication
formats. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Research III | | Nontraditional Format: | These courses belong to a progressive research course sequence
to promote a student's increasing skill development and depth of
inquiry, as well as growing independent research capability. The
courses require the close supervision of a faculty member as the
student undertakes a systematic and in-depth inquiry into
unknown, fundamental, and applied problems. In some cases, the
student will work collaboratively as part of a research team.
The student will have to apply understanding of the discipline
to identify or shape research questions and apply skills and
techniques learned to the research project. Students will gather
data, synthesize relevant literature, analyze, and interpret
data. The student will present results in writing or through
participation in research-group or program meetings and meetings
with their faculty mentor. The student will receive feedback
from the faculty mentor on their research progress and written
or oral presentation of results. A minimum of 45 hours of work
per credit hour per semester is required. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | HEBR 4990R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Undergraduate Research Thesis (or Final Project) | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires
students to gather, analyze, and synthesize and interpret data.
Students will write or produce a thesis or other professional
capstone product, such as a report or portfolio that describes
their systematic and in-depth inquiry. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Thesis | | Nontraditional Format: | This is a capstone course under the direct supervision of a
faculty member. This course may be the culmination of the 4960R-
4980R sequence. Students will write a thesis or other
professional capstone product, such as a report or portfolio,
that describes their systematic and in-depth inquiry into an
unknown, fundamental, or applied problem. The thesis or capstone
product is written in close collaboration with the faculty
member and must be approved by that faculty member and/or the
department. The student will apply understanding of the
discipline to identify or shape the research question and apply
skills and techniques learned to complete the research project.
The student will have gathered data, synthesized relevant
literature and materials, analyzed, and interpreted data. The
student will demonstrate in writing the contribution of their
work to the discovery and interpretation of knowledge
significant to their field of study. The student will have
presented results in the form of a properly formatted,
professionally rigorous thesis document or other appropriate
professional capstone product and through the formal
presentation of the thesis or product to faculty and peers
during an approved event. The student will receive feedback from
the faculty member on the overall execution of their thesis
project, the written thesis, and their presentation. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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