MAIMONIDES COLLEGE BACCALAUREATE PROGRAM

Maimonides College, a division of Maimonidies Schools for Jewish Studies, offers undergraduate degree programs with major concentrations in the field of Religious Studies. The degree program requires the satisfactory completion of 60 credits from among the departments of Biblical Studies; Hebrew Language and Literature; History; Philosophy; and Religion. The remaining 60 credits leave room for a minor concentration, or may be selected from among courses rounding out a humanities concentration.

GRADUATE-LEVEL JEWISH STUDIES FOR ADULT LEARNERS MISSION STATEMENT

Maimonides Schools offers a range of classes in Jewish studies for adult learners. There will be three ten-week quarters each year. Non-degree learners are welcome. Classes may also be taken for graduate degrees.

The School welcomes learners from all backgrounds and seeks to accommodate the competing commitments of adult learners. Classes will be arranged at convenient times for people with busy schedules. Coursework may be spread out over as many years as required. Deadlines will be flexible. Learners who take a class on a non-degree basis and complete the class-work, will be given credit retrospectively if they are subsequently admitted to a degree program. Credit from classes taken at other institutions may be transferred, subject to approval.

AREAS OF STUDY

• Text: Classic texts of Jewish tradition:
o Tanakh and related literature
o Classical rabbinic literature
o Codes and responsa literature

• Concept: Jewish philosophy and thought:
o Medieval Jewish philosophy
o Modern Jewish philosophy
o Jewish mysticism, kabbalah, hasidut, musar

• Context: History and culture of Jewish civilizations
o Ancient
o Medieval
o Modern