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Undergraduates

The Duke Center for Jewish Studies is an exciting inter­departmental program that offers courses including Religion, Political Science, History, Cultural Anthropology, Comparative Literature, Hebrew Language and Literature, Women's Studies, Germanic languages, and more. The Center offers students the flexibility to design a curriculum that meets their individual interests.

Introductory courses in Judaic civilization are especially suited to students who have no previous knowledge of the subject or only a rudimentary familiarity with the Bible and other aspects of Jewish history.

Six courses are required for the certificate, including Religion 40 (Introduction to Judaism) and an independent study to be arranged in consultation with the DUS. Four courses must be at or above the 100 level. Not more than three courses in Religion may count for the certificate. One (semester) Hebrew language course may count toward the certificate.

Students who wish to major in Jewish studies have two options: They may do so as religion majors, concentrating on Judaica, or through Duke's innovative Program II. This program offers a student the flexibility to design a curriculum to accommodate unusual interests and talents, with the aid of a faculty advisor.

Duke also offers students the opportunity for study abroad in a number of unique settings, in Europe as well as in Israel .