Academic Bulletin 2012–2013

Academic Bulletin Archives

• Academic Bulletin 2011–2012
• Academic Bulletin 2010–2011
• Academic Bulletin 2009–2010

General Information

• Overview
• Mission Statement
• Academic Calendar
• Academic Integrity
• Tuition and Fees
• Financial Aid, Fellowships, and Scholarships
• Registration
• Summer Sessions

Academic Information

Division of Academic Jewish Studies

• Albert A. List College of Jewish Studies
• The Graduate School

Division of Educational Leadership

• William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education

Division of Religious Leadership

• H. L. Miller Cantorial School and College of Jewish Music
• The Rabbinical School
• Center for Pastoral Education

Academic Areas: Degrees, Concentrations, and Courses

Hebrew Bible and Its Interpretation

• Bible

• Medieval Biblical Exegesis

Rabbinic Literatures and Cultures

• Ancient Jewish Studies
• Talmud and Rabbinics
• Midrash

Medieval and Early Modern Jewish Studies

• Medieval and Early Modern Jewish Studies

Modern Jewish Communities and Cultures

• Modern Jewish Studies

Jewish Professional Leadership

• Jewish Studies and Public Administration (MA and MPA)
• Jewish Studies and Social Work (MA and MSSW)
• Pastoral Care and Counseling (MA)

Special Programs

• Disciplinary studies in:

• Jewish History
• Jewish Thought
• Jewish Literature

• Jewish Art and Visual Culture (BA and MA)
• Jewish Gender and Women's Studies (BA and MA)
• Liturgy (BA and MA)
• Jewish Music (BA)
• General Music
• Jewish Studies
• Multidisciplinary Courses

Jewish Education

• Jewish Education

Jewish Languages

• Hebrew Language

Academic Community

• Student Life
• Residence Life
• Counseling Center
• JTS Policies

Libraries and Research Centers

• The Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary
• Abraham and Mollie Goodman Language Resource Center
• Saul Lieberman Institute of Talmudic Research
• Melton Research Center for Jewish Education
• The Shalom Spiegel Institute for Medieval Hebrew Poetry

Israel, Europe, and South America

• Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies
• Schocken Institute for Jewish Research
• Project Judaica
• Seminario Rabínico Latinoamericano

Community Education and Outreach

• Louis Finkelstein Institute for Religious and Social Studies
• Milstein Center for Interreligious Dialogue
• Rebecca and Israel Ivry Prozdor High School
• Ramah Camps and Israel Programs
• The Jewish Museum
• Staff List
• Faculty

JTS reserves the right to revise or change its academic calendar, rules, charges, fees, schedules, courses, requirements for degree and any other regulations, policies or practices affecting students whenever considered necessary or desirable. The foregoing changes may include, without limitation, the elimination of programs, departments or schools.

Registration or attendance at classes signifies an agreement by a student to comply with all the rules and regulations of JTS, whenever promulgated. It is the student's responsibility to become aware of the contents of each new academic bulletin and to be thoroughly familiar with program and departmental requirements, including amendments to those requirements, as well as with the general policies of JTS. Ignorance of the rules will not be accepted as an excuse for failing to act in accordance with them.

This catalogue, which is for the guidance of applicants, students and faculty, is subject to change without notice and is not intended to be a contract between JTS and any person.