The ACJC is an interdicisplinary Centre housed in the School of Historical, Philosophical and International Studies (SOPHIS) Faculty of Arts. Students can choose to study a single unit or to undertake a Minor in Jewish Studies in combination with other degrees. Jewish studies subjects are accredited to a wide array of majors and disciplines.
Undergraduate units cover the following lines of interest, drawing on the diversity of its faculty across the university.
- Bible and Classical Jewish Texts
- Jewish Literatures and Cultures
- Judaism and Jewish Philosophy
- Jewish History (Ancient, Medieval, Contemporary)
- Israel and Middle East
- Holocaust and Genocide
- Interreligious Relations
- Yiddish Language and Culture
- Peace and Conflict Resolution
Note: Hebrew will no longer be taught at Monash University but can be accredited to Monash as a complementary subject.
First-year level
Students studying a sequence in Jewish civilisation must complete two units (12 points) from the following:
- ATS1322 Conflict and coexistence: Jews, Christians, Muslims
- ATS1323 The Bible as history
- ATS1336 Yiddish language, culture and literature 1A
- ATS1337 Yiddish language, culture and literature 1B
- ATS1040 Religions and the modern world
- ATS1041 World religions
Second/Third-year level
Students studying a minor or major in Jewish civilisation must have completed the first-year sequence. In addition:
- a minor requires completion of a further two units (12 points) from the units listed below
- a major requires completion of a further six units (36 points) from the units listed below. A minimum of three units must be taken at third-year level.
Units include:
- ATS2580/ATS3580 The Middle East in the modern world
- ATS2582/ATS3582 The history of the Arab-Israeli conflict
- ATS2583/ATS3583 History and film: Nazi Germany and the Jewish holocaust
- ATS2585/ATS3585 The world of the Bible
- ATS2591/ATS3591 The Arab-Israeli conflict through film and literature
- ATS2598/ATS3598 Jews in the modern world
- ATS2599/ATS3599 Modern Israel: History, politics and society
- ATS2600/ATS3600 The Holocaust in an age of genocide
- ATS2608/ATS3608 Myth and meaning in ancient worlds
- ATS2610/ATS3610 Ancient religions
- ATS2611/ATS3611 Imagining God: Mysticism, heresy and reason
- ATS2632/ATS3632 Post-conflict: Justice, memory, reconciliation
- ATS2661/ATS3661 Jewish philosophy and Kabbalah
- ATS2795 Yiddish language, culture and literature 2A
- ATS2796 Yiddish language, culture and literature 2B
- ATS2057 Genocide
- ATS2124/ATS3124 Breadlines behind the Iron Curtain: Everyday life in communist Eastern Europe
- ATS3284 Final journey: Remembering the Holocaust*
- ATS3287 War and peace: Models of conflict resolution*
- ATS3314 Seeking justice: South Africa and Rwanda*
- ATS3814 Yiddish language, culture and literature 3A
- ATS3815 Yiddish language, culture and literature 3B
* This unit is taught overseas.
